Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1905, Page 2

Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. There are 843 drinks in the United States, but the drinkers are far more gumerous. The Connecticut legislature rejects woman suffrage by a vote of 111 to 29. How ungallant! A 13-year-old boy in California has written a melodrama. This is pain- ful in one so young., A paragon is a woman who always tells the truth about her loye affairs. There aren’t any paragons. ‘As King Peter is unable to negoti- ate a loan, he will probably have to stand off the landlady a few weeks longer. ing is reported to be a health- ful exercise, but people who depend upon it alone are not likely to get very far. on says an inventor is a bull- dog with a poetic temperament. This is quite a tribute to the poetic tem- perament. case of a Pennsylvania man drank water and died will inspire t many individuals to cultivate crimson beaks. Boston leads the country in the consumption of tea.- Had the most famous tea party on record once, you may remember. Canadians claim the north pole as their property. There is no evidence to show that they can claim it by right of discovery. . The newly discovered elixir of strength will be a godsend to the man who wants to make a garden and to the father of twins. reported ern tourist who that he shaved with a razorback hog every morning he was in Georgia was probably exaggerating. It is said that a California man has invented an aeroplane that. travels at the rate of 200 miles an hour— coming down, we presume. A Virginia clergyman declares that a country preacher can live on $300 a year, but fails to mention how long. —Richmond Times-Dispatch. Harry Lehr’s lawyers have instruct- ed him not to talk for publication. It will be impossible, perhaps, to prevent his doing things for publtcation. Regardless of the old saying that there is nothing new under the.sun the Atlantic devotes a good deal of space to an article about new forms of sin. The Washington Post says “Wall street men must hve.” A diet of ib is held to be absolutely essen- existence in that New York The man who has_ successfully crossed a potato and a tomato and called it a pomato should now try to ss corn and beans and grow suc- cotash. Pcbiedonostseff has been dethroned. We hope, since he has nothing else to do, that he will look up the records now and try to find out how to speil nis name. The Minneapolis Journal sees signs of an impending revolution. It is against the boiled shirt and starched collar. ‘A Philadelphia girl risked burning to death in her home recently while making her toilette until the last rib- bon was tied. Talk about heroism on the battlefield! Paris medical men warn women not to use perfumes, as they are made up mostly from injurious chemicals, nowad Sorry to say it, but musk is still the real thing. If the Panama mosquitoes are all y are reported to be the govern- ment is making a mistake in not preaking them to harness and em- ying them in the work of excava- Frogs legs are chicken, dead rabbits are yenison, the Treasury department says, chicken salad is veal salad, French scientists have made artificial Pass us the real potatoes, eres. please. “The authorities down at Newport are preparing to tax the rich people who have for the purpose of escaping taxation given up their legal resi- dences in New YorR. Oh, but this is a heartless world. Why doesn’t somebody suggest to that horticultural wizard, Mr. Luther Burbank, who shows such wonderful ability in producing new fruits and vegetables by combination, the idea of grafting the strawberry on the prune? Bravely a Pennsylvania tramp stopped a pretty girl’s runaway horse. Lightly he quoted Byron on air and eyes feminine. Gallantly he begged that a kiss be his sole rewaré. The true Don Juan is born—not made by clothes nor marred by rag@ = + at DOWN GAUN REPUDIATES STORTHING’S CLAIM THAT VETO VIOLATES CON- STITUTION, ISSUE IS SHARP AND CLEAR DENOUNCES. THE .ACTION .DE- CREEING DISSOLUTION AS ILLEGAL, KING SHOWS BITTERNESS POSTERITY MUST JUDGE BE- TWEEN HIM AND NORWE- GIAN PEOPLE, Christiania; June .14—King Oscar has thrown down the gauntlet to Nor- way by writing to President Berner of the storthirng a letter vigorously worded and surcharged with bitter- ness, in which he unqualifiedly de- nounces as absoiutely illegal the ac- tion of the storthing in decreeing the dissolution. The king spiritedly de- fends the constitutionality of his veto of the consular bill and declares that the council of state of Norway is wholly in the wrong. As viewed here, King Oscar's Jetter presents the issue clearly and sharp- ly. What the next development may be is a topic of deep interest and wide speculation. King Oscar Defends Himself. Stockholm, Sweden, June 14.