Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 30, 1904, Page 9

Berald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. ‘ GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. It’s a lucky country that has ships to sell when two other countries go to war. i The first thing the British will do after they capture Lhassa will be to drop the “h” out of it. Never mind, Colombia! It’s better —and cheaper—to lose in a French court than in a foolish war. Admiral Togo’s wife seems to have a clear case against him as far as his staying out nights is concerned. Suppose the Russians were to use camels for transportation. Would the army thereby be led to hump itself? Col. Younghusban column has just done a little civilizing in Thibet, the result being a brisk demand for coflins. ice and dried fish, washed down with copious draughts of glory, form the regular rations of the Japanese army afield. izona, the new state, will be very but its capital, Santa Fe, will be old enough to even things up. It was founded in 1525. 2 late Burton N. Harrison was a guished New York lawyer, be- being “the husband of the fa- authoress.” . > life of a battle ship is fifteen unless it gets into a battle, hen some of them seem to last y fifteen minutes. The Crown Prince of Germany ts to marry every pretty girl he se Well, boys will be boys, even when they are princes. PERSE REE Ei So Blood-poisoning from the scratch of a thorn on the stem of a gift rose may be regarded as the irony of fate ex- pressed in simplest terms. Here’s a man suing for damages for a broken nose because he no longer can smell onions: Some people don’t know when they are well off. A New York physician says trolley produce appendicitis. People neglect to remove the seeds from r trolley cars take foolish risks. t is terrible to know that automo- biling causes “motorpathia cerebra- but a majority of persons will manage to avoid being panic-stricken. ea An Italian marquis who was unmar- ried has committed suicide. Ameri- can heiresses will be sorry to hear that a splendid title has thus gone to waste. That Pennsylvania man who took an oath not to play poker for ninet; re years evidently wants something and to look forward to as long as he lives. The national banknote circulation is now $433,247,605, the largest amount thus far recorded; but the average man’s board bill, nevertheless, looms 1p as big as ever. You realize how far India is away when you see how little attention is paid here to the fact that there were 40,527 deaths from the plague there in ne week ending March 19. A Boston defaulter has been sen- tenced to fifteen years in the peni- tentiary. It must be galling to a de- faulter to be treated as if he were a plain, everyday, ordinary thief. Col. du Paty de Clam appears to be much less anxious to prefer charges against Dreyfus in the presence of a court which insists that he deliver the goods in the shape of evidence. It is hardly necessary to say that the New York taxpayer who insisted on having a personal assessment rais- ed was a woman, Few men can ever hope to rise to such sublime moral heights. Our esteemed contemporary, the London Family Doctor, says an atmos- phere of noise produces cerebral hy- peremia, which, we gather, is some- thing very bad. Will parliament please adjourn? The witness in a New York divorce court who testified, referring to a lady in the case: “I have seen her smoke as many as five cigarettes at a time,” probably meant successively, not simultaneously. - A good many very estimable people in England are much worried just now because they fear an increase in the income tax. Over here we just Washington Notes. The South Atlantic squadron will leave San Juan for Madagascar and the south coast of Africa soon. James A. Tawney, Minnesota, has been made one of the new members of the Republican congressional cam- paign committee. Representative Gillett of Massa- chusetts has introduced a bill provid- ing for the retirement of superan- nuated clerks in the government ser- vice. A bill was introduced in the senate by Senator Hopkins prohibiting the issuance of a patent for any drug ex- cept in so far as its preparation is con- cerned. The Montana Stock Growers’ asso ciation adopted resolutions calling upon Montana’s representatives in congress to aid the movement for the investigation of the methods of the meat trust, so-called. After a debate extending through the entire session, the house has passed the bill providing for joint statehood of Oklahoma and Indian ter- ritory under the name, of Oklahoma, and of Arizona and New Mexico under the name of Arizona. The bureau of navigation has for- warded to the next of kin of enlisted