Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 12, 1904, Page 7

WISCONSIN IS FOR ROOSEVELT PLURALITY IS GENERALLY CON- CEDED AT BETWEEN 60,000 AND 75,000. GOVERNORSHIP IS IN DOUBT. LEADERS CLAIM STATE RESPECT- IVELY FOR PECK AND LA FOLLETTE. RESULT ON CONGRESSMEN. REPUBLICANS ELECT EIGHT, WITH TWO DISTRICTS STILL TO HEAR FROM. It is generally conceded that Roose- velt has carried Wisconsin by a plurality estimated at between 60,000 and 75,000. Both Republican and Democratic state man claim the state respectfully for La Follette and Pec Republican Chairman W. D. Connor said: “From the returns received I figure that La Follette’s plurality for governor be near 50,000. In some districts pectations and beyond our calculations. We indicate the complexion which is to elect t in the returns for ‘ket having overshudow- t ran ahead of € . the inte f the t el arden of the Demo- ee said: t Peck will be elec by I have no returns on a statement as to the al Republican) state y light vot congressmen ricts are s In the thi ist > ‘between Babe t (Demoer: » Democ figures ea slight but the mé blican) to ha La Ba so F: t in- red between 5, 1 the county ticket that ¢ be the Republic Le e 7 adloc k i comes fo! choosing a Unit: to succeed Joseph V. tes senator Quarles. TURNS INDICATE LANDSLIDE FOR ROOSEVELT—LEGISLA- TURE REPUBLI N. carried nearly every » by pluralities of from iting that his plurality ),000., ndicate 7 largest previous Re- n plurality was in 1889, when they b: 1,000. The entire Returns from a landslide and_ the by from RUSSIA SCOURED FOR CANNON FOOD ‘ORTS MADE TO NEW TROOPS, DESPERATE RAISE Mobilization Activity Taken e That Russia Realizes Great to Indie Crying Need of Massing Sufficient Army to Resist Oyama’s Advance. ° Pioneer Press Special Servic to mass Oyama’'s armies e history of the moving to- of mobiliza- populated district. cars have been con- country ward the tion fr Ordina verted which the young soldiers are Packed Like Sardines n, with ra condensed and adequate for the ab- f the men. Quantities » brought to the railway sta- ken along. truck into double deck carriages in ot food a tions, Dat: none of it can be and children who accompany Js and fathers to the 1ently unable to find waiting their departure. while haunt the stations, stree and public squares and would starve were it not for the efforts of private charity Decisive Clash Near. aff is aware that the n epoch making bat- Khiikof, the Russian forees n strongly re-enforced. It knows that every day dding strength of the enemy and that Oyama is fortifying a semi-circle of strategic s blocking the best roads to nd building up behind these of supplies secondary main continental basis of at Dalny, New Chwang “is thought to prove that Oyama is planning to launch his col- umns north and to bring as much of Manchuria within the Japanese lines as possible at the next blow, in order to faciliate the mikado’s efforts to Obtain Foreign Loans, which, _ the Russ » have now bec P T opposing forces fores ows not only the greatest bat- tle of th mpaign, but also the most c gigantic test of strategy, and guns of modern times. Japs Take Village. St. Petersburg, Nov. 8.—Gen. Sakaha- pi tactics, troops roff reports t ‘the entire nese assumed the _ offensiv on long the from Chantan n, and occupied the villages of Outaitz, Kitaitse and Paousintung, from hence, however, the Rus: afterwards expelled them, reoccupying the original line. There was no fight ing to- N SOUTH DAKOTA Financial Institutions in the Northwest] ff Are Receiving Streams of Coin. “Crookston banks are being rushed in great shape these days,” said a well-known Crookston banker, and from the appearance of the institution he represents, where large crowds of farmers lined up before the receiving and tellers’ windows during the en- tire day, his statement was gospel truth. The season of the year when the farmers realize upon their year's work is at hand, and bankers, busi- ness men and merchants of the city profit by the inpouring of money from the country districts and the horny hand of the faithful tillers of the soil. Notes, mortgages and other obliga- ticns of the sons of toil are being met with the proceeds from the summer’s work, and as a result monetary affairs in the city are loosening up in great shape. All of the banks of the city do an enormous business and at this time of the year the staffs of clerks and ac- countants are kept on the hum attend- ing to the wants of customers, receiv- ing money on notes and mortgages, deposits, and for drafts which