Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 21, 1904, Page 3

rae RENN RNR: Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS, - There are some people who think the dentist, not the politician, has the biggest pull. The latest news from the grafted nose is that it has taken root and is getting ready to blossom. One reason that trusts are often dissolved is that too much water is frequently used in their composition. “A sneer never yet answered an argument,” says the Hartford Times. And it’s foolish to try to argue against a sneer. Dr. Pearsons, the Chicago philan- thropist, endowed three colleges in commemoration of his birthday. Long life to him! When Mme. Patti gives up $40,000 once in her grip she surely intend’ to make another “farewell tour” in order to recover it. Half a million talking-machine rec- ords were destroyed in a Camden, N. J., fire the other day without utter- ing a word of protest. There is something in the finger nail diagnosis. If you have aches all over you, and your nails are thin and brittle, you have rheumatism. You can’t make a chicken thief be- lieve that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush if he is caught with the goods on him.—Town Topics. That separation of Weber and Fields, after twenty-five years of part- nership, seems something like the divorce of a couple 75 years old. It, would be interesting to know how much Prof. Crittenden, since he dis- covered that people generally eat too much, has reduced his own daily bill of fare. An esteemed New York contempor- ary is discussing the question, “Why does popcorn pop?” It will be follow- ed by a symposium on the topic, “why is a gourd.” It is unsafe to make a running com- ment on a baseball team or the weather. Either is likely to present a complete change of form without a moment’s notice. One of the mysteries of nature is the ease with which song birds and game can-be exterminated as com- pared with the difficulty in getting rid of the boll weevil, The decision of a Philadelphia court that a wife does not own her hus- band’s pay envelope will not disturb the average wife. All she wants is the contents—Kansas City Journal. The Englishman who has been in- vestigating the question decides that there is a measure of stern reality in dreams. Any man who has paid -or his wife’s spring hat will corroborate this. The news that a fortune of $1,000,- 000 awaits one missing George Miller is calculated to raise false hopes. But it would have been still worse if the lost heir had happened to be John Smith. In one block of twelve houses in New Brunswick there are six brides. That block is a good deal more desir- able now as a place of residence than it will be a few years hence, if they all stay there. The able but dyspeptic New York Post still sternly declines to point with pride at anything in this repre- hensible country except the occasional imaginary fulfillment of one of its dis- mal predictions. Novoe Vremya, which is the name of one of Russia’s leading newspapers, means The Times and The Vsemirnaya means The World. It must be excit- ing when The World newsboys flock out with an extra. One of the Japanese officers who were killed at Port Arthur has been elevated to the rank of war god in Japan. Still, comparatively few of us would care \to be blown to pieces even for that high honor. The eminent authority that describ- ed Uncle Russell Sage as a man who did not care for money for its own. sake must have heard of the reckless- ness with which he sometimes spends $7.98 for a suit of clothes. It is to be hoped that the fact that a defendant in a breach of promise case used to send his sweetheart a million kisses in every letter will not be used as an argument against the feasibility of one-cent postage. It would serve the convenience of editors, compositors, proofreaders and readers alike if the American news- papers would only agree upon a com- ‘plete set of Yankee names for both the Japanese and the Russian war- ships. \ If tne Italian chemist who thinks he has discovered a chemical combina- tion in liquid form that will prove a substitute for kerosene oil is right, he may be endowing universities or «giving away libraries a dozen years from now. Washington Notes. The American government has just taken the first step toward the con- struction of military roads in Alaska by appropriating $50,000. The South Dakota delegation has been turned down by President Roose- velt, who declined to oust Maj. Mc- Chesney, Indian agent at Rosebud. In the annual record target practice