Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 31, 1904, Page 3

A FC | | Berald-Review. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Diaz, it is believed, could manage office now with both hands tied be- d ‘him. A Chicago girl has just died of tight lacing. That was one sinner who died bappy anyway. The atmosphere of New York is said to be “dreadfully foul.” Moral atmos- phere, of course. Aug. Belmont has lost a $1,000 poo- dle po; Next thing, Harry Lehr will be losing his mind. A New Yort: fruit raiser has evolved a coreless apple. It will never become as popular as the plum. Queen Alexandra confesses to being 60 years old. That’s what she gets for having such big grandchildren. susceptible of mathematical It is proof that all of the 30,000 lawyers of New York city’ cannot belong to the 400. You notice that your uncle Russell is not in the list of these who money coming from Mrs. Chad- A shot fol- Those that can't be Evening paper says lowed a woman’s ‘No.’” followed her “Yes” counted. have thief who stole an elegantly silver goblet worth $50 and for fifty cents ought to take a in art. The used Two western train robbers compell- ed even the car porters to disgorge. N the latter will understand how t st of us feel. speaking of the dirigible airships, ng committee of the House entatives ought to know about ’em. f somethir comic papers are right some- A New York man had to sum- 1 the police to help him discharge ok the other day. A Chicago man who could quote » and Schopenhauer committed He probably felt that the n was no place for him. T} the cc Another girl has been burned to this time in Brooklyn—from ~ on a match. Use only the i that light only on the box. > of this country are xiously waiting to hail the hero who the lone bandit while ng to hold up a train. n mules are now attached guard of the Panama army. stance in which the rear dangerous by far than the vente os W. Lawson of Boston finds ossible to bear the stock market ¢ the advertising columns. nothing like printer‘s ink. Now a doctor has dircovered that you can take the gold cure for pneu- monia if your batting average is so 1 ‘ou do not require the cure for g else. Chicago husband -who has The asked the courts to issue an injunction to restrain his wife from talking will more later on—particularly if know he listens Ne® York is to have a bgnk that will keep open day and night. They jon’t find it necessary, however, to en up many of the churches in that 1 except on Sundays. The St. Paul girl who laughed sc hard over a funny story that she dis located her jaw won’t be happy again til she can tell her acquaintances sisely how it happened. tov never indulge in gossip,” said Jane Goodridge Mansfield of » to be 103 years old. A remark- live le woman in several ways. ab The sultan says ‘that he will protect e sale of the Bible in Turkey, but the world has discovered from long experience that it doesn’t make much difference what the sultan says. Justice Clark of New York’s su- e court has now decided that a vich is not a meal. Never mind. A banquet of baked beans and crisp pork and steaming hot brown bread is. The increase in the publie debt last month was $2,453,265—but if your pri- debts haven’t increased since the ning of November, you really *t need to lie awake o’ night a-wor- ryin’. “Jim Cummings,” a famous train robber, died a natural death the other day at Leavenworth, Kan., where he had for a number of years been lead- ing an honest life. His prosaic wind- up will fortunately make it impossible to dramatize him. One of the latest discoveries is that bits of earthenware from “granite lined” vessels cause a large propor- tion of the cases of appendicitis. The moral is that you shouldn’t gobble your morning oatmeal, whether you miss the early train or not. , When asked how she came to| STORM IN YEARS HAVOC WITH RAILROADS AND TELEGRAPH. STORM COVERS A VAST AREA FROM ROCKIES TO NEW YORK AND FROM WINNIPEG TO NEW ORLEANS. DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE | THREE KILLED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS’ DAMAGE DONE. Chicago, Dec. 28.