Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 25, 1904, Page 3

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - What's all this talk about “the su- perfluous woman”? There’s no such thing. As President Thomas says, “anthra- cite is a luxury.” It will come in gilt wrappers soon. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Col. Younghusband — sending back pretty soon for reinforcements. The Japs are said to be using “hu- mane” bullets. This is one of the few humors of “civilized warfare.” The new green apple shade for summer gowns must be in the way of a delicate tribute to the small boy. A recent novel is supplied with a “key.” If it’s like some of them, it should be kept under lock and key. “The report lacks confirmation” is now at the front with “regret to re- port” and “heavy firing was heard.” No less than six New York theaters have had to close. It’s something new for some theaters to be long on “clothes.” rhe Panama hat rim is not quite so akish and flabbergasted this season. help to relieve the outlook as listed William Waldorf As- ng the wealthiest ten “Ameri- Ma is reported to be m straits. He'll fool around un- breaks a corset string if he watch out. se reformer has just been for life. Over here we let him run for office with it. ble about dealing with the worst specimens of the tribe are usually the least con- of their snobbery. es to ask what she should the fhir. Well, for one thing, ould wear a bouffant pocketbook a long, green lining. n a woman asks a man how es her, she isn’t asking tion. And she expects him in superlatives. 2 half of the Russian popu- read and write. But think nical difficulties to be over: > in learning Rus: It has not been decided yet whether w Jersey girl who killed her- she didn’t have a big : shall have a big funeral. There are only one war and six ons in progress in South Ameri- condition of South American » is becoming frightfully monoto- peac -ars that Lillfan Russell has time past been drawing $1,- per. No wonder that the airy, , Lillian finds it so easy to get ed. Baltimore Sun wants to know if 1e Russian type has changed.” Some of those Russian names have y played havoc with the types country. The Tibetans will be operated upon and skillfully for. the re- their administrative entity will not miss it until they k alone. omething significant in the t when one hears of a woman pile of old love letters they erally been written by some didn’t marry. s0 neatly al of they y to wa The A Chicago packing firm has been pronounced not guilty of killing a man ate a mince pie. Everybody must netly understand that he eats mince pie at his own risk. According to her memoirs, Sara Bernhardt was, from her earliest youth, inclined to be giddy. She says that when a mere tot she fell into the fire and “was rescued, smoking.” A Chicago man, who has been ar- rested for bigamy, claims that it was all a mistake. A similar opinion has sometimes been expressed of the common, sing!e-barreled kind of mar- riage. France knows that some of her mil- itary secrets have been sold, but she does not know who sold them. We hope she will get the right man this time, and treat him as she treated the wrong one before. As the summer approaches scien- tists will, of course, offer the custom- ary reminders that kissing and ice water are dangerous. It is safe to say that ice water will nevertheless receive appreciative attention as usual. Not unnaturally there was a tremen- dous crowd in Paris to watch the pas- sage through the streets of 178 kegs of gold coin, valued at $9,000,000, a part payment for the Panama canal. Fortunately for everybody, none of the kegs burst. MINNESOTA. Washington Notes. Minister Hardy in a cable dispatch to the state department from Madrid, reports that the extradition treaty has been signed. Dominic L. Murphy, recently ap- pointed secretary of the Panama canal commission, has assumed the duties of his office. The secretary of the interior with- drew 115,000 acres of land from settle- ment in the Buffalo and Lander dis- tricts in Wyoming on account of the Shoshone irrigation prospect. The secretary of the interior with- drew from entry 990,000 acres of land in the Devils Lake and Minot land dis- tricts in North Dakota on account of the Mouse River irrigation project, and 450,000 acres in the North Platte, Alli- ance and Sidney districts in Nebraska, on account of the North Platte project. Foreign