Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 2, 1905, Page 4

—| =a VENGEANCE 1S SON’S SOLE AIM REVEALS MOTHER’S PART IN DUAL JAIL DELIVERY AT LA CROSSE. WAS ON A CONVICT’S TRAIL BELIEVED HE HAS NOW SUC. CEEDED IN ATTAINING HIS OBJECT. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 30.—Love, an elopement, an irate son looking for revenge upon the man who had ruined his mother and his father’s family— these, it now develops, are the causes that led to the arrest of Turnkey Merch Childers of the La Crosse coun- ty jail late Saturday night, charged with voluntarily permitting the escape of Andrew Cunningham and Homer E. Trainor from the jail on Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 respectively. The two men, with another. still in jail here, are alleged to be members of the famous Eddie Fay gang of post- office robbers, accused of over 100 burglaries of postoffices in the North- west. Bought His Escape. Fay was arrested several months ago and taken to the jail at Janesville, Wis., but escaped, it is said, by the use of $20,000 in buying the means to pro- vide an eseape, effected by the sawing of prison bars. It was about six months ago that Cunningham, Trainor and James C. Crane were arrested at Winona, Minn. Inspector Fraser of the postoffice de- partment had worked up a case against the trio for blowing the post- office safe at Stoddard, nine miles from here, and asked that they be turned over to the United States au- thorities. This was done and they were placed in jail at La Crosse. On the night of July 30 Cunningham escaped by sawing through the bars in the corridor. It was supposed at that time that saws were sent to him by a mysterious woman, who had passed bananas to him by permission of Turnkey Childers. Second Man Escapes. On the night of Aug. 15 Trainor es- caped. " When the second escape was made Inspector Fraser set upon an investi- gation. And here the plot involving the elopement came in. He received word from St. Paul that a son of a mysterious woman who had visited the jail here, had something of inter- est to say to him. He went there and was told that the woman had told her son on July 27 that she had “ar- ranged” for the release of Cunning- ham and Trainor by the payment of $400 The son’s story was to the effect that Trainor and his pals dropped into Clarksburg, W. Va., one day some years ago and entered the hotel and saloon owned by the St. Paul man’s father. Trainor had just been re- leased from prison at Columbus, as was afterward shown. He first Met the Boy’s Mother that day, and although they had no money, prevailed upon the father to allow the band to stay there in return for some cheap jewelry that doubtless had been stolen. The mother fell desperately in love with Trainor and he was given a job at the hotel. After a time a daring robbery was committed in the town and Trainor fled. With him went the wife and mother. She has been with him ever since, living in the best of quarters in Chicago, devoging her life to Trainor and helping him out of ev- ery scrape into which he has fallen. Her son has followed her continual- ly, seeking for a chance to “get” Trainor, and now it is believed he has succeeded. Death in Fall From Window. St. Paul, Aug. 30. — J. J. Mulligan, aged sixty-eight, a telegraph ‘operator, fell from a third-story window of the Commercial hotel at midnight and was killed. It is believed that he sat in the window to get cool and lost his balance. Sent to Reformatory. Rhinelander, Wis., Aug. 30—Clayton Broulette and Richard Richards were sentenced to the Green Bay reforma- tory, the terms being a year and a half to two years and a year toa year and a half respectively for bur- glary. Policeman Killed by Train. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 30—John W. Essig of Clarion, special policeman during the state fair, was run over and killed by a Chicago Great West- ern switching train last evening. He was struck as the train was backing. To Control Finances. Constantinople, Aug. 30. — A col- lective note from the six embassies giving notice of the appointment of commissioners to control the finances of Macedonia was presented to the porte to-day. . orthwest News. IOWAN HAS NINE LIVES. Henry Shafer of Eldora Is Struck by Lightning. Eldora, Iowa, Aug. 29. — Asserting that he has the proverbial nine lives of a cat, which a cat has not, Henry Shafer, for the sesond time in his life, was struck by lightning and he will recover. When a boy Shafer barely escaped drowning. As a coal miner Shafer was buried alive by a cave-in, but recovered. Shafer was picked up for dead several years ago on the 4th of July, a cannon shot depriving him of an arm, an eye and two fingers. He was all but killed in two runaways and last fall he fell from. the top of a fifty-foot cliff, being taken home ap- parently dead. He said after recov- ering consciousness from the stroke of lightning that he might survive another “fatal” accident, as he felt strong. ASAE RASS SSeS DSS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE TOGETHER. North Dakotan at Seventy-Two Se- cures a Divorce. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 29. — Judge Pol- lock granted a divorce to Alfred Mosher, aged 72, from his second wife, whom he married two years ago. Mosher is a prominent farmer in the western part of the county, and be- came acquainted with the last Mrs. Mosher while the latter was a profes- sional nurse. The marriage was against the protest of children by a former marriage, and never resulted happily. The charges were largely of a petty nature, but the testimony con- vinced the court of the impossibility of the couple living together. MORE GOLD THAN EVER. The Output in 1905 Will Break All Previous Records. Tppleton, Minn., Aug. 29.—The Ap- pleton roller mills were destroyed by fire last evening and are a total loss, together with all their contents. A hot box in the machinery was the cause of the fire. The mill was one of Appleton’s landmarks, having been built thirty-three years ago. It was owned by W. J. Jennison of Minne- apolis. The plant was a 500-barrel mill and fully equipped. By splendid work by the firemen the large eleva- tor and engine house adjoining were saved. The loss will be fully $20,000; covered by insurance. HORSES KILLED IN STORM. Eleven Burned to Death Near lowa Falls. Towa Falls, Iowa, Aug. 29.—Reports are still coming in of the damage done by the severe electrical storm that passed over Hardin county last Wednesday night. The barn owned by Doniel Sherer, who lives near Hub- bard, is reported as having been struck by lightning and burned, the structure and contents being a total loss, including eleven head of horses, harness and other farm equipment. The barn of D. Gregory, near Zearing, is also reported as having been struck and destroyed. CHILD GETS $1,000 A YEAR. Son of Former Mrs. Molineaux Pro- vided for by Grandfather. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 29. — Mrs. Wallace D. Scott, formerly Mrs. Rol- and B. Molineaux of New York, to- gether with her husband and their little son, left Sioux Falls yesterday afternoon for New York, where they will reside. A short time prior to their departure, D. A. Scott of this city, father of the husband, surprised the couple by announcing that he would on each birthday of their little son de- posit in a bank the sum of $1,000 to the credit of the youngster. FINE NEW DEPOT. Great Northern Station at Sioux Falls Is Progressing. "Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 29. — Good progress is being made on the new passenger depot building which the Great Northern railroad is erecting in this city. The foundation is complete, and the cut stone work is being put in. There are five courses of cut jasper and the rest of the walls will be built of a deep red brick, making a pleasing contrast to the Sioux Falls jasper. Within a few months it will be ready for occupancy. WINNING HORSE FALLS DEAD. Just After Going Under Wire Ahead Pacer Drops. Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 29. — Little Man, a pacer owned by John Foss of Appleton, fell dead after crossing the wire a winner in the first heat of the 2.28 pace of the Oshkosh Driving club meeting. The horse won the heat without apparent effort in 2:22 1-4, but it is reported he was not in con- dition. - Fire Causes $50,000 Loss. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 29. — The main building of the W. S. Clay Man- ufacturing company’s plant, a three- story brick structure located in the bottoms east of this city, was de- stroyed by fire, causing a loss esti- mated at $50,000. Killed in Auto A jent. Renssaler, Ind., Aug. 29. — Joseph Fagot, a well known business man of Remington, was killed in ap automo- bile accident last night while return- ing home after a visit to this city. - 4 4 MAY POSTPONE TIMBER SALE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS RE- QUEST FOR SQUARE DEAL AT TIMBER SALE. SECRETARY ,HITCHCOCK ACIS INDIAN COMMISSIONER ASKED TO GRANT MINNESOTA’S REQUEST. St. Paul, Aug. 25. — The proposed sale