—One of the’ most severe storms of recent years has raged throughout the territory lying between the Rocky mountains and the Great Lakes since early yesterday morning, and has caused much trouble to street car companies, railroads and telegraph companies. The latter are the greatest sufferers. In its extent the storm was the most widespread of any during the last fif- teen years. Counting the fog as a component part of the storm, it stretched clear from the Rocky moun- tains to New York and from Winni- peg to New Orleans. Three fatalities were reported as due to the storm, one in Indiana and two in this city. At 10 o'clock last night the storm was reported to be subsiding at Kan- sas City and at other points on a north and south line from that city, but it will be several days before nor- mal conditions are restored through- out the entire section. At Chicago and east of here the Storm Was Still Raging with great violence and was expected to continue throughout the night, the center of the storm being apparently between Chicago and Cleveland. Reports from Kansas City early in the day were that the storm extended from the middle of Missouri as far south as INdian Territory, and was ac- companied throughout its entire ex- tent by high winds and snow, which on the level would have been about one foot in depth. It was drifted so badly by the gale, however, that in nearly all the cities of Nebraska, Kansas and Western Missouri street car traffic was at a standstill by noon. The telegraph wires Were down in all directions, and it was with extreme difficulty that communication with the West and Northwest was kept, up. All trains throughout that part of the countrty were hopelessly behind their schedule early in the afternoon. Plays Havoc With Wires. The storm had reached Eastern Mis- souri by noon and the temperature in St. Louis went down 20 degrees in two hours, while the wind, blowing at forty miles an hour, piled the snow up in the streets in great drifts: It was found possible to keep the street cars running, although great havoc was made with telegraph and telephone wires. ' At Omaha and Des Moines condi- tions similar to those in Kansas City were reported, and both places were in bad condition early in the morning. All through Western Iowa the fury of the storm increased in violence through the morning, and at noon was raging with great fury. Violent in No In the Northwest even more violent than throughout Missouri and Iowa. In St. Paul the show commenced to fall early Monday night and grew heavier all through the night, while the wind increased until it was blowing at fifty miles an hot. The heavy snow and the gale worked havoc with the railroads, and some of the passenger trains from the Pacific coast were reported twenty-four bours late and making slow progress. The storm reached westward from St. Paul until it covered almost the en- tire Northwest, and from the Dakotas, Eastern Montana, Wyoming, North- ern Michigan and Wisconsin, the story was the same from all pointts. The wires were down in all directions, the snow was falling in dense volume, and, driven by a high northwest gale, was filling the streets and railway cuts so tightly that street cars for the most part were compelled to stop run- ning and all trains Were Far Behind Time. In the South conditions were some- hwest. he storm was what better, the snow in many places | being changed to a heavy rainfall, which was preceded by thunder and lightning and followed by high winds. The storm struck Chicago shortly after noon and increased with great rapidity until it had assumed hurri- cane violence at 5:30 o'clock, when the wind tore through the down-town streets at the rate of seventy-two miles an hour. It fell away after that, and by 7 o'clock had dropped to fifty miles an. hour, where it remained throughout the night with occasional gusts that would how! through the streets with the force of 2 cyclone, tearing down signs, smashing in plate glass windows, and in‘ many sections of the down-town district hurling pedestrians from their feet and over- turning delivery wagons. Big Damage in Wisconsin. The late reports from Wisconsin are that the storm was the most se- vere ever known in that section of the country. Damage in the city of Madison ig estimated at $100,000, and 3 Will de | too nabaics. All trains in the center of the state are delayed for many hours and some of them have been abandcned entire- ly. The city of Madison was in total darkness last night because the elec- tric wires had all been blown to the ground. La Crosse and other cities in that section of the country report condi- tions similar to those in Madison. In indiana the damage done by the storm is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The damage was especially heavy in the oil fields where 500 derricks were blown down and all operations suspended. Ferry Boats Crash in Fog. New York, Dec. 28.