Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 26, 1904, Page 6

Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, During the football season the yeller veril is ever present. “What is worse than the sting of a | vasp?” asks an Ohio editor. Two sasps! A Milwaukee woman advertises for ‘ man to do her housework. What’s he matter with her husband? Among other agencies for the rapid lissemination of news there are over 30,000 barbers in the United States. When a man has to tend his own urnace the devil gains not only a per- nanent residence, but an experienced worker. It cost one gay New Yorker $500 to ake his first ride in the new sub- y. A pickpocket got his shirt front jiamond. Long life and continued success to Mrs. Gilbert, who made her debut as 1 star in a New York theater at the age of 83. A New York society woman said it ook eight cloaks to keep her warm. 4 cold stare from her would freeze » blast furnace. Two Atlanta lawyers found $1,000 n the trunk of a negro woman who lied the other day—the exact amount equired for their fees. One good thing about a runaway air hip is that it doesn’t knock down s and butt into carriages contain- g inoffensive old ladies. The village minister at South By- N. Y., gathered thirty barrels of »ples this fall on the parsonage lot. ‘hat beats a donation party. New York papers make big headlines on a woman sneering at a 1an whom she had stabbed. Did they xpect her to indite a love sonnet to him? The The California man who has been sent to jail for a kiss that he didn’t t may be able to add something in- teresting to the literature of unkissed tailor who fails to keep his agreement to send his customers’ new trousers out in time for Sunday is jainly chargeable with breeches of omise. The A Memphis man has gone bankrupt, nilities listed at $35,000 and at $40. The chances are ten to owever, that he can’t duplicate 3elgium considering an automo- expedition to the south pole. A 1ent should at once be begun to a certain class of American auffeurs to join it. s learned with surprise that the n institution has thought essary to send a man all the way to nuth American to discover the microbe of lazinesss. A policeman who called a man a ar has been restored to duty in an stern city. In some parts of the ntry the use of that term puts a man beyond restoration. 20) Alfeed Austin has written a >oem about the Russian-Japanese war. We take it from the swing of his verses that vodka and caviar do not set wel! on Alfred’s laureated stomach. With all his money and superior in- telligence the English Astor could not marry off his daughter without blun- ders to mar the ceremony. They do things as well even in America. Ia addition to the fact that we have grown older and more dignified, so that we no longer do it ourselves, we find it is just about as much fun to watch somebody else twist the lion’s tail. A thrifty Buffalo man wouldn’t sue the city because if awarded anything he would have to pay back a part of it in taxes. So he thought, but he is not a financier, and suffers trom con- sciencitis. A seven-inch hatpin was removed from the esophagus of a New York woman’s 15-inch terrier the other day. Which reminds us that there really are occasions when it’s better to have dogs than babies. : The strongest argument yet heard against vegetarianism is the case of the young theatrical man who won a br! with a ham sandwich during tne great washout. Now can you possi- bly imagine a beautiful damsel flying to the arms of a man on the offer of a proteid cutlet or a nutine stew? A Brooklyn horse has the habit of starting on a run for the stable the instant of the first tap of the big bell at the entrance to Greenwood ceme- tery at 6 o’clock every night. Appar- ently he knows as much as some men. Lou Dillon’s mile in 2:01% is evi- dence that she has fully recovered from her attack of thumps, but the betting men who backed her against Major Delmar at the rate of 100 to 40 and saw their money vanish haven’t yet got over theirs. PITH OF THE NEWS CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. In the Capital. Affairs of the Indians living in the La Pointe agency may be placed in the hands of bonded school superin- tendents and the agency abolished. It is reported that the president will send to the senate the appointment of Robert J. Wynne, now postmaster gen- eral, to be consul general at London. This office is now held by Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee, who, it is said, is to be transferred to Washington and given the cabinet post made vacant by Wynne’s transfer. President Roosevelt has - removed from office