men who were killed in the Missouri accident a blank form of request for the headstones which are furnished to mark the graves of sailors or ma- rines buried in private cemeteries. The interstate commerce commis- sion has issued a report showing that in the United States during October, November and December last, the total number of railroad casualties aggregated 14,485, a decrease of 702, as compared with the preceding quar- Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by her two sons, Theodore, Jr., and Kermit, has returned to Washington from Groton, Mass., where the Roosevelt boys have been attending school Both of the boys are suffering from the mumps. They will be isolated in the White House. People Talked About. Capt. A Bigelow, one of the pioneer steamboat men of the upper Missis- sippi, is dead at La Crosse. Mrs. Sarah J. Lippincott, best known under her pen name of Graco Greenwood, died in New Rochelle, N. Y. Storrie A. Weaver, author of the ‘Weaver system of the sight-reading system in music, which is in general use in the schools, died at Westfield, Mass. Without kith or kin at his bedside Thornton Fleetwood, aged seventy- two, claiming to have formerly been a professor at Eton, Eng., is dead in the charity ward of the St. Louis city hespital. William Seybold, a wealthy organ manufacturer of Elgin, Ill., dropped dead while standing in a telephone booth in Chicago waiting to talk to his wife. Death was due to heart failure. Major Hugh C. Dennis, president of the Rialto Grain and Securities com- pany, from which United States Sena- tor Burton was convicted of having illegally accepted fees, died at his home in St. Louis. * Casualties. Fire in the four story brick build- ing at Chapel and Hamilton street at New Haven, Conn., caused a loss of $50,000. The Old Equality coal mine at Car- bondale, Ill., was flooded by muskrats burrowing around the shaft and the bank of the Saline river and 100 miners had a narrow escape from drowning. The total loss by the fire which de- stroyed the wholesale district of Tor- onto, Ont., will, according to the most conservative estimates reach $12,000,000; the total insurance is $8,360,000. The area swept by the fire embraces fourteen acres, and ten thousand are thrown out of employ- ment. About 100 miners have been buried by an immense avalanche near the village of Pragelato, Italy: A violent storm is sweeping over that locality and it is feared that other avalanches may result. The whole population of the village and a detachment of forty soldiers have gone to the scene of the disaster, hoping to save some of the ‘since April 5. The jury brought in a buried miners. Foreign Gossip. King Alfonso recently visited the Catalin institute. His majesty was eulogized in the Catalian tongue. The British torpedo boat destroyer, Teazer, which rau ashore during the naval manuevers at Portsmouth, has been towed off and docked. The steamer Ranger, with 12,000 seals; the Bloodhound with 10,500, and hustle for the income and let the tax! the Leopard with 4,000, have arrived collector do the worrying. To prevent misapprehension, we at St. Johns, N. F., from the ice fields. The British submarine boat “Al,” which was run down by the steamer will say that the New York woman k C March 18, near 'the who called at the tax commissioner’s oe tsrebere gr tovoonens in ‘ie Jon at office and asked to have her tax in-| }0. crew, numbering eleven officers creased, because she was richer than the assessors thought, was not Mrs, Hetty Green. and men, has been raised. The Nyborg- Fuenen train convey- ing King Edward and Queen Alexan- For many years the chef of the} gra from Copenhagen on their way Tremont Hotel, in Boston, drew the} ¢ yondon was derailed when passing same salary as the president of Har- to the steam ferry running from the vard. This has classic precedent. In| ye1anq of Zealand to the Isle of Fuen- the Greek Athens @ cook alwayS/ en ‘Their majesties were in the last fetched as much as a philosopher in| carriage, which did not leave the the slave market. track, and sustained no damage, Sins and Sinners. Urada Thomas, eight years old, the daughter of a wealthy furniture deal- |! er of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is believed to have been kidnaped. Comptroller Grout of New York has advertised a sale of city bonds aggre- gating $37,000,000. .The largest sale previously made was $16,000,000. Judge McCabe Moore, Kansas City, Kan., sustained a motion to quash the indictment against Chris Kopp, ex- alderman, accused of accepting a bribe of $800. The Topeka, Kan., grand jury re- turned indictments against twelve Kansas City liquor dealers for ship- ping