Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 1, 1905, Page 3

MANY LOUISBURG BUSINESS: PLACES AND HOUSES ARE WRECKED. EIGHT HURT, TWO FATALLY POOL TABLE AS A_ REFUGE, SAVES .LIVES OF ‘MAN AND BOY.” STORM PLAYS MANY FREAKS BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS ARE STREWN OVER SURROUND. ING COUNTRY. Louisburg, Minn., March 29. — The cyclone which struck this village Mon- day evening at » o'clock was pre- ceded by a a heavy rain and hailstorm, and coming from the south cut across the village diagonally, destroying all business places except two, which, however. were damaged. Only two residences escaped injury. Three houses were completely destroyed, and nine others were damaged almost to total loss. Eight persons were injured, two of whom may die. The injured: Paul Paulsen, years, arm broken, shoulder dislocated, head Wadly bruised; may die. Jennie Winger. 7, arm broken, leg bruised, badly bruised on head; may die. Minnie Winger, 19, ribs broken, back and body bruised; probably fatal in- juries. Mrs. Tom Winger, head bruised, back hurt. Johnny Winger, knee hurt and body badly bruised. Bennet Bergeson, 25, body bruised. Roy Beedle, 8, arm hurt. Fred Moen, 40, arm broken, back hurt, head bruised. Pool Table Saves Lives. f Bergeson and Beedle owe their lives to a pool table under which they took refuge. The pooj hall had blown 200 feet. : Property destroyed: Hennepin Lumber company, lumber yard and machinery; total loss. badly Northwestern Eleyator company, roof and office destroyed. Interstate Elevator company, roof off, badly shaken up. McCall & Webster elevator, roof off, office blown away. T. H. Benson, unoccupied store building containing K. P. hail, totally destroyed. Tom Winger's restaurant and home, totai loss with stock and goods. B. Bergeson, restaurant, total lo: Fred Moen, G. Kittleson, O. Brusner, houses, barns and household goods, total loss. Lutheran church, all destroyed. Philley & Beedle, stock badly dam- aged, building almost total loss. Kolkjen & Anderson, building badly twisted. Numerous barns and outbuildmngs were strewn over the surrounding country. The depot was damaged and cars were blown from. the siding to the main track. Telegraphic and telephonic communication was shut off and Winfred Johnson on horseback carried the news to Appleton. Doctors from Appleton, Madison and Belling- ham were carried to the injured. Crowds from the surrounding country and villages have been here to inspect the ruins. Freaks Are Played. In the darkness many freaks were played by the storm. Gunder O. Kler- saas, a farmer, was loading lumber at a yard. His team was imbedded un- der the debris but later was removed without injury. Of three buildings that stood side by side, only the one in the center, the Kolkjen & Anderson general store, was left upright. “ The storm proceeded north across the Minnesota river, then east toward appleton, but broke its fury before reaching there. FOR MURDER OF LUNDEEN. Crawford and Palmer Taken to Elk River to Await Grand Jury’s Report. Elk River, Minn., March 29.—C. D. Crawford and George Palmer, accused of the box car murder of Heine Lun- deen, near Elk River, last fall, were brought here from the Hennepin coun- ty jail by Sheriff Ward yesterday. The grand jury met Monday but has made no report. It is expected indictments will be returned to-day. The trial will be commenced next week by .Judge Giddings. Crawford practically con- fessed his guili as a “stool pigeon,” put will plead not guilty here and make a fight for his life. Bidze at Morton. Morion, Minn., March 29.—At 4:45 yesterday morning fire broke out in the building occupied by W. P. Clynch as a saloon and before the conflagra- tion could be brought under control the structure, fixtures and stock were practically destroyed. Adjoining build- ings and the flour mi!l were for a time considered in great danger, but through the efforts of the local depart- ment the fire was confined to the one puilding. The building was owned by John Mcintosh. Loss on _ building about $3,000; insurance, $1,400. CYCLONE Armour’s Superintendent ted Grand Jury. : Chicago, March 29. — The federal grand jury last night returned an in- dictment against Thomas J. Connors, general superintendent of Armonr & Co., on a charge of interfering with a witness summoned to appear before the jury. Mr. Connor was arrested on a bench warrant by a United States deputy marshal and brought to the grand jury room, where he was re- leased on a $5,000 bond. After his re- lease Mr. Connors refused to discuss the matter. The indictment charges that John Edward Shields of Brook- lyn, who testified to the so-called beef trust investigation was approached, favored and entertained by Mr. Con- nots, and specifically states that on March 25, the offense upon which Mr. Connors was indicted, occurred. It is also charged that Shields was given the use of Armour & Co.'s offices at 205 La Salle street to transact his business while in Chicago and also the use of a private telegraph wire in the office of the packing company. BOMB BLEW UP THE MAINE. Gessler Rosseau Says One of His Ma- chines Destroyed the Battleship. New York, March 29.