Gossip. The Spanish cabinet has approved the extradition treaty with America. The technical committee, after mak- ing experiments, has adopted the Rus- sian system of: wireless telegraphy for use on all vessels of the Baltic fleet. Disgusted with the inhospitable re- ception he met in London, John Alex- ander Dowie suddenly determined to leave England and started for Bou- logne-Sur-Mer, France, with his wife and son. Three foreigners ,supposed to be anarchists, were arrested at Johannes- burg during the night. One man had been heard to boast that he would at- tempt to assassinate the British high commissioner, Lord Milner, if it were made.worth his while. The Hudson Bay company has de- clared a dividend of 35 shillings a share and has also returned £1 a share of capital. Last year the divi- dend was 25 shillings, with £2 return- ed. The last two years were the most successful for many years past. More than 1,500 miles of railroad, it is said, are to be built in Mexico under the direct auspices of ‘the Mormon church. It is expected that the road will run from Ameca, in the state of Jalisco, to fiudad Juarez, opposite El Paso, Tex. The Mexican government has given the Mormon church another grant of 100,000 acres of land in the state of Chihuahua. Crimes and Criminals. T. H. Dickinson, a traveling sales- man of Lexington, Ky., committed sui- cide by drinking prussic acid in Chi- cago. Miles Blakely shot and killed Annie Clifton at Sikeston, Mo., afterward committing suicide. Jealousy is be- lieved to have been the cause of the tragedy. Mrs. Maria Thompson, colored, who killed John Irwin, a wealthy white farmer, was taken from jail in Lebanon Junction, Ky., at 2 a. m. and hung to a tree in the jail yard. Theophile Bolanger, murderer of his brother-in-law, Antoine Seguin at St. Eustache, was hanged at St. Scholaef, Que., but died of a broken heart be- fore the drop fell. Frederick W. Wagner, forty-five years old, a musician, shot Mary Wag- ner, his wife, at their home in New York, mortally wounding her, and then turned the revolver on himself. A. C. Jenkins, living six miles east of Norton, Kan., while beating his wife, was shot dead by his eleven-year- old daughter. Jenkins was insane and had often threatened to kill his whole family. Joseph Farr shot and killed his son- in-law, Charles Reyburn, with a shot gun, near Reyburn’s house at Rich- mond, Mo., and then surrendered to the sheriff. The killing was the out- come of a divorce petition filed by Mrs. Reyburn. Two are dead and three wounded, one fatally, as the result of a duel fought in the streets of Bryantsville, Ind. The fight was the culmination of feud between the Rout and Tow fam- ilies, which has existed for several years. Iu a battle between three alleged postoffice robbers and a posse of citi- zens in Marshfield, Mo., two of the rob- bers were badly wounded, while a third man escaped, although he was tracked for more than a mile by a trail of blood. A riot occurred on the Northern Pa- cific passenger train near Burke, Idaho, between union miners from the Hercules mine and non-union men from the properties of the Federal Mixing and Smelting company: No one was killed, but several on each side were badly injured. Accidental Happenings. In a natural gas explosion at Brad- ford, Pa., one man was killed, another fatally injured, the home of R. L. Sheckels was wrecked, and property valued at $31,000 was destroyed. Sev- eral persons had narrow escapes from death. George Johann and Martz Wilkins, both fifteen years old, were) drowned while swimming in the Milwaukee river at Barton, Wis. Casperi Calera was instantly killed at Macey, Iowa. He , attempted to board, a passing freight and fell under. He was a member of a gang of labor- ers employed on the ‘Illinois Central. The two-year-old son of Mrs. Will- iam Roberts of Marquette, Mich., died from poison. A bottle containing laudanum, used for toothache, had been left on the window sill and the child drank it. A score of persons were injured se- verely in the wrecking of the smoking car of a Chicago and Evansville train at Danville, junction, Ill. A defective switch upset the car. George W. Johnson, trainmaster of : the Toledo division of the Lake Shore road, was struck by a train near Port Clinton, Ohio, and so badly injured that he died shortly after. A cloudburst on the tableland adja- cent to Sterling, Col., caused a sheet of water ten to eighteen inches