whisky into Kansas without pay- ing revenue therefor. Frank Parks, twenty-four years old, a miner of Crooksville, near Zanes- ville, Ohio, shot and it is believed fa- tally wounded his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Grooks. ‘ Mrs. Rosa Lang, believed to have been murdered, walked into the Chi- cago avenue police, station recently. She said she had deserted her hus- band because of his habits. _ Clarence Anderson, aged twenty- one, walked outside the Great West- ern depot’ at Fort Dodge, Iowa, placed a 32-caliber revolver over his heart and fired. He may recoer. Dock Cole, a merchant and assist- ant postmaster at Little River, Ala, was murdered yesterday by negroes. A posse captured two negroes, Rob- ert Tate and Rube Sims, Tate con- fessing. Charged with misappropriating $200,000 of the funds of the suspend- ed Federal bank of New York, David Rotschild, former president, was held in $25,000 bail for examination on April 20. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Stone have been found dead in each other’s arms at their rooms in a lodging house at Ogden, Utah. It is believed by the police that the woman first poisoned her husband and then herself. After having her son, James O’Con- nor, fined $50 and costs by Judge Hennessey of Chicago because he re- turned to his home intoxicated, and abused her, Mrs. Mary O’Connor re- turned to the police court an hour af- ter and paid the fine and _ costs, amounting to $51.50. The trial a~t Grand Rapids, Mich., of State Senator David E. Burns, charged with accepting a bribe of $200 for aiding the Lake Michigan water deal in the state legislature, was finished yesterday and went to the jury. Burns has been on trial verdict of not guilty. General. The Oregon State Democratic con- vention to nominate delegates to the national convention, refused to send an instructed delegation. An increase in the mortgage rate made by every savings bank in New York is to result in the firm, estab- lishment of the higher rate. “No marriage license without a physician’s certificate of health at- tached” is the slogan of the Progres- sive Health club of Chicago. Pleas for more general observance of the Sabbath as a day of rest for laboring men have been made at church services in Mendelssohn hall, New York. The Leather Manufacturers’ Nation- al bank and the Mechanics’ National bank of New York have been consoli- dated under the name Mechanics’ Na- tional bank. The library of the late Secretary Sherman, some §,000 volumes in all, has been delivered to the state library at Columbus, Ohio, as a memorial ta the statesman. Vice Chancellor Pitney of Trenton. N. J., has appointed Charles C. Black of Jersey City, receiver for the Globe Securities company of New York, with liabilities of $968,804 and assets of $512,440! Weber & Fields, who are complet: ing their annual road engagement with a vaudeville company at Boston have signed paper by which their partnership of twenty years standing is dissolved. R. D. Perry has sold to the United States government a piece of land on the river.front at Sault Ste. Maric for park purposes, the consideration being $148,000. The park will be more than a mile long. An official of the Standard Oil com: pany says that there is no truth what ever in the story that the Standaré Oil company is to build a large fleei to carry oil between the differeni cities on the great lakes. The Federal bank, a state institu tion in New York: city, has beer closed. Thebank’s capital is $250, 000. According to the last statement in January, the individual deposits were $483,410, and loans and discounts $632,162. % A shaft will be sunk on the Osborn. farm six miles from Sault Ste. Marie Mich., for the purpose of searching for gold. Mining experts will furnish most of the money. It is a locality where nugggets have been found ir the crops of fowls. r Counsel for Yalton Doemer, the tenor, made an application to Justice Davis of the supreme court of New York to set aside the decree of abso lute divorce obtained on Jan. 29, by Mme. Lillian Nordica, the prima don na, on the ground it was obtained b) collusion and fraud. op “TRANSPORTS VESSELS CONVEYING 4,000 MEN SUNK BY VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON. MIKADO’S ARMY CROSSES YALU FIRST MOVE TO INVADE MAN- CHURIA RESULTS SUC- CESSFULLY. TO CUT OFF RUSSIAN SQUADRON JAP FLEET SAILS TO INTERCEPT CRUISERS RETURNING TO VLADIVOSTOK. Paris, April 27.