—That the bat- tleship Maine, through an error, was destroyed by a bomb of his manufac- ture, was the statement made by Gessler Rosseau in the Tombs prison yesterday. Rosseau was convicted of having sent explosives to the Cunard line pier, this city, in May, 1903. He made a statement in which he said he had become interested in the Cuban struggle for freedom and furnished the revolutionists with two exploding ma- chines of tremendous power. The in- tention was to blow up some of Spain’s warships, but the man who had been intrusted with the duty bluridered and blew up the Maine instead. The man, immediately after learning of the er- ror he had made, committed suicide. PANICKY MAN DRAWS KNIFE. Threatens Policeman While Girls Rush for Fire Exits. New York, March 29. — A trifling blaze on upper floors of a six-story building in Walker street yesterday started a panic among the 300 girls employed there, There is but one exit, this being a narrow steep stairway leading from all the floors. The girls crowded down this stairway, falling over and tumbling upon each other, and before all were out a dozen of them fainted from fright and slight in- juries.. A foreman tried to hold the door to the stairs in the face of the frenzied employes so that they should not join in the crowd on the stairs. A young Italian drew a knife and threat- ened to cut the foreman to pieces if he did not open the door. The foreman did so and the crowd rushed through. SECOND TRIAL FOR BURTON. Supreme Court Issues Verdict in Bribery Case. St. Louis, March 29.—The mandate of the United States supreme court in the case of Senator Burton, charged with accepting a bribe from the Rialto Grain company for services before the postoffice ” department, who was con- victed in the United States district couri, but has been granted a new trial, was received at the federal of- fice here yesterday. United States District Attorney Dyer stated that the date for retrial had not been set. COFFEE CAN EXPLODES. Receptacle Is Bursted by Steam, and Person Carrying It Is Scalded. Crookston, Minn., March 29.—While lifting yrup tan, with tight cover filled with boiling coffee, from a stove in a wood camp near Bagley yesterday morning, H. A. Shaft of Eldred was terribly burned by an explosion of the ean, the scalding coffee being hurled in his face. He will lose the sight of both eyes and will be scarred for life. SILK MERCHANTS SUFFER. Goods Valued at’ Thousands of Dollars Stolen From Indiana Stores. Laporte, Ind., March 29.—Northern Indiana merchants will engage de- tectivyes to work on the many silk rob- beries committed in the last two weeks. It is estimated that $5,000 worth of silk has been stolen. Indiana officers believe a gang is operating out of Chicago, and that the plunder is sold there. Three Powder Mills Let Go. Troy, N. Y., March 29. — Four men were killed in an explosion of three powder mills owned by the Dupont Powder company at Schaghticoke, near here yesterday. The bodies of the men were blown 300 feet from the wreck, and .the windows of every house in the vicinity were shattered. Chursh Robbed end Fired. Manitowoc, Wis., March 29. — St. James’ Episcopal church here was robbed last night and all the vessels, valued at $5,000, were taken by an un- known person, who set fire to the church, A big hole in the woodwork was the only damage from the flames. Laughs at Death. Peoria, March 29. — Otis Botts, 21 years old, was yesterday found guilty of murdering his girl wife and punish- ment fixed at death. The youthful de- fendant laughed as he left the court room. The crime was committed on Jan. 5. Escaped From Asylum, Swea City, Iowa, March 29.—Joseph Was, who escaped from the Cherokee insane asylum some time ago, was ‘recaptured on his farm near here yes- terday and returned to the asylum. UNITED STATES MAY TAKE HAND IN THE DOMINICAN RE- BELLION. BIG STICK WILL BE WIELDED SEVERAL WARSHIPS UNDER OR: DERS TO HELP MORALES IF REQUESTED. A REVOLUTION IS BREWING ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS REPUBLIC’S PROPOSITION FOR CONTROL OF .FINANCES. Cape Haitien, Haiti, March 29.Ad- vices received here yesterday by courier from Monte Christi, on the northern coast of Santo Domingo, an- nounce that.Gen. Barba, with a num- ber of Dominican exiles, have landed at Monte Christi and that the inhab- itants have risen against President Morales, reproaching him with being the cause of the present difficulties with foreign countries. It is added that the district of Monte Christi is ready to begin a revolution in favor of Former President Jiminez, and is only awaiting the signal to take up arms. May Wield Big Stick. Washington, March 29.