Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 2, 1904, Page 3

1i | | By C. E. KILEY. MINNESOTA, The typhoid microbes are pretty wideawake, byt they are very easily taken in. GRAND RAPIDS, - However, Mr. and Mrs. Mosquito are still laughing in their sleeves at the eminent scientists. After a man takes more than $5,000 they quit calling it stealing and refer to it as embezzlement. — An observer says that the earnings of married women are decreasing. How about their expenditures? The mental anguish of a dry man in a wet district is exceeded only by that of a wet man in a éry district. Now that “Josh Billings” is dead, Prof. Davy Jones ef Lancaster claims to be the “greatest English speller” living. This talk about the uselessness of the veriform appendix is very fool- ish. It’s exceedingly useful to the doctors. The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor- ough are reported to be living apart. There are only a few happy American cuchesses left. The Pennsylvania clergyman who shot at a burglar the other day and bit him has earned the thanks of the re congregation. lone makes it worth the ile to live, 1 be now forgiven and forgive. Alfred Austin in his latest poem, ght, Alfred, we'll forgive you. A scientist has discovered that loaf- conducive to health and longev- ity. Come to think of it, who ever saw a tramp suffering from arterio- sclerosis? If a person has a legal right to snore should two persons snoring at the same time and in the same room be compelled so to snore as not to make a discord? Even though Mr. J. P. Morgan has just paid $13,570 for a miniature por- trait of the duchess of Norfolk, by Holbein, Mrs. Morgan has no reason to be jealous. The Russians are not the first peo- ple to fioat mines. Wall street has been in the business for years. And y an innocent craft has been wrecked thereby. the following subject of world int.rest for the sweet girl luate’s essay: Will the Russian blouse ever be entirely superseded by the Japanese kimono? Of course, if one of those floating sinks a neutral ship our pro- outers will insist that it was a i or a mineovitch, and that the s were not responsible. A Youngstown man @Cropped dead 1» sheer excitement as the last ) went out in the ninth inning the other day. So happy a death does not fall to the lot of every fan. <ing Edward recently received in ate audience Capt. Mahan, U. S. (retired)—the man who knows t much everything about all of ships excepting lordships. The piano dealers were able to get together only 200 old square pianos the bonfire at their national con- on in Atlantic City. You see, we da coal strike a year ago last win- That the emancipation of woman is now complete has been demonstrated Louis. The leader of them all sed her prerogative of liberty went from the parlor into the and kitchen. Boston’s Twentieth Century club has discussed mastication, and was told by one expert of a woman who chews every morsel of food 200 times. Now does this lady eat to live or does she live to eat? Another bank teller has confessed that a large shortage in his accounts is due to speculation. And it is en- couraging to note that the news- papers refer to him as a thief instead of an embezzler. A Worcester (Mass.) man, who forg- ed a check for $500, said he did it in his sleep. The size of the check, however, was not convine.ng. It seem- ed to indicate that he knew perfectly what he was about. The latest fad among Yale students is going barefooted through the streets of New Haven. It is supposed to have been started by some young gentle- man whose father could not ‘be reached by telegraph. ‘ A contemporary announces that Cuba raises nearly one-third of the world’s cane. For the sake of the young republic’s reputation, it should be noted that the last word in the above sentence is spelled correctly. And the bank auditor, after he had stolen the funds of his employers, blamed the actress for his ruin, just as Adam blamed Eve. Of course, the man was not in any way at fault. “The woman tempted me and I did eat,” is still the resort of some cow: ards \ HEAVY ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED AT SI MOU CHENG, CENTER OF FIELD. WILL RETREAT GEN. KUROPATKI HIS PLAN FOR SYSTEMATIC RE- TIREMENT TO HARBIN IS APPROVED. JAPANESE MAY PREVENT = IT TOO WELL ADVANCED AND DE- PLOYED FOR RUSSIANS TO AVOID FIGHT. J Hai Cheng, June 29. — The war pic- ture