Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 4, 1905, Page 4

i { } { Frerald-Review. | By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. A glass famine is reported. Great suffering among the goats and the os- triches. : Perhaps the farmers are buying automobiles so that they can scorch after the scorchers, An arena for bull fights is being built at Cannes, After the bulls are killed there, will they be canned? At least that big South African dia- mond ought to be exhibited all over the world before it is cut up. In Thibet when a pupil fails in his lessons they flog the teacher. Say! Isn't there some sense in that? The Yaqui Indians of Mexico are doing their best to take their proper place among international problems. A Louisville minister swallowed a steel drill and even the X-ray can’t find a trace of it. What a digestion! Prof. Craig says that civilization is over 9,000 years old. And mighty small for its age it sees sometimes, too. We will soon know whether J. P. Morgan or “Pat” Sheedy will get that |’ $4,000,000 diamond just found near Pretoria. “Is there any redeeming feature about a red nose?” asks the Denver Post. Well, as a danger signal to the bibulous it has its uses. Americans eat more sugar than any other people on earth. It is no won- der, therefore, that they do the most scolding at the sugar trust. King Edward has quit wearing a white vest. This will, of course, mcan a dead loss of $4 or $5 to the Ameri- can who has just bought one. Sir Frederick Treves, the eminent English physician, thinks “genius is some sort of neurosis.” Perhaps that accounts for its eccentricities. The coast of Borneo has more mos- quitoes to the square inch than any other place in the world. Doubtless this accounts for Borneo’s crop of wild men. The Springfield, Mass., Republican s to Alfred Austin’s sonnet on peare as “Alfred Austin’s Sounds like an advertisement ke Bes of ham. The Sultan of Turkey is trying to borrow money from German bankers. He must think the Germans have been too busy to read about Cassie Chadwick. The young lady who wants to know “how a girl ought to salute the Amer- fean flag” probably wouldn't displease color-bearer if she should throw ses at it. 4 The schedule of Mrs. Chadwick's debts indicates that most of her dupes have decided to “chuck the whole business” and mark it up to profit and } Owing to circumstances over which he has no control, J. Pierpont Mor- fan will not be able to add the sun spot to his large and magnificent col- lection of curiosities. If Mrs. Chadwick could only get to a bank, she could easily prove that a rich relative several years ago gave her the 3,022-carat diamond just dis- covered near Pretoria. According to a Philadelphia tobac- eonist, his best cigars are sold for $5 apiece. They are not the kind that Gov. Pennypacker hands out to news- paper reporters when they call. The naval cadets can’t quite agree with the president that the fear of. mil- itarism is a baseless alarm when they remember that very few of the West Point football players quit school this year. pete ed Lack of proper food or an insuffi- cient amount of food may be one of the causes of truancy, but many ‘a gray head can recall how he played hookey on a full and perfectly’ satis- fied stomach. . A boy died in a New York school- room after being taunted on his fail- ure to pass an examination. The doc- tor said the lad had a weak heart. And it may be added that his taunt- ers had weak heads. The four sovereigns of England, Austria, Germany and Italy draw $13,000,000 per year in the way of sal- That is to say four kings take Much the aric the table stakes in Europe. same way in this country. A fa n writer says that Easter bonnets will be costlier than ever this ear, but as Easter comes later than al this year, the mere’ men who e to pay the bills will have a longer time than usual to save up for them. Up to 1889 green peas were used only as missiles or counters, says ‘the New York Sun. ,We have seen some even since then which seem to have peen divinely ordained for these pur- poses. They had been cooke@ that way, too. e In the Capital. The house passed the Philippine tar- iff bill practically as it came from the committee, and with but little discus- sion. . The senate in executive session con- firmed the nomination of Byron J. Price of Hudson, Wis., to be deputy auditor of the navy department. It is said that Miss Alice Roosevelt will accompany Secretary and Mrs. Taft on their visit to the Philippines next: