Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 1, 1905, Page 10

Se | | FLOOD MENACES SEVERAL TOWNS | MINNESOTA LAKE BREAKS WAY INTO RIVER AND PERIL 1S GREAT. STORM CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF GRAIN DESTROYED AND BRIDGES DAMAGED. Sauk Center, Minn., June 28.—Fairy lake, two miles north of this’ city, broke through a bank that separated it from Ashley river, which empties into Sauk lake. This has caused Sauk lake to rise constantly, though every gate at the dam is open. The city has put a large force of men and teams at work trying to stop the flow. Unless this can be done untold damage will result not only here but at towns to the south, Storm Causes Great Damage. Redwood Falls, Minn., June 28. — A storm that destroyed growing crops and damaged roads, bridges and cul- verts, passed over Redwood county. Five miles northwest of this city the storm swept southwest for several miles over a strip of country two and a half miles wide. Al! of the small grain in the center of this path was completely destroyed, while at either side the owners will not be able to harvest more than half a crop. Hail fell so extensively that the stones were from six inches to a foot deep in places. Melting with the rain that followed, streams were formed that washed out bridges and culverts and road grades, and the Minneapolis & St. Louis section crews were kept busy repairing parts of the roadbed. All | afternoon trains were delayed. Smal! Grain Badly Damaged. | A second storm was between Wa- basso and Lamberton, where, accord- ; ing to reports received, ail small grain was much damaged. The Minnesota river has swollen to the top of its banks, and at places is running over. It has rained daily for | the t two weeks. | Advices from Sundown, Willowlake, | ree Lakes and Charlestown town- | s are to the effect that several nsand acres of all kinds of grain »wing in those townships were com- pletely wiped out, and that even the grass in meadows was pounded into the ground. The damage wrought by | the storm seems to have been’ the | most disastrous in the history of Red- | wood county. | Killed by Wind Storm. { Mitchell, 8. D., June 28.—A family of | three, father, mother and daughter, | were killed outright by flying timbers | in a storm at Plankinton, in Aurora county, and another family barely es- caped with their lives. Their house | was blown from its foundation and they took refuge in the cellar. Several business houses sustained damages from the wind. The town of Artesian was also struck by a tornado. It is known that two men were killed in the storm and several houses wrecked. ROB DEPOT AND STORE. Get $150 in Goods From Merchant but Only $2.85 From Railway. Aibert Lea, Minn., June 28.—For the second time within a few weeks the St. Paul passenger station in this city was burglarized last night, the thief entering by means of a window. He pried open the money drawer and se- cured $2.80, mostly in pennies. In the former burglary the thief secured only 75 cents. No arrests have been made. Also the store of Stewart & Fadness of Gordonsville, in this county, was entered by burglars and goods to the amount of $150 were taken. No clue has been secured as to the robbers. STEAMER ADRIFT ON LAKE, Crew Is Taken Off and Waterlogged Craft Menaces Navigation. Alpena, Mich., June 28.—Capt. Mor- gan and crew of six men of the steam- er Shamrock were brought here yes- terday on the tug R. T. Cox, which picked them up from the steamer Peshtigo off Thunder Bay island. The Shamrock became waterlogged five miles off Presque Isle yesterday and the crew was driven to the rigging, from where they were rescued by the Peshtigo two hours later. The Sham- rock was abandoned and is now floating down the lake, a dangerous menace to navigation. BOB WILL HOLD BOTH AWHILE. La Follette Says He will Not Decide as to Toga This Summer. Sioux City, Iowa, June 28.—Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin passed through here yesterday on his way to South Dakota to deliver Chautauqua lectures. He said he had not yet decided to ac- cept his election to the Unitéd States senate, to which he was elected last winter. declined to give for publi- ation th} reason for his hesitation, MURDER CHARGE AT BURIAL. Funera! Services for lowan Interrupted by Coroner’s Move. Lake City, Iowa, June 28.—Funeral services over the remains of Cyrus Pratt, a farmer, who recently died near Yetter, Iowa, were interrupted yesterday by an announcement that the coroner would make an investiga- tion as to the cause of Pratt's death. Mrs. Pratt and Will Herksing, a hired man, are under arrest under suspicion of having poisoned him. The coroner's jury will not bring in a verdict until the state chemist has analyzed the contents of Pratt’s stomach. FOUR BABIES AT ONE TIME. Mrs. Eugene E. Reilly of La Moure Is the Mother. La Moure, N. D., June 28.