—Intimations of a projected movement against Pres- ident Morales of Santo Domingo, fo- mented by exiles from that country, reached the state department several days ago. The affair, however, is not giving the officials here any uneasi- ness, as they now, in view of Presi- dent Roosevelt's acceptance of the Dominican government’s proposition to contro! the finances of that country, feel free to aid President Morales, if requested by the latter, in putting down any movement Which is a men- ace to its best interests. It is understood that Gen. Barba and those who are with him have been in the island of Porto ‘Rico. Their move- ments were known to the state depart- ment, and when they left that place several days ago their departure was promptly reported to Washington. The district of Monte Christi is to be the hotbed of the revolutionists in Santo Domingo, and it was believed that Barba and his associates would head for that section. Causes No Surprise. Their reported arrival there conse- quently caused no great surprise to the Washington officials. The.navy department has several vessels in Do- minican waiers, and under directions from the state department, if request- ed to do so by President Morales, will lend its co-operation in preserving the peace of the country that -its finances may be restored to a settled condition. APPROVES OF DAWSON PLAN. President Roosevelt Decides to Adopt Minister’s Scheme to Finance Santo Domingo. Washington, March 29.—President Roosevelt has decided to accept the proposition of the Dominican govern- ment, made through Minister Dawson, for the conirol of the finances of that republic, with a view to setting aside a portion of the revenues of the re- public for the payment of its debts. The officers who will collect the mon- ey and hold it will be appointed by the Dominican government, but the names of the men selected will be referred to this government for approval. AGED WOMAN MUTILATED. Attacked and Fatally Wounded at Night in Sanitarium. Ottawa, Kan., March 29.—Mrs. Caro- line Jobes, aged seventy-two,. was at- tacked at a sanitarium here during the night by some unknown person and fatally wounded. Her skull was frac- tured with an axe and her body horri- bly mutilated. The mutilation of the body was similar to that in the Nikum murder case in Topeka last year, when Mrs. Nikum; who conducted a board- ing house, was mysteriously mutilated and the body fearfully slashed. No motive for the attack upon Mrs. Jobes is known and there is no clue. CRAZY OVER FEAR OF RATS. Woman Is Fourth in Her Family to Go to Insane Asylum. Melrose, Minn., March 29. — Mrs. Lilly Mind of Melrose was committed to the state hospital for insane at Fer- gus Falls yesterday. She is the fourth of her family to lose mental balance, her grandmother, mother and son all being inmates at Fergus Falls. She fears rats, mice and all manner of rodents, and it is on this subject that she is chiefly unbalanced. PET OF FORTUNE BANKRUPT. i Man Who Made a Million and a Quar- ter in One Day Is Broke. St. Louis, March 29. — Thomas J. Clague, Jr., a prominent grain commis- sion man of St. Louis, who has several times cornered the market and is re- puted at one time to have made a mill- ion and a quarter of dollars in one day, was declared a bankrupt yesterday. The finding of Referee Coles was filed in the United States court. The bank- ey proceedings were begun in 3. The Minnesota legislature. will con- sider the measure of Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin for the regulation of railroad rates and service. Repre- sentatives A. K. Ware and J. A. An- deregg introduced a bill, substantially a copy of the La Follette railroad measure pending in the Wisconsin legislaturé, with minor modifications to meet conditions in Minnesota. The bill is one of the longest meas- ures presented to the house this ses- sion: It completely revises the pow- ers and duties of the railroad and warehouse commission. The bill gives the commission authority to investi- gate and adjust freight and passen- ger rates, and to equalize and regu- late demurrage charges, train service and the movement of freight. ‘ The house also passed the bill by Representative S. D. Peterson fixing a maximum rate of 25 cents for ten words for the transmission and de- livery of. messages by telegraph. com- panies. Neither bill had any opposi- tion. The senate refused to pass Senator J. F. Schain’s bill providing for the eiection of county assessors in coun- ties of less than 100,000 inhabitants. St. Paul, March 23.