are sent to relatives. Stacks of gold and paper line the interior counters of the tell- er’s, receiver’s and cashier’s desk, and in the exchange of notes for money, the satisfaction of mortgages due and the cancellation of other obligations, an amount of money which is hardly believable is shifted from hand to hand during the progress of a busy duy’s operations. “Deposits in the Crookston banks are increasing considerably,” said an- other well known banker, who judged general conditions from the manner in which affairs at his institution were coming on. November is the biggest month in the year for the bankers all over the grain growing belt, and Crookston bankers experienced one of the most successful weeks in some time. The majority of all paper made out in the spring is dated Nov. 1, as by that time the crops are well out of the way and farm products have reached market and the cash returned to the pockets of the farmers. SCHOOL EXPENSES. State Report Shows Them One-sixth Heavier. The total expense of runfing the public schools of the state for the year ending July 31, 1904, was $8,465,824, an increase of $1,310,873 over the pre- vious year. The principal items in the report made public by John Olsen, state superintendent of public instruc- tion, were: Teachers’ wages, $4,958,- 956; fuel and supplies, $719,074; school houses and sites, $976,500; text books, $169,666, and transportation of pupils, $4,257. There is still a balance remaining in the school fund of $2,177,595. The total expenses of maintaining schools in Ramsey county was $724,- 026; $692,003 of this amount was for the independent schools, including those of St. Paul. The Ramsey county teachers receiv- ed a total of $485,395 in wages during the year. The report covers the expense of conducting independent, graded and common schools throughout the state. ’ HERMIT FOUND DEAD. Seifert Lived Alone for Almost Half a Century. Fritz Seifert, the hermit of St. Au- gusta, near St. Cloud, is dead. For nearly half a century he occupied a little log hut built by his own hands upon a small piece of ground upon which he raised such few vegetables as were necessary for his own liveli- hood. He died at. the age of 72. He did not associate with the people around him and was seldom seen in town. When he was taken ill no one knew of it, but some days later. a neighbor passing by saw the old man on his cot. He hurried on to town to send a physician out, but when he reached there Seifert was dead. BUCKSHOT IN HIS BACK. Sparta Young Man, Though Seriously Wounded, Is Likely to Recover. Ray Buckley, aged 22, an employe of the Genoa mine and living at Spar- ta, while hunting with two compan- ions was accidentally shot in the back with a charge of buckshot and is in a serious condition, although it is thought he will recover. McGrith, one of the companions, who did the shooting, says he was lowering the hammer to his weapon, and that the spring was so stiff that the cap explod- ed before he could prevent it. Buck- ley, who was thirty feet away, receiv- ed the full load just above the hips. COMMERCE IS GROWING. Argentina Reports Big Increase Both in Imports and Exports. Buenos Ayres, Nov. 9. — According to the official report, just published, the imports of Argentina during the first nine months of this year amount- ed to $134,135,000. This is an increase of $36,670,000, as compared with the same period in 1903. The exports amounted to $195,895,000, an increase of $26,055,000. The imports from the United States amounted to $15,440,000 and the exports to $6.755.000. pecuresetles Sieh Ss ay He Got the Idea. , Uncle Silas (at the grocery shop)— Well, Jack, did you pick up any new ideas while you was in the big city? Jack (just returned)—Yes, I found out that it costs you ten dollars to sauce a p’liceman. PREPARE FOR GREAT BATTLE JAP AND RUSS LINES WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF EACH OTHER. STRENGTHENING POSITIONS GREATEST BATTLE OF YEAR EX- PECTED IN VICINITY OF SHAKHE RIVER. Mukden, Nov. 9.