just completed at Pensacola, the Iowa’s 12-inch guns made 42 shots and 34 hits, which equals the record made by the British ship Ocean in 1902. The battle of Bull Run will be fought over again during the combined ma- neuvers of the regular soldiers and mi- litiamen of the Atlantic division at Manassas, Va., from Sept. 5 to 20. Returns to the department of agri- culture, made to May 1, made the area under winter wheat in cultivation on that date to have been 15.2 per cent l essthan the area sowed last fall. United States Consul General Hollo- way at Halifax, Nova Scotia, has re- ported to the state department that minerals containing radium have been discovered in the province of Quebec. Returns from the offices of the In- dian bureau show that 456 bids for furnishing Indian supplies were re- ceived at Chicago and 74 at St. Louis. No awards on the bids have yet been made. A report on the progress of the beet sugar industry in 1903 shows an in- crease in the number of beet sugar fac- tories in the United States from 43 at the close of 1892 to 46 at the begin- ning of 1904. John Findley Wallace of Chicago, general manager of the Illinois Central railroad, has accepted the appointment of chief engineer in charge of the con- struction of the Panama canal. Mr. Wallace will receive a salary of $25,- 000 a year and will take up his work with the commission on June 1. People Talked About. Harvey W. Perkins, 67, for twenty- one years continuously with the South Bend Tribune, is dead. Thomas J. Cummins, United States consul at Porto Cabello, Venezuela, died suddenly in that city. James R. Sprankle, a prominent dredger and well known in lake cir- cles, died of heart failure at Cleve- land, aged 62. Dr. Clinton W. Cushing, one of the oldest and best known physicians of Washington, died suddenly at his home in that city. Gen. Andrew Hickentoper, aged 67 years, died at Cincinnati. He rose from captain to a brigadier in the Civil war, and was a famous commander of artillery in the Union army. He was lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1880 to 1882. Sins and Sinners. Houston Jennings, a negro, who kill- ed his wife with an axe April 15, kill- ed himself in jail at Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Mary A. Powell, convicted at Dover, Del., of the murder of Estelle Albin, has been sentenced to imprison- ment for life. Capt. Walter Allen of St. Louis, con- nected with the world’s fair Jefferson guards, committed suicide by shooting because of failing health. Fred Ziemann of Menominee, Mich., cut his wite’s throat from ear to ear. She died soon afterward. Then he slashed his own throat and cannot live. Edward A. Gott, a well-known attor- ney and a prominent promoter of De- troit, shot himself in the head at his home and died instantly. Business worry is believed the catse. The saloon men of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., have sworn out eleven warrants for the arrest of business men who kept their stores open on Sunday, as a result of the saloon closing order. William Herrick of Mahoney City Pa., after successfully steering off agents, solicitors and collectors by tacking o nhis home contagious dis- ease cards, fel la victim to two robbers who secured $500. While the Christian Holiness people were in the midst of an enthusiastic revival meeting at Wabash, Ind., an unknown person dashed a bottle of chloroform over the congregation. Nu- merous persons were overcome. Casualties. The Skinner company’s carriage hardware manufactory at Gananoque, Ont., was partially destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000, partially insured. The warehouse and factory of the Gerber Carriage company at Pittsburg, was partly destroyed by fire. The loss is $135,000. A fire occurred in Proctor’s 125th street theater in New York while a performance was going on. A panic was barely averted. Owing to a sudden rise in fhe Hun- ton river, seven persons connected with the White Pass mail stage were drowned at Yukon crossing. From a ladder 150 feet up the side of a temporary tower at Steger, Ill. Michael Tructicus fell to instant death. He had boasted he could climb the tower. ‘ George W. Harker, president of the Pacific Coast Gypsum company, was run down by an automobile and prob- ably fatally injured at Kalamazoo, Mich. The wharf property at Boston owned by the Central Wharf corporation and leased by the Boston & Philadelphia Steamship company, burned with a loss of $100,000. Foreign Gossip. The bakers of Berlin hav: a general strike and a bre: