Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 17, 1904, Page 6

/ Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. When beauty frowns upon you, just tell her eloquently how her hat be- comes her, France is so jealous of outside rule that a soldier whose wife says the Lord’s Prayer is blacklisted. Considering the idiotic character of some election bets, it seems a pity that both bettors could not lose. Gen. Jack Frost seems to havegthe call on all the other generals in Man- churia, Russian and Japanese alike. The mother-in-law is at last vindi- cated. One’s son-in-law, through his mother-inlaw, met a nurse whom he married. “Estate of J. C. Hendrix, late of Brooklyn, not more than $1,255,000.” And he used to be a New York Sun reporter! The New Jersey girl who tried to commit suicide because a man kissed her would probably hail Gladstone Dowie as a boon. There are structural difficulties, as yet, in the way of christening an air- hip by breaking a bottle of cham- pagne on its prow. Spaniards are flocking to the United s Judging from the way we cked them, they think we must be good people to know. tes. A millionaire manufacturer of ‘fast foods has married his sten- »her. What do you suppose they had for their wedding breakfast? The New York opera season has be- sun and the costumes of the ladies who sit in the boxes are reported to be more inspiring than ever before. one out of every 105 glasses <y sold in New York is good,” a statistician. What a time he have had in getting those fig: “On! Maybe it is merely the combination of college yell and football that is re- sponsible for the alleged softening of the brain in the case of the gridiron athletes. yrge Gould while out hunting the c r day shot a man in the eye. It was very unfortunate. In fact, it Gould’s sport for the spoiled whole Japanese are said to be firing mis- that look like sausages at the ians in the forts about Port Ar- Possibly they have ground up of war. % According to the socialists, the twen- ty Philadelphia millionaires who dis- ported themselves in overalls will be ‘ompelled some day to make this their regular costume. J. Pierpont Morgan is to be deco- it is said, by the King of Italy. Morgan has had several tags own at him on this side, but some- how they didn’t seem to stick. wake That Chicago preacher will never be able to thoroughly popularize ‘ ting behind hymnbooks” as long as the sexton keeps the gas burning in the churches at the present rate. Trigg says that many a rich man’s son who is studying political economy n college might better be set to earn- ing his living and learning something about just plain, ordinary everyday economy. An army officer has been severely iplined for breaking a marriage gement. Cupid seems to cause » worry and trouble in our war de- ent than all the military prob- combined. So the total deposits in all the sav- banks of the world, according to ial figures, amount to more than 0,500,000,000._ Here’s hoping that your share of the. stocking fund is large and comforting. A Kansas City packing-house em- ploye turns out to be in line for a Brit- erage. As soon as the Pittsburg ses find out about this the meat ser will have a chance to learn Germany is experimenting with au- tomobiles for use in war. ‘Why should it be necessary to have any more ex- periments of this kind? Surely there can be no doubt about the automo- bile’s ability as a man-killer. And now Japan is talking of substi- tuting the English alphabet for the laundry-check characters that it is using now. The English letters may not be nearly so picturesque, but they are undeniably more practical. That woman who declared she did not want a conditional divorce from a man who beat her once a week may serve to show the attitude of a per- son when it is a eoudition | rather than a theory that confronts him or her. Young Tiffany gets an allowance of $18,000 a year. He asks for an in- crease, and tells the court he could worry along on $60,000. If Mr. Tiffany can’t get the increase he might supple- ment his income $1.40 a day by get- ting a job as a day laborer, FIRE ARSENAL AT PORT ARTHUR JAPANESE KEEP UP RAIN OF SHELLS ON THE TOWN % AND FORTS. ‘ FLEET IS OUT OF BUSINESS COMMANDER REPORTS’ THAT RUSS FLEET IS NO LONGER DANGEROUS. Tokio, Dec. 14.