—The Russian and Japanese armies, extending from Bentsiaputze, east to the Liao river, west, at places are almost within a stane’s throw of each other. At Bentsiaputze not more than 400 yards separate the advance posts, and at Sin- chinpu, on the Shakhe river, just west of the railway and fifteen’ miles south of Mukden, the Japanese and Russians occupy the extreme ends of the same village. At Huangshantse the us- sian center has thrown advance posts across the Shakhe river. Both armies *are still strengthening their positions all along the line. The slightest movement on qpther side is the Signal for Firing, which occasionally lasts all night. The Russians are using Six-inch guns on the railway,which must greatly harrass the Japanese. Undoubtedly the most decisive, if not the greatest pattle of the year, will be fought in the vicinity of the Shakhe river. The Russians are confident of their ability to hold their positions. The soldiers are building mud huts for winter quarters. cold, but the days are bright and crisp. “Japs Gain Big Advantage. Chicago, Nov. 9. — A special to the Chicago Daily News from Dalny, Nov. 6, via Kobe, Nov. 7, says: “After three days of continuous bombardment of Port Arthur, which caused extensive destruction to the Shogusan and Nieurasan forts in the west center of the Russian line of de- fease, and also to Keekwan fort, the right wing of the Japanese army as- saulted Shogusan yesterday afternoon. Having carried the approaches to that fort, the assailants intrenched them- selves under the glacis of the fort. In the evening the left wing delivered an assault on Keekwan, fighting its way to the lower parapet. There the Jap- anese held their ground stubbornly in the face of Russian Counter Attacks. “Having been reinforced during the night the Russians charged down upon the Japanese and desperate hand- to-hand conflicts ensued. The Japan- ese beat baek the enemy and de- stroyed two covered positions in the front moat. A Japanese sub-lieutenant with thirty volunteers then succeeded in making his way to the rear of the ort. There he engaged in a personal conflict with a Russian officer and killed him. Having discovered two more defenses in the rear moat the sub:lieutenant withdrew his force with a loss of two men. night, the advanced position of the Japanese was taken and retaken twice. The besiegers succeeded in clearing the approaches and _ constructed trenches connecting them with the army’s front parallel. At dawn num- pers of dead were visible on the slopes: Fort P, north of the new and old batteries in the left front line of defences were secured during The Severe Fighting of the night. These operations have driven on effective wedge into the Russian center. Severe explosions and extensive fires have occurred in the fortress within the last few days. The total casualties of the Japanese in the late attacks were 1,100., Over 500 were killed up to Oct. 29. The spirit of the men is magnificent. The firing of all the guns is wonderfully effective. “The climax of the late bombard- ment came between 4 and 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. It was a superb spectacle. Every fort of the enemy was engaged and the fighting in the trenches was constant and severe. The contesting forces were only forty feet apart at times. At 10 o'clock this morning one of the Japanese trenches collapsed into a Russian gallery. The enemy being surprised under ground fied in confusion.” Japs Making Rapid Strides. London, Nov. 8.—Special dispatches from Chefu and Tien-tsin report that the defenders of Port Arthur have re- tired to the Liati hill, where they are holding out desperately, intrenched and with ten guns of large caliber. Many Russians, the correspondents assert, are despondent and surrender- The nights continue | Later in the 1 ing.. The Japanese, it is added, are advancing with irresistible energy. More reliable reports do not confirm these statements, but the Tokio report of the capture of Wantai hill, A Dominating Fort within two miles of the railway ter- minus, shows that the Japanese are making rapid strides. Bennett Burleigh, the Daily Tele- graph’s correspondent, reports from Chefu that there was no fighting on the night of Nov. 5. The troops of the mikado, he says, have frequently stolen into the native town of Port Arthur after dark, but invariably were driven out at daylight, with heavy losses. The Japanese have four large forts facing the Russian works on Rihlung mountain and Shangshu mountain, where they are mounting naval guns on stone foundations. Mukden dispatches to Berlin state that the Russian commanders are preparing their men to hear of the fall of Port Arthur. Japs Lose Enormously. St. Petersburg, Nov. 6.