July, unless other engagements prevent. Sitting in special session, the house of representatives on Sunday con- ducted memorial services in tribute to the memory of the late Senator Mat- thew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania. The validity of the Kansas anti-trust Jaw was upheld by the supreme court of the United States in an opinion by Justice Brewer in the case of Edmund J. Smiley, plaintiff in error, vs, the State of Kansas. A parcel post treaty between this government and Great Britain was signed by President Roosevelt and Sec- retary Hay. It already has been sign- ed by the British officials and will take effect April 1. The navy department has decided to forego the usual winter maneuvers of the combined fleets in the Caribbean sea in order to allow the men to per- fect themselves in the use of the new code. The controversy over the Lydick al- lotment at Cass Lake will be settled if the senate adopts an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, as re- ported, providing that the secretary of the interior may issue patents in fee simple for allotments within White Earth and Red Lake reservations, held by adult Indians, when he is satisfied that such Indians are competent to manage their own business. Crimes and Criminals. After being out all night ,the jury at Dubuque, Iowa, in the case of James Reade, the slayer of Policeman Nor- ton, returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. Former City Treasurer George Hol- comb is under arrest at Everett, Wash., charged with embezzlement from the city of Everett, while treas- urer ,of the sum of $11,500. Frank Rimieri, who shot and killed Jack Pinto on Oct. 1, 1903, and Adolph Koenig, who strangled his mistress, Mrs. Emma Kaufman, on May 3 last, were electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. Edward Donahue was convicted at Crown Point, Ind., of the murder of Aminter Northrup of Benton Harbor, Mich. The jury brought in the death sentence after fourteen hours’ delib- eration. : Robert Miller was arrested in Chica- go on the complaint of Mrs. Esther Fisher, who charges that he has ab- ducted her sister, Sebia Brown, 16 years of age, and is holding her for ransom. John Henry Vier, deputy United States marshal of Indian territory, has been shot ank killed in the terri- tory sixteen miles west of Siloam Springs, Ark., by Charley Wickley, a Cherokee Indian. In a struggle with a colored burglar armed with a knife, Mrs. Minnie Mey- ers, of Chieago, was stabbed and the negro was wounded with his own weapon, which had been snatched from him by Mrs. Meyers. Three masked highwaymen, lying in wait on the front veranda of the resi- dence of Dr. Phillip Mueller, Minnea- polis leveled their revolvers at the re- turning physician and his coachman, Emil Roggartz, shot the coacvhman through the abdomen and robbed the two men of $50. From Other Lands. The consistory at, St. Petersburg of- ficially announced that Father Gopon, jeader of the revolutionists, has been unfrocked. Vandals have covered the Shake- speare monument at Weimer, Ger- many, with a black acid. The shaft is likely to be completely ruined. Eight Syrians who were denounced by the American legation at Port au Prince for having presented false American naturalization papers have been expelled from Haiti. The franchise of the Vandergrift Construction company of Philadelphia to build a $3,000,000 electric road from San Juan to Ponce has been revoked by the executive council. Pope Pius X. will equip the Vatican with the Marconj system of wireless telegraph. His holinegs recently sent word to the wireless inventor that a visit from him would be very accept- able. ‘ The town of Baker, Caucasia, is panic-stricken and business is sus- pended as the result of disturbances and the attacks of armed Mussulmans on Armenians. The attacks are at- tributed to racial enmity. An American named McLeanland, a popular professor and English lectur- er at the Commercial academy in Mos- cow, was shot dead by an academy student named Sisow, for political rea- sons. Sisow immediately committed suicide. Capt. Saunders, an aeronaut, was 5,000 meters high in his balloon at Barcelona, Spain, when it caught fire and fell. Saunders jumped before the craft hit the street, struck some over- head wires and hung by the head un- til he was removed dying. China’s indemnity question is not yet settled. The government agreed in October to pay in gold, but refused to pay the arbitrary rate of exchange and bankers’ commission