of approximately 275,000,000 feet of timber on the White Earth Indian reservation, valued at several million dollars, will probably be postponed, so that all who are interested in the sale may have an opportunity to bid, and the Indians may reap the benefits of competition. Members of the Minnesota delega- tion in congress yesterday received telegrams from Secretary Hitchcock of the department of the interior stat- ing that he has requested Indian Com- missioner Leupp and Assistant Com- missioner Ryan to make a thorough in- vestigation of the facts, and, if possi- ble, to grant the request of the Min- nesota delegation that the sale be postponed, that new and more ade- quate notices be given, and that all persons interested be given an oppor- tunity To Bid on the Timber. Mr. Hitchcock is at his country home at Dublin, N. H., and the tele- grams yesterday came from that point. | pj, It is said that Mr. Hitchcock practical- ly all day yesterday received protests from other members of the Minnesota delegation and from residents of Northern Minnesota, petitioning against thé sale. The action of Mr. Hitchcock in re- questing Indian Commissioner Leupp to grant the request of the Minnesota delegation if possible is considered an almost certain indication that the sale will be postponed. Advices received from other persons in Washington are that it is an almost foregone con- clusion that the request of the Minne- sotans will be granted. Indians Object. Indians on the reservation object to the proposed sale because the time be- tween the first publication of the no- tice, Aug. 14, and the proposed date of sale, Sept. 5, is so short that lum- bermen generally will not have an op- portunity to ascertain the quantity and quality of the timber, so as to make an intelligent bid. It is maintained that the proposed sale would prove to be to the advantage of a Wisconsin corporation, which has inspected the timber in question and is in a position to bid. It is also maintained that the $2,500 deposit required of the bidders is not sufficient to protect the Indians against froud and violation of con- tract, and that the rights of the In- dians are not properly safeguarded in other respects. MUCH POTATO AND CABBAGE. Bristow and Grundy Center Come Near Beating Record. Eldora, Iowa, Aug. 26.—Bristow and Grundy Center, in this section of the state, probably have beaten the record for the raising of potatoes and cab- pages this year. Around and near the vicinity of Grundy Center are growing 10,000 acres of potatoes, and a con- servative estimate places the average at 300 bushels an acre. A local statis- tician has figured that at this rate 3,000,000 bushels of potatoes will be raised in Grundy county alone. Within a mile of Bristow are maturing 150 acres of cabbages. This means fully 130 cars of cabbage heads to be shipped this year. . HOLD-UP IS FATAL. Two Thugs Crack Man’s Skull at Duluth. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 26. — George Roberts of Milwaukee lies at St. Luke’s hospital in this city with a fractured skull, the blow inflicted by two highwaymen who attacked him on a lonely street here last night. The attending physician holds out little or no hope that he will survive. Roberts was robbed of $30 and a gold watch, all the valuables he had in his posses- sion. ; Minneapolis Boy Drowns. Minneapolis, Aug. 25.—George Lyon, son of Mrs. Sarah Lyon, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Bush lake, Wil- mington township. He was wading and apparently got beyond his depth. Alleged Slayer Captured. Helena, Mont., Aug. 25.—Charles E. Bloom was arrested at Bozeman yes- terday on the charge of killing John Strom at Junction, Idako, on July 1. A large reward was offered for his arrest and he will be held for the officials. Hastings Asylum Inmate Dead. Hastings, Minn., Aug. 25. — Isaac Silverstein, an inmate of the Hastjngs state asylum, died yesterday from tuberculosis, aged thirty-three years. The remains will be shipped to St. Paul for interment. ¥ LN | In and About the State % BIG SLUMP IN TAX RETURNS. Property Valuation About $14,000,000 Shy. The new state board of equalization which will meet on Sept. 5 to equalize the personal property returns from the several counties will have a big task on its hands. Returns received from more than half the counties indicate that the total will be about $14,000,000 less than the amount fixed by the state board of equalization a year ago. It has been thee policy of previous boards to add from $10,000,000 to $15,- 000,000 to