imminent. In the Italian chamber, the speaker announced that Queen Helena expected to be confined in September. The Spanish naval budget provides for the construction during the five years of warships which will cost $7,- 500,000. The seal fishery for 1904 has ended. The total catch was 284,470 seals, worth $394,485, against 317,562- seals last year. While the rumor that a revolution has broken out in Hayti is false, there is general discontent and a revolution is momentarily looked for. The Servian government has decided to demolish the old palace which was the scene of the murder of King Alex- ander and Queen Draga. The London ail says it understands that a British advance on Lhassa is now inevitable and that preparations to that end are progressing. Crown Prince Frederick William has won new laurels as a sportsman by sharing the emperor’s prize at the Potsdam Equestrian society’s contests with Capt. von Holtzing of the First Uhlans of the Guard. Rumors circulated of the intention of King Peter of Servia to abdicate have drawn an emphatic contradiction from King Peter himself, who in an inter- view: with the Belgrade correspondent of the Politische Correspondenz, de- clares the reports of his intention to abdicate in favor of his son to be pure inventions. declared famine is d General. , Zionites rejoice over the news of Dowie’s safe arrival in: Europe after his long voyage from Australia. A gift of $200,000 from John D. Rock- efeller to the Case School of Applied Sciences is announced at Cleveland. Chinese commissioners are in this country studying steel plants with a view of establishing great mills in China. Miss Helen Gould has been closely guarded to avoid the snap-shot fiend and persons with schemes that need financing. Three deaths in one family in a week, caused by the mysterious “black death,” have caused a panic at Rock- well City, Iowa. Mrs. Bessie Nunzinsky of New York is insane over the delusion that she can attain perfection in spirit by ab- staining from all food. Ham sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs will be used to combat pipes and cigarettes with the boys of the school of education of the University of Chi- cago. President Eliot of Harvard has con- firmed the statement that the crimson university and the Massachusetts in- stitute of technology are trying to com- bine. The Kansas supreme court has de- clared void the statute which makes it unlawful to discharge an employe be- cause he belongs to a labor organiza- tion. After fruitlessly wandering over the hills for years, Patrick Sullivan, an old prospector of Park City, Utah, died of heart failure upon discovering a rich mine. It is announced officially that the executive committee of the New York Central company had met to comulete arrangements for a loan of $30,000,- 000. Ex-Mayor James A. Reed of Kansas City has «nounced his withdrawal from the race for the Democratic nom- ination for governor to support Joseph W. Folk. =< The Columbus Aeroplane company has incorporated at Columbus, Ohio, to construct an airship upon lines de- signed by George F. Meyers, a local mechanic. The presentation of the resignation of Senior Bishop St@phen M. Merrill of Chicago has been made before the Methodist Episcopal conference at Los Angeles. In an excitement following a narrow escape from running down a fishing schooner in a dense fog, one of the passengers of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. died of fright. In connection with the ninety-second commencement of Princeton theolog- ical seminary, Harold Robinson of White Bear, Minn., received a fellow- ship in apologetics. ExGov. William A. Stone says of Carnegie’s hero fund: “I consider this newly established Carnegie hero fund the most ridiculous, foolish and insane organization of the present day.” It is reported that Harry Payne Whitney has leased for five years, with the option of purchase outright, the breeding ee training farm near Red Bank, N. known as Brookdale. The Johns Hopkins hospital of Bal- timore has received its promised gift of $500,000 from John D. Rockefeller, with $1,600 interest on the gift from April 4, the day he announced it. A complaint alleging insanity has been filed at Lincoln, Neb., by E. Ben- jamin Andrews, chancellor of the Ne- braska university, against his son, Guy A. Andrews, because of kleptomanja. The needful appropriation of $10, 000,000 having been voted by the New York board of estimate, work on the structure of the new bridge! over the East river will begin aly wi approached Siung Yue Cheng