—Great relief is felt here in view of reports indica- ting that the Japanese assaults on Port Arthur have been unsuccessful.. A direct report from the Russian con- sul at Chefu says he has received in- formation from Chinese sources that the Japanese finally relinquished the attempt on Nov. 3, the mikado’s birth- day, after losing enormously. The consul says the carnage was awful. The bombardment continued six days without intermission. The Japanese breached and took Fort No. 3, but, ac- cording to the Chinese, were Forced to Abandon It, owing to the concentrated fire from the supporting fortifications. No con- firmation has been received here of the report that Gen. Stoessel was wounded. Among high officers at the war of- fice, where the true conditions inside the fortress of Port Arthur are known, Gen. Stoessel’s ability to hold out against the efforts the Japanese con- centrated upon it during the last ten days is regarded as marvelous, but no confidence in the ultimate result is en- tertained. Officials have been quite prepared to hear that the fortress had) fallen. Port Arthur Is Surely Doomed. ‘rne fall of Port Arthur seems im- minent, The detailed reports of the operations against the position indi- cate that the prolonged attack is near- ing its end, and that the Japanese are now entering upon the last stage of the memorable siege. For the first time the Associated Press correspondent with Gen. Nogi’s army has been permitted to send dis- patches direct from Port Arthur, and these show that practically all the out- lying defenses are in the hands of the Japanese, who are sanguine of imme- diate victory. The armies of Oyama and Kuropat- kin still confront each other along the Shakhe river, inactive except for skir- mishes and artillery exchanges. Nearing the End. Chefu, Noy. 5. — Port Arthur is doomed. The correspondent of the as- sociated Press here has received in- formation, the reliability of which is beyond question, that the Japanese now occupy positions which place the east side of the town at their mercy. The last assault has gained for them positions which insure their ability to enter the main east forts whenever they are ready. Expect Port Arthur to Fall. St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. — There is considerable uneasiness over the mili- tary situation. Nothing has been heard from Mukden. Gen. Sakahar- off's telegram of Oct. 30 stated that everything was quiet on the Shakhe. The Japanese had made some tenta- tive moves on both flanks which were checked, but there was no signs yet of a general advance by their army. Fears for Port Arthur. The official reports from Tokio de- scribing the desperate assaults on Port Arthur beginning Oct. 26, have created’ visible depression at the war office. The sustained character of the bombardment with siege guns and the breaching of the walls by underground mines, but above all the fact that the Japanese government, after weeks of silence regarding the operations of the besiegers, has given out these reports before actual success has crowned their efforts, convinces the military authorities that after long prepara- tions Gen. Nogi is not only making A Supreme Effort to carry the fortress, but feels so con- fident of success that the result of the preliminary operations have been made public. They believe the assault was timed for the announcement of the fall of the fortress to be made upon the birthday of the mikado, to- day, which, by a strange coincidence, is the tenth annivarsary of the acces- sion of Emperor Nicholas and a great Russian holiday. To-day, therefore, is expected to be marked by fate for a day of immense rejoicing either for Japan or Russia, according as the present assault succeeds or fails. ~ Wrnrnnnnnnrrnneennenrnnnmnnerrmrmrmnmrmrrrrorrerwererweweawaseser eer CODY ROBBERS STILL AT LARGE. More Men Join the Man Hunt in the Bad Lands. .Kaycee, Wyo., Nov. 8. — The Cody bank robbers are still at large. Sheriff Kennedy of Johnson county, who has joined in the chase after the bandits, passed through here yesterday on his way to the Hole n the Wall country. His party is made up of experienced plainsmen who are nearing the hiding place of the outlaws. A number of detectives who have joined in the man hunt passed through Casper yesterday. WOMAN SHOOTS MAGISTRATE. Mysterious Affair Attracts Much At- tention at Hamburg. Berlin, Nov. 8—A mysterious affair which is attracting much attention has occurred near Hamburg. As Dr. Schmidt, chief magistrate of the dis- trict of Kehdingen, was driving home, a lady, evidently of good position, fired several shots at him, wounding him severely in the abdomen. The lady, who was also wounded, was ar- rested. Dr. Schmidt declared that she was unknown to him. JEALOUSY IS THEIR THEORY | DETECTIVES SEE A WOMAN IN THE NEW ULM MURDER MYSTERY. CITY IS GREATLY WORKED UP DEAD MAN’S’ EYES’ PHOTO- GRAPHED TO TEST BROTH- ER’S THEORY. New Ulm, Minn., Nov. 9.