Frank H. Richards, United States marshal for the Nome district in Alaska, and has requested the res- ignation of Judge Alfred S. Moore of the Nome district and Melville C. Brown of the Juneau district. This action is the result of the investigation of the Alaska judiciary recently made by Assistant Attorney General Day. Foreign. The rate war between the transat- lantic steamship companies over the third-class rates, originating with the Cunard company’s invasion of Hun- garian territory, has been settled. Counsel for the Jews in the trial at Gomel, Russia, of the persons charged with being responsible for the rioting of Sept. 14, 1903, are securing many admissions from individual policemen and gendarmes tending to show that Sheriff Borishoff prevented the police from firing on the Christian rioters and that he ordered the arrest of Jews who were defending their property. List of Casualties. Reports from Kinnaketa on the Car- olina coast tell of a tidal wave wash- ing a house away. Two lives are known to have been lost. The thirteen-year-old son of Joseph Adamson of Pilot Mound, Iowa, was ac- cidentally shot. A playmate held a gun which he didn’t know was loaded. The boy is very low. One man was killed, one probably fatally injured, and seven others seri- ously hurt in tne explosion of a switch engine of the Southern railway in that company’s yards at East St. Louis. Three hundred men and boys em- ployed in a five-story building. on the Bowery, New York, were thrown into a panic by fire, but by prompt work on the part of the firemen all escaped. Daniel Vancise. of Garland, Pa., and his twenty-two-year-old daughter have fallen over a high cliff at Rock River, a suburb of Cleveland. The young woman was killed. Vancise was bad- ly injured. ( Nine persons were killed and ten or fifteen injured, two fatally, in a head-on collision between a Union Pa- cific west-bound passenger train and an east-bound extra freight west of Azuas, Wyo. Katie Stummeyer of Carroll, Iowa, is dead as the result of a heroic and suc- cessful attempt to save her little prother from being run down by a train. The little boy was not hurt, but the girl, who was thirteen years old, failed to get out of the train’s way and was instantly killed. Crimes and Criminals. Four unmasked men robbed a bank at Boxholm, Iowa. The robbers got $1,200. Officers are in pursuit. Among the ruins of his burned home at South Bend, Ind., the body of John R. Perkins was found by neighbors. The head was crushed and the body dismembered. Because he overloaded a borrowed mule and was reprimanded for it, Jo- seph Smith shot and killed James Cas- sidy, the owner of the mule, at Lester, Raleigh county, W. Va. President W. W. Leighton and Cash- jer C. H. Churchill of the Lima (Ohio) Savings Bank and Trust company, which recently failed, were arrested, charged with the embezzlement of $27,329. Both gave bonds. Because he gave his wife a costly funeral for which he did not pay, G. P. Wright of Atlanta, Ga., has been given a sentence of twelve months in the penitentiary. The undertaker had Wright indicted for obtaining goods under false pretenses and his convic- tion and sentence followed. The safes in the George W. Sawles and C. W. McLennan’s general stores at Olva, Man., were broken into and a large amount of cash secured; $1,- 000 of the Western Elevator company’s money was taken from the Sawles safe and about $250 from McLennan’s. A parcel containing $1,500 was over- lgoked by the burglars. General. Harry Jones, a machinist in the em- ploy of the Northwestern at Clinton, Iowa, had a violent attack of rabies, and it required six men to overpower him. He came there from Missouri a month ago. Charlotte Holliday, a prominent woman of Philadelphia, has begun suit for $10,000 against Lena A. Verclas, a hairdresser. Mrs. Holliday says the defendant promised to change her hair from auburn to drab, but instead her hair became streaked like a rain-" bow ,and finally fell out. The coroner’s jury that investigated the Tercio (Col.) mine disaster, in which nineteen miners were killed, has returned a verdict to the effect that the deaths were caused by a duct ex- plosion, for which the Rocky Mountain Coal and.Iron company “was partially pesponsible.” : BIG STEAMER IS STUCK FAsrT, Sicilian Prince Lies Aground on the Long Island Shore. _ New York, Noy. 22.