has quickly changed, thanks to Gen. Kuroki’s movements. A heavy engagement is expected to-day near the village of Si Mou Cheng, fifteen miles southeast of Hai Cheng and an equal distance due east of the railway. It is expected to determine the issue of the campaign. The Japanese have now passed Dilin hill and are twenty miles south of the Russian position. . The Associated Press correspondent returned here from Tatche-kiao at noon yesterday. A terrific rain ren- dered the roads almost impassable. Russians Are Ready. The Russian regiments are almost all encamped on high ground. Signal fires frdm the hilltops are constantly flaring, lighting up the bivuoac and horse lines of the cavalry regiments, Long trains of soldiers are constantly passing and repassing. The Russian troops are in excellent condition. Gen. Kuropatkin and his staff are ap- parently quite easy im their minds. The Japanese have given the Russians time to strengthen their base and flank while Gen. Kuroki is not as se- cure as formerly from a flank attack. Gen. Kuroki cannot get around the Russian position without forcing a fight. Back to Harbin. Paris, June 29. — The Matin’s St. Petersburg correspondent quoted M. Plehve, minister of the interior, as saying that Kuropatkin intends to re- treat to Harbin. This apparently means that the most powerful minister in the czar’s service has decided to support the commander-in-chief in his well known plan of systematic retirement. It may be still possible for Kuropatkin to shake off the enemy and continue the war indefinitely. On the other hand, if the Japanese, as many believe, are too well ad- vanced and too skillfully deployed for: the Russians to avoid conclusive en- counters during the next few weeks, complete victory is likely to fall to Japan. At End of Rope. Chicago, June 29—Richard H. Little, a Chicago Daily News staff corres- pondent, cables his paper as follows: Niuchwang, June 28.—Heavy forces of Russians have been hastily gath- ered at Tatache-kiao. They are made up of retreating columns from the south and of reinforcements from Liao-vang and Mukden. Chinese re- port that field fortifications are being erected south of Tatche-kiao. There is every indication that the Russian pur- pose is to make a determined stand there. The Japanese forces are re- ported to be half-way between Kai- chou and Tatche-kiao. Their advance has been delayed by heavy rains. The chunchuse bands are becoming more active and are making nightly raids on small villages within a few miles of this city. The marauders are await- ing with impatience the evacuation of the city by the Russians. Fight Seven Hours. Tokio, June 29.—The Japanese army which Janded at Takushan and which has since been advancing northward, yesterday drove five Russian battal- ions and two regiments of artillery with sixteen guns out of Fenshui pass, twenty-three miles northwest of Siu- yen. The fighting, which was severe, lasted seven hours. The Japanese had a hundred casualties, including Maj. Oba, killed. The government is annoyed at the report that Field Marshal Oyama has been appointed viceroy of Manchuria. His appointment is to be the supreme commander of the Japanese forces and not of a political nature. It is stated that a Russian warship lies stranded close to the entrance of Port Arthur. No particulars have yet been received by the naval department. Sea Fight Rumored. Paris, June 29.—The Petit Parisien’s St. Petersburg correspondent says: “According to a private telegram re- ceived from Liao-yang heavy firing was heard on the night of the 25th off Possiet bay, southward of Vladivostok. It is believed that Admiral Skrydloff’s cruisers have been engaged with the Japanese.” Tokio, June 29.—An unconfirmed re- port has been received from the Island of Hokkaido that ships resembling the Russian Vladivostok squadron had ap- peared off there on June 27. Similar reports have been received from other places along the northern coast of ~ OF CAMPAIGN Hai Cheng, June 29. — The total Josses in the Dalin hill fight known. Eighty wounded have arrived here, and on Sunday last a hospital train with 200 passed, going to Liao- yang. The fighting lasted the whole of June 26 and 27 and the Japanese suc- cessively pushed the Russians from three positions, occupying them with artillery as the defenders retired. Wounded Russians recounting the two days’ fight say that the Japanese again demonstrated their reliance on their artillery, and that they were greatly superior, buth in number of men and guns. Jap Spies Are Taken. Narva, Russia, June 29.