—King Oscar in a long and vigorously worded letter to the president of the Norwe- gian storthing, M. Berner, declares that the accession oath of Norway’s king makes it the king’s duty not to pass over in silence the pronounce- ment of the Norwegian council of state on the ovcasion of his majesty’s veto of the consular bill, The king maintains that he did not overstep his prerogative under the constitution and says that consideration for the union imposes on the king the duty of exercising his constituiional rights. “The king of Norway,” he adds, “must always bear in mind paragraph 1 of the Norwegian ‘constitution, which reads: “‘The kingdom of Norway is free, autonomous, independent and _ irdi- visible.’ Demands Respect. “I feel self-justified in demanding respect for, the decision taken by the king of Norway, in aecerdance with tho constitution.” After lengthily repudiating the dec- Jaration of the council of state that his veto was unconstitutionai because no member of the council regarded himself as being in a position to coun- tersign it, King Oscar proceeds: “One of the fundamental princi- ples of the constitution and a fact that is most important is that Norway shall be a constitutional monarchy. It is clearly incompatible therewith that the king should sink to the posi- tion of a mere tool in the hands of the state council. If the members of the council of state, by refusing to countersizn any of the royal deci- sions, could prevent them from hav- ing force the king of Norway would be excluded from participation in the state administration. Such a situa- tion would be as degrading to the monarchy as harmful to Norway. The position of the king as monarch of the united kingdom of Sweden and Nor- way makes it incumbent vpon him not to prejudge, as monarch of one king- dom, questions affecting the other : teen 4 | “The duty of the king on this point cannot be reconciled with the view that one kingdom, through the refusal of its council of state to append a counter-signature can anrul the royal judgment wherein the king refuses to give a decision prejudicial to the other kingdom and injurious to the union. The Norwegian pation has tried To Force the King to give a decision which in his opin- ion conflicts with his duty as monarch of the United kingdoms and king of Sweden. “My e:deavor has always been to giye Norway that place within tht union to which she can rightly Jay claim. My duty to the union requires me to endeavor to uphold its legal ba- sis, even when by so doing I come into opposition with the Norwegian na- tional feeling. 2 “The law on which I tcok the oath, and which has regard for the welfare of the united kingdom, has deter- mined my decision on the consular question, but here I was met not only By the Refusal of the Norwegian council of state to countersign that decision, but by the yesignation of its members. The siorthing approved this breach of the constitution and by a revolutionary proceeding declared that the legiti- mate king of Norway had ceased to reign and that the union of the two kingdoms was dissolved. “It remains for Sweden and for me, as king of the union to decide whether the attack by Norway on the existing: union shall lead to the legal dissolu-' tion of that union. ; “Let the present generation and, posterity judge between me and the Norwegian people.” Mies She TLET ‘Cries of “Thieves” Again Heard in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 14—Amid the cries of “thieves” and “crooks” and under the protection of a squad of police, the committee on street rail- ways of the city council yesterday’ referred to the city solicitor for his | opinioi as to their legality four bills repealing ordinances granting street car companies the right to use 110 miles of street to lay tracks without the city receiving any compensation for the franchises. _ The “repealers” were introduced at the instance of Mayor Weaver, and the action of the committee yester day is the first setback the mayor has received since the inauguration of the reform movement, which began with the fignt on the gas lease. Another sensation in the political situation yesterday was the arrest of Frank HN. Caven, select councilman fromm the Thirty-fourth ward, on the charge of violating his councilmanic oath by being interested in city con- tracts. TRY MITCHELL NEXT WEEK. Senator’s Demurrer to Indictment Is Overruled. Portland, Or., June 14.—The first skirmish before Federal Judge John de Haven in the trial of United States Senator John H. Mitchell, charged with using his public office for private gain, went against the dis- tinguisred defendant yesterday, when Judge de Haven gave his decision on the arguments presented to the de- murrer of the defendant’s counsel to the indictment. The demurrer was overruled. Next Tuesday. was set as the day for the trial of Senator Mitch- ell. WRECKED ON WAY TO REUNION. Train Carrying Confederate Veterans Wrecked—Three Killed. Albion, Ill., June 14.—Three persons were killed and twenty-nine injured in the wreck of an east-bound passen- ger train at Golden Gates, ill. The train was a “cotton special,” carrying Confederate veterans to the reunion at Louisville, Ky. While running at a. speed of fifty miles an hour, the en- gine struck a spread rail on a trestle twenty feet high and the engine and four coaches were overturned and fell to the bottom of the ravine. NO STAY FOR PATRICK. Date of Electrocution to Be Fixed in Present Week. Albany, N. Y., June 14.