the returns of the preceding year, and if this policy is pursued this year the board will raise the assess- ments $25,000,000 to $30,000,000. Returns tabulated from forty-one of the eighty-three counties show that the amount fixed by the county boards this year is about 4 per cent more than that fixed by the county boards last year, which was raised by the state board to the extent of $20,000,- 000. The returns from the forty-one counties aggregate $50,232,443, as against $48,259,380 a year ago. If this 4 per cent increase is maintained throughout. the counties, the returns from the counties this year will aggre- gate $155,000,000, as against $160,000,- 000 fixed by the state board in 1904. The following shows the returns as aed the county boards in 1904 and Personal Grant .. Isanti Jackson Kanabec . Kandiyohi Kittson Lac qui Parle Le Sueur Lyon McLeod Martin Meeker Mower Murray Nicollet Nobles. Otter Tail Olmsted wa eee Pipestone Polk . ~$50,232,443 $48,259,380 JONES ANALYZES CROPS. Says Loss From Rust Will Be Thirty Million Bushels. , Thirty million bushels of wheat must be deducted from the crop estimates of this year for Minnesota and the two Dakotas because of damage by black rust. This is the judgment of H. V. Jones. of Minneapolis, announced in a detailed prospectus with which he supplements his report of several days ago, fixing his estimate of the to- tal yield for this year at 174,000,000 bushels. That estimate contemplates 166,000,000 bushels of spring and 8,000,000 bushels of macaroni wheat. The quality of the Northwest crop, Mr. Jones says, is better than last year. There will be a good deal of low-grade ‘wheat, however, due to light weight and smut. It is a fair presumption, he says, that the quality of considerable grain is impaired as a result of premature ripening. There should be a good proportion of best milling grades. A few districts will have fine quality of wheat to work with. The Sleepy Eye district will have available considerable sixty to sixty-four pound wheat; the Jim valley will have a good quality, barring sMut; the Missouri slope should have good quality. Macaroni will be a great dis- appointment. Much of it is blighted badly and rusted, thus doing away with the claim by the government bureau that it is immune. He has al- lowed 8,000,000 for macaroni, but the total may reach 10,000,000 bushels. “This estimate,” says Mr. Jones, “is about 75,000,000 to 100,000,000 bushels Jess than the government totals, and fully 100,000,000 bushels less than the reports by other private estimators who announced figures.” NO EXHIBIT AT FAIR. There Is No Room for Display of Dairy and Food Commission. An exhibit of the state dairy and food commission showing how food is adulterated in Minnesota will probably not be held at the state fair this year, as was planned. Officials of the com- mission have received word that there will be no room for such an exhibit, and unless some other arrangements are made the exhibit will be aban- doned. It was proposed to exhibit the dis- play which was sent to the St. Louis exposition. The object of this is to show by maps, charts, pictures and samples of adulterated food just how unscrupulous manufacturers attempt to evade the Minnesota law. Rumored That Eighteen Drown. Buenos Ayres, Aug. 25. — A report has been received here of the founder- ing of the British bark Bidston Hill. The report states that eighteen of the crew were drowned. The remainder will arrive by an Argentina steamer. Ready for the Chicks. Moorhead, Minn., Aug. 25.—Prepar- ations for chicken shooting are now at their height, and while it is believed that the heavy rains have drowned out a good many of the birds, good coveys are reported back from the river. | NeeenrTrivije DARE PREDICTS. RUSH FOR LAND. The State Auditor Is Deluged With In- quiries. Extensive advertising of Minaesota lands, and the fact that the state sells them on forty years’ time with'a pay- ment of but 15 per cent, are doing wonders toward attracting settlers. “Inquiries being received for state land literature are tremendous,” said the state auditor. “Last week alone our office received 875 inquiries for lands to be sold this fall. They come from every part of the United States and many from Canada. Missouri, In- diana and Pennsylvania. furnish a large number of ‘the letter writers. “If but one man out of every ten who has written a letter attends the state land sales this fall, every sale point will see a vast throng bidding for home acres on which to settle. - “People in other states evidently believe Minnesota land to be the cheapest and best on the market to- day, and intend to take advantage of the great opportunity being offered by Minnesota for settlers to obtain cheap homes in the North Star state.” Land sales to be held, and acreage offered at each sale, are as follows: Acres Hallock, Oct. 23, 1905.. Warren, Oct. 24, 1905 Crookston, Oct. 25, 1905 4,000 Red Lake Falls, Oct. 26, 1905....10,000 Roseau, Oct. 28, 1905.. 