Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 4, 1904, Page 3

ah Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, + MINNESOTA, Admiyal Perry little dreamed what Progress the Japanese would make in fifty years. Kuropatkin says he is glad the Japs have crossed the Yalu. Satisfactory all round then. According to recent investigations there are 44,000 hotels in the United States—mostly bad. Gen. Stoessel and staff expect to spend the summer months at their seaside resort in Port Arthur. Fried onions, they say, will kill germs in the human system—also, sometimes, long-standing friendships. Still, the small boys of Wisconsin will not object to the announced cur- tdilment of the shingle production in the state. Grafting in charitable institutions, with the patients as victims, is moral- ly very like taking pennies from a blind beggar. A former Dakota judge is now an inmate of a Missouri prison. This is rather a heroic way of taking one’s own medicine. The value put on men is steadily rising. A woman in Georgia, in a breach of promise case, has asked for $100,000 damages. Young Mr. Rockefeller says that misfortunes are blessings in disguise. Yes; and they are usually successful in preserving their incognito. The king of Italy now wears his mustache curled up at the ends. Evi- dently there was a deep significance in Emperor William’s recent visit. So King Peter is going to be crown- ed June 15, if he isn’t assassinated before then. That will be the anni- versary of his election to the throne. An American girl has painted the portrait of the empress dowager of China. Fortunately, the work was completed before the dowager’s latest death. One of the sons of President Loubet gets a salary of $400 a year as a clerk in the Bank of France. Evidently he wants to learn the business from the bottom up. r} A preacher says St. Louis is more wicked now than Rome or Babylon ever was. But a good many people will insist on going and seeing for themselves. J. C. Smith of New York, who in- herited $1,000,000 seven years ago, is a bankrupt. Well, he can at least claim credit for having put the money in circulation. The New York minister who inter- polates “they say” in the Apostles’ creed must have formed the “‘it-is- alleged” habit from reading copy on a daily newspaper. é If Peru and Brazil are reading the reports from the far East it is safe to assume that the boundary dispute will be settled by arbitration. The other thing doesn’t pay. The war in the east would seem less horrible if some suitable English syn- onyms could be found for “Fengwang- cheng,” “Newchwang,” “Liaoyang,’ and “Fengshanghong.” An English chess player is going to marry the daughter of an American millionaire. This will enable him to go on benefiting the world-by devot- ing himself to the game. China announces again her deter- mination to maintain strict neutrality and that is wise. An army equipped with parasols is out of place when there is real fighting going on. Somewhat roughly, people may be divided into two great classes, those who think the cherry looks most beautiful in bloom and those who think it looks most beautiful in pie. Japan’s attitude on the foreign trade question while it is trying to take Manchuria is’ much less import- ant than its attitude.when it shall be in definite and permanent possession. It is interesting to read and hear what the philosophizing prophets have to say about conditions in the American city of the future. Perhaps they know as much about it as any of us do. Cats are said to be regarded as a dainty food in Italy, their meat be- ing described as “tender and sweet.” This may be true of the meat, but can hardly be appropriately applied to the song. Mme. Janauschek is now an inmate of the Actors’ Home at West New Brighton, Staten Island. Thus do we see the benefits of genius. If she had been an ordinary woman she might have had to scrub in her old age. All the shorthand writers in the country working together couldn’t haye taken down the remarks that were made in New York when ali the L roads in the city were stalled at 5 p. m, and it took from ten to twenty- six minutes to start the trains again. Washington Notes. The fad of giving swell teas to pet dogs has struck the national capital. The treasury department has drawn 8 warrant for $9,000,000 in favor of J. P. Morgan & Co., in final settlement of the canal purchase. The Cuban secretary of state has sent a message of gratitude to the gov- ernment for the great help rendered Cuba in her struggles. While no formal order has been is- |, sued on the subject, the work has gone forth that in making promotions in