—Senator A. O. Eberhart’s bill to abolish private banks was knocked out for the sec- ond time by the senate yesterday. The measure was indefinitely post- poned last Friday in committee of the whole by a vote of 27 to 26. Yester- day it came up again in the form of an amendment to the bill recommended by the senate committee on banks and banking and was indefinitely post- poned by a vote of 30 to 17. The Northwestern National Life In- surance Company of Minneapolis will have to sell its new auditorium within ten days, if the house passes the bill by Senator Samuel Lord, which passed the senate yesterday by a vote of 41 to 1. The bill amends the stipulated premium law under which the North- western National Life Insurance com- pany alone is organized. The concurrent resolution providing for the appointment of a legislative committee to attend the launching of the battleship Minnesota on April 8 passed the senate by a vote of 32 to 12. The governor, state auditor and at- torney general are directed to make a thorough investigation of the present method of disposing of and caring for state mineral lands, and to report to the next session of the legislature, by a resolution unanimously adopted by the house. Hennepin county representatives, who opposed Senator W. W. Dunn's bill providing for a commission to re- port on the advisability of securing a site in St. Paul for a state hospital for crippled and deformed children, were overwhelmingly defeated in the house. The Dunn bill named a commission to select a site in Ramsey county for such a state institution. Representative James R. Hickey in- troduced in the house a bill amending the law relating to the increase of veterinarians in Minnesota. The meas- ure provides that licenses shall be granted without an examination to persons who have had ten years prac- tical experience prior to July 1, 1905. The commercial travelers’ bill pro- viding for a state inspector of hotels and inns successfully ran the gauntlet of the house committee of the whole and was recommended to pass after more than a score of amendments had been offered and acted upon. Representative John Zelch intro- duced in the house a bill which would practically abolish justice courts in cities and villages which have a mu- nicipal court. Notice of the expiration of the re- demption of tax certificates must be given to the owner of real estate within fifteen years or the certificate will be yoid, under a bill introduced in the house by Representative Carl Wal- lace. Representative. M. S. Carl intro- duced in the house a resolution pro- viding for a special committee of three to investigate the salaries, fees and emoluments of state officers, and the laws governing the same. A state license system for wholesale dealers in milk is provided by a bill in- troduced in the house yesterday by Representative A. K. Ware. The li- cense is to be issued by the secretary of state, who is to be allowed a fee of $1 in each case. The house immigration committee introduced’ a bill directing the state commigsioner of lands to advertise sales of state lands more extensively both within and without the state. St. Paul, March 24. — The bill by Representative S. S. Smith doubling the pay of Minnesota legislators after Jan. 1, 1907, failed to pass the house by 3 votes. The house, however, was loth to see the bill killed, and by a vote of ‘61 to 48 reconsidered the vote and replaced the measure on the cal- endar. Representative John Saari iniro- duced a bill for the examination of the records and accounts of cities, vil- lages, townships and school districts. Representative W. P. Roberts’ bill forbidding the passing of candidates” cards, campaign literature or the so- licitation cf votes within 300 feet of polling places on election days was killed by the house yesterday by 2 yote of 56 to 31. By a vote of 22 to 18 the senate re- fused to take Senator Henry A. Mor- gan’s bill appropriating $100,000 for a girls’ industrial school from the eom- mittee on training schools and to place it on general orders. The bill was re- ported from the committee on public buildings Wednesday withéut recom- mendation, and on motion of Senator O. K. Naeseth was referred to the committee on training schools. ‘Senator George P. Wilson intro- duced a bill proposing an amendment to the constitution extending the terms of the governor and of the lieu- tenant governor from two to four years, and making the governor inel- igible for re-election. Lacking one vote of a two-thirds majority of the senators Senator Charles A. Johnson failed to secure an amendment to Senator