—The commander of the Japanese naval land battery, re- porting yesterday, says: u “Four Russian battleships, two cruisers, one gunboat and one torpedo storeship lying in Port Arthur harbor jare completely disabled. There is no further necessity for bombarding the Russian naval force. “Are now engaged in shelling the town of Port Arthur, which is being heavily damaged.” Dispatches received yesterday from the Japanese army besieging Port Ar- thur report that the interior of the fortress was bombarded with heavy guns the previous day, seriously dam- aging the battleship Poltava, the trans- port Amur and the wireless telegraph station at the foot of Golden hill, and that the arsenal was set on fire. ; Russians Are Repulsed. A dispatch from the headquarters of the Japanese army in Manchuria says: “At 2 o'clock in the morning of Dec. 11 a body of the enemy’s infantry at- tacked Peitaitozu, but at ‘dawn was completely repulsed northward. “In the afternoon of Dec. 11 the en- emy’s artilleery, holding a position west of Manpao mountain, opened a cannonade against Yaotun and Tang- chiapaotzu, and the enemy’s artillery posted west of Da mountain shelled Putsaowa. Neither caused damage. Mamacheih, on the right bank of the Hun river, was attacked by the ene- my’s cavalry. The Russians were driven westward, losing a number of men. The Japanese sustained no cas- ualties.” Have No Late News. St. Petersburg, Dec. 14. — The au- thorities have no late news from Port Arthur, and like the public are com- pelled to depend on information fur- nished by the Japanese. There is an inclination to accept those reports with a good deal of allowance. Men Are Scarce. London, Dec. 14.—A dispatch from Tokio to the Daily Mail says: “An officer who has returned from the army before Port Arthur said that the Russian preparations for gather- ing the dead during armistices showed a scarcity of available men in the gar- rison.” Retreat With Heavy Loss. London, Dec. 13.—The correspond- ent at Shanghai of the Daily Tele- graph in a dispatch dated Dec. 11, says that according to Pekin reports the Russians have retreated from the south bank of the Hun river after sev- enty-two hours’ fighting, with heavy losses. On the fourth day of the fight- ing; the correspondent says, the Jap- anese assumed the offensive. The Mukden station is reported to be in a wild state of confusion. The Daily Telegraph thinks the au- thenticity of the foregoing reports from Chinese sources of heavy fight- ing is very doubtful. Pound Port Arthur Fleet. Tokio, Dec. 13.—The Japanese con- tinue to batter the Port Arthur fleet and there is little ground for expect- ing that it will ever again engage the Japanese. The battleship Sevastopol continues to anchor outside, but pos- sibly returns ée the harbor at night and anchors inside the outer boom which protects her from torpedo boats. The recent heavy weather has given added protection to the vessel. Naval experts are discarding the theory that the Russians themselves sank any of their ships. The fact that the vessels first showed lists while in exposed po- sitions and the efforts made to save the sevastopol are regarded as con- clusive evidence against the theory of their being sunk by the Russians. A majority of The Sunken Warships lie headed northward. They received the bulk of the fire across their port sides, and the fact that at least two of them showed lists to starboard, gives rise to)the theory that Japanese shells exploded inside the ships and against the starboard armor, driving the armor outward and causing leaks. To make sure the destruction of the Russian warships the -Japanese con- tinue to drop shells into the sunken hulks. The whereabouts of the torpedo boat destroyers continues doubtful, but it is thought they are sheltering outside the harbor. The weather pre- vents a good observation being made, but the Japanese are sending a searching fire into nooks, which are not observable from 203-Meter hill and other heights. #ort Arthur Faces Defeat. London, Dec. 11.—According to the Morning Post’s Shanghai dispatchés the Port Arthur forcés, with the ex- ception of those manningxthe forts, have already retreated to Daotie mountain. Details continue to filter in of the capture of 203-Meter hill. The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent before Port Arthur explains that the final capture was due to a strong and sustained Japanese feint against the eastern fortifications on the night of Dec. 5, and the position of 203-Meter hill be- ing an enfilading one, forced the Rus- sians to evacuate without a contest a parallel line of semi-permanent de- fenses extending eastward and irregu- larly over the slopes within a half- mile north of Etse mountain. Japanese Kose Heavily. The Japanese casualties at 203- Meter hill alone exceeded the total of the battle of Nanshan, according to the Daily Mail’s Tokio dispatches. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Nov. 29 a Tomyasu detachment, with a bat- talion of infantry and a company of engineers, received orders that they must capture 203-Meter hill, while a Yosid detachment of the same strength had similar orders to capture Akasaka hill. On Nov. 30 it became necessary to reinforce the attackers with a detachment under Maj. Shizuta. During the operation the cold was so intense that many of the men were frost-bitten, as it was necessary to pass the night without shelter. The Japanese, after the capture of 203- Meter hill anticipated a terrible bom- bardment from the Russian forts and made preparations accordingly, but the Russians Remained Strangely Quiet. The same correspondent states that Russians at Port Arthur on Dec. 7 re- sumed mine-clearing operations, pre- sumably to enable the torpedo boat destroyers to attempt to escape and join the Baltic squadron. The Daily Telegraph’s Tien-tsin cor- respondent reports that’Gen. Oku, af- ter a three-days’ artillery engagement, drove the Russians on Sunday out of the small lofty island of Gushan, in the river, ten miles north of Liao- yang: The Russians, it is added, abandoned a quantity of supplies and several guns, and retired to a position eight miles northwest, from whence they heavily bombarded the Japanese, setting fire, on Tuesday, to kerosene storehouses and causing great confla- grations which did not cease till Wednesday. The Japanese are still gallantly holding the island with a handful of men. Their casualties, it is said, number 5,000. Japs Capture More Forts. Tokio, Dec. 9. — It is officially an- nounced that the Russian battleship Poltava has been sunk in the harbor of Port Arthur as a result of the Jap- anese bombardment, and that the bat- tleship Retvizan has been seriously damaged. The armored cruiser Bayan is also reported to be aground. Last Hope of Sortie Gone. &t. Petersburg, Dec. 9.—Foreign tel- egrams received here stating that the Japanese have succeeded in mounting heavy guns on 203-meter hill are re garded as seriously significant and have created a deep depression at the war office. If the reports of the sink- ing of the Russian warships in the harbor of Port Arthur are confirmed it destroyes the last hope of sortie, and when the end comes nothing remains but to sink those that remain in deep hands of the enemy. The war office is unable to identify Alaska hill. Evidently it is a Japanese name. The importance of 203-Meter hill to the garrison is evidenced by Gen. Stoessel’s desperate efforts to recap- ture it. Rumor of Big Jap Defeat. Mukden, Dec. 8. — The report that Gen. Rennenkampff has administered a heavy defeat to the Japanese con- tinues to circulate among the Russian troops, but as yet has not been ‘of- ficially confirmed. To the earlier rumor mentioned above there is add- ed the report that the Russians have succeeded in carrying off twenty-four guns which they captured in the rout of the Japanese but at first unable to remove owing to a cross-fire from the Japanese forces. The price of wood is increasing, though other fuel is becoming more plentiful and cheaper. The prices charged for food by local merchants are exceedingly high, owing to the slowness of the arrival of supplies from Russia. —~_—"_———_—_— i nnnnnnnnnnwnnnnnnnn KILLS SELF IN ODD WAY. Man Makes Tourniquet of Handker- chief and Paper. e Flint, Mich., Dec. 13. — James T. Lunn, a prominent resident of Sioux Falls, S. D.. in a peculiar manner com- mitted suicide in a sanitarium here. He made a loop of a large handker- chief, placed a knot in it’ and slipped the handkerchief over his head. A folded newspaper was stuck through the loop and twisted until the maa strangled himself. MANY CIGARETTES SMOKED, Duluth Boy Who Indulges Heavily Drops Dead. Duluth, Dee. 13.—Roy Fraser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fraser, 19 West First street, dropped dead Sat- urday afternoon. He was fifteen years old, and of late has been driving a de- livery wagon after school. It is said that he smoked cigarettes to excess. Heart disease is said to have been the cause of death. Alexander Fraser is ® well known explorer. : water to prevent them falling into the S. CHADWICK WILL SETTLE UP VOLUNTARILY GOES’ TO CLEVE- LAND TO FACE HER CRED- ITORS. Xs il gy SAYS BAIL WAS OFFERED HER ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEN IN COUNTRY OFFERED TO GO ON BOND. WILL TELL THE WHOLE STORY HISTORY OF THE CASE FROM BE- GINNING TO END WILL SOON BE TOLD. New York, Dec. 14.