the executive department women shall be given only secondary consideration. In a letter defending the estimates of population recently issued by the census bureau, Director North inciden- tally gives an estimate of the popula- tion of the United States under the census to be taken in 1910, placing the figure at 89,041,436. The director says that this indicates a percentage of in- creast of 17.2 as compared with 20.7 in the decade 1890-1900. * Personal. Herman Von Mumm, the famous wine merchant, is dead at Frankfort. Maj. Gen. Sir John C. McNeill is dead in London. He was born in 1851. Richard C. Dale, one of Philadeb phia’s distinguished lawyers, died after a lingering illness from heart trouble, aged 51 years. James P. Hooligan, widely known in telegraph circles and formerly chief operator of the Western Union at Chi- cago, is dead in Chicago of pulmonary trouble. Chao Chu, son of Wu Ting Fang, for- mer minister to the United States from China, has been graduated at the head of his class in the Atlantic City high school. The young Oriental will be- gin the study of medicine. Peter Henkel, founder of the Com- mercial Milling company of Detroit, is dead, aged 80 years. Death was due to heart disease. In addition to his Detroit interests, Mr: Henkel owned a flour miJl in Cleveland. Rey. Samuel B. McCormick, presi- dent of Cole college, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was elected chancellor of the ‘Western University of Pennsylvania. The board of trustees believes Mr. McCormick will accept the position. Casualties. Fire did damage estimated at $250,- 000 to the seven-story carriage factory of Ledoux & Co. at Montreal. H. C. Keffer and Mrs. Hugh McDou- gal, wife of a young farmer, have been drowned at Verden, Man., by the cap- sizing of a boat. Crossed electric wires caused a fire in the northwest corner of the mines and metallurgy building at the world’s fair at St. Louis. Lydia and Lillie Seubarth, aged 8 and 14 years, were drowned in a pond in Wauwatosa, Wis. Lillie was trying to rescue her sister. The plant of the Highland Power company on the Boise river, twenty miles above Boise, Idaho, was swept away. Loss, $150,000. Oscar Thorson’s hired man and five horses were struck by lightning at Rock Rapids, Iowa. The horses were instantly killed and the man danger- ously burned. The Stonybrook plant of the United Box, Board and Paper company at Whippany, N./J., was practically de- stroyed by fire. Loss, $350,000. Spon- taneous combustion. In a head-on collision between a rock train and a switch engine on the Mo- hawk branch of the Mineral Range railroad at Calumet, Mich., James Jeff- ries, engineer of the rock train, was killed. The fireman saved himself by jumping. Alfred Morgan, aged 75 years, a rel- ative of J. P. Morgan, was burned to death at his home at Vineland, N. J. His house was discovered on fire and an attempt was made to rescue him, but the flames spread so rapidly that this was impossible. Harry D. Babcock, Jr., a member of the freshman class of Yale, and a player on the Yale polo team, died at his home in New York from the effects of an accidental blow on the head from a polo mallet in the hands of a fellow player, W. C. Devereaux, of the Prince- ton team. Crimes and Criminatis. County Supt, L. N. Gerber of Web- ster City, Iowa, is under arrest charged with assault upon City Supt. L. H. Ford. His bond has been fixed at $600. R. T. Wall, a wealthy banker and merchant of Richards, was shot and killed on the street at Nevada, Mo., by Dr. J. T. Todd, equally prominent, as the result of a feud. John J. Donahue, who disappeared from Sioux City, Iowa, April 25, it is charged, after having embezzled $5,000 from the J. J. Farrelley Commission company of Chicago, has been captured : in Killarney, Ireland. Brooding over a mysterious letter, which now is missing, Marie Browser, 18 years old, killed herself at Marion, Ind., with carbolic acid. She was to have been married soon. Mrs. Albert Nixon, wife of a prom- inent merehant of Anderson, Ind, was the victim of an acid-thrower and will probably be blind for life. The case is surrounded by mystery. A jury in the criminal court at Kan- sas city has brought in a verdict of acquittal in the case of State Senator Jesse L. Jewell, charged with solicit- ing a bribe in connection with certain baking powder legislation. ; Foreign. The London Times announces a pen- ny price to yearly subscribers. Its former price was the equivalent to the nickel in the United States. The Venezuelan government has ex- pelled from Maracaibo twelve Spanish monks who came from the Philippines, The action of the