—The court of appeals yesterday refused to grant a stay of execution of the death sen- tence to permit a motion for reargu- ment in the case of Albert T. Patrick, convicted ofthe murder of William M. Rice. The court, which will adjourn on Friday until October, will fix the date of execution before its adjourn- ment. SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF. Quarrel Over Another Woman Results in Tragedy. Troy, N. Y., June 14.—William Mitchell, a wealthy stockman of this city, was found dead with a bullet hole through his head and his wife shot through the shoulcer, at their home here yesterday. Mrs. Mitchell says that her husband sbot ber and then shot and killed himself as the result of a quarrel over another wom- an. a SHIP BERRIES BY CARLOADS. Movement .From .Sparta .Picks Up With Warmer Weather. Sparta, . Wis., June 14.—Strawber- ries in carlots began leaving here yes- terdy. The weather has been back- ward for the last week and only a few hundred cases of berries have been sent out. The first were of poor quality, but the weather now is warm and clear, and the stock shipped yes: = NIGHTMARE CAUSES DEATH. Man Springs From Bed and Plunges Through Window. New York, June 14.—Springing from his bed in a delirium of fear caused by nightmare, Carl A. Claus- sen, a wealthy proker, yesterday plunged through his bedroom window to the stone-paved areaway four stories below. His skull was crushed and he was dead when picked up, a few minutes later. TAKES JONES VIA CHERBOURG. Body Will Be Shipped From That Place to America. Washington, June 14—The state department has been advised that Cherbourg has been selected @s the place of departure for this country of the remains of Admiral John Paul Jones. chat Jocko Gets a Stay.” Chicago, Jute 14—“Iecko” Briggs. who was to have been hanged next Friday for the murder of Hans Peter- son, has‘ been granted a stay of one week. VETERAN’S CONSCIENCE HURT. Returns Money Received Since Civil War as Unearned. Washington, June 14.—Commission- er of Pevsions Warner yesterday re- ceived @ cortribution of $1,924 to the conscience fund of the treasury. It came from a pensioner and the sum: constituted the total of the pension, money é¢rawn from him since the Civil war. The reason for refunding the, money and declinipg to accept more: is that the pensioner has not earned: and does not deserve a pension, J d “Crooks” FIRST’ DEA SADDENED BY COL. COL- VILL’S DEATH. THE END CAME PEACEFULLY GALLANT HERO SUCCUMBS TO HEART FAILURE AT SOL- DIERS’ HOME. sper —g Bale SAVED DAY AT GETTYSBURG DESPERATE CHARGE AGAINST A WHOLE CONFEDERATE BRIG- ADE LED BY HIM. Minne«polis, June 14—On the eve of what was to be the greatest re- union of Minnesota’s first and most famous regiment, Col. William Col- vill, the Gettysburg commander of that intrepid bady of men, entered peace- fully into the long rest. His body, scarred and maimed in the defense of the Union, was found this morning\ at the soldiers’ home, ‘where he arrived Monday for the re- union of the old First Minnesota vol- unteers and to participate in to-day’s ceremonies attending ~he removal of the Minnesota battle flags to the new state capitole As the man who led that desperate -charge of 262 Minnesotans against a whole Confederate brigade and check ed a threatened disastrous advance, Col. Colvill was a man who has en- joyed a peculiar esteem in this state. Wounded thrice at Gettysburg and many times on other fields, he had been but the mere battered remnant of a man for forty years. But his spirit was indomitable and his pride in the glorious record of the regiment he commanded was unbounded, The End Was Peaceful. Bereaved and practically alone in the world, suffering and crippled phys- ically, the old hero knew in the end that peace which sometimes leaves its ineffable imprint upon the face of the dead, but of which the living can know nothing. So marked was this evidence that the death angel had touched the old man kincly in his sleep, that the body was not disturbed for hours, but lay as it had been found while comrades of the Civil war passed through the chamber gaz- ing reverently on their old command- er in bis rest. : Col. Colvill came to the city from his Red Wing farm Monday night and went directly to the soidiers’ home. Never had he appeared in better spir- its and his health seemed good. Mon- day evening he visited with old com- rades until about 11 o'clock. He fought over ugain the old fights and the dear memories of the dead soldier days were recounted with accuracy aud real pleasure. ¢ Expected a Good Rest. ‘ ‘When he retired he bade Adjt. F. L. McKusick good night and said that he felt sure of a good night's rest. His friend slept in an adjoining room, with the dour open between. He heard nothing at any time in the night Shortly atter 6 a. m. the adjutant went to call the colonel. He entered the room and spoke to his friend. There was no answer. He approach- ed the bed and was startled by the pallor that had spread over Col. Col- vill’s features. He looked closer