in depth to-cover the lower portions of the town. Several Main street busi- ness houses were flooded. Carl Thimns was killed near New Hampton, Iowa, while he and Herman Drewelow were building a stone wall at the latter’s home. Drewelew was swinging a hammer when the head flew off and struck Thimns in the stomach, killing him instantly. Thimns leaves a family of nine children. An attempt was made by four of the nine condemned men in the annex at the Ohio penitentiaray to escape by overpowering the guard. The guard was badly beaten, but two guards from one of the halls came to the rescue and the prisoners were force dback into their cells and locked up. Mrs. Mary Branney, widow of Will- iam Branney, is dead at her home at Rahway, N, J. Death was due to fright caused by a burglar in her room. The woman was retiring when the thief en- tered her sleeping room and she fell in a faint. She became hysterical and physicians failed to revive her. The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation company’s steamer Canada, bound from Quebec for Montreal, came into collision with the Dominion Coal com- pany’s collier Cape Breton six miles below Sorrel. Twenty minutes later the Canada went to the bottom. At the time of the collision there were 110 people on board of the Canada. Five were lost, but the others were rescued. _ Domestic. The Standard Oil company has re- duced the price of all grades of re- fined oil one-half cent a gallon. oe The Nebraska state board of equali- zation has voted to increase the assess- ment on railroads in the state from $27,000,000 to $46,000,000. Pennsylvania railroad shops have been ordered to work but four days a ‘week and eight hours a day, 5,000 men being affected by the’ reduction in time. Vincent Kerens, a prominent young society man of St. Louis, is sued by Pat Sheedy, the well-known sporting man, to recover $20,000 on an alleged promissory note. Open shop has been declared by the Restaurant Proprietors’ association of Des Moines, who gave their employes the alternative of either renouncing the union or losing their jobs. The Columbus, Ohio, school super- intendent and everybody connected with the high school except the pupils, are horrified at the discovery that many girls in the school are cigarette “fiends.” J. J. Hill, president of the Northern Securities company, has issued a cir- cular to stockholders of the company, in which he says that cash to pay the dividend declared on May 2 has been deposited in bank by the Northern Pa- cific and Great Northern Railway com- panies, and that payment thereof will immediately follow the distribution and formal transfer of the railway shares. ONE FOR THE COMPANY. Why the Honest Comedian Paid Two Fares. A well known comedian, celebrated for his eccentricities, boarded a street car the other day and duly paid his fare upon demand. After riding a block or so further he produced another nickel and tendered the same to the passing conductor. The honest conductor refused. the proffered coin, while the actor vehe- mently protested his desire to pay his fare. “You have given me your fare al- ready,” argued the man in uniform. “I know,” responded the comedian, “but this is for the company.” Every one laughed except the dis- comfited conductor, who had neglected to register the first collection. eo York Times. Self-Confidence. Jones—What is Newlywed Bigghed | looking so glum about? Smith—Why, the gypsy fortune tell- er just told his wife that she would have two husbands, and that the’sec- ond one would be a very fine sort.of man. Jones—Ha, ha! And Bigghed thinks that is a reflection on him, I suppose? Smith—Oh, no! He thinks his wife must have been married before and never told him.—New York Times, ' Literary Tip. Meandering: Mike—Say, Lew, I’ve got a notion to write a poem. Lazy Lew—Don’t youse do it. De productions uv liter’y fellers is call’d “works.’