government was tak- en on the ground that the policy of the monks is incompatible with the tend- ency of modern society. The Dominican government has ob- tained from the, Italian minister new terms of the payment of Italian claims under the protocol. The arrangement stipulates that the payment shall begin after $25,000 have been produced and applied to the exterior debt. Persistent rumors of unrest among the native tribes have been rife at Jo- hannesburg for some time. The activ- ity of the leaders in the Ethiopian movement, which is based on their idea of Africa for the native races, is believed to‘ be largely the cause of the feeling. It is said at Constantinople that the authorities contemplate destroying all Armenial villages in the Sassun dis- trict of Asia Minor in order to prevent the concentration of the insurgents in the mountains and the installation of the villagers on the plain where they may be better supervised. The Hamburg-American officials ad- mit that Russia tried to buy the steam- er Deutschland, but the price demand- ed was too high, being $3,000,000. The prices of the steamers sold to Russia are said to be as follows: Augusta Victoria, $1,500,000; Columbia and Fuerst Bismarck, each $1,000,000; Bel- gia, $750,000. The French council of ministers has considered the Vatican controversy and in an official note says: “The government is satisfied with the au- thenticity of the reported protest sent by the Vatican to the powers, and therefore has decided to recall M. Nisard, leaving routine business in the hands of the third secretary of the Vatican embassy.” Kemal Pasha, the sultan’s son-in-law, and other high officials have been ar- rested and sent into exile in conse- quence of the discovery of a secret cor- respondence between Kemal Pasha and Princess Khadidje, daughter of the imprisoned ex-Sultan Murad. Kemal Pasha, who is a son of the late Osman Ghai Pasha, is a general in the Turk- ish army and an aide-de-camp to the sultan. General. The directors of the Calumet & Hee- la Mining company have declared a quarter] ydividend of $10 per share. Leading negroes in the Tenth Ten- nessee district have issued a call for a convention to nominate a negro can- didate for president. The amount of funds now on deposit to the credit of the reorganization com- mittee of the Consolidated Lake Supe- rior company is $2,000,000. A jury in the superior court at Balti- more has fixed the value of a kiss at $100 in the case of Ellen von Bouren, 16, against Frank Bohager. The Massachusetts state legislature has passed a bill for the purpose of stopping the corruption of employes by the giving and receiving of bribes. The schedules filed by Sully & Co. in New York show firm liabilities of $3,568,936 and assets of $4,119,627. Of the indebtedness, $1,369,462 is unse- cured. The official statement of the attend- ance at the world’s fair during last week shows the total attendance 257,- 611, an increase of 69,140 over the pre- vious week. Harry Phillips of Anderson, Ind., is paying from 5 cents to 25 cents a head for cats, which he is shipping to In- dianapolis. The exact nature of the deal is a secret. The Ohio grand lodge of Odd Fel- lows has sustained the action of Grand Master Pavey in excluding saloon- keepers and bartenders from member- ship in the order. Nancy Hanks, the mare which for nearly three years held the trotting championship of the world, when the record stood at 2:04, was sold for $4,- 000 to J. M. Johnson, mayor of Calais, Me. Daniel Burrows, familiarly known as “Alkali Ike,” is dead at his cabin near Fort Steele, Wyo. He came to Wyo- ming forty years ago from Independ- ence, Mo., and was a friend of William E. Nye. He was a well-known frontier character and was with Gen. Miles in many of his Indian fights. At a meeting of the Carnegie hero fund committee at Pittsburg, President Charles L. Taylor reported that the committee now has custody of the $5,- 000,000 in bonds donated by Mr. Car- negie to endow the fund. The fund be- came operative on April 15, 1904, and no applications on account of heroic acts performed prior to that date will be considered. The Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst is said to have resigned as editor of Zion’s Herald, the leading Methodist weekly of the East. Since Dr. BE. A. Schell of Chicago secured a verdict of $24,000 against Dr. Parkhurst and his paper for libel it has been regarded as probable that the doctor would retire. Several thousand bacilli taken from plague sufferers in India an denclosed in a small tin case, leather bound, have been lost somewhere between St. Paul and Chicago by