ana found t at the gallant old soldier was dead. The body lay naturaily upon its left side, with the left hand under the cheek. The features were calm. The pe clothes were unruffied. The old seldier had evidentiy gone fo sleep to wake no more in this world, and had passed the great divide without a struggle and without pain. Heart failure 1s believed to have caused his death. Col. Colvill bad enjoyed fairly good hea‘th, consider- ing his many old wounds, but he had been troubled some with his heart. The Reunion Saddened. * Eaily yesterday morning the sul- yivors of the “Old First,” their wives, children and grandchildren, began to assemble at the home for thre reunion. Few knew of the loss in their mem- pership, cnd when they were met by comrades living at the home and Jearned of their bereavement, strong men wept and the spirit of the re- union was changed from joyousness to sorrow. To Head De’ Moines College. Bloomington, Jil, Juae 14—Dr. D. Osborn, pastor of the First Baptist chureh here, was yesterday electd presiceat of Des Moines college, Des Hoines, lowa. ——— BIGELOW IN DEEP GLOOM. Will Not Be Assigned to His Prison Duties for a Week. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 14.— The condition of Frank G. Bigelow, ex-president of the _First National bank of Milwaukee, was improved yesterday. He probably will be kept jn the prison hospital a week, how- ever, before Fe is essigned to his-pris-) on duties. He is in an upper room! ‘of the hospital, where he sits by the. window, aprarently in deep medita- WINONA YOUTH LOST. Note Says “God Called Him to Live in Solitude.” Winona, Minn., June 14-—A note saying that God had called bim to live in solitude is the only clew to the sudden disappearance of A. Brown, a junior in the Winona high school and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown. This was found in his room when his mother and sister returned from an outing on Sunday afternoon. Every effort has since been made to find him, but without avail. HUGE COMBINE PLANNED. Charles M. Schwab at Head of Gi- gantic Steel Trust. Pittsburg, June 14—A_ gigantic combination composed of the Bethle- hem Steel company and other East- ern properties, in which -Charies M. Schwab is interested and companies contrelling huge tracts of developed and undeveloped coal lands in Penn- sylvania, is about to be consummated. About 200,000 total acreage is con- trolled by the company. ALFONSO REACHES SPAIN. Nobles and Populace Tender Young King a Great Ovation. Madrid, June 14—King Alfonso ar- rived at Madrid yesterday after his trip to France and England. The party was received with great cere- mony by state officials and nobles. The king attended divine service in the Buen Suceso church, where a sol- emn Te Deum was rendered in recog- nition of his safe return and escape from death by bomb in Paris. WIDOW OF OLD CHIEF. Death in Ravenna of Lucy, Long Con- sort of the Scout, Indian John.. Hastings, Minn., June 14.—Lucy, widow of the old Sioux chief, Indian John, living in Ravenna, died from blood poison yesterday, aged about seventy. Her husband was one of Gen. H. H. Sibley’s scouts in the In- dian war. His wife had lived here and in this vicinity since the Minne- sota Sioux massacre. BAD FIRE HITS PIPESTONE, Blaze Destroys Property Valued at $4,000. Pipestone, Minn., June 14.—A large iron covered store building, owned by Wilson and Evans Bros., and occupied by H. Genaust & Co., wholesale butter and eggs, was considerably damaged by fire during the night. The build- ing loss is $1,500;. contents, $2,500; fully insured, GOPHERS DIG INTO TILL. Brown County Pays Out $30,108.48 for Tails in Seven Years. Aberdeen, S. D., June 14.—Gophers cost this state much money aside from’ the damage they do to newly sown fields. In the years 1898 to 1905, inclusive, Brown county alone has paid out $30,108.48 in bounties for gopher tails. CATHOLIC FORESTERS MEET. Wisconsin High Court Has Important Problems to Take Up. La Crosse, Wis, June 14.—The Wis- consin high court of the Catholic Or- der of Foresters was in session yes- terday in La Crosse, with 300 dele- gates attending. Important problems affecting the conduct of the order are to be considered. MAY. BE LIGHTNING’S VICTIM. Body of Unidentified Man Is Found on Creek Bank. Billings, Mont., June 14.—Theé body of an uridentified man was found yes- terday on Dry creek, about forty miles from this city. Indications are that he had been dead several days, and it is believed he was killed by light ning. Forgery Is Charged. Billings, Mont., June 14.—A man giving his name as Jay Steadman was arrested in Billings yesterday on a charge of forging two checks. — THIEF ASKS REWARD. Will Return $170,000 Worth of Securi ties for $1,000. Boston, June 14.—Herry W. Com stock, the victim of the mysterious theft of securities valued at $120,006 on a souad steamer Sunday night, yesterday said he had received a seg ond telephone message from New York frem an alleged agent of the thief, offering to return the securities for $1,000 in cash. ALLOWED TO APPEAL. and Greene Get Six Months’ Delay by Action. Montreal, June 14.