—Indianapolis Sentinel, His Guess. “Johnny,” said the teacher, “who is the greatest man in the world?” “I ain’t sure about it,” replied Mr. Henpeck’s boy, “but I guess ae ig2-— New York Herald HEAVY LOSSES RUSSIANS BADLY WORSTED SANGUINARY. CONFLICT AT HAI CHANG. IN 5,000 ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED . ' REPORT THAT LIAO-YANG HAD BEEN TAKEN IS PROVEN FALSE. JAPS LOSE SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BOATS LOADED WITH FOOD ARE DESTROYED BY RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS. St. Petersburg, June 22. — The Ga- zette announces that there has been a sanguinary battle at Mai Cheng. The Russians retreated with heavy losses. Another report says the Russian losses in this battle were 5,000 killed and wounded. Liao-yang Not Taken. The dispatch of the Associated Press from Liao-yang under date of June 21, praising the work of the Red Cross as observed by one of its correspondents at the battle of Vafangow, effectually disposes of the report from Niuchwang that Liao-yang had been captured by the Japanese on June 20. The authorities have no news of fighting in that region, though there is a.probability of an encounter having taken place in the neighborhood of Hai Cheng, as already pointed out in | the Associated Press dispatches. Taken or Destroyed. Vladivostok, June 22.—A large Jap- anese schooner, laden with provisions, has been brought into port. Russian torpedo boats have de- stroyed a number of other Japanese sailing craft loaded with food along the coast of Japan. Glimpse of Nava! Battle. Chefu, June 22.—Officers of the Uni- ted States collier Brutus say that | while passing eighty miles north of Shanghai they saw four Japanese tor- pedo boats and a cruiser firing on Sat- urday night. In the morning the Jap- anese vessels were still visible, but there was no sign of the enemy. Chi- nese arriving in junks from Port Ar- thur report that conditions are un- changed there. Japs Attack Outposts. Niuchwang, June 22.—According to an American missionary who claims to have received information from a na- tive source, a force of Japanese cav- alry attacked the Russian outposts at Liao-yang last Saturday. According to the same authority the fighting con- tinued on Sunday. . Faint firing was heard for several hours Sunday in the direction of Hai Cheng. A strong wind was blowing in that direction and frequent flashes believed to have been from artillery fire were seens Russian Loss About 5,000. St. Petersburg, June 22.—The Rus- sian losses at the battle of Vafangow are turning out to be heavier as the reports of the various regiments come in. They are now placed by a con- servative official statement at 4,000, but a usually well informed authority expects the total to be no léss, than 6,500. Japs Shell Port Arthur. ‘ Rome, June 22. — A dispatch from Chefu states that the Japanese have been hombarding Port Arthur from the land side, but that the bombardment is more in the nature of a trial of a trial of the Japanese guns than a seri- ous engagement. The Russians re- plied and the artillery exchange showed that the Japanese guns out- ranged those of the Russians. BUSINESS DISTRICT BURNS. Mississippi Town’s Loss Reaches $300,000. Jackson, Miss., June 22.—A special from McComb City, Pike county, says: Fire yesterday destroyed the best part of the business portion of the town, in- cluding the city hail, two hotels and a large dry goods store. The loss is placed at $300,000, with insurance about half. Defective electric wiring is thought to have been the cause. by Fire Charge Desertion From Army. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 22.—George Mentn, aged twenty-eight years, left here yesterday for Sioux City in charge of an officer of the government. He is charged with desertion from the United States army. Menth’s home is at Hartford, near Sioux Falls. About five months ago he enlisted in the army. Soon tiring of the life of a sol- dier, he returned to Hartford, and was arrested by City Marshal Asa Oaks of that place at the direction of the mili- tary authorities. Se Revolution Is Ended. Washington, June 22.—Consul Gen- eral Maxwell, in ‘a cablegram from San Domingo, informs the state depart- ment that Morales was elected presi- dent by congress and Caceres vice president, and that the inauguration took place last Sunday. He added that! the revolution was ended. ——_c—_— Fire Causes Heavy’ Loss. ‘| had fourteen watches. | measure answers the description of be held. DEATH LIST GROWS. \ Bodies of 734 Victims of the Gen. Slo- ‘Cum Disaster Recovered. New York, June 22. — The list of those who perished on the Gen. Slo cum is growing at an alarming rate. Bodies came to the surface off the shores of North Brother island singly and in groups of twos and threes until at dusk 102 additional had been recov- ered. Every passing steamer seemed to churn up the waters to such a de- gree that with its wash one or more bodies would be