and! - | opened fire upon the town, while five PORT ARTHUR DALNY ALSO BOMBARDED, FORTS SILENCED AND TROOPS LANDED. JAPS ARE ADVANCING RAPIDLY OPEN TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT OF KAI CHAU TO COVER LANDING, FIGHTING LINE NEAR MUKDEN JAPANESE ARE ALMOST WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE RUSSIANS. Seoul, May 18. — It is reported here that the Japanese have been attacking Port Arthur since yesterday. Dalny has been bombarded, the impravised forts have been silenced and a body of troops has been landed there, Japs Advance Rapidly. London, May 18. — The Telegraph correspondent at Niuchwang, wiring via Tien-tsin, says: “Yesterday morning the Japanese appeared off Kai Chau with’ a large fleet of transports and warships. The latter immediately opened a terrific bombardment against the shore de- fenses in order to cover the landing of the troops. The defenses were silenced by 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Russians are retreating on Tashichao. The Japanese are advancing rapidly and are outflanking Tashichao and Niuchwang. The remaining Russian civil and military officials here con- cluded the evacuation of the place last night.” ~ Persistent Advance. The Times correspondent at Berlin wires: + Col. Gadke telegraphs from Mukden to the Berliner Tageblatt under date of May 15 that the Japanese are advanc- ing in a line parallel to the railway from Niuchwang to Liao-yang. The Japanese right wing is said to be mov- ing cautiously, while the left wing is advancing with greater persistence. Strong bodies of Russian cavalry are keeping watch upon both flanks of the Japanese advance. A large Japanese force is marching against the Russian troopse in Liaotung peninsula, whose numbers are still said to be considera- ble. Rain prevails and the roads are in a very bad state.” . Landing at Kai Chau. Niuchwang, May 18. — For twelve hours yesterday heavy and continuous firing was heard in the direction of Kai Chau. The Russian scouts who had been sent to investigate returned in the afternoon and reported that ‘the Japanese had landed troops at Kai Chau under cover of gun fire from four warships. There is tremendous excite- ment among the Chinese here, who witnessed with visible joy the hurried departure of many Russian residents. Fighting at Dalny. ~ London, May 18.—Bennett. Burleigh sends the Telegraph from Tokio the following official report of Admiral Kataoka: ° “Our fifth squadron and the sixth torpedo flotilla resumed dragging for mines on May 15 at Taiyoko. The en- emy has increased their fortifications. They. had brough up three field guns and attempted to impede our opera- tions. They fired continuous volleys but no loss was sustained by us. Eight more mines have been destroyed. We understand that the enemy’s mines were laid in three lines in the bay. Shall continue the dragging operations so as to safeguard navigation.” Battles Nearly Due. Mukden, May 18.—It was announced here yesterday that the main body of the Japanese forces is advancing on Haicheng, about ten miles Southeast of Niuchwang, and Kaipin (Kai Chou), about thirty-five miles south of Niu- chwang, and that a smaller force is marching in the direction of Liao- yang. Important developments are probable. The fighting line is steadily nearing Mukden, where Viceroy Alexieff’s headquarters still remain. Little relia- ple information can be obtained, but it is known that the Japanese are almost within striking distance of the Rus- sians, and that the forces protecting Liao-yang are stretched eastward from the railroad along the Mao-Tien moun- tain range. The Japanese are advancing in three columns and they are now north of Siu Yen and Feng Wang Cheng. Two columns are reported to be working further to the northward, with the ob- ject of turning the Russiar position and advancing upon Mukden. Numerous small engagements have been fought, but no decisive action has taken place. Port Arthur is now com- pletely isolated by the Japanese expe- dition at Polandin. Gen. Zassalitch Is Fired. St. Petersburg, May 18. — It is an- nounced that Lieut. Gen. Zassalitch has been relieved of the command of the Second Siberian army division and that Lieut. Gen. Count Keller, former | governor of Ekaterinoslav, has been appointed to succeed him. Another Landing. St. Petersburg, May 18.