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin says: “I learn from a sure source that the Vladivostok squadron yesterday sank four Japanese transports which were conveying 4,000 men.” Japs Force Passage of Yalu. Tokio, April 27. — The government yesterday received official advices that the first move of the Japanese army to cross the Yalu and invade Manchuria occurred early yesterday morning, and that it resulted success- fully. ‘ Information as to the number of men crossing or whether there was any opposition is withheld. From a Russian Source. Liao Yang, April 27.—Between Mon- day night and yesterday morning the Japanese forced a passage of the Yalu, two companies crossing between Tchangdjiou and Siopoussikhs. Heavy firing was heard near Tatung Tau, in which it is believed the Japanese made a feint in order to distract atten- tion from the real point of passage. So far.no bridge spahs t*~ rivers It is be- lieved the Russia. ... succeeded in destroying the oating parts of the Jap- anese bridges. Move Is Belittled. St. Petersburg, April 27—The em- peror yesterday received three official dispatches, two of which are under- stood to relate to the Japanese cross- ing the Yalu river, but the censors’ committee did not give out ..e dis- patches. It was intimated that infor- mation had been received that the Japanese had crossed the river, but this was accompanied by a statement that the success of the enemy should in no sense be regarded as an impor- tant victory, the Russians having no intention of vigorously contesting the passage, their plan being to annoy the enemy as much as possible. It is evident from the dispatches re- ceived here that in order to render a crossing feasible the Japanese made a feint on Tatung Kau, while the troops actually crossed some miles up the river near Tchangdjiou. Two compa- nies were first thrown into Manchuria and unquestionably intrenched, and immediately, under the cover of their guns, % Reinforcements Crossed. It is regarded as probable that when these troops are in sufficient numbers they will march along the Manchurian bank of the Yalu in the direction of ‘/Antung, near which lies the road on which the advance can continue to Keng Hoang Tchang, where the first determined stand of the Russians will be made. No report has been received here, official or otherwise, showing casual- ties on either side, but the dispatches show that the crossing was effected and that the Japanese attempt was not frustrated, as at first reported. A report that the Japanese fieet bombarded the town of Niuchwang last night is denied. Stirring News Expected. London, April 27.—No further news from the seat of war has reached Lon- don and there is no confirmation of the reported Japanese reverse on the Yalu. Stirring news, however, is hourly expected, both from the regions of thé Yalu and Vladivostok. The general opinion that Vice Ad- miral Togo is waiting for the Vladi- vostok squadron is confirmed by the Daily Telegraph’s Tokio correspond- ent, who says there is no doubt that the Japanese are taking steps to cut off the retreat of the Vladivostok war- ships. Rs The Daily Mail publishes the details of an alleged daring scheme of the Russians to coal the vessels of the Baltic fleet at sea on the way out and | after their arrival in the Far East. It is stated that twenty steamers have been chartered at London, belonging to British, German and Norwegian owners, under elaborate secret con- ditions, and on most advantageous freight terms, if they succeed in run- ning the gauntlet. % Japs After the Russians. London, April 27.—Bennet Burleigh, the correspondent of the Telegraph at Tokio, wires: “There is no doubt that the Japan- ese are taking steps to cut off the re- treat of the Russian cruisers and de- stroyers which sank the Goyo Maru at Gensan. The Russian cruisers left Gensan at 5 o’clock yesterday. The Russian vessels will probably be over- taken -and an action fought.” \ Japanese Fleet Seen. Kobe, April 27.—Under full steam a strong squadron of Japanese armored cruisers was observed yesterday morning making its way porthward in ‘the Japan sea. It is believed that the vessels are on their way to attempt to cut off the Russian squadron that Mon- day appeared on the east coast of Korea. It is feared, howéver, that the ezar’s cruisers are superior in speed to those of the mikado, and they may escape in safety to the shelter of Vla- divostok. é It is also stated that the Japanese have succeeded in luring the Russians from the protection of the Cladivostok guns and that there is another Japan- ese squadron between them and their retreat, but these are mere rumors. Martial Law in Warsaw. Berlin, April 27—Die Post of this city announces that Warsaw has been placed under martial law for the pur- pose of checking the revolutionary movement. The act was a sequel to the execution of the eighteen Polish conspirators who were recently hanged for complicity in a plot against the ezar. Said to Be a, Bluff. London, April 27.