—The Prince ling | steamship Sicilian Prince, from Genoa and Naples, lies aground on the Long Island shore, one mile west of the Long Beach life-saving station. The steamer stranded just before daylight yesterday morning and all efforts throughout the day to get the ship into deeper water proved futile. Four tugs are standing by the ‘ves- sel, and with hawsers made fast to bow and stern by their united efforts are keeping her from being washed further on the beach. An attempt was made to float the Sicilian Prince at flood tide about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and with the assistance of her own engines she moved about 1,000 feet, but still held fast to the sandy bottom. The vessel lies easily on the beach. There is little surf and hardly any wind, and Unless a Storm Breaks, it is expected the ship will be pulled off the bar at flood tide to-day. Should this attempt fail the 600 steerage and twelve cabin passengers will be taken off on steamboats or tugs and brought to this city and the cargo will be light- ered. The vessel lies 300 yards off | shore in about eighteen feet of water. The Sicilian Prince is fourteen days out from Italian ports, and has about 600 Italian emigrants in the steerage. An unusually fast trip had been made, and when she struck yesterday morn- ing she was making about twelve knots. , Capt. Richard Van Wycklan, in charge of the Long Branch life saving | station, says: It was hazy at the time andi the cap- tain of the Sicilian Prince was steering in a northeasterly course.” Mistook the Light. His only explanation of the vessel being so close in shore is what he learned from some of the crew of the ship, who said Capt. Prince Hank saw ! the Sandy Hook light and mistook it | for the Barnegat light on the Jersey coast. The steamer grounded so easily that few of the passengers knew of ihe ship’s predicament until daylight. Even then, as the emigrants looked out upon America for the first time thcy broke into a cheer, thinking they had arrived at the end of their jour- ney. Capt. Van Wicklen and his crew launched a life boat and went out to the Sicilian Prince to tender assis- tance, but all aid was refused. No one was allowed to come ashore from the vessel. The beach on which the Sicilian Prince grounded is marked by several wrecks of vessels that have gone ashore there in the last five or six years. RACE WAR IMMINENT. Feeling Is Intense in lowa Mining Camp and Bloodshed Is Expected. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 22. — Race | war is regarded as imminent at Pras- er, Iowa, where Thomas Albright, a | white miner, was Saturday night shot and mortally wounded by James Price, a negro. The white miners held a meeting yesterday afternoon and voted to refuse to work longer with the negroes. They accuse the negroes of having aided Price to make his es- cape and the feeling is intense. There are from. 35 to 50 negroes in the min- ing camp and about 1,200 whites. Both sides are heavily armed. A negro, thought to be Price, was seen near Og- den, seven or eight miles from Fraser, | last evening. He answered the de- | scription of the man wanted, and on seeing that he was discovered, con cealed himself in a corn field. A posse from Ogden is searching for him, and | another body of miners from Ogden is | working down the river in that direc- | tioon, while still another body ig mak- | ing a thorough search of all the negro | huts in Frazer. If Price is caught it is believed that the miners, in their present frame of mind will do him vio- lence. Albright is still alive, but the | doctors say he cannot survive. | VESSEL AND CREW LOST. Makaweli Founders Off Coast of Van- couver Island. Victoria, B. C., Nov. 22.—The bark- entine Makaweli, Capt. Neilson, from | Tacoma to Mazatlan, Mex., has foun- | dered on the west coast of Vancouver | island at Clayoquot. All hands per- | ished. The Makaweli passed Tatoosh Oct. 31, and was not heard from again until the report of her loss came from Clayoquot. The Makaweli was built at Oakland, Cal., in 1902, was 821 tons net, and was managed by Hinde, Rolph & Co., San Francisco. MINNESOTA POSTOFFICE ROBBED Safe Blowers Get $125 Booty From | Till at Holland. | Holland, Minn., Nov. 22.—The post- office in a store here was burglarized and about $125 in money and stamps | were secured. The robbers broke aj window light in the rear of the build- ing to gain entrance, and then blew) open the safe. i BIG FIRE IN CINCINNATI. | Hsiaoyantzu. ‘learn the true facts. | detailed to work at the base do not JAPANESE SEND ~ FRESH TROOPS ARMY BESIEGING PORT ARTHUR REINFORCED BY LARGE BODY OF MEN. PREPARE FOR BIG BATTLE NEXT attack ON PORT ARTHUR WILL BE TREMENDOUS AFFAIR. Berlin, Nov. 23.