—The follow- ing telegram from Gen. Kuropatkin to the emperor under date of May 16 has been given out here: _“Toward noon seventeen steathers vessels approached the shore” At 1:30 p. m. three large steamers appeared off the cape and at 3:20 p. m. the enemy landed at Huang Tsia Tung and com- menced a march in the direction of Kaiping.” Port Arthur the Prize. Advices received by the general staff show that the Japanese practical- ly are masters of all of the southern end of the Liaotung peninsula. This result, so promptly’ brought about, is due to the failure of the Rus- sians to make opposition of any con- sequence to the Japanese advance. A member of the general staff said to the Associated Press that the re- moval of the guns from the fortifica- tions erected at Kin Chau and the de- struction of Port Dalny were primarily for the purpose of concentrating the entire Russian force at Port Arthur. If themen and guns were scattered the effect would have been to distribute the means of defense of the fortress over a number of points strategically weak. The Destruction of Dalny was the result of no sudden determina- tion, but it was due to the probability that a force attempting to hold this place could be separated from Port Arthur and captured, thus inflicting further loss of prestige to the Rus- sians, which could not be permitted at this time. To defend the whole of the southern end of the peninsula it would have been necessary to have an army equal to that which the Japanese could have landed. The weakness of the Manchurian army, said this officer, left only one course to pursue, namely, that of mo- bilizing sufficient troops at Port Ar- thur to hold it until relief came, aban- doning every point outside which did not contribute to the strategic defense of the fortress. It has been learned that the ground over which the Jap- anese must charge to capture the fortress is heavily mined. if they do capture it, the officer said, they will pay a frightful price. The destruction of Dalny is com- plete, the breakwater and the build- ings, as well as the piers and docks, having been blown up. Evacuation Complete. Niuchwang, May 18—In confirmation of recent, Associated Press dispatches the Russian evacuation of this city has been complete. Nothing remains but the destruction of the gunboat Siv- ouch, which it is expected will take place early in the morning. The Russian ‘troops marched out in perfect order, Gen. Kondratswitch leaving with the last regiment. The Associated Press _ correspondent has received exclusive information from the highest Russian authority that the Japanese advance will be resisted at Hai-cheng, whence the Russian forces will fall back upon Liao-Wang, where they will make a determined stand with a fighting strength there avail- able of 70,000 men. Czar Cheers and Is Cheered. Vrelgorod, Russia, May 18.—Emper- or Nicholas bid farewell this morning to the Thirty-first artillery brigade, which will leave in a few days for Manchuria. The ceremony occurred in the midst of scenes of great enthusi- asm, to which solemnity was lent by the united shouts of the soldiers as they passed before their sovereign that they were willing to do their best for his majesty. The journey of the emperor here was in the nature of a triumphal pro- cession. After bidding good-bye to the officers and men the emperor returned to the railroad station amid ringing cheers. Japs at Feng Husang Cheng. Antung, May 18.—The Japanese ad- vance guard entered reng Husang on the morning of the 16th. The Rus- sians continued their retirement north along the imperial road to Pekin. The Chinese report that the Rus- sians carried away 800 wounded from Kiulien-chang, making their total cas- ualties in that engagement 2,800. MARCHAND IS RELEASED. Term of Arrest Ends and His Resig- nation Is Accepted. Paris, May 18.—Col. Marchand’s ca- reer in the French army closed at noon yesterday, when his period of ar- rest for publicly criticising his superi- ors expired and the official acceptance of his resignation was handed to him. In an interview he said he would give ‘out a statement “answering the false- hoods of the military authorities.” DIFFERENCE OVER WAGES. Adams Express Men on the lowa Cen- tral on a Strike. Marshalltown, lowa, May 18. — The Adams Express company messengers running on lowa Central trains are on a strike owing to a difficulty in getting men to take their places. Fred D. Bailey, a machinist in the employ of the Iowa Central, has disappeared and it is feared wandered away while de- ranged. Charges Carrier With Assault. Woodstock, Minn., May 18.