—Mrs. Chadwick started for Cleveland on the Buffalo limited, which left the Grand Central station over the New York Central at 8 o’clock last night. Before leaving she made a statement in which she de- clared she will pay all her obligations, and that hersole purpose in going is to face her creditors. She said that she could have obtained bail if she had wished to, and that one of the most prominent men in the country had offered yesterday to go on her bond. Mrs. Chadwick left here in custody of United States Marshal Henkel. Be- fore leaving the United States mar- shal’s office for the station Mrs. Chad- wick, at the suggestion of her counsel, Philip Carpenter, consented to an in- terview with the numerous newspaper men who were waiting. Mrs. Chadwick’s Statement. “Many‘statements that have ap- peared about me are absolutely false,” she began. “I have read statements in one or two papers that are absolute- ly false. I am physically and mental- ly broken down. “I am going home for the sole pur- pose of facing my creditors and what- ever charges they have made against me. I am going home voluntarily and not because I could not obtain bail. Since my arrest I have had offers of bail from many prominent persons. Isn’t that so, Mr. Carpenter?” she asked, turning to her counsel. “Yes, that’s true,” he replied. “To-day bail was offered to me~by one of the most prominent men in Cleveland by telegram,” said Mrs. Chadwick. Will Give History of Case. “I want it distinctly understood I am simply going home to answer questions. I shall not give bail until I reach Cleveland. I have the best rea- sons in the world for not doing so. The history of this case from begin- ning to end will soon be published in a certain newspaper.” “You will give names, won't you, Mrs. Chadwick?” interrupted Mr. Car- penter. “T shall use names,’ corrected Mrs. Chadwick. “I promised to give out my story, though it may take months to get it out. Ido not believe, how- ever, that it will be published to-mor- row, next week or in a month, certain- ly not until all my obligations are paid. Say Nothing About Carnegie. “T have not tried to flee from any one, not even from the newspaper men,” she continued with a smile. “Will you say anything about your relations with Mr. Carnegie?’ was asked. “Iam not here to be questioned,” she replied. “I have nothing to say about Mr. Carnegie and nothing to say about any one else. I want to say. em- phatically that I have not been forced to go back to Cleveland. I delayed ‘|my return home because I thought it was best to wait and see what the grand jury would do. If the grand jury had indicted me _ fifty times, I would have gone back just the same. For the past week I have been want- ing to go back, haven’t I, Mr. Carpen- ter?” “That's so,” said the lawyer. Waives Examination. Mrs. Chadwick was taken from the Tombs in a closed carriage by Mar- shal Henkle shortly before 4 o’clock. An hour earlier Mr. Carpenter had gone to the office of the United States district attorney in the federal build- ing and informed him that his client would waive examination. She was taken before Judge Adams, of the fed- eral court, who signed an order for her removal to Cleveland. After her meeting with the report- ers Mrs. Chadwick waited in the mar- shal’s office until time to leave for the Grand Central station. Excitement in Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, Qec. 14—The home- coming of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick to- day will create more excitement in this city than any event of recent years. The probability of a tremendous-jam at the depot has com- pelled Chief of Police Kohler to ar- range details of officers to restrain the crowd. The prospects are that Mrs. Chadwick will be compelled to go to jail unless she can _ give bail to the amount of $40,000, and she may be asked to furnish surety as high as $52,500. There was a report yesterday that a third indictment was found against Mrs. Chadwick charging forgery in connection with the $5,000,000 Carne- gie note. It was not! returned, but such a thing may occur before Mrs. Chadwick has seen the end of her troubles with the federal officials. TO ATTACK KUROPATKIN. Rumored at Russ Capital That Japs Are Ready to Advance. St. Petersburg, Dec. 14.