—Judge Hall yes: terday granted the petition of counsel for Gaynor and Greene to be allowed to appeal to the supreme court against the decision of Justice Da: vidson that Judge Lafontaine had thd right to act as extradition commis: sioner. This action undoubtedly will cause a dezay of six months. oe POSTOFFICE ROBBED, Gaynor Explosives Used by Cracksmen at Elk River—$125 Missing. Elk River, Minn., June 14.*Thd postoffice safe was blown and robbed of $125, part of which belonged to a Jocal lodge. ‘The front door of the building was forced. Several stran- gers were in town last night and are suspected of doing the robbery. Sheré iff E. L. Ward is scouring the country with bis armed deputies, and has ask‘ ed the Minneapolis police to aid him in big search, H NEGOTIATIONS RUMOR .IN .WASHINGTON THAT HITCH HAS ACTUALLY OCCURRED. SEE A NOTE OF PESSIMISM SUGGESTED THAT TOO OPTIMIS- uc A VIEW OF SITUATION 18 TAKEN. RUSSIA EXPLAINS STATUS TAKES PEGPLE INTO CONFI- DEPCE REGARDING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Washington, June 14:~-A note of pessimism was discernible last night in the ‘tone of ihe discussion of the negotiations , for peace in the Par East. As far as is ascertainable at this time no permanent ground exists for the supposition that the negotia- tions cre not proceedings favorably. It is realized in toth governmental and diplomatic quarters that until} the two belligerents actually are brought together on a common basis of understznéing, the possibility of a hitch nmust be taken into account Among members of the diplomatic corps ihe formal response of the Rus- sian government to the president's appeal for a cessation of hostilities was received with keen interest. Conference at White House It was made the subject of a con- ference at the White House yesterday between the president «nd Minister ‘Takeh The details of the confer- ence were 19t disclosed, but last night Minister Tak ‘a2 intimated strongly that the negotiations were proceeding smoothly. In other diplomatic quar- ters it was suggested that possibly a too optimistic view of the situation generally was being taken. This idea, coupled with a call of M. Jusse- rand, the Freich ambassador, at the White House last night led to the rumor, extensively circulated, that something akin to a hitch in the peace proceedings actually had occurred. Status of Negotiations, St. Pcterslurg, June 14.—Instead of publishing the text of its official re- ply to the message from President Roosevelt regarding the initiation of peace, negotiations with Japan, the Russian government decijed, with the purpose of taking the public into its confidence regarding the prospects ‘of peace, toissue a statement summariz- ing the status of regotiations, whic appeared in the form of a communica- tion in the Foreign Office Gazette yesterday. This statement, which pays a graccful tribute to President Noosevelt’s action, expresses in a gen- eral way Russia’s Willingness to negotiate without entering into par- ticulars which cannot be considered to be definitely determired until the receipt of the Japanese reply. ‘The Russian government, under the cir- cumstances, ‘has; deemed it best to leave to the Washington government the publication of the Russian note. The fact thit the Ja govern- ment has not yet communicated with Russia ato the time ard place and ihe number of plenipotentiaries is not considered strange, inasmuch as the text of the ‘Russian reply sent to Washington yesterday could not ar- rive at Tokyo, considering the differ ence in time, until last midnight at the earliest. Japan’s terms continue to be matter for animated specula- uon. Jap Terms Are Moderate. A well informed diplomat, who says he knew Japan’s terms before the bat- ile of Mukden, considered them to have been very moderate, and be- lieves even now they will be found not to be unduly harsh. Private advices received from a Russian source it Shanghai say it is certain that Japan will demand the surrender of all ships interned in Eastern waters, which may be an- other item offsetting indemnity. GREEK PREMIER MURDERED. Gambler Stabs Him Out of Revenge for Closing Gambling Houses Athens, June 14.—Theodore P. Del- yennis, the popular premier of Greece, was stabbed and mortally wounded by a professional gambler named Ghera- karis at the main entrance of the chamber of deputies at 5 p. m. yester-" day. The premier died within three hours. The assassin, whc was imme- diately arrested, said he committed’ the deed in revenge for the stringent measure taken by Premier Delyannis against the gambling houses, all of! which recently were closed. Murder Charge is Strike. Saginaw. Micb., June 14.—Warrants for five men charged with murder, who were on the trolley car from. which was fired the shot that killed’ Henry Wieck have been sworn out by Chief of Police Kain. MERCHANT SUICIDES. Chicago, June 14.—Assigning no motive for the act, Charles G. Squires} a New York merchant, shot himself) in the head at the Auditorium Annex.’ It is said at the hotel here that his! recovery is’ doubtful. ‘ —4