—The Express cor- respondent at St. Petersburg declares the statement that the Russians have submarines at Port Arthur is simply a piece of bluff, not to be taken serious- ly. If Russia has any submarines, he says, they must have been purchased since the war commenced, which is in the highest degree improbable. No Intention to Intervene. Inquiries made by the Associated Press here weveal no traces of any ef- fort or intention to intervene in the Russo-Japanese .war. No step looking to a pacific settlement of the conflict has been taken by the foreign office, nor, sa. far as’ known, in Downing street, by King Edward himself. Those who have discussed the war with the king within the last. few days say that such a step is the last thing he con- templates. ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST. Passengers on Crowded Ferry Boat Im- perilled. New York, April 27. — His right hand grasping the reversing lever, Engineer Charles Kelly of the ferryboat America died of apoplexy early this evening and the boat ran at full speed into her slip at Grand street, Brooklyn, The lives of 200 passengers were imperiled. Six persons w injured, the boat's bow and the men’s cabin were smashed, while the pilot's repeated signals fell on dead ears. When the America left the Manhattan side Engineer Kelly responded promptly to the signals of Pilot Charles Smith. When within 100 yards of the Brooklyn side Pilot Smith gave the signal to slow down. There was no response. Again was the signal rung. Again no heed was paid to the warning bell, and the big boat shot into the pier, tearing away three feet of her port bow. The crash threw the pas- sengers to the deck. Many of them seized the life preservers, The pilot signalled a third and a fourth time as the boat bounded back and then d into the racks on her starboard side. As the America bounded back the sec- ond time the cry “She is sinking’’ went up. Passengers rushed to the bow. As she struck the bridge again half a dozen passengers leaped over the chains and jumped to the slip. At that moment the engines were stopped and the panic ceased, With the first cre h Fireman Edward Flannigan, who at the furnace under the engine room, was thrown into a heap of coal, He was stunned for a second, then arose and was again thrown by the second collision. He mounted the iron ladder and ran into the engine room. Kelly was lifeless, his right hand on the lever. Quick as a flash Flannigan pulled the dead engineer out of the way and re- wersed the lever, as the boat struck the bridge for a third time. In a moment he had the America under control. The following were badly injured by be- ing thrown against the sides of the boat, none fatally Isador Cohen, Frederick Stevenson, William Wilson, M. J. Hesse, Charles Hughes, Thomas Ryan. SHOT FIRED AT MAURA. Another Attempt Has Been Made to Kilk the Spanish Premier. Madrid, April 27.—Prermier Maura, who arrived here this morning, was shot at, but was not wounded, while on his way here from the Baleirice island. When between Alicanto and Encina a bullet whizzed through the roof of his car. The incident created great alarm, but no one was injured. The official report of the incident given out by the minister of the in- terior says: “As the train was running between Alicante and San Vincente some per- sons fired and others threw stones. The gendarmes accompanying the train returned the fire. Neither the premier nor the other passengers were hurt. Two arrests were made.” Explosion Kills Two. Hannibal, Mo., April 27.—An explo- sion in the gelatine house of the Pro- ducers’ Powder company plant at La- motte, twenty-two miles south of here, killed two men and demolished the buiiuing. The shock of the explosion was felt for several miles and the windows in houses at a great distance were shattered. Goes Over Until December. Washington, April 27.—The senate committee on education and labor, by a vote of 4 to 3 yesterday decided to postpone action on the eight-hour bill until next December. There were two members of the committee absent and they will be permitted to record their votes. Killed in a Wreck. Chillicothe, Ohio, April 27—Charles S. Schumacher, a salesman of Lan- caster, Ohio, was killed and five others injured in a wreck on the Norfolk & Western near Hayesville. Two cars shunted into a siding while we train was passing over a switch and over- turned. Hungary Strike Is Ended. Vienna, April 27—The situation in Hungary has improved. The general strike declared at Grosswardein has ! collapsed. No further disorders have been reported and the government’s victory is regarded as complete. ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION or’ CITY IS DEVASTATED BY FIRE. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $250,000 FIRE STILL BURNING SAVAGELY AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING. FLAMES SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY EFFORTS OF FIREMEN TO STAY, CONFLAGRATION WERE FRUITLESS, Brainerd, Minn., April 27. — Fire started last night in the Hartley block in the heart of the city, and the entire business portion of the town is doomed. The flames spread rapidly through the Hartley building and also to the Wise block, cn the corner, and scon got beyond control of the fire de- partment. The blaze started about -11:30 o’clock, and by 1:30 this morn-. ing the scene was one of devastation. the loss, it is estimated, will reach nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The fire started in the basement of Slipp Bros.’ hardware store, which is in the Hartley block, and as there was considerable oil and refuse there the flames spread rapidly. All the ten- ants of the Hartley block and the Wise building were notified, and the work of saving large stocks commenced at once, but the salvage will amount to a petty sum as compared with the loss. The Hartly block is doomed and the Wise building is now burning. Other Buildings in Danger now are the Towne& McFadden build- ing, the City hotel, opera house and other buildings across the street to the east. The estimated loss at 2 a. m- is as follows: Hartley block. sen, Minneapoli $8,000; Stipp. Bre insu © $8.0 owned by George Hardi- i 000 loss ters, ance Burnet, $5,000, ins re $2.00 & Co., clothing, $9,000. The fire F. Murphy 000, insurance is still and not under contro! at 3 o'clock, and i now thought the entire block from Sixth to Fifth street facing Front street will go. BARTENDER FATALLY WOUNDED. Man He Crosses Fires Upon Him and When He Pursues, Sends Fatal Bullet. Duluth, Minn., April 27. — Enraged at being ordered out of the Northland saloon on the Bowery, Frank White last night, it is charged, shqt and fatally wounded Jerome E. Manaige, bartender for Ernest Gustafson, 601 West Superior street. Manaige is at St. Mary’s hospital with a bullet in his abdomen, while White is locked up. M. L. Weston, White's partner, was at- rested at Superior late to-night on sus- picion of being implicated with White in the robbery of the City Gun store Sunday night, the revolver used in the shooting alleged to be one of these stolen. Man- aige’s wife of less than a month spent the night his bedside soothing her wound- ed husband. According to bystande! White, who had been drinking, was attempting to persuade one of the customers to take a drink with him. The man refused, but White kept at him until finally Manaige, who was behind the bar, interfered. White jumped up, faced Manaige and then muttering threats turned toward the door and went out . The incident was forgotten until ten minutes later when White came back and looking in the side doer, which open, he flashed a revolver and fired, the bullet striking Manaige a glancing blow on the side of the jaw. The bartender, who thought White was using blank cart- ridges to frighten him, ran around the bar and started for his assailant, who ran across the street to the viaduct. As Manaige closed with him, White turned and fired again, the bullet striking Man- ii fi m. Another shot followed, rated the abdomen, DEPORTED FROM COLORADO. Twenty-Nine Men Seixt to New Mexico at Order of itary. Trinidad, Colo., Apr‘: 27.—Under the guard of a lieutenant and a squad of soldiers, twenty-nine men were “last night placed on a special south-bound train, and under orders of Maj. Zeph T. Hill, commanding the military here, deported to New Mexico. All of the deported men were arrested during the past week for violations of martial law. : SISTER OF MARX GOES MAD. Believes Brother Who Was Hanged Is Still Alive. Chicago, April 27—Patie Marx, the twenty-four-year-old sister of Gustave Marx, the car barn bandit who was hanged Friday, has lost her mind be- cause of constant brooding over the execution of her: brother. She be- lieves that Marx is still alive and goes about the house looking for him. SAFE CRACKERS CAUGHT. They Carry Pint of Nitroglycerin Be- sides Tools of Vocation. New Hampton, fowa, April 27.—The two men who attempied to break into Parker's bank at Lawler Sunday night were captured yesterday by Sheriff Schnurr a few miles south of this city. They were searched and a complete set of burglars’ tools were found in their possession. A pint bot- , tle of nitroglycerin was also taken ;from them. They are being held to _ the grand jury.