W. W. H. Hurlbut, M. D., a scientist from London, Eng., who has arrived in Chicago, REPORTED THAT FIGHTING OC- CURRED WITHIN SIX MILES OF THE CITY. READY TO STORM THE FORTRESS JAPANESE PLACING SIEGE GUNS IN POSITION FOR FINAL ASSAULT. EVACUATE ' DALNY IN HASTE RUSSIANS FLED QUICKLY WHEN NANSHAN HILL WAS LOST TO THE JAPS. Niuchwang, June 1 — A report has just reached here that a battle oc- curred yesterday within six miles of Port Arthur, and the Japanese now are placing in position their siege guns, preparatory to storming the fortress. % Chefu, June 1. — An unconfirmed rumor is current among the Chinese that a battle occurred six miles from Port Arthur yesterday. Continuous Fighting. Liao-yang, June 1. — Continuous fighting has taken place northeast of Feng Wang Cheng .and the railway above Kinchou since May 27. A sharp action has taken place eastward of Simatsi, thirty-five miles north of Feng Wang Cheng, which lasted from the morning of May 27 until daylight, May 30. Both sides suffered severely. Detailed figures are lacking. The engagement resulted in the Russians retiring on Simatsi, followed cautiously by Japanese detachments. Three companies of Japanese are re- ported to have ambushed a patrol of the Nerinsky regiment near Hunsian, wounding thre Cossacks. Severe fighting is reported along the raitway between Vfangoy and Vfan- dien. The Japanese suffered heavily and would have been annihilated had not infantry reserves come up and forced the Russians to retire into Vfangoy. In Desperate Straits. Niuchwang, June 1. — Six Chinese arrived here from Port Arthur this morning. They state that they es- caped last Tuesday night and traveled on foot. The situation of the inhabitants of the beleaguered city, they say, is des- perate. Famine prices exist and the cost of stores and provisions increses each week. The railway is completely destroyed as far as Kinchou and there are fre- quent gaps in it between Kinchou and Wafangtien. At Wafangtien there are 15,000 Japanese troops, but no sign of troops further north. During the fighting at Kinchou 200 Chinese were killed by the Japanese fire. Jap Squadron Annihilated. St. Petersburg, June 1.—The follow- ing official dispatch has been received by the general staff: “Shortly before noon May 30 our cavalry opened fire near the railroad station of Vagenfuchu against an ad- vancing Japanese force, consisting of eight companies of infantry, eight squadrons of cavalry and four ma- chine guns. During the ensuing battle our mounted sotnias brilliantly at- tacked a Japanese squadron on the enemy’s left flank and almost com- pletely annihilated it. The sotnias then attacked the infantry, but retired under the fire of the machine | guns. The advance of the Japanese infantry in order to turn out left flank was stopped by the fire of our battery, which inflicted considerable loss on the enemy. Our losses have not yet been definitely ascertained, but so far as known one officer and twenty-one men were wounded and _ twenty-five horses were lost. Dalny Reported Burning. Chefu, June 1.—More than 500 na- tive refugees arrived here yesterday in junks from Dalny. They give con- flicting accounts, but they agree that Dalny is in flames. The brigands are pillaging amid the conflagration. The gunboat Boyri and some Russian de- stroyers are reported by some to have been sunk. By others it is said that they attempted to reach Port Arthur. All merchant vessels have been de- stroyed and the buildings belonging to foreigners were burned. It is re- ported that the Russian mines at Dal- ny failed to explode. Russians Desert Dalny. Tokio, June 1—The Russians evac- uated Dalyy so hastily that they failed to destroy much property which will prove highly valuable to the Japanese. Gen. Oku’s scouts report that over 100 barracks and storehouses remain un- injured. It is evident that the Rus- sians fled quickly when Nanshan Hill was lost, expecting that Gen. Oku would immediately take possession of Dalny. 7 Jap Ships Not Seen. Chicago, June 1. — Stanley Wash- purn, a staff correspondent of the Daily News, cables his paper as fol- lows: Tie “Chefu, May 31.