—Two Jap- anese, masquerading as itinerant or- gan grinders and attired in Bulgarian costume, were arrested ere yester- day. Their organ was fourd to contain maps of the Baltic coast line and sur- veying instruments. The prisoners confessed. It is believed that one of them is a colonel of the Japanese gen- eral staff, and that the other is his or- derly. Both men were sent to St. Petersburg. Russia Gets Submarine. Fredrikstad, Norway, June 29. -- A letter received here from a sailor on board the Norwegian steamer Fortuna of Bergen, which left New York June 5 for Cork, Ireland, says that the sub- marine which is on board the,Fortuna was purchased by Russia and was shipped on the Fortuna to Cronstadt, whence it will be forwarded by train to Vladivostok. ROLL TAKEN BY THIEVES. Walter Scott Wakes Up in a Sleeping Car Minus $12,000. Philadelphia, June 293—Walter Scott, who says his home is in New York, reported to the police that» he had been robbed of $12,000 in gold while on a Pullman car between Pittsburg and Harrisburg. Scott said he had been in Dawson City, Alaska, for sev- eral years and acquired his fortune there by mining. He thinks the money was stolen while he was asleep and thrown from the window and that the robbers then left the train at Harris- burg.and returned to the point where the money was thrown off. Harris- burg and Pittsburg police officials are working on the case. TAKE LEAVE OF CABINET. Attorney General Knox and Secretary Cortelyou Bid Farewell to Associates. Washington, June 29. — Attorney General Knox and Secretary of Com- merce and Labor Cortelyou took leave of their associates at the semi-weekly meeting yesterday. Their successors, Secretary Moody and Victor H. Met- calf, are expected to take the oaths of their offices next Friday, the beginning of the new fiscal year. Paul Morton, Secretary Moody’s successor in the navy department, probably will not as- sume the duties of his office until next Monday. Both President Roosevelt and members of the cabinet paid cor- dial tributes to the retiring officers. BOY WHIPPED IN PUBLIC. Young Negro Is Given Fifty Lashes on the Streets of Lexington. Lexington, Ky., June 29.—In accord- ance with Police Judge John Riley’s whipping post decision recently deliv- ered, John West, a fourteen-year-old colored boy, was given fifty lashes in the public square. His coat was re- moved and the lad was whipped with a buggy whip in the presence of a thousand citizens. Injuring private property was the charge against him. This is the second lad to be publicly whipped. The colored people seemed restive while the punishment was be- ing given, and there are threats of a legal test of the decision. IS BRIDE THROUGH AD. Duluth Woman Marries Farmer With Big Wad and Family. Lincoln, Neb., June 29. — Charles Sidders, a wealthy farmer aged seven- ty-two, yesterday married Mrs. Lizzie Murray of Duluth, aged thirty-nine. They got acquainted by means of an advertisement. Sidders is one of the wealthiest men in the state and has a large family. He was first married fifty years ago, and when he appeared to be married yesterday he presented a fish and game license. This had been issued to him by a wag in the county clerk’s office. SATOLLI A TTHE FAIR. Calls on President Francis and Is a Guest at Luncheon. St. Louis, June 29.—Cardinal Satolli, accompanied by his three secretaries, Archbishop Glendon, Rev. Dr. O’Con- nell, rector of the Catholic university at Washington, and several prominent churchmen, called upon President Francis in his office in the administra- tion building yesterday and later were entertained at luncheon in the Aus- trian pavilion. TORNADO KILLS TWO. Great Damage to Crops and Other Property in Nebraska. Louisville, Neb., June 29.—A tornado near this place yesterday killed two persons, fatally injured a third and caused the severe injury of five others. Great damage was done to crops and several farm houses were destroyed, but the occupants sought safety in cellars. In Holmesville several build- ings were blown to pieces and others unroofed, but no casualties are re not yet |. FORMER DELEGATE MAKES FULL CONFESSION OF CROOKED WORK. MAKES STARTLING STATEMENTS DECLARES HE ACTED AS AGENT FOR CORRUPT ST. LOUIS OFFICIALS. MANY HELD UP FOR BRIBE MONEY BOODLE GANG MORE POWERFUL. THAN PEOPLE OF THE CITY DREAMED. St. Louis, June 29.