except in sil- ver. , Emperor William has detailed a naval lieutenant from the intelligence office to act as aide to Mrs. Robert Goelet of New York, who is now in Berlin, and show her the objects of interest at Potsdam. On the first anniversary of Dr. Man- uel Amador’s presidency of Panama, he received congratulations from ev- erywhere in the republic without po- litical distinction, and a great popular meeting of all classes was held. The reports published in the United States that Crown Prince Frederick William and his fiancee, the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, had broken their engagement is discred- ited in Berlin in unusually well-in- formed circles. List of Casualties. Fire at New Orleans gutted the top floors of the Mucheka building, a sev- en-story office structure, entailing a loss of $150,000. The drug and grocery store of F. Harbridge & Co. at Racine, Wis., was destroyed by fire. Loss to stock and building, $50,000. The Symmes block, a_ three-story structure occupied by stores and offices in Denver, was destroyed by fire, en- tailing a loss estimated at $300,000. Four men are dead and fourteen in- jured as the result of the explosion of a stationary boiler at the mine of the Provident Coal company at St. Clairs- ville, Ohio. Black Bros. of Broken Bow, Neb., had 800 cattle frozen to death. This is typical of reports now coming from ranges, showing the greatest losses ever known. Fire at Detroit, Mich., almost entire- ly destroyed the plant of the Detroit Steel Casting company, causing a loss of $100,000 and throwing 225 men out of employment. i The Rock Island fiyer, west-bound, was wrecked one and one-half miles west of Wiota, Iowa, by the spreading of a rail. Two were killed and a large number injured. One person was killed, two others were injured and several narrowly escaped as the result of the collapse of a ruined building at 519 West Four- teenth street, Chicago. Fifty girls employed in a Logans- port, Ind., steam laundry were thrown into a panic by the breaking of an ele- vator. Four girls who were in the ele- vator when it fell were injured. Miss Pearl Griffis, living near Na'sh- ua, Iowa, was severely burned by fall- ing on a hot steve while in an epilep- tic fit. Her father was at Nashua at the time, and coming home found her unconscious, Five people were burned to death in a dwelling house at Howebrook plan- tation, about five miles north of Island Falls, Me. The bodies, burned beyond recognition, were found in a heap in- side the front door, through which an attempt had evidently been made to leave the house. The door was locked. Domestic. A bill for the establishment of a state oil refinery was introduced in the Colorado legislature. It appropriates $125,000. The New York National City. bank shipped $2,000,000 in gold certificates to Cuba as one of the final installments of the Speyer loan. Bryan has entered a specific denial to the charge that he is financially in- terested in the Osage Indian oil land leases or any other oil lands. » Baltimore is without oysters. The fleet being tied up in the bay, there is not enough oysters in the city to make a boarding house stew. Judge Holt, in the United States dis- trict court at New York, signed an or- der dissolving the petition in bank- ruptcy against Munroe & Munroe. Col. John Sobieski, a great-grandson of John Sobieski, the last king of Poland, was guest of honor at a con- gratulatory reception held in Willard hall, Chicafo. 3 Creditors: of Earl H. Prince, the Chi- cago commission merchant who trans- ferred his open trades on board of trade, has filed an involuntary peti- tion in bankruptcy to have Prince de- clared bankrupt. Neil Burgess, the actor, has filed in the United States district court at Trenton, N. J., a petition in bank- ruptcy. His liabilities are placed at $21,000, and his assets are given as two suits of clothes v.lued at $25. Dr. Ashbel F. Grinnell, formerly dean of the medical department of the Uni- versity of Vermont, in his action in New York to recover $50,000 damages from Edward Weston for false arrest and imprisonment, obtained a verdict $10,000. A manuscript copy of Poe’s poem, “Ulalume,” all in the poet’s hand- writing, sold for $1,000 at the second day's sale of the McKee manuscripts and portraits in New York. A deguer- rotype of Poe sold for $21. Not eyen a telegraph message can reach Smithfield, Ill, so strict is the smallpox quarantine and so great is the ravage wrought by the malady. Many deaths have occurred and the