A. B. Cole’s bill putting the office of private secre- tary of the governor on a salary basis at $3,600 compensation annually, so as to provide that the act go into effect Jan. 1, 1907, instead of Jan. 1, 1906 Unsanitary barber shops are brought under the supervision of the state board of barber examiners in a bill introduced by Senator Henry Gjertsen. ‘ A bill increasing the salaries of the secretary of state, the state auditor and the state treasurer was” intro- duced by Senator A- R. McGill. Senator George P. Wilson’s bill pro- hibiting the sale of giant firecrackers in Minnesota after July 1, 1905, was passed by the senate without debate. The bill is a step toward the prohibi- tion of all dangerous explosives on the Fourth of July. A bill to take the election of the county superintendent out of politics and to secure a non-partisan adminis- tration of school affairs generally was introduced in the senate by the com- mittee on education. Senator Hiler H. Horton’s capiiol bill only awaits the signature of Gov. Johnson to become a law. The sen- ate yesterday concurred in the house amendments by a vote of 39 to 3. St. Paul, March 25.—By a vote of 34 to 26 the senate yesterday refused to adopt a minority report of the com- mittee on railroads, which recom- mended that Senator F. H. Peterson's 2-cent fare and anti-pass bill be print- ed and placed on general orders, and accepted the majority report recom- mending that the bill be indefinitely postponed. The minority report was represented by Senators A. B. Cole, L. E. Jepson and R. FE. Thompson. The vote on Senator Cole’s motion that the minority report be adopted stood 26 to 34. The senate also rejected a minority report from the committee on finance recommending that the salary of the insurance.commissioner be fixed at $3,600 instead of $4,500, and that the request for more assistants in the of- fice be denied. The vote on the mi- nority report was 17 to 43. Senator J. T. McGowan introduced a bill providing that owners of real estate shall pay taxes only on that portion of their property wath is not covered by a mortgage, and that the taxes on the remainder shall be paid by the mortgagee in the form of a mortgage tax. The house without a dissenting vote passed the bill by + Representative Marcus Lauritsen, authorizing the in- spection of all food products shipped into Minnesota directly to consumers and making such food products amen- able to the laws governing food prod- uets manufactured or sold in Minne- | sota. Representative L. H. Johnson's bill authorizing the establishment of coun- ty schools of agriculture, ‘passed the house by -a vote of 72 to 2 The measure was amended to require the proposition to establish such a school submitted to a vote of the people, either by the county commissioners or on petition signed by 15 per cent of the voters. Bills redrafting the gross laws im- posing a gross earnings. tax on tele- pkone and express companies were introduced yesterday in the house. A legislative reference department, to keep available the information con- tained in public documents, is pro- vided for by a bill introduced by Rep- resentative John Landeen. 5 Representative H. E. Craig intro- duced a bill increasing te state tax levy for the soldiers’ home from .1 to .2 of a mill. The present tax levy is insufficient, an appropriation invaria- bly being asked from the legislature, and the shortage is increased by the fact that pensions of inmates can no longer be used for the support of the home. Representative Ole I. Opdahi intro- duced-a bill which bars liquor from consolidated school districts or their vicinity. , Representative O. E. Hogue iutro- duced a bill prohibiting the sale of in- toxicants to habitual drunkards. State officers are reauired to make annual reports of all fees collected and retained by them by a bill intro- dueed by Representative A. L. Cole. St. Paul, March 27. — The largest number of bills ever introduced on the last day for new bills in the house appeared yesterday. The members sent them to the speaker's desk singly and in bundles, and before the order was reached the dais was heaped with legislation. The representatives had introduced 103 new bills when the house adjourned, nearly a third more than offered the last day for the intro duction of bills at the session of 1903, which broke all previous records. Railroad bills and bills to regulate corporations and fixing the prices to be charged by them predominated. There was also a large number of bills relating to state, county and city of- ficers, making many that are now ap- pointive elective, and to regulate sal- aries. There were bounty bills, and legalizing acts, and measures of al- most every conceivable character. some ha’ the