--While a dense fog hung. over the river and harbor yesterday afternoon, the ferry boats Bergen and Musconetcong, of the Del- aware, Lackawanna & Western line, crashed into each other near the Ho- boken ferfy slips, and for a few min- utes there was a wild panic on. both boats. As the two ferry boats came together there was a wild rush on the part of the men on the Bergen into the cabin. The shock was such that it threw twenty or more of the men off their feet. In the women’s cabin the panic was greater, as the passengers ther had received no warning of the impending crash. When the boats drifted apart the Bergen, uninjured in her hull, pro- ceeded on her way to her slip. There were fewer passengers on the Musconetcong and the crew had less difficulty in reassuring them. The Musconetcong suffered but little dam- age. The ferry boat Chicago was run into by the transport steamer Maryland during the morning rush hour, but no serious damage was done. CYLINDER HEAD BLOWS OUT. Engineer Is Killed and Assistant Fa- tally Injured. New York, Dec. 28.—Engineer Chas. Heebe was instantly killed, his assis- tant, Daniel Farrier, probably fatally injured, and the lives of hundreds of young women were endangered yes- terday when the cylinder head of the great power engine in the Chelsea jute mills in Brooklyn blew out. The noise of the explosion threw into a panic the twelve hundred young women at work in the building. Many of them were badly bruised and hurt in their efforts to escape. DIED IN BATH TUB. Prominent Resident of. Lima, Ohio, Is . Accidentally Electrocuted. Lima, Ohio, Dec. 28.—J. W. Griffin, one of the wealthiest oil operators in the city and vice president of the Lima Trust company, was electro- cuted in his bathroom here yesterday. He received a heavy voltage of elec- tricity, the contact being made by an iron register and an electric light chandelier. His fingers weré burned through the skin and part of the gas fixture broken as he fell to the floor. ODELL TO PUSH CHADWICK CASE. Will Obviate Delay in Extradition Proceedings. Newburg, N. Y., Dec. 28. — Gov. Odell, when told at his home of the delay at Albany in granting an extra- dition warrant for the arrest of Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, said: “Tt is the desire of the executive de- partment of the State of New York to act in entire harmony with Ohio offi- cials in this matter, and I will see per- sonaliy that there is no unnecessary delay.” BOYS AT PLAY WRECK TRAIN. Confess They Placed Steel on Rails to See Developments. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 28. — Perry Ruffig, aged sixteen, and Finley Ire- land, aged eighteen, were arrested yesterday at the latter's home near Wallen for placing two steel rails on the tracks of the Grand Rapids & In- diana railroad and causing the ditch- ing of a freight train. The younger boy said they wanted to see how far the coweatcher could knock them. TO HEAD WISCONSIN LEAGUE. Rev. Norman A. Palmer to Superin- tend Anti-Saloon Work. | Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 28.—Rev. No’ man A. Palmer of Plain City, Ohio, has been appointed superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league in Wiseonsin. The appointment was made by National Superintendent Banker and approved by the American Anti-Saloon league. Rev. Mr. Palmer will take up the work in Wisconsin about Feb. 1. IS THE MIKADQ INSANE? Dr. Jordan’s “Reliable Information” Has Jap Ruler Mad. Portland, Or., Dec. 28. — President | David Starr Jordan of Stanford uni- versity, who is in this city on a lec- turing tour, said yesterday that he has reliable information from Japan that the mikado, as the result of a blow on the head accidentally received some time ago, is now hopelessly in- sane. Fairbanks Becomes a Mason. | Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28.