60,000 Bagley, Oct. 25, 1905 17,000 Ada, Nov. 1, 1905... 240 Fergus Falls, Nov. 2, 1905. 6,000 Breckenridge, Nov. 3, 1905 5,000 Elbow Lake, Nov. 4, 1905. 120 Detroit, Nov. 6, 190) 30,000 Wadena, Nov. 7, 1905 21,000 Long Prairie, Nov. 8, 1905. Pine City, Nov. 9, 1905.... Mora, Nov. 10, 1905 Princeton, Nov. 11, 1905 6,000 Duluth, April 9, 1906... 50,000 Carlton, April 10, 1906 30,000 Aitkin, April 11, 1906.. 50,000 Brainerd, April 12, 1906 30,000 Walker, April 13, 1906. . 25,000 Park Rapids, April. 14, 1906....35,000 Bemidji, April 16, 1906... 40,000 Grand Rapids, April 17, 1906. 40,000 HOME COMPANIES GROW. Mutual Fire Insurance Companies In- crease Business. A remarkable growth in the busi- ness of Minnesota mutual fire insur- ance companies, as distinguished from the business of stock companies, many of which are located in the East, will be shown by the annual report of In- surance Commissioner O'Brien, which will be out in a few days. As an illustration how these home companies have grown, Mr. O’Brien will show in his report that the amount of risks written by other mu- tual companies than township mutuals increased from $1,947,051 in 1876 to $20,988,228 in 1904. The premiums in- creased during this period from $36,- 300 to $336,427, and the losses from $17,386 to $172,360. It is also notable that the percent- age of losses to premiums of mutual companies is less than the percentage of losses to premiums of stock compa- nies. The percentage in the case of mutual companies in 1904 was 51, and 54 in the case of stock companies. It is noticeable that the average pre- mium rate of the mutual companies is generally higher than that of stock ‘companies. The rate of mutuals in 1904 was 1.61, as compared with 1.42 of stock companies. SO THAT COWS CAN’T GET SICK. Experiments to Be Made at the State : Farm School. As a result of a conference held in Washington recently between Willet M. Hays, assistant secretary of agri- culture, and D. A. Gaumnitz, a mem- ber of the faculty of the state experi- mental station, important experiments will soon be started in Minnesota with a view to learning how to breed ani- mals that shall be resistant to tuber- culosis and other diseases, will be carried on in co-operation by the national and state governments, the legislature having appropriated $2,500 for the purpose at the last ses- sion. Mr. Gaumnitz was in Washington to get advice from Assistant Secretary Hays and other department officials, and he was assured that he would be given every possible assistance in prosecuting his experiments. Plans outlined by Prof. Hays when he was connected with the experiment station have been completed, and they will be carried out by Mr. Gaumnitz and others who will assist him. In the tests to be made rabbits and guinea pigs will be bred to learn how to breed animals resistant to tuberculosis and other diseases that do not now yield readily to treatment. Experiments will also be made at flifferent sestions of the state in the breeding of cattle and hogs. Got a Great Bargain. St. Louis, Aug. 25. — The United States government building at the ex- position grounds, erected at a cost of $500,000, has been sold to a wrecking company for $10,500. The steel trusses cost $100,000. Clark Goes to Paris. New York, Aug. 25.—Senator W. A. Clark of Montana, who is recovering from a surgical operation, sailed on the steamer Baltic yesterday en route for Paris, where he expects to remain several weeks. . The work }, GRATEFUL TO HILL, 4 Gov. Sarles of North Dakota Express es the Sentiment of His State Goy. E.Y. Sarles, in behalf of the farmers and business men of North Dakota, came to St. Paul recently to express to President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern railway the gratitude of the people of North Dakota for the voluntary reduction in rates on cereals to the Twin Cities and Duluth. “The people of our state greatly ap- preciate what this present to the farm- ers means,” said Gov. Sarles. “It is a reduction of about 15 per cent from my home town, Hillsboro, and means to the citizens of North Dakota $1,750,- 000 