appearance of. freaks, and others the appearance of wood- chucks. All, good and bad, were read hurriedly, and assigned to a commit- tee. Nearly a dozen bills were introduced in the house affecting common car- riers and large corporations. Repre- sentative W. €. Faser introduced the bill offered by Senator Witherstine in the senate to enact the lowa law reg- ulating railroads and establishing a distance tariff. The nomination of party candidates for United States senators by popular vote is provided for by a bill intro- duced by Representative A. K. Ware. The adulteration of snuff, whisky, meats, flavoring extracts and food products is prohibited by bills intro- duced in the house. A constitutional amendment abolish- ing the state board of pardons, and giving the governor the full right to pardon offenders against the state was introduced by Representative Roberts. A state system of licensing land sur- veyors is established by a bill intro- duced by Representative Landeen. The appointment of the state dairy and food commissioner is taken from the governor and placed in the hands of the state board of health in a Dill introduced by Senator J. T. McGowan. St. Paul, March 28.—Gov. Johnson yesterday sent a communication to the senate announcing his veto of the Horton capitol bill, which leaves the new capitol building in the care of the capitol commission two years more. The governor contends that it is necessary for the orderly administra- tion of the building that the governor be placed in charge, and that some provision should be made concerning the management of the old capitol so that there be no divided authority as to the custody of the state capitol. It is also recommended in the message that the governor be allowed to ap- point a superintendent of buildings and grounds and that other positions calling for technical skill be placed on a civil service basis. The senate laid over the calendar yesterday and acted only on a few bills on general orders. No bills were introduced by the consent of the gov- | ernor and few measures were reported by committees. The senate committee of the whole recommended for paSsage Senator V. Rieke’s bill to raise the salaries of judges of the district court in the country from $3,500 to $4,200 and of the justices of the supreme court from $5,000 to $6,000. Senator Stone’s bill to require rail- roads to issue transferable books or tickets wds killed by the house com- mittee of the whole. The bill by Representative CarlWal- lace to provide for a state system of inspection and grading and weighing of hay and straw at St. Paul, Minne- } apolis and Duluth, was recommended to pass by the house committee of the whole without opposition. The house passed the bills: To add certain lands to Itasca State Park; to provide for inspectors of mines in certain counties; to provide for placing on a separate ballot ques- tions relating to the adoption of amendments of a home rule character or the issuance of bonds to be vested on the people of any municipality; for- bidding the hitching of horses to trees or tombstones in cemeteries; to au- thorize and empower cities having a population of from 10,000 to 20,000 in- habitants to issue bonds to construct or acquire water works; exempting frd:a taxation mortgages held by state or national banks. following A eee eee 0 0 0 OO OOOO OO eauauqe eee ees QUITS THE BOARD. Dean Liggett Resigns as Regent of University. * “Col. W. M. Liggett, dean of the state agricultural school, has resigned from the board of regents of the uni- versity, and B. F. Nelson of Minneap- olis, by agreement, was immediately appointed his successor. Dean Liggett was appointed a mem- ber of the state board of regents in 1888 and has served continuously since then as a member of the executive | commitiee. He has met with consid- erable criticism for the last few years in the matter of holding both posi- tions, it being alleged that his position was that of a man who assisted in em- ploying himself, passed rules for his own conduct and appointed his own duties. The state legislature has sev- eral times attempted to pass bills pre- venting a state officer from holding two positions, but failed. A bill is now before the legislature to prevent a re- gent from holding an office in the school. Col. Liggett, howeyer, asserts that the presence of the bill before the legislature has nothing to do with his resignation, which, he says, was prompted solely by his increasing du- ties as dean of the agricultural col- lege. B. F. Nelson, his successor, is a prominent lumberman of “Minneapolis and has been active in Democratic party ranks for years. G. J. Parent has sold his brick block at Foley to Ludger Fouquette, who will open a general merchandise store.