—Charles Gutke, an ex-member of the house of dele- gates, went to Circuit Attorney Folke’s office yesterday and made a full con- fession to his crooked work in the lighting deals. He told how he got his $2,500 at Delegate Julius Lehmann’s now famous birthday party, and he alse went over the twelve vears of his po- litical career, telling Mr. Folk of his wrongdoings. All of his confession was taken by a stenographer, and will be presented to the grand jury. Gutke as- serts in part: “I make the positive statement that there is hardly a corporation in the city of St. Louis with a capital of $250,- 000 and over that has not either been held up for bribe money or bought of- ficial action freém the combine in the house of delegates.” Acted as Agent. He claims to have acted as agent of the combine in a number of these deals, and alleges that Ed Butler was the man who engineered them. He gives details of payments by Butler, and concludes: “The gang known as_ the boodle gang in St. Louis is more powerful than the people of the city dream of. They have been very much shaken up by these prosecutions and their forces have been divided. “Ed Butler, who is the chief man of the gang, has already planned to cap- ture the circuit attorney's office at the next election.” Gutke yesterday issued written _ex- tracts from his confession, of which the following is a part: “I became a member of the house of delegates in 1897 and at once became a member of the combination in that ‘pody, which was an organization com- posed of nineteen delegates for the purpose of Selling Legislation. The first bill that came up after I be- tame a member of the combination was the ‘suburban loop bill.’ The com- bination got $20,000 for their votes on’ this bill; on the Union avenue bill we got $18,000; on the Central Traction bill we got $75,000; on the Third street line bill we got $15,000; on the light- ing bill we got $47,500; on the suburb- an bill we were to get $75,000, which is now in the safe deposit box of the Lincoln Trust company, being placed there with the agreement that it should be turned over to us when the bill had been nassed. “While these are some of the iargest brjbes secured during my term of of- fice, there were innumerable others ranging from $10,000 for switching bills to a few hundred dollars for some minor privilege.” , FOR COALING STATION. United States May Have Asked It of Moor. Tangier, June 29. — England and America’s demands on the Moorish government have been formulated and handed to the foreign minister, who has forwarded them to Fez. There is a strong rumor here that America de- manded a coaling station on the coast, but it is understood that in view of the approaching election in the United States, President Roosevelt advised great circumspection. It is hoped here that America’s action will be uninfiu- enced by the exigencies of politics. Raisuli is about to marry o nthe pro- ceeds of his various robberies. The natives are getting more restless. SLASH DUMONT’S AIRSHIP. Gasbag Cut and Race of Aeronauts at World’s Fair Postponed. St. Louis, June 29.—The gasbag of Santos-Dumont’s airship was cut and slashed Monday night in such a man- ner as to preclude all possibility of its* being repaired in time to allow the as- cension on July 4. The work was ap- parently done with a jackknife. There are at least twenty long rips i nthe bag and Prof. Charles Meiers, who has charge of the aeronautic contests, de- clares that it will take two weeks to repair the damage. Acquitted of Murder. Coldwater, Mich., June 29. — After ten minutes’ deliberation a jury found Katie Ludwick not guilty of the mur- der of her husband, John, to whom she had been married but a few months. The thirteen-day trial wag sensational in the extreme. Preacher’s Son Forger. Grand Forks, N. D., June 29—Arthur Harris, son of a minister of Denbigh, N. D., was sentenced yesterday to two and one-half years in the penitentiary 8 SURROUNDED.” Lon Smith Hemmed in by Wisconsin . Posses. La Crosse, Wis., June 29.