annually, three times as much as the tax levied for the purpose of run- ning the state. “Coming at this time, just before the moving of a bountiful crop, the re- duction is particularly gratifying to the people of my state and magnani- mous to the highest degree on the part of President Hill, whose policy has al- ways been to share the profits of his road with the people of the North- west. This was his contention at the time of the merger litigation, and the people of North Dakota have the same confidence in him now. as then.” President Hill said in response that the reduction was made in accordance with his policy that the volume of bus- iness should reguate rates. He said that the farmers and railroads were mutually dependent upon each other, and that the prosperity of one meant the prosperity of the other. The rail- roads, he said, could not exist without the farmers, and the farmers could not get along well without the railroads. President Hill said that there was no reason why the land in the Red river valley of North Dakota should not sell for as much per acre as land in Iowa, for North Dakota raises all the cereals raised in Iowa except corn. Mr. Hill said that he was experiment- ing with a certain kind of corn, which matures in nine weeks and yields six- ty bushels to the acre. If this corn proves adapted to the climate and soil of North Dakota, Mr, Hill said there is no reason why land in that state should not sell for $75 an acre. The action of Mr. Hill in voluntarily reducing grain rates in the face of strong protests from some of the rail- roads in the so-called Eastern merger, the pedple of North Dakota say, is conclusive proof of the fact that it it is far better for the Northwest that the Northern transcontinental lies be in the hands of Mr. Hill, whose life work has been the upbuilding of the Northwest, than in the hands of Har- riman and Rockefeller, who in all probability would use them to pay div- idends on the poor-paying roads that run through the arid and semi-arid country of the Southwest. “Do you suppose for a minute that we would have this reduction in grain rates if the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific had been controlled by the Eastern merger?” asked a prominent business man of North Da- kota. “Some of the roads in the East- ern merger pay well and some do not. If Harriman and Rockefeller owned the Great Northern, which runs through an ever increasingly prosper- ous territory, they would take the squeeze out of the farmers of the Northwest for the purpose of paying dividends on the poor-paying roads in the deserts of Nebraska, Western Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona and other states in the Southwest. It would be a fine opportunity for equal- izing profits, and Harriman and Rock- efeller would not have missed it.” The people of North Dakota main- tain that Mr. Hill has proved by long years of successful achievement his friendship for and interest in the Northwest. During the anti-merger litigation Mr. Hill had said that his policy had been and would always be to share his profits with the farmers. The people of North Dakota took him at his word and they have lived to see his promise fulfilled. State News in Brief. Harold Bergendahl of Ellendale, N. D., was drowned in Lake Elmo, near Stillwater. George Lyon, son of Mrs. Sarah Lyon, was drowned in Bush lake, Wil- mington township, Hennepin county. He was wading and apparently got beyond his depth. Isaac Silverstein, an inmate of the Hastings state asylum, died from tu- berculosis, aged thirty-three years. The remains will be shipped to St. Paul for interment. James J. Hill has promised to be at Willmar one day during the street fair, Sept. 20-24, and deliver an ad- dress. He will speak on subjects especially interesting to farmers. Four Winona boys, Michael Bender, Frank Powell, Clifford Markham and Martin Lehane, have been punished for stealing rides on trains at Winona. They spent two nights in the city jail. The secretary of the interior has or- dered the withdrawal from entry of all the unappropriated public land in eleven townships in Northern Minne sota. The withdrawal is made in the interest of a forest reserve, which is to be created immeditely north of the Lake Superior reserve. Rey. O. D. Kaantz of Glenville has been arrested and charged with an assault on S. T. Kilpatrick, an old soldier, with whom it is alleged he became involved in an altercation con- cerning the propriety of permitting a medicine show to appear in that vil- _ lages PAE