—Mrs. Eu- gene E, Reilly presented her husband with four babies, three girls and a boy, all of whom were alive and crying lustily at last accounts. The little ones are perfectly formed and normal in every particular. It is confidently asserted that this record has never been equaled in North Dakota, and has seldom been duplicated anywhere. Mrs. Reilly is thirty-four and is now the mother of ten children. FIX LAND FRAUD TRIAL DATE. Case Against Cobban and Others Is to Open on July 25. Helena, Mont., June 28.—The case of the United States against R. M. Cob- ban and fifty-two others under indict- ment for perjury and subornation in connection with Western Montana land frauds have been set for trial here before Judge Hunt on July 25. The government alleges that a half- million dollars’ worth of timber lands was illegally secured by the defend- ants and sold to Senator W. A. Clark. RAIN PUTS OFF FAIR A YEAR. Watonwan Association Decides to Postpone County Exhibition. St. James, Minn., June 28.—The of- ficers and directors of the Watonwan County Fair association have held @ meeting and have postponed the fair for the county to next year. On ac- count of the wet season and the appar- ent hesitation of the county commis- sioners in granting an appropriation to the association, it was deemed best to postpone the meeting arranged for this fall. TRIES TO SAVE FATHER. | C. W. Young and Son of Britt Drown in Cedar River, Waterloo, lowa, June 28. — While bathing in the Cedar river at Sans Souci Park, C. W. Young and son of Britt, lowa, were drowned, the father | having been seized with a cramp in son going to his father has deep water and the vescue. The body of the been found. DULUTH GIRL IS SPONSOR. Miss Jennie Powell Christens Lake Steamer at Launching. Superior, Wis., June 28.—The steel freight steamer George W. Perkins, built for the Pittsburg Steamship com- pany, was successfully launched late yeste) y afternoon, being christened by M Jennie Jewell Powell of Du- luth. MADLY PIOUS; HANGS SELF. Renville, Minn., June 28.—Mrs. Cari Malmberg, living on a farm near town, committed suicide by hanging herself in the barn. She was about seventy- five years old. It is thought religious excitement caused her to take her life. M Murder Suspected. Ladysmith, Wis., June 28.—A young man, claiming to have come here from Glidden, is held under suspicion of. be- ing the murderer of John Stacy, at the new town of Winter, on the Omaha line, in Sawyer county, Friday, in a quarrel over the best way to remove stumps. The murderer attacked his victim with a pickaxe with results im- mediately fatal. Kid Royal Still at Large. Helena, Mont., June 28. — Although tracked for several miles from the spot where be jumped from a rapidly mov- ing train, Kid Royal, the noted cattle rustler, who was taken from the pen- itentiary to Glasgow, has successfully evaded his pursuers and probably wiil remain free. He. bearsothe reputation of being one of the smoothest rustlers in the state. Youth Drowned. Ladysmith, Wis., June 28. — News comes to the city of the drowning of an eighteen-year-old boy at Flambeau while bathing. This is the fourth drowning in the county in the last year. Two Kramer children were drowned in the Menasha pond here last summer, Claude Hurliss last week and the‘last at’Flambeau. Pleads Guilty to Bribery. Milwaukee, June 28. — Edward F. Strauss, a former supervisor of Mil- waukee county, pleaded guilty yester- day to bribery in connection with a contract on the county hospital sev- eral years ago and was fined $300. Jeffries Will Referee. Reno, Ney., June 28.—The promoters of the Hart-Root fight for the heavy- weight championship of the world to take place here July 3, received word and said/he would not decide until] that james J. Jeffries bad accepted the next September. proposition to referee the fight. In May, 1784, the American con- gress, then in session at Annapolis, Maryland, received the resignation of John Jay of New York from the. American commercial commission abroad, Mr. Jay being the colleague of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams and Mr. Jefferson, then a member of the congress from Vir- ginia, was elected to the vacancy. It was at a time when Mr. Jefferson was emerging from the one great sorrow of his life, the loss of Mrs. Jefferson, and the stricken statesman gladly accepted a mission which would take him away from his deso- lated home and