—A dispatch to the (among the latest arrivals from Dalny) states positively that the general at- tack upon Port Arthur has not beep resumed. Rumors to that effect in Dalny have arisen because fresh troops, including the Seventh divis- ion, recently landed, are being sent to the front. : It is believed that the explosion which took place on Nov. 16 occurred in some counter tunneling work. The second explosion, which was heard on Noy. 19, was much heavier, and it is reported, upon the _ best authorities, was due to the blowing up of a Rus- sian magazine. It is expected that the next attack upon Port Arthur will be a tremendous affair. More reinforcements are com- ing to the support of Gen. Nogi than those dispatched to Field Marshal Oyama. The Japanese are now constructing coast defense forts at Pigeon bay, which is accepted as an indication that they expect to be defending Port Arthur themselves some day. Fights Are More Violent. Chefu, Nov. 23.—A Japanese official Lef&tal Anzeiger from Mukden says: “The reconnaissance fights have as- sumed a more violent character during the past few days. Particularly hot was the fighting on Poutiloff (Lone Tree hill), where the Japanese were repulsed with the loss of over 100 killed. All signs indicate that great events are imminent. The road to Sinmintin, owing to the excellent pa- trol service, is quite safe from Chinese bandits, thus guaranteeing unhindered communication with Tien-tsin and es- tablishing a second line of intercourse with the outside world. Great Battle Is Imminent. Tokio, Nov. 22.—Increasing activity alcng the Shakhe river seems to indi- eate the imminence of another great battle. The Russian feints, evidently in- | tended to draw a Japanese attack, are uniformly repulsed. * Army headquarters yesterday re- ceived the following report from Field Marshal Oyama’s headquarters, dated Nov. 18: “At dawn to-day a detachment of the enemy made an attack near Hsinluntung. They were repulsed by us. Since this morning the enemy in the vicinity of Shakhe village have indi- rectly bombarded our positions with mortars and field pieces. They have effected no damage. “A body of the enemy’s infantry were discovered at Hsiamya and We shelled them and they fled in confusion to a neighboring village. “The enemy has burned Huangla- sheizu and villages to the southeast on the right bank of the River Hun.” General Attack on Port Arthur. Chefu, Nov. 21.—Another attack on on Port Arthur was resumed Nov. 18 or 19, according to the report of per- sons arriving here to-day from Dalny. They say that the Japanese are so se- eretive that it is difficult in Dalny to Even the officers know what their comrades at the front are doing. Nov. 16 a peculiarly heavy explosion shook every ship lying at Dalny. The explosion was ascribed to the blowing up of land mines or a magazine. Jap Mining Successful. Chefu, Noy. 22.—Another attack on the Japanese, after successful mining, occupied a counterscarp on Sungshu mountain last Friday. General Fight May Be Raging. Mukden, Nov. 20.—On the morning of Noy. 17, after a long silence, the distant roar of cannon was heard, but where the fighting occurred is not yet known. There is no assurance yet that it means that a general fight is beginning.. No excitement is yet dis- played among the Russian officers or Chinese here. The Red Cross is making extensive preparations for the transportation of wounded from fields of battle. Two kinds of horse litters are being ex- perimented with, one for the serious- ly wounded and the other for the TO SUCCEED JONES. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR slightly wounded. In the event of the trial being successful, which seems likely, all field hospitals will be equipped with these litters, reducing the number of bearers, which, under the old system, has necessarily sub- stracted from the fighting line, by al- most half. Can Hold Out for Months. London, Nov. 20.—The Daily Mail's St. Petersburg coorrespondent says that Lieut. Gen. Stoessel’s report ex- presses a firm conviction that he will be able to hold out at Port Arthur un- til the Baltic squadroon arrives in March on the condition that he is sup- plied with munitions and stores. The government, the correspondent adds, has instructed its agents abroad to supply Lieut. Geen. Stoessel’s require- ments at any cost. Prepare for Big Battle. The Japanese army south of Muk- den is reported to be concentrating on the left and center, presumably with the intention of attacking, and a re- newal of fighting is expected to-day. Statements given out at St. Peters- burg regarding the situation at Port Arthur are more hopeful, and repre- sent that the garrison may be expect- ed to hold out until the arrival of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron. The report that Gen. Stoessel had been wounded is confirmed, but it is said that his injury is not sufficient to prevent him from directing the de- fense of the fortress. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny has been blown up by her commander in the harbor of Chefu, after having eluded the blockade of Port Arthur and succeeded in filing dispatches from Gen. Stoessel to St. Petersburg. It is presumed that she was destroyed in order to prevent the Japanese from cutting her out as they did the Ryeshitelni. The Russians, with the exception of one man, left the destroyer during the afternoon. This last man lit the fuses and blew up the vessel. There were three dull explosions, which were scarcely discernible a hundred yards from the place where they occurred. | Almost simultaneously the Rastoropny | sunk and settled on the bottom. Aj} battle spar marks her grave. Death Rather Than Surrender. Headquarters of the Third Japanese Army Before Port Arthur, Novy. 17. — It is reported that a wound received by Gen. Stoessel has necessitated his confinement in a hospital, that he re- fused to relinquish the command of the garrison and that he has issued or- ders to the troops to die at their posts rather than surrender. It is said that the spirit of the Rus- sian troops has been dampened by continuous work, the lack of supplies and The Hopelessness of their ability to make any successful defense of the fortress. It is said further that many of the Russian sol- diers are ready to surrender, but that they are kept at their posts by officers who threaten them with revolvers, and that several soldiers who were | suspected of a desire to desert have been shot as a warning to others. The Japanese now believe that the garri-| son has almost reached the limit of human endurance. Expect Big Battle. Gen. Kuropatkin’s Headquarters, ; Nov. 16.—A Japanese advance is daily | expected. Large masses of - their troops are moving eastward and the | Russians are expecting them to strike at their left flank. The Japanese are pressing the fight- | ing for possession of Port Arthur, as- | saults being made almost continuous- | ly upon the eastern line of defenses. There was some sharp fighting the | night of Nov. 10 for the possession of the fortified village of Endowuniulu, near Shakhe, the Russians being | driven out, then retaking the plgce, and finally retiring. Jap Troops Are on the Move. Dispatches from both Mukden and St. Petersburg express the belief that the second great battle along the Shakhe river will begin this week. The Japanese armies under the command of Field Marshal Oyama are showing unusual activity. Large bodies of troops are moving as though preparing for a general attack upon the ‘Russians, and it is believed that the battle is likely to begin at any time. : Beyond the statement of the Rus- sian correspondent of the Associated Press at Mukden, there is nothing to confirm the report that Gen. Kuroki has died of wounds received in battle. The Japanese have extended their blockade of Port Arthur harbor over a distance of thirty miles. Fight to sitter End. Washington, Nov. 16.—‘Russia will | pursue the war in the Far East to the | bitter end, that is until Russia has conquered.” These are the opening words of an emphatic statement made at the Rus- sian embassy yesterday by Count Cas- | him in the lobby. | munication with sini, the Russian ambassador. | annem oe aeeeeeeeeeeeees™_—_ ee—@0wyw@—reeer INDIANS KILL SALMON. Cincinnati, Noy. 22.—Fire caused a/ francis E. Leupp !s New Indian Com- | Millions of Fish Trapped Before Reach. | loss yesterday in the central part of the city approximating $700,000. It started about noon in an abandoned pbuilding in the rear of the Pounsford Stationery company. There was a strong breeze that caused the flames to spread rapidly so that with the whole fire department at work it re quired several hours to get the con- flagration under control, and early in the afternoon 4 general conflagration was feared. missioner. Washington, Nov. 23. — President Roosevelt has announced the appoint- ment of Francis E. Leupp of this city to be Indian commissioner vice Will- jam A. Jones, resigned. Commissioner Jones’ resignation and Mr. Leupp’s ap- pointment will take effect on Jan. 1. Mr. Leupp is the Washington corres- pondent of the New York Evening Post and has been identified with In- dian affairs for many years. ing Spawning Grounds. Victoria, B. C., Nov. 23. — Great indignation is felt here over the dis- covery ‘that the Northern Indians of | British Columbia have been walling ; up northern rivers and ‘catching the, spawning salmon by the million, thur preventing them from reaching the spawning grounds and ruining-the in- dustry. It is estimated that in these’ improvised traps 2,000,000 female fish ! were caught, all containing spawn. MOB THIRSTS FOR BLOOD SEEKS LIVES OF THREE. NE- GROES CONFINED IN LEX- INGTON JAIL. MILITIA IS CALLED TO ARMS CONSTABLES, DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND POLICEMEN GUARD THE JAIL. SITUATION IS VERY GRAVE IF MOB ATTEMPTS TO CARRY OUT THREATS BLOODSHED WILL FOLLOW. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 28. — At 10:45 o’clock last’ night the prospect of a mob which had formed on the out- skirts of the city attacking the jail in which Ed Toylor, Garfield Smith and John Taylor are confined was so pro- nounced that County Judge Bullock advised that the militia be called out. Constables and deputy sheriffs to the number of fifty had already been put on guard at the jail, and all the day police have been called from their beds to reinforce the night force. The authorities decline to give out the in- formation that has come to them as to the plans of the mob, but they are in touch with the movement and re- gard the situation as grave. Sunday nt the three negroes who are in jail started out on an expedition to “Kill White Dogs.” Entering Luigart’s saloon they opened fire on a company of white men who were strangers to them. William. Moore was shot dead as he was |crouching behind a barrel. Others found more secure covers and escaped, though bullet holes’ marked their place of refuge. Sunday night a mob of 300 formed and advanced on the jail at midnight, but were persuaded to disperse when informed that the po- lice were aware of their plans. At 11 o'clock last night Col. Roger Williams of the Second regiment, called Company C into service. Run- ners were sent for the soldiers in all parts of the city. County Judge Bul- lock was at the jail with the chiefs of police and detectives and sheriff di- recting precautionary means. The police learned that The Mob Was Forming |in three sections, one in Grats Park, another in Brucetown, and the third outside the city on the Bryant Station pike. At 11 o’clock a plattoons of po- lice advanced ona _ crowd of 300 at Grats Park. The men offered no re sistance, but dispersed in all direc tions. Several who had guns exposed were locked up. The police dispersed groups of men whenever they collect- ed in the down-town district. While a minstre performance was in progress at the opera house a halt was called by the management and it was announced that Col. Williams asked all militiament in the audience to meet This caused excite- hundreds of ment and by 11 o’clock people were Flocking to the Jail. The police stretched ropes across the streets bounding the jail and rein- forced this with a living chain of blue coats. They received information that two brothers of the widow, who with ten children, of Moore, is left unprovided for, were at the head of a mob riding from Bourbon county. The report that the widow had said she wanted the men lynched incited many to join the mob. The main rendezvous in the county is on the Bryan Station pike. Information that it was planned to burn the square on which the prison- ers lifed reached the police, but they could not spare men from the jail to guard the street. Col. Williams could not get in com- the governor, but called out the local company on his own responsibility. BUTCHERS MAY STRIKE. Trouble Is Brewing Again in Stock Yards at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 23.—Trouble is brew- | ing again at the stock yards between the butchers and the employers. Yes- terday the fifty-four butchers.employed by the Hammond Packing company ceased work because of the alleged discrimination against union workmen by the employers. It was anthounced last night by the officials of the butch. er workmen’s union that unless a sat isfactory settlement of the difficulty is reached at once the members of the organization employed in the other packing plants in Chicago will be or- dered on strike. According to the of- ficers of the union the same grievance exists in other plants. FIRE THREATENS TOWN. Flames Near a California ~ Town. , Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 23.—Forest fires at La Canyada threaten to wipe out the little town of La Crescenta. The people of La Crescenta have called for assistance from La Canyada and Pasadena, but there does not ap- pear to be any prospect of getting the fire under immediate control. It may burn for a day or two. The forest rangers are at present at Mount Lowe, and the fire is being gought by ranchers. Forest in