state officials have prohibited the stopping of trains at the village. Cicero J. Hamlin, a wealthy horse- man, died in Buffalo, N. Y., aged 86. _ LARGE SCALE RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE ARMIES ARE ENGAGED IN DEADLY CONFLICT. JAPANESE LOSE POSITIONS FORCED FROM OUTSKIRTS OF SANDIAPU BY HEAVY AR- TILLERY FIRE. . RUSS MAY HAVE TO RETREAT JAPANESE MOVE AGAINST RUS- SIAN LEFT WING MAY FORCE FLIGHT. Fighting on a large scale is in prog- ress between the Russian and the Japanese armies in Manchuria. Gen. Kuropatkin, after meeting the initia- tive of the Japanese in the eastern part of the Shakhe valley, assumed the aggressive in the western portion yesterday, and under cover of a heavy artillery fire from Putiloff hill and Novogorod hill, succeeded in driving the Japanese from a position in the outskirts of Sandiapu. Simultaneously the Russians attacked and captured a railroad bridge on the Japanese cen- ter. Much more serious is the Jap- anese move against the Russian left wing, which threatens, unless quick- ly checked, to oblige Gen. Kuropatkin to abandon the positions on the Hun river which he has occupied and forti- fied during the winter. There is no confirmation of the report that. the Russian commander-in-chief has noti- fied the emperor that retreat north- ward has become imperative. May Have to Retire. St. Petersburg, March 1—The As- sociated Press hears from a high source that\Gen. Kuropatkin considers his position on the Shakhe river to be menaced to such an extent by Gen. Kuroki’s success on the left flank as to necessitate the immediate with- drawal of his army to Tie pass, and has so advised Emperor Nicholas. No confirmation of this is obtainable in military circles here, where it is point- ed out that, with the Japanese press- ing the whole Russian line, such an operation must almost inevitably end in disaster of the first magnitude. General Battle Is On. St. Petersburg, March 1. — Last evening’s news from Manchuria is of the most important nature, the Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Mukden, which was transmitted at noon of Tuesday, indicated that a general bat- tle was beginning along the whole of the 100 miles of front occupied by the two armies. Gen. Kuropatkin appears to have taken a leaf out of Field Mar- shal Oyama’s book and replied to Gen. Kuroki’s attack on the Russian left by a counter attack on the Japanese left, in which Gen. Kaulbars’ initial success is better for thé Russians than the best efforts of Gen. Gripen- berg, the Russian vanguard being es- tablished at the outskirts of Sandiapu. At the same time Gen. Kuropatkin Delivered a Blow against the Japanese center, seizing a railroad bridge across the Shakhe river. These reports, therefore, give a more hopeful aspect to the situation, as the Russian army, though driven out of Da pass, appears to have suc- ceedgd in stopping, at least for the morfent, the further advance of the Japanese eastward and beaten off the attack on the center. The effect of yesterday’s develop- ments on Gen. Kuropatkin’s reported intention to withdraw from the Shakhe is problematical. Retirement in the face of an enemy, which is ex- tremely hazardous under any circum- stance, Is Doubly Dangerous when the armies are grappling in a general engagement; but if Gen. Ku- roki succeeds in rolling up the Rus- sian left much further the perilous ex- pedient may become necessary. The counter strokes on the right and cen- ter may possibly be intended to cover the withdrawing trains and stores. If. however, Gen. Kuropatkin is de- termined to stand and fight out the pattle on the line which he has held during the winter, and if he should be able to administer a vigorous check to Gen. Kuroki, he has secured a good position for his second move in the great game. Revolutionary Move Planned. St. Petersburg, March 1.—Next Sat- urday being the anniversary of the emancipation of the serfs, rumors have been in circulation that the day has been selected for notable events of diverse nature. According to some of these rumors the workmen are planning an immense revolutionary demonstration, while, according to other reports the government intends to commemorate the anniversary by issuing a manifesto! establishing some form of representative legislative pody. It was stated positively yester- day, however, on competent authority that there is no intention on the part of. the government to signalize Satur- day by any special manifesto, and plans for a demonstration of work- men, if there are any, have not yet reached the men or the Liberal lead- ers. ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. John Cunningham Accused of Causing the Death of John O'Day. Le Sueur Center, Minn., March 1.— The murder case of the state vs. Cun- ningham was commenced here Mon- day morning, and at 10:45 yesterday the jury was secured. Oct. 15, 1904, at a public auction about eight miles north of here, where liquor flowed quite freely, John O'Day and John Cunningham got into a scuffle. Cunningham accused O’Day of stealing his watch, and in the melee O’Day was stabbed in the abdo- men, and died three days after. Al- though the deed was committed in full view of a large crowd, still no one can be found to point out the murderer. Attorneys. H. J. Peck of Shakopee and Irwin of Belle Plaine are attorneys for the defendant, and County Attor- ney Edgerton is representing the state. ARSON IS ATTEMPTED. Burglars Try to Cover Up Trace of Their Crime. St. Paul, March 1.—A daring burg- lary and an attempt at arson at 385 St. Peter street, was reported to the police on Monday by D. O’Haltoran, the proprietor of the store and owner of the building. About $500 worth of church goods were carried away from the store and the destruction of the building by fire was averted by the timely arrival of the engineer, who reached the store in advance of his schedule time. The burglar got into the store by breaking a, basement window and effected an entrance into the main room by Battering in a door. It is not known whether one or more robbers were connected with the burglary, but the police think there were at least two. GATES’ BUBBLE BURSTS. Move Comes to Final Fiasco. Chicago, March 1.—Slaughter of the lambs went merrily forward on the board of trade yesterday. The great crowd of outsiders who had been gath- ered into the fold by John W. Gates and a few other men who had given it out that wheat was a “good thing” only to be deserted by their leaders, were entirely at the mercy of the bears, who Held high carnival at the expense of the unsuspecting ones. The price of May wheat was pounded in merciless fashion. It was forced down to $1.131-2, a decline of 23-4 cents from the previous day’s close. The action of the market left no room to doubt that the Gates deal was a thing of the past. The big fellows had crawled out of their holdings when the price was around $1,20. Huge Bull SLAIN WITH A BEAM. Wife Murder Is Charged Against Man Who Says She Fell Into Cellar. Miller, S. D., March 1.—Daniel Kel- ley, aged seventy years, will have a hearing to-day on a charge of killing his aged wife. He is alleged to have murdered her in a yard with a 2x4 beam as a weapon, and to have dragged her body into the house, where he threw it down cellar. He is said to have claimed that she fell down cellar, breaking her neck. He went to a near-by schoolhouse with his story after he had prepared hiS wife’s body for burial. The coroner’s inquest verdict alleged murder, and Kelley was arrested and placed in jail. Judge Pusey of this city will defend him. BANK TILLS WELL FILLED. South Dakota Institutions Have De- posits of $33,000,000. Lead, S. D., March 1. — George A. Sillsby, who has made an examination of the different banks in the Black Hills in the capacity of state bank ex- aminer, reports that the institutions in the black Hills are all firmly es- tablished and in a thrifty condition. One bank in Lead has a deposit of $1,- 200,000, which is the largest in the state. The different banks in the state have am aggregate deposit of nearly $33,000,000. The financial condition of the state, according to Mr. Sillsby, is excellent, and the coming year he predicts will be unusually prosperous. BOY THIEVES CAUGHT. Booty Taken From Cars Mostly Candy and Tobacco. New Ulm, Minn., March 1. — War- rants have been issued for the arrest of Otto Groebner and John Neuwirth, charged with breaking into box cars on the North-Western tracks. They are alleged to have been carrying on this thievery for six months and were apprehended by a detective only yes- terday. One of the boys is twelve and the other seventeen. The goods taken were mostly confectionery and to-| bacco and were distributed among their--companions, some twelve in number. They will doubtless be sent to the reform school. DEPOT BURNED. Agent Is Badly Injured and Is Now in Hospital. Jowa Falls, Iowa, March 1. — Thé Illinois Central depot at Alden burned last night at 10 o'clock. The fire is supposed to have originated