—Senator | Charles W. Fairbanks was _ initiated into the secrets of Masonry yesierday. He took the first two degrees yester- day in Oriental lodge No. 500 at the lodge hall, and last night in the Scottish Rite temple he was given the third degree by the lodge before a dis- tinguished crowd of Indiana Masons numbering 1,200. Good, Berth for Reid. é Washington, Dec. 28. — Secretary Hay has formally announced that Whitelaw Reid will succeed Joseph H. Choate as ambassador to Great Britain. i FOR GEN. OYAMA THOUSANDS OF RECRUITS ARE BEING PREPARED TO TAKE THE FIELD. JAPANESE TAKE MORE FORTS AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS PORT ARTHUR ARE SUG. CESSFUL. AT RUSSIAN FORCES DISLDGED ADVANCED POSITIONS FRONTING JAPANESE RIGHT WiNG HAVE FALLEN. Tokio, Dec. 28. — Tokio is again a great military camp and the scenes of. last spring when the first armies were mobilized and dispatched are dupli- cated. Thousands of recruits and re- servists are assembled, drilling and equipping preparatory to taking the field. The department and temporary barracks are filled, and it is necessary to billet the soldiers brought to the city. The general miitary are enormous. It is planned to give Field Marshal Oyama a total of half a million men, with a_ heavily in- creased artillery arm, besides Increasing the Defenses of Formosa and the southern islands in anticipation of the Russian second Pacific squadron’s attempt to seize a base. The port of Kleeung, Formosa, has been declared in a state of siege and other preparations in Formosa and tthe Pescadores are progressing. Win- ter is not interfering with the Japan- ese transport service. The railway between Dalny and Yentai is working well and the running time between Taotai apd Liao-yang is six days. More Positions Taken. The following report has been re- ceived from the besiegers at Port Ar- thur: A body of our right wing surprised tthe enemy at Hou-sany-tan-tun and Siao-fan-tun, the latter about six and a half miles northwest of Port Arthur, at 10 o'clock Saturday night and occu- pied the villages, and, subsequently dislodging the enemy, occupied the whole of Ta-liu-chia-tun, about five miles northwest of Port. Arthur, at 2:55 o'clock Sunday morning. Our repeated attacks during the past few days were uniformly success- ful, and now the whele of the enemy’s advanced positions fronting our right wing are in our hands. Carry Trench After Trench. London, Dec. 28. — The Daily Tele- graph’s correspondent at Chefu, in a dispatch dated Dec. 26, says: “A messenger from Port Arthur de- scribes a Japanese attack the evening of Dec. 22, with a light column of 5,000 and many machine guns, on the north- ern defenses. They dashed along the railway, carried trench after trench, and succeedéd in reaching the water course beneath Papuisean mountain, whence the Russian artillery worked terrible execution. A Fierce Bayonet Fight occurred at midnight. A strong Rus- sian force advancing eastward of Pay- uisean mountain threatened the re- treat of the Japanese, who, after a desperate struggle, retreated to the north, leaving several machine guns, 800 rifles and eighty prisoners. It is estimated that they lost 600 killed. The Japanese halted near the ceme- tery and finding that both their flanks had carried all the works forming the outlying range of the main forts, they intrenched on small hills near Etse mountain under a severe enfilading fire, which caused them heavy losses.” MANY SLAVS DODGE ARMY. |The Patricia Brings 2,435 Russians on 2 One Trip. New York, Dec. 28—The Hamburg- American line steamer Patricia, from Hamburg, brought 131 cabin and 2,435 steerage passengers. The greater number of those in the steerage were from Russia and came here to escape conscription. The cabin passengers were treated to a Christmas tree and dinner. preparations GOING TO ISLANDS ON FEB. 1. Twenty-First Infantry to Leave Presi- dio for Philippines. San Francisco, Dec. 28.—A number of changes will take place shortly in the garrison of the cantonment at the Presidio. On Feb. 1 the Twenty-first infantry, now there, will leave for the Philippines, being relieved at the Presidio by the Sixth infantry from Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The Sigh- teenth infantry, now homeward bound from the Philippines, will proceed on arrival to Leavenworth to replace the Sixth infantry, which later on will proceed to the Philippines to replace the Fifteenth infantr; SHRINERS SHAKEN UP. Their Train Collides With’ Another in the Yards at Baltimore. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28.—A collision occurred here yesterday in the yards of the Pennsylvania road at union sta- tion, between the Northern Central Harrisburg express train, en route from Washington, and an empty ex- press train of the Philadelphia, Balti- more & Washington railway. On the Harrisburg express were a large num- ber of Mystic Shriners of that city and other passengers, including Ad- miral Schley. George Ungleb, engi- neer of the Harrisburg express, was hurt internally. Several other rail- way employes were less seriously in- jured. None of the passengers were injured, but all were badly shaken up. TIRED OF BEING CRIPPLE. Chicago Banker Buys a Casket and Then Commits Suicide. Chicago, Dec. 28.