give him such en- grossing public work as could not fail to prove beneficial in the end. So he speedily arranged his home matters by correspondence, drew a portion of his $9,000 salary in advance, and with his eldest daughter, Martha Jefferson, then a young girl of ten years, the future president proceeded leisurely eastward in quest of a ship that was bound for a French port. From Annapolis to Philadelphia, then to New York, and by easy stages through Connecticut and Massachu- setts to Boston, in the month of June, was undoubtedly a very delightful trip to a man who could derive so much. pleasure as Jefferson could from nature’s own unrivaled attract- fiveness at that season of the year, and the arrival of the distinguished stranger in Boston was not heralded Virginian to accept a courtesy so graciously and promptly extended, and ‘on July 1 the senate sent Mr. Lowell to inform the house that the upper branch had passed a further or- der directing the senate part of the cummittee to “proceed with its busi- news” and requested the house to pass a similar mandatory direction to its part of the committee. Mr. Davis was instructed to notify the senate that the house had such business of importance under consid- eration that it could not attend to the matter. Jefferson all this time was studying the condition of the people as he found them on the way to Portsmouth and back, having no par- ticular interest in the dry details of lawmaking, and filling his mind with the commercial needs of what he saw would be some time, not many years ahead, a great and growing country. In his issue of July 8, 1784, editor Isaiah Thomas of the Worcester Spy had this reference to Mr. Jefferson: Boston, July 1. “Friday last the Hon. Thomas Jef- ferson, Esq., late governor of Vir- ginia. arrived here by land from that state. He is shortly to embark for Europe as a minister plenipotentiary from the United States in the room of the Hon. John Jay, Esq...who is about to retarn to America. Gov. Jefferson, | tio has so eminently distinguished j himself in the late glorious revolu- tion, is a gentleman of a very ami- Framer of the Declaration of Independence Spent One Anniversary of Historic Event in Massachusetts City in 1784. I was unable on this account to attend her. “Hearing of no vessel going from any eastern port to France, I had in contemplation to return to New York and take passage in the French pack- et, which was to sail the 15th instant; bat it was suggested to me that I could with certainty get ashore on the. coast of. France somewhere from any vessel bound for London, and as Mr. Tracy hed a vessel to sail from hence the third, which would save twelve days in the outset, and prob- ably as many more in the run, I en- gaged my passage in her and with the more pleasure as he was to go himself in her. “The intermediate time I have em- ployed in a trip to Portsmouth, in or- der to gather in that state, as 1 had endeavored to do in the others through which I had passed, such in- formation as to their commerce and other circumstances as might in some degree enably me to answer the pur- poses of my mission. No small part of the time, too, has been occupied | by the hospitality and civilities of this place, which I have experienced in the highest degree. These, with the preparation for my voyage, have left me scarcely a spare moment; and re- celving assurance from every quarter that I might derive from Mr. Tracy the fulJest information as to the com- merce“of this state, I have referred much of the inquiries I wished to THOMAS JEFFERSON — Author of the Declaration of Independence. Founder of the University of Virginia. in Virginia. by the local press until seven days after Mr. Jefferson had reached the town and was traveling further east- ward as far as Portsmouth, N. H. In fact, the first record of Mr. Jef- ferson’s presence in Boston on this occasion appears in the journal of the house of representatives, under date of June 12, when the following order was passed: “Ordered, That a chair be assigned for the Hon. Thomas Jefferson Esq., late governor of Virginia, and now one of the ministers of the United States for negotiating commercial treaties, if he is inclined to attend the debate of the house, and that Mr. Os- good (Samuel Osgood of Andover), Davis (Thomas Davis junior of Ply- mouth), and Swan (James Swan of Dorchester) be a committee to wait on the gentleman and.ipform him of this order, who reported that they had attended that service.” There is no evidence in the record of the subsequent proceedings of the house that Mr. Jefferson accepted the invitation. But on June 30 the sen- ate sent down an