—In a little strip of woods, just a mile east of Tay- lor, Wis., in Jackson county, Lon Smith, the fugitive murderer of Sheriff Harry Harris of Hudson and of his own family in the West, is sugrounded by a heavily armed posse of farmers and militiamen. Escape is impossible, and his pursuers are confident he will be captured in a few hours, or, per- haps, killed. Monday night Smith slipped from the swamp near Trempea- leau, where he had been hemmed in by several hundred armed men. Escape had been deemed impossible, and the success of his daring dash for liberty is regarded as mysterious. Yesterday morning a detail of the posse scoured the swamp and found evidence of his recent presence. Bloodhounds were turned upon the trail and they tracked the murderer out of the swamp and in a northerly direction, where the guard had been light. His course toward Taylor was not well guarded, the mili- tiamen and farmers being strung along the river bank and about the swamp. At Pine Hill Smith stole a horse from a farmer and pushed on toward Tay- lor, arriving there near dusk. He was seen by two children to enter the strip of woods. Almost immediately the hounds, followed by the posse, ar- rived and completely surrounded the spot. Smith is said to be heavily armed and, unlike Tracy, it is believed he will die fighting. COOL HEADS SAVE LIFE. Man Writhing With Toes Cut Off Is Kept From Track. Shakopee, Minn., June 29.—The iife of Fred Cupper of Shakopee was saved by the presence of mind of the station agent and telegraph operator at Merriam Junction, who held him close to the ground while the freight train which had mangled the toes of his right foot rumbled on. Cupper was working at Merriam Junction and slipped between the platform_and the rails while trying to board a freight train. The train ran over the toes of his right foot, and in his pain the writhing man would surely have rolled beneath the wheels of the passing train had not the agent and operator, who saw him fall, reached down from the platform and held him close to the ground outside the rails until the train passed. Cupper was taken to Shakopee. FIRE LADDIES IN HUFF. Fargo Volunteers to Disband — Can't Quench Flames of Anger. Fargo, N. D., June 29.—Angered be- cause Mayor Wall is backing City Treasurer Mitchell in the effort to have the state insurance money di- verted from the fire department to the general fund, the city fire department last night decided to disband. It is composed of three volunteer compa- nies. The organizations will be main- tained only for social purposes. There is a paid chief, three paid drivers and engineer. These wtll remain on ditty. The volunteers will answer alarms for a few days until Mayor Wall can call a special meeting of the city council and install an entire paid department. DEADLY MONTANA WHISKY. One Drink Kills a Man — Tramp Ar- < rested. Helena, Mont., June 29.—John Gan- non is dead as the result of taking a drink out of a bottle proffered by a hobo at the entrance to Wickes tunnel in return for a breakfast furnished by Gannon. The tramp then set fire to Gannon’s bunk house, but this was put out by Gannon’s companions, who also captured the unappreciative tramp and delivered him to the sheriff at Boulder. The man protests his innocence, say- ing he bought the whisky at Wickes. CHIPPEWAS TO CELEBRATE. Fiftieth Anniversary of Treaty Is to Be Observed. Ashland, Wis., June 29.—At a meet- ing of representative Chippewas at Ashland yesterday it was decided to observe the fiftieth anniversary of the treaty between the United States and the Lake Superior Chippewas at the Bad River reservation in August or September. The celebration will be participated in by representatives from all the Chippewas of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and will last a week. FLAGMAN SLEEPS ON TRACK. Train He Is Sent to Signal Tosses Him Into Eternity. Huron, S. D., June 29.—Clinton Joy, a freight brakeman running out of this city, was killed by a way freight near Hetland. The engineer saw him lying on the track, but too late to stop the train. The brakeman had been sent ahead to flag the freight, but either fell asleep on the track or was stunned by a fall on, the rails, as it was impos- sible for the engineer to arouse him, He is survived by a father, two broth- ers and a sister in this city. G. A. R. Encampment Opens. Canton, S. D., June 29.