—Buying a coffin ostensibly for a friend, Leroy K. Nes: bit, a banker, committed suicide in an undertaking establishment yesterday. Scribbled on a card in the banker's pocket was a note saying: “fam tired of being a cripple.” Nesbit had a shrivled leg and had attempt to effect a cure. SOLONS IN PRISON. Three Members of Colombian Congress Arrested for Attacking Government. Washington, Dec. 28. —- Yesterday Mr. Russell, the American minister at Bogota, Colombia, advised tke state department of the arrest in Bogota of three opposition members of the low- er house of the last congress for cir- culating publications against the gov- ernment. The political government, Mr. Russell adds, is inspiring confi- dence. WILL ARREST DRUNKARDS. Hospital Authorities Will No Longer Turn Them Loose After Treatment. New York, Dec. 28.—Arrest, instead of a comfortable cot, will be the lot after Jan. 1 of the several thousand habitual or occasional drunkards who in the course of the year seek Belle- vue hospital for treatment, and use the institution as a handy place io sleep off their sprees. By this means the officials of the hospital propose to reduce the constant overcrowding in the alcoholic department. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. ts St. Paul, Dec. 28. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.09 1-4@1.10; No. 2 North- ern, $1.04@ No. 3, 95 @ 98 1-8e. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 40@41c. Oats — No. 3 white, 28@28 1-2c. Duluth, Dec. 28. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.09 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.03 1-4; flax, $1.28; rye, 738c. Minneapolis, Dec. 28.—Wheat —No. 1 hard, $1.121-4; No.1 Northern, $1.10 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.05. Oats —No. 3 white, 27 7-8e. Milwaukee, Dec. 28. — Wheat —No. 1 Northern, $1.12@1.14; No. 2 North- ern, $1.15@1.18. Rye—No. 1, 771-2c. Barley—No. 2, 52c. Oats—Standard, 31 @ 311-2c. Corn — No. 3, 4212 @ 43 1-2c. Chicago, Dec. 28. — Wheat — No. 2 red, $1.14 1-2@1.15 1-2; No. 3 red, $1.10 @1.141-2; No. 2 hard, $1.09@1.14 1-2; No. 3 hard, $1.09@1.11; No. 1 North- ] No. 2 Northern, . 2, 46 @ Iowa, Dec. 28. @ 6; cows, bulls and ; stockers and feed- and yearlings, — Bulk, $4.45 @ Sion —Beeve: 4.47, Chicago, Dec. 28. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $6.10 @ 7; stockers and feeders, $2.20 @ 4; cows, $1.40 @ 4; heifers, $2@5; calves, $3.50 @ 6.75. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $4.40@ 4.65; bulk of sales, $4.50@4.65. Sheep Good to choice wethers, $4.60@5.50; CRASH OF ICE BOATS. Two Boats Going at Express Train Speed Collide Head-On. Syracuse, N. Y., Dee. 28—Three men were ikilled and three more seriously hurt in a crash of two iceboats speed- ing before a gale of wind at the rate of fifty miles an hour on Onondaga lake. The dead are James Clarkson, Charles Markham and George Todd, all of this city. ALLEGED SLAYER CAUGHT. ‘ Officers Say Man Killed Aunt Because He Loved Her. Port Huron, Mich., Dec. 28.—George Bearss, who was arrested at Flint yes- terday, confessed, Sheriff Davidson says, to the murder of his aunt, Mrs. Abel Brown, in her home on a farm near Belleville, last Friday. Mrs. Brown’s head was crushed with a whiffletree, and she was stabbed in a number of places. The officers say that Bearss said he was infatuated with his aunt. native’ lambs, .$5 @ 6.85: Western lambs, $5.50@6.75. South St. Paul, Dec. 28. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $5.50 @ good to choice cows and heifers, $2.65 putcher bulls, $2.35@3: veals, ; good to choice stock steers, 5; good to choice miich $30@40. Hogs — Range price, cows, $4.15@4.50; bulk, $4.25@ Sheep —Good to choice lambs, $5.75@6.25; fair to good, $5.50 @ 5; good to choice yearling weihers, $4.50@5.25; good to choice ewes, $4@4.25. LOUISE A SUICIDE. Unconfirmed Rumor Says Former Princess Has Killed Herself. London, Dec. 28.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Vienna says it is ru- mored from several sources that the countess of Montignoso, formerly the crown princess, Louise of Saxony, who a few days ago was expelled from that country, whither she had gone in an attempt to see her children, has committed suicide near Venice. These reports are not confirmed and are not hhaliavad. 