order which read as follows: ‘wrdered, That Caleb Strong and Jonn Lowell Esquires, with such as tne Hon. House may join, be a com- mittee to confer with the Hon. Mr. Jefferson, one of the commissioners of the United States, for settling treat- jes of commerce, and give him such information relative to the territory and trade of this state, as he may wish to have and may be useful to this and the United States.” ‘rhe order was concurred in and the speaker, Samuel Alleyne Otis of Boston, William Phillips and John Rowe of Boston, were appointed upon the part of the house to meet Mr. Jef- ferson for the purpose indicated. But the invited ‘guest still keeping away from the chair that was assigned him, the Massachusetts house did not take kindly to this neglect of the famous able character, to which he has joined the most extensive knowledge. He is a mathematician and philosopher as well as a civilian and politician, and the memorable declaration of Ameri- can independence is said to have been penned by him.” The Independent Chronicle of July 1 has this brief allusion to the pres- ence of Mr. Jefferson in Boston: “Since our last arrived in town from the southward His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Esq., late governor or Virginia and member of congress, now one of the commissioners ‘for ne- gotiating treaties with foreign pow- ers.” The Gazette did not condescend to give Mr. Jefferson any kind of notice, completely ignored him, and so far as there is any record to the contrary, Gov. John Hancock, thensa sick ‘man, it is fair to say, did not extend any official attention from the executive department. But Mr. Jefferson him- self has left on record some evidence that he did receive a kindly greeting at the hands of Boston’s social set of that day, his letter to his friend, El- bridge Gerry, found below, expressing his grateful acknowledgments of this pleasant feature of his Boston visit. “Boston, July 2, 1784. Dear Sir:—Being to sail from this ‘port to-morrow, I ¢annot deny myself the pleasure of recalling/ myself to your recollection for a moment. I have impatiently hoped your arrival here before I should’ depart, but I sus- pect that the beHes of Philadelphia have exercised their power over you, for it is here, I understand, you make your principal delay. When I arrived here I found Mrs. Adams within thirty-six hours of sailing. I had de- termined to take my passage to France in the first instance, yet the wish to accompany Mrs. Adams would certainly have induced me to relin- quish this, could I within so short a Third President of the United States. Father of the Democratic Party. Founder of Religious Liberty make to the vacant hours of our voy- age. “Pré8sed with the attentions neces- sary for the winding up of my affairs here and getting everything on board this forenoon, I have only time to bid you an affectionate adieu, to thank you for the many civilities to which you have assisted in introducing to me here. to assure you of the pleas ure it will give me at all times to hear from you; leaving with Mrs. Cotton a token of my friendship for you. “From me you shall certainly re- ceive frequent accounts of whatever [ shall think worth your notice, and every other possible proof of the sin- cere esteem with which I am, dear sir, your affectionate friend and ser- vant, “Thomas Jefferson.” The anniversary of Independence day in 1784 fell on Sunday, and the program of exercises in Boston, as usual, was observed on Monday. The Old South church was the scene of the observances, which began at 12 o'clock. Benjamin Hitchbourne, an old-time fervid orator, delivered the address, salutes were fired on the common, din- ners -were the order of the day throughout the town, the officials re- galing themselves at Woart’s tavern, others at the American coffee house, while the order of Cincinnati, com- posed of the ex-officers of the army and the organization of which body Jefferson opposed and won Washing- ton to his way of thinking, dined at “Marston's.” The marine record shows high wat- er at Boston on July 5, 1784, at 2 o'clock, and at about that hour, when all Boston was at the flood of its cele- bration of the day, the ship Ceres, Capt. St. Barbe, bound for ‘London with Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, aboard, was beating its way out of the time have prepared for nmbarkation. © harbor.—Boston Globe. PRESIDENT AT HARVARD. Attends His Alma Mater as a Private Citizen. Cambridge, Mass., June 23.