—It is ru- mored here that, having settled the question of how to dispose of the Russian warships at Port Arthur, the Japanese have withdrawn their troops from there and are preparing to un- dertake an immediate advance against Kuropatkin. Opinion continues widely at yari- ance regarding whether Rojestven- sky’s fleet will be called back or not. Present indications seem to point to its being allowed to proceed. It is im- possible to send other ships before Au- gust. Provisions and ammunition at Port Arthur are nearly exhausted and the futility of further resistance is ad- mitted, but communication with the besieged is impossible except through the Japanese, which course is not fa- vored. ANDRE TOLSTO! DECORATED. He Receives St. George’s Cross jor Bravery at the Front. Mukden, Dec. 14.—Count Tolsioi’s son, Andre, who is an orderly attached to Lieut. Gen. Sobeloff’s Sixth army corps, has received the St. George’s cross for repeated bravery in carry- ing dispatches under fire. He partic- ularly distinguished himself during the severe fighting of Oct. 14, while Sobeloff’s corps was preventing Gen. Oku’s movement which threatened to turn the Russian right. TO STUDY JAPANESE. German Army and Navy Officers Get Orders. Berlin, Dec. 14. — Fifteen general staff officers of the army «nd one ad- miralty staff officer have been ordered to study Japanese in the seminary of Oriental languages at Berlin tniversi- ty. Besides this, courses in Chinese and Japanese will begin this winter in the military academy. SENTENCED TO PRISON. Assassins of Von Plehve Escape the Death Penalty. St. Petersburg, Dec. 14. — The trial of Sasoneff, who assassinated Interior Minister yon Phleve in July last, and of Sikorifsky, his accomplice, began behind closed doors in appeals court in the law courts building yesterday. Sa- soneff was sentenced to penal servi- tude for life, and Sikorifsky to twenty years penal servitude. HE DID NOT FEAR DEATH. Italian Murderer Knew It Would Not Hurt to Die by Electrocution. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 14. — Nelson Boggiano, twenty-four years of age, was put to death in the electric chair at the Auburn prison yesterday for the murder of Henry Bender of Buffalo June 29, 1903. _Boggiano, who was an Italian, was infatuated with Bender’s wife and determined to get rid of the husband. While his victim slept Bog- giano crept into the house and fired two shots into him and slashed his throat until he had nearly decapitated him. Bender’s wife gave the alarm, which led to the murderer's arrest. Boggiano was an electrician, and had said he had no fear of death in the chair, because he knew it would not hurt. ROBBERS ARE BEATEN OFF. Oregon Hunter Prevents Hold-Up of Oregon Short Line Train. - Portland, Or., Dec. 14.——An attempt of four masked and armed men to hold up the Spokane flyer on the Ore- gon Railroad and Navigation compa- ny’s line just outside of Porfland has been prevented by Bert Yetter, who was returning from a hunting trip. The supposed bandits ordered Yetter to throw up his hands, and when he failed to comply, began firing at him. Yetter was shot in the side and slight- ly wounded, but returned the fire, and it is believed he wounded one of the men. The attempted hold-up was abandoned and the men escaped. GETS $10,000 FOR KIND ACT. Nashville Hotel Clerk Rewarded for Helping an Old Man. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 14.—Houston Bond, a clerk in a local hotel, yester- day received a certified check from Evansville, Ind., for $10,000. Four years ago an old gentleman fell on the sidewalk in front of the hotel and was severely injured. Mr. Bond went to his assistance, lifted him from the ground and cared for him until he had recovered. The check is the sequel. Mr. Bond would not disclose the name of the man who sent the check. EARL GREY IS WELCOMED. - Canada’s New Governor General Ar- rives at Ottawa. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 14. — Earl Grey, Canada’s new governor general, and his party, received a hearty welcome upon reaching here yesterday. A guard of honor from the governor general’s footguards and a mounted escort from the Princess Louise dra- goons accompanied the vice regal party to Government House, while a royal salute -was being fired by the battery. | BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS. Two Lives Lost and $700,000 Worth of Property Destroyed. Minneapolis, Dec. 14. — Fire that started in the basement of the O. H. Peck company’s store, 116 First ave- nue south, at 10:30 last night, resulted in the death of two men and a prop- erty logs estimated at $700,000. Jacob Miller, a member of the fire insurance patrol, was killed by falling down the elevator shaft of the