—Barney Mooney, a rural free delivery mail carrier, yesterday was arrested here and taken to Pipestone by Sheriff Shepard on acharge of assault com- mitted last Saturday on the person of S. M. Gentry, an agent of the Porter}. Lumber company. Mooney, it is charged, was angry because Gentry sent him a dun. Killed in View of His Wife. Cass Lake, Minn., May 18. — Jacob Wise, a section man, was run over and died an hour later. Wise crawled un- | der a freight train standing in the yards. The train started and bdth his | legs were crushed and his head was | smashed. He died without regaining consciousness. The accident was wit- nessed by Wise’s wife. He was fifty years old, WISCONSIN IS FOR WALL DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION BRINGS OUT A FAVORITE SON. E. C. WALL DEFEATS W. 8. HEARST WISCONSIN’S CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. DELEGATES AT LARGE ARE NAMED TIMOTHY E. RYAN, DAVID S. ROSE, N@AL BROWN AND C. H. WEISSE THE MEN. Milwaukee, May 18.—The supporters of Edward C. Wall defeated the ad- herents of William R. Hearst in the Democratic state convention yester- day, a resolution instructing the Wis- consin delegation to the national con- vention at St. Louis to vote for Mr. Wall having been adopted by a viva voce vote. In addition the convention adopted a platform which “recognizes the last national platform as the code of national Democracy until a new platform is adopted.” Among other things the platform fa- vors the enforcement of laws against “trusts;” tariff for revenue only; r peal of tariff on all trust-made articles; deposits of surplus public moneys in safe bank depositories; an income tax law and the election of United States senators by direct vote. ‘The only serious rupture in the pro- ceedings was the settlement of the contest over the seating of the dele- gation from Racine county in which the) Wall delegation was seated after several fiery speeches were made by the supporters of both factions. The following were elected dele- gates at large: Timothy E. Ryan, Waukesha; David S. Rose, Milwaukee; Neal Brown, Wausau; Charles H. Weisse, Sheboy- gan Falls. Alternates — Col. George W. Bird, Madison; Dr. W. A. Anderson, La Crosse; Janson K. Wright, Marinette; Hugh J. Gallagher, Darlington. Electors at Large — P. H. Martin, Green Bay; Charles A. Bresch, Mil- waukee. The convention ratified the list of delegates and presidential electors re- ported from the district caucuses. A motion was adopted instructing the delegates to vote as a unit on all questions at the national convention. The convention then adjourned sine die. OHIO REPUBLICANS. State Convention Assembles at Cofum- bus. Columbus,’ Ohio, May 18. — The Re- publican state convention convened here yesterday afternoon. What is known as “the organization,” headed by Herrick, Dick and Cox, carried al- most all of the twenty-one districts and controlled the convention by such a decisive majority that n ocontests or opposition to anything was appar- ent. Gov. Herrick, on being introduced as the temporary chairman, addressed the convention on state affairs, re- viewing the work of the recent session of the legis!ature and his own admin- istration since the first of the year. The districts were then called for the announcement of members of the com- mittees, when the convention ad- journed until to-day. MONTANA DEMOCRATS. Effort to Secure Indorsement of Hearst Fails. Great Falls, Mont., May 18.—Sena- tors W. A. Clark and Paris Gibson and Gov. J. K. Toole were unanimous- ly chosen as three of Montana's dele- gates to the national convention by the state Democratic convention last night and at midnight were still busy debating the selection of three more national delegates and six alternates. The effort of the Hearst followers to secure the indorsement of the con- vention for the candidacy of the New Yorker met with defeat in the com- mittee on resolutions, the platform adopted calling for an uninstructed delegation. e HEARST WINS AT HOME. California Democratic Convention In- dorses Him. Santa Cruz, Cal., May 18.—By a ma- jority of nineteen votes the Democrat- ic state convention last night instruct- ed the delegation to the national con- vention at St. Louis to vote for Con- gressman W. R. Hearst for president. FAIL TO BREAK DEADLOCK. Situation in Hlinois Republican Con- vention Is Unchanged. Springfield, Ill., May 18—Two breaks in the voting in the Illinois Republican convention, one for the benefit of F. O. Lowden and the other in the interest of Charles S. Deneen, failed to break the deadlock, and at 9:25 p. m. the convention took a recess until 11 . o’clock to-day without having material- Jy changed the situation. _