swept on to the beach. Between the hours of 3 and 6 in the afternoon 45 bodies, some of them badly mutilated, were taken ashore by the searching parties. This brings the total number of bodies recovered up to 734, and yet there are something like 300 persons unaccounted for.” A number of these are among the unidentified at the morgue and over on North Brother island and the unrecognizable that have been buried in the Lutheran cem- ; etery on Long Island. The coroner’s inquiry into the acci- dent began yesterday. Thousands of persons crowded around the armory in the borough of the Bronx where the inquest was held. Among them were Frank Faraday, president of the Knick- erbocker Steamship company; James Arkinson, a secretary of the company; Mate Flanagan of the Slocum and several members of the crew. MORTON FOR NAVAL SECRETARY. Son of Member of Cleveland’s Cabinet Offered Place by President. Washington, June 22.—The Post to- day says: President Roosevelt has formally in- vited Paul Morton to become a mem- ber of his official family as secretary of the navy. Mr. Morton has the mat- nol ter under consideration, and has yet given any intimation of accepts or declination. It is believed he 1 decline. He is a delegate to the Re- publican national convention. If he accepts Mr. Morton will be accredited to Nebraska, where he lived for many years, although now a business resi- dent of Chicago. The president urged him in the strongest possible terms to accept the place. The friends of Mr. Morton believe he will decline. He was offered a position on the isthmian canal commission, but refused it. Mr. Morton is the son of the late J. Ster- ling Morton, who was secretary of ag- riculture in the second cabinet of President Cleveland. He is forty-seven years old and has devoted all his ma- ture life to railroad interests. Mr, Morton was affiliated with the Demo- cratic party until recently. SLAUGHETERED BY THE TURKS. Armenian Men, Women and Children Are Killed. Plovdiv, June 22.—Advices from a reliable source say that the foreign consuls in Armenia know definitely of the indiscriminate slaughter by Turks of 3,500 Armenian men, women and children. In two districts of Sussun where these wholesale murders took place thirty-five villages were razed to the ground by cannon fire. The ill- fated communities were situated in the mountains. Guns were carried upon the backs of mules. During the bom- bardment the mountains were sur- rounded by four battalions of infantry to prevent anybody from escaping. After the firing had lasted several hours the survivors were permitted to leave and move to the plains. Four thousand refugees, entirely destitute, have arrived at Mush. The foreign ministers here realize the uselessness of verbal protests. Nothing can be done because Russia desires the mat- ter to rest. With the exception of a few politicians in England and France, Europe seems not to care what hap- pens to Armenia. NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING. Aged Man Is Accused of Abusing a Small Girl. New York, June 22.—A man who de- scribed himself as Henry Binns, a painter, seventy years old, narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an infuriated crowd yesterday. When rescued by a detail of police Binns ‘was bleeding from the nose and ears ‘as a result of the beating he had re- ceived. Three young men who ap- peared at the police station to make a complaint against Binns said that he had enticed a small girl into the door- way of a house and was abusing her ‘when they interfered. BUILDING COLLAPSES. Six Persons Buried Under the Wreck of a Four-Story Structure. Kansas City, June 22—A four-story brick building at Third and Delaware streets, occupied by the Black Syrup and Refining company, partially col- lapsed yesterday, the result of an ex- plosion of ammonia on the third floor. Fifty girls on the upper stories and several men and boys were thrown into a panic. Six persons were buried in the debris. The others es- caped down an alley fire escape. LOOKS LIKE SHERIFF’S SLAYER. Man Arrested Who Answers Descrip- tion of Harris’ Murderer. _ Oshkosh, Wis., June 22. — George Airey, giving his residence as New York city, was arrested here yesterday while attempting to dispose of a watch. Bills amounting to $900 were found sewed up in his coat, and he also He in a the man who shot and killed Sheriff Harris of St. Croix county. Airey will SLOCUM A INQUEST EVIDENCE OF A STARTLING NA- TURE REGARDING AWFUL DISASTER. INSPECTOR IS CLOSE-MOUTHED REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR FEAR OF INCRIMINATING HIMSELF. 