Peck building. Jacob Fellows, a member of Engine Company No. 18, is missing, and is be- lieved by the firemen to be dead. The building at First avenue and Fifth street, occupied by Boutell Bros. as a furniture store; the building adjoining on Fifth street and occupied by O. H. Peck, dealer in photographers’ sup- plies; and the building adjoining Bou- tell’s on First avenue and occupied by P. J. Bintliff as an art store, were de- stroyed with their contents. ‘Tae three buildings were five-story brick structures and are owned by the Hale Homestead company. They are val- ued at $150,000 and was insured for $105,000. The loss of Boutell Bros. on stock is estimated at $300,000; the damage to the stock of the Powers Dry Goods company is estimated at $100,000; the loss of O. H. Peck is placed at $50,000, and that of Bintliff is also estimated at $50,000. The or- igin, of the fire is not known, but it is supposed to have started from the ex- plosion of chemicals. MEN EQUIPPED AS CRACKSMEN, Two Arrests Made in Sleepy Eye Burglary Case. Sleepy Eye, Minn., Dec. 14. — Two men arrested at Mountain Lake on a charge of blowing a safe here last Friday night avere brought to Sleepy Eye yesterday morning by Policeman Jacobson. Judge Geschwind bound them over to the grand jury which is now in session at New Ulm. When arrested the men had in their posses- sion two revolvers, knives, skeleton keys, dynamite - caps and fuse, two bottles of nitroglycerin, candles, soap and other robbers’ parapharnalia. They had also $128 and several books of stamps. Ed Murphy and Alec Up- ton are the names they gave here. Both men were seen in Sleepy Eye the day before the burglary. The grand jury meets to-day and will have the case brought before it. “U" REJECTS BIG GIFT. Giver Died in Theater Fire, Making Bequest Objectionable. Appleton, Wis., Dec. 14—Lawrence university will renounce all claims to the gift of $100,000 provided in the will of Willis W. Cooper, who lost his life in the Iroquois theater fire in Chi- cago. Instead of receiving $100,000 the university will receive $100. This amount was due on a note given by Mr. Cooper to the university and an | order for its payment was recorded in the county court here yesterday. It is said the estate, valued at $200,000, outside of Mrs. Cooper’s dower right, will fall to a daughter, Mrs. Maud Cooper-Beachal of Chicago. oO rea- son is given by the university trustees for their waiving of the claim, but it is conjectured that Mr. Cooper's at- tendance at a theater, which is against the law of the church, is the reason. FORGERY IS CHARGED. Man Accused of Passing Four Bogus Checks. Mitchell, S. D., Dec. 14. — George Smith was arrested yesterday on a charge of passing four forged checks amounting in all to $70. The checks were purported to have been signed by W. L. Wallis, a merchant at River- side, three miles east of Mitchell. Mr. Wallis disclaimed issuing the checks. Smith made small purchases at four stores in town, and, it is alleged, of- fered in payment the checks, which were accepted. He will have his ex: amination to-day. FACTORY IS BURNED. At Sauk Center Plant Only Office Safe Is Saved. Sauk Center, Minn., Dec. 14.—Early yesterday morning fire entirely de stroyed the plant of the United Manu- facturing company. Nothing was saved except the office safe. , The plant was established ten years agosby James Ingram, and has been operated by him since that time. SUES ROAD FOR $25,000. Dickinson Man Wants Damages for Alleged Injuries. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 14—G. R. Wanne- macher of Dickinson has started a suit in the United States court here against the Northern Pacific railway for $25,000 damages. The plaintiff was in the wreck of a stock train at Driscoll, Oct. 6, when his back and chest were crushed. Engineer a Suicide. Perham, Minn., Dec. 14.—John Zil- kowski, night engineer at the Globe mills, committed suicide by shooting himself last night while in a fit of despondency. He was about forty-five years old and leaves a family. Woman and Child Asphyxiated. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 14. — Mrs. Hank Eagee*and baby of Blanchard, Traill county, are dead of asphyxiation. Mr. Jensen, who was in the house at the time, was overcome, but will recover. The fumes came from a coal stove. Trick Dogs Burned. Sheboygan, Wis., Dec. 14. — Over half a car load of performing dogs, valued at $2,000, were found scalded to death by a burst steam pipe, when the baggage car in which they were was opened here, & ? | ] ’ 1 4