—Through- out the excitement following the mys- terious murder of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt it appears that the detectives are working along lines entirely different from those advocated by the general public and some officials. The detec- tives will give out nothing, but enough is known to make certain that all oth- er clues have been discarded except that in which a woman figures. It is the motive of jealousy and that only that is being accepted as the right one. Notwithstanding the fact that the hammer used in the murder has been said to have belonged to the dead man, those who most frequently were in the dentist’s office declare that it was not his, and that it was carried | there by the person who did the crime. The further fact that there is no trace of cement or plaster on the hammer, and that in the work on which Dr. Gebhardt was engaged that evening he would have had No Use for a Hammer, seems to lend strength to the theory that it was not his own. The photographs of the eyebatls of the dead man have been developed, ; and now that the brother of Dr. Geb- hardt is here the photographs will be subjected to examination to prove whether or not there is photographed within the photograph a picture of the man who did the murder. The interest in and excitement over the case does not abate, and the appar- ent murder of the man found on the railroad track Saturday night only agitates the feeling. Rev. E. R. Dow, an evangelist, has been preaching on the lawlessness of the city more or less during his stay here, and last night gave a discourse on the tragedy and his reasons for supposing that such a crime could be committed in New Ulm and go unpun- ished. He had an immense audience, but the sympathies of the public did net accord with his remarks. Cocaine Fiend Under Suspicion. Dr. George R. Koch made public yesterday the statement that a cocaine fiend, who asserted he was a dentist in hard luck, visited his office a few days before the murder. He asked for cocaine, and is known to have visited other doctors’ officers on a similar errand. “About four days before the murder, a man came into my office,” said Dr. Koch, “and said he was a dentist in hard luck. He said he was a graduate from the Chicago Dental college, and told me-his name, but I don’t remem- ber it. He went into my work room and sat down on a couch, where he stayed for nearly three hours wile I treated several patients. He then left, but I heard he was about town later. “While this man was sitting on my couch my coat hung on a rack directly above him. There were two kerchiefs in my coat pockets, and the man might easily have extracted one of them, although I do not know whether he did or not. “Of course I do not know whether this man had anything to do with the murder, but if he did that might ex- plain how my kerchief came to be in the dental office.” Evidence Is Corroborated. Dr. O. C. Strickler bears out Dr. Koch in saying that such a person was !in New Ulm on Saturday before the murder. The man called on Dr. Strickler and asked for cocaine. He also visited a Minnesota street saloon and asked for a drink, explaining that he was a “broken-down” dentist. The theories argue that the man, seeing a light in Dr. Gebhardt’s office, went there for some cocaine. Being refused, he became angry and struck the dentist with a hammer. Seeing what he had done, he sprang upon the helpless man and mutilated the body with hammer and knife. When the handle of the hammer became covered with blood, he drew out the kerchief secured in Dr. Koch’s office, wiped the handle and dropped the kerchief, little thinking that the crime might thus be charged to an innocent man. TEACHER IS ASPHYXIATED. Defective Tube on Gas Stove Leads to Death. Ashland, Wis., Nov. 9.—The body of Miss Ellen Bosworth of Merrill was found in her room in the Wilmarth block, death having been caused by as- phyxiation. A defective rubber tubing connecting with a gas stove caused the leakage of gas. The body was not discovered until twenty-four hours af- ter death, Miss Bosworth being first THE MARKETS. Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Nov. 9. — Wheat — No. 1 “Northern, $1.17@1.18; No. 2 Northern, $1.12@1.141-2; No. 3, $1.04 @ 1.07. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 56c. Oats—No. 3 white, 28 1-2@29c. Minneapolis, Nov. 9. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.20; No. 1 Northern, $1.16 3-4@1.173-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.11 3-4@1.12 3-4. Oats—No. 3 white, 28 1-8c. Duluth, Nov. 9. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.20; No. 1 Northern, $1.16 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.08 7-8; flax, $1.14; oats, 29 1-4c; rye, 79 1-2c. Milwaukee, Nov. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.171-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.12@1.15. Rye—No. 1, 84c. Barley —No. 2, 55c. Oats—Standard, 31 @ 311-4c. Corn—No. 3, 56@57c. Chicago, Nov. 9. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.16@1.18; No. 3 red, $1.1212@ 1.16; No. 2 hard, $1.12@1.15; No. 3 hard, $1.03@1.12; No. 1 Northern, $1.16@1.18; No. 2 Northern, $1.12@ 1.15. Corn—No. 2, 541-2 @ 543-4c Oats—No. 2, 29@28 1-2c. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 9. — Cattle —Beeves, $3.50@5.75; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.20@3.25; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@3.70; calves and yearlings, $2.50 @ 3.25. Hogs,— Bulk, $4.70 @ 4.80. Chicago, Nov. 9. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.80@6.65; stockers and feeders, $2@4; cows, $2.25 @ 4.50; heifers, $2@5; calves, $3@7.50 Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $4.80@5.10; bulk of sales, $4.60@5.05. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $3.50@4.15; native lambs, $3.50@6; Western lambs, $4 @5.60. South St. Paul, Nov. 9. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $5.50 @ 6, good to choice cows and heifers, $2.56 @3.25; butcher bulls, $2.25@3; veals, $2 @ 5; good to choice stock steers, $2.50 @ 3.10; good to choice stoek cows and heifers, $1.50@2.25; good choice milch cows, $30@40. Hogs—- Range price, $4.50@4.95; bulk, $4.6% @4.65. Sheep—Good to choice lambs $4.65 @ 5; fair to good, $4.25 @ 4.65*° good to choice yearling wethers, $3.4¢ @ 3.85; good to choice ewes, $3.30 @ 3.50. PROVES HEINZE IS SELLING. His Correspondence With Amalgam- ated Published. Butte, Mont., Nov. 9. — F. Augustus Heinze’s denial that he sold or nego- tiated for the sale of his mining prop- erty to the Amalgamated Copper com- pany has resulted in the officials of the company publishing correspond- ence on the subject between Heinze and the Amalgamated company and John W. Gates, which shows that the sale still is pending. The matter has an important bearing on the election in this state. Heinze, in one of the letters made public, makes a definite proposition, giving a, complete list of his properties. The correspondence shows there was a hitch in the prise, Gates believing $8,000,000 was the low- est figure, although Heinze’s attorney said Heinze would sell for $6,000,000. BURIED UNDER TONS OF EARTH. Workman Is Smothered Beneath Cav- ing Sand. St. Paul, Nov. 9.—Daniel Danielson, fifty-five years old, a teamster em- plo¥ed hauling sand for G. A. Gottebe- huet, plastering contractor, was smothered to death beneath tons of loose earth yesterday afternoon in an excavation in the rear of 1106 si Fourth street. Danielson was digging sand from a loose vein which ran close to the base of a cliff. As he made the excavation near the cliff the earth above gave away and buried him. a, SHOT BY ROBBERS. Masked Men Attempt to Rob Saloon, And Proprietor Is Killed. Helena, Mont., Nov. 9. — A special from Boulder says that John Socker- son’s saloon at Basin was held up at midnight Sunday by two masked men. Sockerson attempted to defend his property and in the fight with the robbers received two wounds from which he died. The sheriff has started for Basin, where he will organize a posse to pursue the highwaymen. No pooty, it is said, was secured by the robbers. FORTUNE FOR COACHMAN. Mrs. Chambers Left All Her Property to Her Servant. Indianapolis, Nov. 9. — The will of Mrs. Elnora Chambers, daughter of Gen. T. A. Morris, has been received here from California, where she re- cently died, and it is learned that she has made her coachman, Harry Graves, her heir.’ The estate is val- ued at $150,000. Graves came to the home of Mrs. Chambers a tramp in rags, and she befriended him. Her brothers will contest the will. ATTEMPTED TO BLOW SAFE. Men in Yellow Sweaters Tackle Bank at Walford. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 9. — Two men wearing yellow sweaters at- tempted to blow the safe of the Sav- ings Bank of Walford, Iowa, near Iowa City, yesterday. They were driven off by citizens and made their esvape in a buggy, leaving behind ‘them a com- missed when she failed to appear at | plete set of burglar’s tools. The of her school. ficers have no ciue.