845 BODIES ARE RECOVERED SEARCHERS YESTERDAY GATH- ERED IN A TOTAL OF 112 VICTIMS. New York, June 22.—Evidence of a startling nature, which doubtless will have an important bearing on the ulti- mate result of the coroner’s inquiry into the Gen. Slocum disaster was. forthcoming at the inquest yesterday. Perhaps the most unexpected incident was the continued refusal to answer questions of Henry Lundberg, a United States steamboat inspector, who was supposed to have inspected the life preservers and the hull of the ill-fated steamer. His refusal was based on the ground that an answer might tend to incriminate him, and he acted on the advice of his counsel. The coroner committed Lundberg to the house of detention, but later ac- cepted $500 bail for his appearance at the hearing to-day, which was satis- factor yto the district attorney. Bought Cheap Hose. # Second Pilot Weaver of the Slocum testified that he had purchased the fire hose for that boat, and Mr. Garvin in- troduced evidence to show that the price paid was 40 cents a foot, less 60 per cent, or 16 cents per foot net. “Don’t you know that you can’t buy good fire hose for Jess than $1 or $1.50 a foot?” “IT don’t know anything about the price of hose,” responded Weaver. Weaver also declared that there had been no fire drill on the Slocum this year. Thought Only of Himself. Daniel O’Neil, who, according to his sworn statement, had never worked on. a boat until he was hired on the Slo- cum a short time ago, admitted that he jumped into a rowboat filled with people from the Slocum, eapsizing it. Asked if he saved any one, he said there were others doing that and he was not an expert swimmer. He swam ashore himself, however. O’Neill said he never saw a fire drill on the boat. Referring to the efforts to-throw water on the fire when it was first discovered O'Neill told of the bursting of the hose. He ran and got the rubber washing hose but the coupling would not fit the stand pipe. This was some of the sen- sational testimony brought out. 845 Dead Bodies Recovered. By the use of dynamite and heavy guns fired by men of the Second bat- tery scores of bodies were brougnt up» from the bottom near the shore North Brother island yesterday. sunrise to sunset the searchers along the beach and in the boats gathered in 112, bringing the number of bodies re covered to date up to the appalling to- tal of 845. Of these 700 have been identified and the missing still are approximated at something more than 300. Many of the bodies last foun never will be identi- fied because of the changes that have taken place during the week they have been under the water. Commission to Investigate. Washington, June 22. — A commis sion consisting of Lawrence O. Mur- ray, assistant secretary of commerce and labor; Maj. Gen. M. W. Wilson, U. S. A., retired; Commander Camer- on MeR. Wilson, U. S. N.; Herbert Knox Smith, deputy commissioner of corporations in the department of com- merce and labor, and Mr. George Uhler, supervising inspector general of the steamboat inspection service, has been appointed to investigate the dis- aster to the Gen. Slocum. The com- mission will report at once to Secre tary Cortelyou. 4 READY TO LAND MEN. United States and British Authorities Confer on Bandit’s Case. Tangier, June 22.—Two conferences were held yesterday between the American and British ministers, which was attended by the American admiral and the captain of the British battle- ship Prince of Wales. All the ships in the harbor have landing parties ready day and night. Quiet now pre- vails in the town, but reports from all parts of the country are to the effect that the tribes are growing more rest- less. Raisuli is said to have agreed to accept $20,000 of the ransom for Per- dicaris and Varley in cash and the re- mainder in bills of exchange. Danger of War, Mexico City, June 22.—Telegraphic advices show there is danger of war between Salvador and Guatemala and that the troops of the two countries are marching to the border region. There are reports also of a coming rev- olution in Honduras. Baseball Catcher Killed. Indiana, Pa., June 22. — During a game of baseball yesterday George Thomas, catcher for Johnstown, was killed by being hit over the heart by a. «fou! tip. ‘ re --