—Joining with his former college mates in cele brating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the graduation of their class from Harvard yesterday President Roose velt returned to his alma mater, not as the chief magistrate of the nation, bat as a private citizen, and a loyal Har- vard alumnus. Although the ancient University of Harvard would have been glad to pay him all the honor due his office, it was the president’s request that he be regarded merely as a member of the class of ’80 rather than as president of the United States. Nevertheless, students, alumni and the citizens of Cambridge united in giv- ing him a hearty greeting as he drove through the streets of the university city. RIOTING IN BAY CITY. Mayor Calis for Extra Police to Quelt Mob of Strikers. Bay City, Mich., June 28. —- Mayor Hine has issued a.call for fifty special police as the result of rioting which broke out in several sections of this city last night. It was the first time that the street railway company has attempted to keep cars running after dark since the beginning of the Sagin- aw Valley street. railway strike. A mob estimated at more than 1,000 peo- ple attacked a car in South Bay City, drove away the crew and four or five policemen, then run the car to the shore pf the river and set it afire. Near the shipyards in West Bay City a mob of 600, after attacking a car, was dispersed by the police, who awed the crowd by a displdy of revolvers. SAY AUTOIST AIMED AT BOY. Eye Witnesses Assert Chauffeur Tried to Scare Lad, Who Is Killed. , Philadelphia, June 28. —- What is said by eye witnesses to have been a deliberate attempt of a chauffeur to seare persons on the street yesterday resulted in the death of Elbon Garber, a five-year-old boy. During a concert at Broad and Susquehanna avenue, a big automobile dashed down broad street. It is said the driver deliberate- ly steered the automobile toward the child with the evident intention of scaring him. As the automobile drew near the boy the chauffeur became con- fused, and before he had gained con- trol of the machine it had crushed into young Gerber. The officers were un- able to overtake the automobile. MAY BE TRAIN HOLD-UP MEN, Two Arrests Made in North Coast Limited Case. Seattle, Wash., June 28. — Frank Ward and Thomas Driscoil, suspected of being implicated in the attempted hold-up of the North Coast Limited train near Tacoma on Thursday, were arrested here yesterday and are held in the city jail. Ward answers the de scription of the man who boarded the engine and fired a shot at the engineer. GRAEME STEWART IS DEAD. Chicagoan, Prominent in Commerce, Politics and Society, Dies. Chicago, June 2 I a leader in Chicago’s commercial, po- litical and social life, two years ago a candidate for mayor on the Republican ticket and a member of the executive committe from 1900 to 1904, died at his residence here early yesterd after a month’s illness > wart, Escaping Prisoner Recaptured. Marquette, Mich., June 28.—But for the twelve-year-old son of Sheriff Rough, Timothy Burke, a prisoner at the county jail, would have escaped. Burke was éngaged at odd jobs, and was sent for water. He seized his op- portunity to dash for liberty. Young Rough, two blocks away, noticed the man and gave chase on his bicycle, at the same time calling loudly for help. A policeman was attracted and Burke was headed off and recaptured. Maj. Gen. Wood Arrives. Saa Francisco, June 28.—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and wife arrived here yesterday on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria from the Orient, on a hur- ried trip to the East. Maj. Gen. Wood will go direct to Boston. Though he will be the guest of President Roose- velt at Oyster Bay later, the general declares positively that his trip had no political significance. Held on Murder Charge. Aberdeen, S. D., June 28. — Jack Purcell, accused of killing W. D. Mar- vin in a saloon brawl, had~a prelim- inary examination yesterday morning and was held in bonds of $5,000. Woman Kills Herself. New York, June 28.—Mrs. Adelaide Foster, until recently a resident of Chicago, committed suicide yesterday by inhaling gas in apartments occu- pied by her daughter. Hay Has Comfortable Day Newbury, N. H., June 28.—The con- dition of Secretary of State John Hay continued favorable last night after a ‘comfortable day. ~« Burgiars at Aberdeen. Aberdeen, S. D., June 28.—Burglars broke into the store of John Gaskin at Columbia, cracked the safe and se- cured $60. The robbery was discovered when the store was opened this morn- ing. No clue to the robbers. Club House Is Robbed. Hayward, Wis., June 28.—Some un- known person broke into O. H. Os- mundson’s club house on Round lake, seven miles from town, last night and stole all the silverware and a valuable violin,