4 — Cattle spent thousands of dollars in a vain | | name of the PAPER TRUST PROCEEDINGS BEGUN IN THE UNITED STATES COURT IN ‘'ST.’PAUL. INJUNCTION IS ASKED FOR TO PREVENT GENERAL PAPER COMPANY FROM CONTROLLING THE TRADE. IS WISCONSIN CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT IN NAME OF UNITED STATE AS COMPLAINANT. St. Paul, Dec. 28.—Proceedings were begun yesterday in the United States circuit court for the district of Minne- sota for the dissolution of the paper manufacturers’ trust, which since 1900 has fixed prices and controlled the output of paper in Illinois, Wisconsin. | Minnesqta, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Kan Nebraska, Missouri and other ates west of the ippi river. The proceedings were brought in the United States as com- plainant by William H. Moody, attor- ney general, and Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul and James M. Beck of Phila- delphia, special assistant attorneys of | the United States | Mr. Kellogg and Charles C. Houpt, | United States attorney for the district | of Minnesota, applied to Judge Loch- | ren sterday and secured an order | for service of process outside the dis: trict. The case will be heard in St en or Paul, either before Judge Lo | the circuit court of appeals. The Defendantts. The defendants are the General Pa per company, a corporation organized in 1900 under the laws of Wisconsin to act as sales agent for and to regu late the output of twenty-three North- western manufacturers, the Manufac- | turers’ Paper Company of Chicago as agent of a number of Eastern | manufacturers, and the twenty-three | Northwestern manufacturers. Nine- | teen of the Northwestern companies | are located in Wisconsin, three are located in Minnesota and one is loca- ted in Michigan. The proceedings started yesterday are in equity and are brought under the Sherman act prohibiting combina- tions in restraint of trade. They are similar to the proceedings brought by the government against the Northern Securities company. ames M. Beck, one of the special assistant attorney: was associated with Atiorney General Knox in the Securities case and par- ticipated in the argument before the circuit court of appeals. To End the Trust. The petition of the attorney general asks that the General Paver company be enjoined from acting as the sales agent and fixing the prices at which news print, maila, fiber and other pa- per shall be sold, the persons, corporo- ations and newspapers to which it shall be sold, and into what states it shall be shipped and sold. The court is asked to enjoin and re- strain the manufacturers from contin- uing their arrangement with the Gen- eral Paper company, from making that company their exclusive sales agent, from authorizing the company to re- strict the output, fix prices and terms of sale, and from “directing the per- sons, corporations or newspapers to which paper shall be sold. A restraining order is also asked pending the determination of the suit. MURDERER PLEADS GUILTY. Man Who Killed Aunt Is Sent to Pris- on for Life. Port Hvron, Mich., Dec. 28.—George Bearss, who murdered Mrs. Abel Brown, his-aunt, at her home on a farm near Bervyille, last Friday, yes- rday pleaded guilty to the charge s sentenced by Judge Low to onment in Marquette prison. 2” Was committed Friday af- Bear ternoon. on Sunday at Flint, was brought here and before noon yesterday had ap- peared in both the justice court and circuit court and had been sentenced to life imprisonment. ANOTHER CHURCH BURNS. German Lutherans Lose New Building at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Mans Dec. 28.—Follo the complete destruction by f Friday of the fine $60,000 Chu the Icelandic Lutherans, came day the destruction of a German theran, church valued at about $7,000. Both were new buildings only occu- pied a short time. ing on Two Hang for Murder. Tomson, Ga., Dec. 28.—John Butler and Guy Reed, the two negroes who were convicted of the murder of R. G. Story here twenty-seven days ago, were hanged yesterday. They showed little fear or nervousness. Remain on Vessel. New York, Dec. 28.—The steamship Druméeizer, which went ashore on Fire Island bar Sunday night, is still fast aground, with her captain and crew still on board. They refused to be taken ashore.