—The annual encampment of the South Dakota de- partment of the Grand Army of the Re- public began here yesterday with a Jarge attendance. Business meetings were organized and work has begun. Commander Thomas Reed presides in the department meetings and Mrs. Jennie Mason in the Woman’s Relief corps meetings. The campaign for commander has already begun be- iween the friends of Thomas H. Brown of Sioux Falls and H. P. Packard of Redfield. x a sabia a 7 CORONER'S JURY CONCLUDES IN- QUIRY INTO GEN. SLOCUM DISASTER. t 4 WARRANTS AT ONCE ISSUED DIRECTORS OF STEAMBOAT COM- PANY AND OFFICERS OF BOAT ARRESTED. MANSLAUGHTER IS THE CHARGE MISCONDUCT OF INSPECTOR RE- FERRED TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, New York, June 29. — The inquiry conducted by Coroner Berry and @ jury into the Gen. Slocum disaster was concluded yesterday, and after nearly four hours’ deliberation a verdict was rendered in which the directors of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, the captain of the Slocum, Capt. Pease, the commodore of the company’s fleet, and others were held criminally re- sponsible. Warrants for their arrest were issued. The mate of the Slocum, according to the jury, acted in a cow- ardly manner, and the misconduct of Steamboat Inspector Lundberg, it was recommended, should be brought to- the attention of the federal authori- ties. Manslaughter Is Charged. The charge in each case was man- slaughter in the second degree. Bail was fixed by the coroner in amounts varying from $1,000 to $5,000. When the assistant district attorney moved that warrants be issued after the verdict had been given, Mr. Mc- Manus, counsel for the steamboat company, protested that such a pro- cedure was unnecessary, as all the men were ready to appear and give bail when called for. The protest was of no avail. The mate, Edward Flannagan, who was under detention as a witness, was: the first arraigned. He Pleaded Not Guilty and his bail was fixed at $1,000. No bondsmen being on hand he was com mitted to jail. Inspector Lundberg pleaded not guil- ty and was released on $1,000 bonds. Bail was fixed at $5,000 each for Pres- ident Barnaby and Secretary Atkinson and bonds were furnished at once. Capt. Van Schaick is a prisoner in the Lebanon hospital. Capt. Pease will be arrested to-day, when it is ex- pected that the directors of the com- pany will also be taken into custody At the assistant district attorney’s re- quest the coroner committed the as tant engineer, Edwin Brandow, and the deck hands, Coakley and Trembly, as witnesses, semfiing them to the house of detention. LIVES LOST IN CLOUDBURST. Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Prop- erty Damaged. Pittsburg, June 29.—Several lives are reported lost, thousands of dollars worth of property damaged and washed away, the result of a cloud- burst over Robb Valley, yesterday evening. Bridges were caught in the mad rush of the waters and torn and twisted from their stands, houses wer¢ torn from their foundations and car- ried down stream, and at Oakdale it is reported a whole family perished Water rushed five feet deep throwgh the streets of McDonald and all the houses and stores in the lower part of the borough were damaged. TORPEDO CRIPPLES EDITOR. Toy Dynamite Sheli Tears Away Part of Foot. Prairie du Chien, Wis., June 29. — By the explosion of a toy dynamite torpedo Editor J. Warren Babcock of the Kickapoo Valley Journal at Sol diers Grove will be a cripple for life. The shell fell from his hands and ex- ploded on the floor, tearing away part of the foot and fracturing the ankle joint in such a manner that amputa- tion may be necessary. Before medical attention could be given him he nearly bled to death. LEGLESS MAN GETS $20,000. Sues Hoist Company for Damages and’ Wins Case. Superior, Wis., July 29. — Adelbert See last night obtain a verdict of $20,000 against the BrOwn Hoist Com- pany of Cleveland. See was working on a coal dock where the company was putting up its coal unloading rigging. He was caught in a clamshell bucket and both legs were taken off just above the knees. He sued in the fed- eral court for $50,000 and it’ took the jury but a few hours to find in his favor, - Young Man a Suicide. Glencoe, Minn., June 29. — William Exted, twenty-eight years old, com- mitted suicide by shooting himself yesterday at his home near Glencoe. He had been here, and, returning home, went to his room, where he Killed himself with a revolver. Sanne Country Store Robbed. Hibbing, Minn., June 29.—The store of an Italian at Kelly Lake, three miles west of here, was burglarized last evening. The thieves secured over $800 fn