from an overheated stove. The agent, who was sleeping upstairs, escaped, but was badly burned on the head and hands. The structure and entire con- tents is a totaltloss. The old depot on the same site burned three years ago. The agent was brought to the hospital in this city by a special train, \ LEGISLATION RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN SENATE TO-END ACTION FOR SESSION. ALL HOPE IS NOW ABANDONED FORMAL DEATH BLOW WILL BE DELIVERED AT FIRST OP- PORTUNITY. HOLD HEARINGS IN SUMMER SENATE COMMITTEE WILL LOOK INTO MATTER AND REPORT NEXT SESSION. Washington, March 1—The formal and official abandonment of railroad rate legislation at this session will be made at the first opportunity. There has been no hope or possibility of ac- tion for weeks, but the death blow was not given. It will not be much longer delayed. Senator Kean yesterday presented his resolution, approved by the inter- state commerce committee, providing, for an investigation of the railroad rate problem during the congressioner recess. It was referred to the commit- tee on contingent expenses, of which Mr. Kean is chairman, and will be fa- yorably reported at the earliest possi- ble moment. It will be adopted by the senate but its presentation for final in- dorsement will afford for discussion on the rate problem an opportunity of. which some senators may avail them- selves. The debate of necessity must be brief, if there is any at all, because the end of the session is near and money measures are consuming all the time. ‘ Committee to Hold Hearings. The interstate commerce committee expects to assemble here about April 15 to outline a plan for the summer. It will hold hearings in all the leading cities and in a general way will follow the course taken by the merchant ma- rine commission. The resolution offered by Mr. Kean follows: “Resolved, That the committee on interstate commerce or a subcommit- tee thereof is instructed to sit during the recess of the senate, at such times and places as may suit the conven- ience of said committee, or subcom- mittee, to consider the question of ad- ditional legislation to regulate inter- state commerce and to authorize the interstate commerce commission to fix rates of freight and fares, and to acquire further information as to in- terstate commerce, including viola- tions or evasions of the anti-rebate law and the devices and methods by which such evasions are accomplished and including refrigerator and other private car systems, industrial rail- way tracks, switching charges and the like. To Report at Next Congress. “Said committee or subcommittee is authorized eo employ experts, admin- ister oaths, take testimony, send for persons and papers, employ a stenog- rapher to report its hearings, and to have reports printed, which hearings shall be sent as soon as printed to each member of the senate. Said com- mittee shall make a full report of its proceedin\s here, by bill or otherwise, within ten days after the meeting of the next congress.” SOO HAS GOLD FEVER AGAIN. Metal Worth $2,826 Taken From Shakespeare Mine. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., March-1. — Three gold bricks from the Webb- wood district have been brought to the Soo and the gold fever has been renewed. The gold was taken from the Shakespeare mine and is worth $2,826. This is the result of the first operations of the stamp mill estab- lished there. The bricks are on exhi- bition at the Imperial bank. The work was accomplished with a mill of four stamps, and it is expected that within a few weeks enough stamps will be installed to produce monthly $72,000 worth of. gold. NEW MINISTER NAMED. Diplomatic Representative of Colom- bia Will Soon Reach Washington. Washington, March 1. — Thé state department has received a cablegram from Mr. Russell, the American ‘min- ister to Bogota, announcing the ap- pointment of Diego Mendoza as min- ister from Colombia to the United States. He will reach Washington in afew.weeks. Mr, Mendoza is a prom- inent politician and a warm supporter of President Reyes. | DROWNED IN WATER TANK. ‘ Frozen Body of Mrs, Moon, a Suicide, F Found Near Eldora. Eldora, lowa, March 1.—Mrs. 8. D, Moon, wife of a wealthy Providence farmer, committed suicide early yes- terday morning by dgowning herself in a water tank in tle barn yard of the Moon farm. She was past fifty, and supposed to be in good health. It is not known when she committed the deed. She was found frozen in the morning. She leaves a large family. oe Ce