—For four days past the Fawan has cruised around the pe- ninsula, never far from Port Arthur. The cruises have been made through- out the day; at night the boat was anchored under the shelter of the Kiaotao islands. During this time not a single Japanese ship has been seen nor has a shot been heard in the di- rection of the fortress. “It seems as though the Japanese are avoiding another general naval en- | ‘gagement with the forts on account of ‘the extreme danger from floating mines. A Chinese junk struck one of these mines a few days ago near the peninsula and was annihiliated. Junks have been seen attempting to run the blockade and some have successfully accomplished their object.” ~ To Relieve Port Arthur. Tien-tsin, June 1. — It is reported here that the first brigade of the first Russian division, consisting of the Frst, Second, Third and Fourth Si- berian regiments, left Tashechao' (a point on the railroad about thirty miles south of Niuchwang) for Kin- chou yesterday. The purpose of this movement is not known, but it is be- lieved that the troops are moving to the relief of Port Arthur. These are to be followed by the entire division. Ships Reported Sunk. Mukden, June 1—The Japanese on the night of May 28 made another at- tempt to block Port Arthur by sinking merchant vessels in the harbor en- trance. The attempt was discoveréd through the operations of a search- light and one Japanese gunboat and two torpedo boat destroyers were sunk. The merchantmen were re- tired. Mediation Is Not Wanted. St. Petersburg, June 1. — The re- newed intimations of foreign media- tion in the war are considered in gov- ernment circles to be entirely out of place and impertinent in view of Russia’s specific declaration in diplo- matic circles that mediation: was re- garded as being beyond the range of possibility at the present time. Any move in that direction can be taken only after a change in the mili- tary situation—when Russia’s military prestige is restored—both because of its effect on Europe and on her future in the Far East. FIERCE FIGHT WITH BANDITS. Woming Shefiff’s Posse Has Shooting Match With Gang of Outlaws. Buffalo, Wyo., June 1. — Sheriff Webb of Natrona county, and posse have fought a battle with outlaws near the Putney ranch, in the Big Horn motntains. One of the outlaws was wounded and fell from his horse. A companion lifted him from the ground and escaped with his human burden into the Bad Lands. The of- ficers followed, and news of another battle is iooked for momentarily. A number of horses have been stolen from the Teasdale ranch recently, and Sheriff Webb and his men started in pursuit of the guilty parties about a week ago. THREE TRY TO END LIFE. Brooding Over Gillespie Trial Has a Peculiar Effect on Hoosiers. Rising Sun, Ind., June 1. — James Moore, aged twenty years, a farm la- borer, yesterday shot himself in the head. His physicians say the wound is such that he cannot recover. This is the third attempt at suicide here from brooding over the failure of a verdict in the Gillespie murder trial. The others were Andrew Davis and August Greve, in succession, on the day previous. All were brooding over the result of the Gillespie trial. Moore was talking about ft all the time on Sunday, and when called for breakfast he shot himself. HOMESTEADERS UPHELD. Supreme Court Rules on Land Bought of Old Sioux City Road. Washington, June 1.—In the case of Elmira Knepper vs. John A. Sands, the United States supreme court yester- day held that purchasers from the Railroad company of land granted from the old Sioux City railroad in Iowa did not have a good title as against homesteaders because the road was never constructed and the United States had the land subse- quently relinquished to it by the state. Sands held the homestead title. DEADLOCK STILL ON. Illinois Republicans Reconvene After Eleven-Day Recess. Springfield, Ill., June 1—The Repub- lican state convention after a session lasting an hour and a half and after taking three ballots for governor, ad- journed until 10 o’clock this morning without having broken the deadlock. The convention after an eleven-day recess reconvened at 2:13 yesterday afternoon. There was a manifest fall- ing off of enthusiasm. Drowned While Boating. Arlington, S. D., June 1—T. H. Han- sen of Hetland, was drowned at Lake Poinsett, ten miles north of this place, yesterday morning. He and George Barber were out on the lake in a boat and were capsized by the high wind. Another boat near at hand tried to rescue them, but the waves dashed over the overturned boat, washing Mr. Hansen off before a/ rescue could be effected. Mr. Barber was in a serious condition, but will recover. Thieves Raiding Winona. Winona, Minn., June 1.—Winona is overrun with petty thieves, and doz- ens of householders have entered complaint at the police headquarters. They say that their premises are en- tered and articles of wearing apparel and other things of a like nature have been taken. The thefts have become so general that it is believed that there is an organized band at work. “Jack the Peeper’ Abroad. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 1—Reports from Redfield state that the residents of that place are being greatly an- noyed by the operations of a genuine “Jack the Peeper,” who recently has frightened women and children by his practice of sneaking around resi- dences late at night and peering into bedroom windows. A suspected per- son is being secretly watched. TASCOTT IS DEAD LONG-SOUGHT MURDERER DIES SELF-IDENTIFIED IN ALASKA. DS FAMOUS SNE&@L TRAGEDY PAYS PENALTY OF CRIME WITH PENITENCE AND FILLS UN- MARKED GRAVE. WAILING DOG BRINGS SUCCOR ATTRACTS PROSPECTOR TO LONE- LY DEATHBED OF HUNTED MURDERER. Victoria, B. C., June 1.—If the vol- untary declaration of a dying man is to be believed finis has been written to the historic Snell tragedy of fifteen years ago and Tascott, the long-sought murderer, self-identified, has paid the penalty of his crime with penitence and now fills an unmarked grave in the heart of the Alaskan wilderness, whither he had fied for the effacement of his individuality. Philip Robertson, a strictly reliable man, prospector and miner, received the dying man’s confession, and tells the story simply and dramatically. Robertson left the Klondike capital. he says, late last fall in a small boat bound for the new placer grounds at Fairbanks. He reached a point near Dahl river, in a particularly desolate and forbidding region, when the for- lorn wailing of a dog surprised his ears. He found the dog, a half-starved shepherd, seeming!y in much distress. Following this animal Robertson was brought to a seemingly deserted cabin some 400 yards above the river, con- cealed in a clump of spruce. Death Stamped on His Face. “IT vertured to the door of the shack and kneeked,” says Robertson, “and there was a feeble ‘come in.’ All was darkness inside and there was no sign of a fire. I caught sight of a bit of candle, which I lighted and then ad- vanced to where a man lay. With a feeble effort he turned and stared at me for a full minute. Then he said: “Are vou an officer?’ “The question amazed me a Dit. “No, I said. I am a miner, and if there is anything I can do for you I want to do it.’ “IT soon had a fire going and again approached the bed. The man’s hair was white as snow, his face had a livid color in it that looked like death, and he had the most terrified and hopeless,expression I have ever seen on a human being. “Partner,” he said finally, rolling over on his side and little more than whispering, ‘I'm Leaving a World that I did not appreciate. I am going to—where I belong.’ “He lapsed into silence again and what I thought was a sleep came over him. Two hours passed and he sud- denly wakened with a shriek, and then sank back in bed. “In a few minutes he gave another wild scream and straightened up in bed. Then in a voice you would think came from a good strong man, he said: “See here, boys, my name is Tas- cott. I’m Tascott. Do you under- stand? I’m Tascott, that they’ve been hunting like a wolf for years. I can- not run any more. I’m getting paid for what I did. I know I'm dying, and I know where I'll go. Tell the boys when they come back that I am Tascott, ané you can tell the world, too, for the world has hunted me for a long time.’ “About 3 in the morning I heard a noise like a man expelling all the air from his Jungs. I rushed over to the bed and felt the man’s pulse and hegrt. He was dead. Partners Were Queer. “The next day his partners got back and I told them what happened. They were the strangest fellows I’ve ever met in the North. They did not say who they were. They did not even thank me for staying with their dead. They did not even ask me to join them at their meal, but they buried the man and, rolling up their things in a blanket pack, they started across the country in the direction of the Koyukuk. “Before going one of them came to me abruptly. ‘See here,’ he said. ‘You’ve seen and heard what you’ve heard. You can’t make anything by talking about it. He’s dead and that’s all there is to it.’ “Before I could ask him anything, he had struck the trail and that was the last I saw of him. I have never told about this until now, but that dead man asked me to make his story public, and so I do so. I solemnly be- lieve that he was tortured to death by thinking of his own life and the belief that he was always the object of pur- suit, and I as surely believe that he told the truth in saying that he was Tascott. It is my opinion that his partners knew it, too.” Amos J. Snell, a wealthy Chicago man, was murdered Feb. 8, 1888, and Tascott was suspected of committing the crime, the object of which was robbery. He has been searched for by the authorities for years.