Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 16, 1905, Page 3

‘Berald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Science is slowly getiiug a strangle told on the New Orleans mosquitc. Some people are so afraid of a bos* at they won't enjoy a particle of lit Mrs. Harry Lehr says she is “very oud of her pet poodle.” But Harry bas her affections. Genius does not live on glory. It bas an account at the corner grocery just like the rest of us. Another racing motorist has gone nrough the fence, but there is no sig of stopping the foolishness. Castro announces that he is “going fo fight the Yankees.” “Yankees” must be a new kind of booze. Jupiter will be surprised to learn that several new moons have been dis- overed hanging around him lately. Will the men who are to be expelled rom the Daughters of Liberty get evenge by starting a rival organiza- ion? 4 Boston spinster has written a »vel which she calls “Paradise.” It ins many more male than female characters. A Philadelphia cow is giving pink She ought to be able to dis- se of her entire output for Philadel- ia’s pink tea: Venezuela is preparing for war, but p to the hour of going to press has t come to a decision as to the iden- y of the enemy. r be been as strong as it is at resent. Perhaps it has merely caught > fever for fast going. As soon as this cruel war {is over work of rebuilding navies and rwise preparing for the next big uggle will be commenced. he th I wears sident Roosevelt occasionally a suit of $4 clothes. And the doubtless think that he always a shape of collar to match. With prophetic insight the author of the hymn beginning, “I would not live alway; I ask not to stay,” must have written it for the automobilists. One would judge by the headlines of the papers that it is nearly as danger- us to run an automobile as it is to eep an empty shotgun about the The empress dowager of China has expressed a wish to see Secretary 7 And there is no doubt the sec- , would measure up to her ex- ions. American welcomes Russia’s new liament but it is hardly prob-ble that Gosudarstvendad Douma_ will ever become a household name i: the United States. English burglar says thieves are always very superstitious, never rob a house in which a Save An who will cross-eyed servant is employed. your cross-eyed servants. A Philadelphia girl saved her fath- er’s life by catching a hot foul from a baseball player’s bat. Thus we that there was at least one person Philadlephia who wasn’t asleep. A Cleveland woman has been held on a charge of manslaughter because he ran over and killed a man with r automobile. She, too, will be like- to decide that the age of chivalry is past. It is claimed by one of our modern philosophers that no man can be hap- py while destroying his conscience. Some people can do the destroying so yuickly that their unhappiness is of silght duration. Sultan Kiran’s proposal to Miss Roosevelt, it appears, was only a mat- ter of form. When an oriental poten- tate wishes to be especially polite to a lady he throws in a proposal just as a delicate courtesy. A Cincinnati judge has decided that bowleggedness is too common to be depended upon as a mark of identifica- tion. Its prevalence in Cincinnati is caused, probably, by the constant strain of ‘walking up and down the steep hills. A contemporary prints the astound- ing information that “infernal ma- chines of a deadly character” were sent to New York millionaires. Strange that the would-be assassins did not send infernal machines of a harmless character. Down in Arizona a judge is accused of presiding over the court with his feet on the desk. This compels attor- neys to address themselves to the soles of two shoes, and also further deprives them of a full-sized target in the event of any disagreement with the court. Photographs of Baron Komura, the principal Japanese envoy, show that he wears a “pot hat” with a frock coat. This debars him from the circles of high diplomacy and reduces him to the ranks of mere rustlers, - Washington. Nearly one million names are on the pension rolls of the United States, ac- cording to the annual report of Col. Vespasian Warner, commissioner of pensions. Over $125,000,000 are paid out in pensions annually. Consul General Rogers at Shanghai cabled the state department that the position there as to anti-American boy- cott was improving. The officials of the state department have come to the conclusion that the boycott has prac- tically exhausted itself, the Chinese merchants finding that they them- selves were the principal losers. The secretary of agriculture kas is- sued an order revoking in part the or- der issued last March by which a quar- antine was placed again Far Western states on account of the prevalence of scabies among cattle in those states. The secretary’s revocation applies to the states of Oregon and Washington, to the eastern part of Kansas, the western part of Colorado and parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico. Crimes and Criminals. A negro named Bees was lynched by a mob near the Leake plantation at Rosetta, Miss. The negro was charged with criminal assault on a white girl. In a dispute at Belleville, Il, be- tween Henry C. Lonk, a saloonkeeper, and John Trappe, over 10 cents. Lonk was shot dead. The police are search- ing for Trappe. E. B. Ewing, claiming to be a brother-in-law of former Senator Cock- rell of Missouri, shot himself throngs the head at a Butte hospital and die in a few minutes. R. D. Chase, alias Russell, formerly of Cherokee, Iowa, shot and killed Al- lie Watson of Tonopah, Nev., and then fired a bullet int ohis own brain, in- flicting a fatal wound. It has developed at Cincinnati that forgeries of pay checks on the Balti- more & Ohio Southwestern railroad are more extensive than was first sup- posed, reports being that the aggre- gate amount will reach $40,000. Ralph Holden of Union City, Mich., shot twice at his wife, twice at his wife’s sister-in-law, Mrs. Byron W. Bray, and then attempted suicide. Mrs. Holden will probably die. Mrs. Bray was not dangerously wounded. Family troubles are assigned as the cause. A petition from his neighbors that he be allowed to harvest his tobacco crop has resulted in the pardon by Acting Governor Davidson of Henry Rutter of Ferryville, Wis., sentenced to the county jail for assault and bat- tery. He had served half of his time. Paul Langren, foreman of the Mil- waukee worsted mills, was shot and probably fatally wounded by a bur- glar. The burglar had forced open a window of the Langen home with a garden spade and was about to take his departure from the house when Mr. Langen grappled with him and the shooting followed. The burglar is still at large. Foreign. Two women, supposed to be Ameri- cans, fell over a precipice near Orta and were killed. THe town council of Maikop, Russia, has decided to name a street in honor of President Roosevelt. The eruption of the ancient crater in the island of Stromboli, near Sicily, continues to cause anxiety. The shah of Persia arrived at Peter- hof recently. He was met at the sta- tion by Emperor Nicholas, several of the grand dukes and Count Lamsdorf. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese steamship company), through the Jap- anese consul at Glasgow, is placing contracts for eighteen liners with shipbuilding firms. The Simla correspondent of the Lon- don Daily Mail says it is rumored that Viceroy Curzon, who recently resigned may stay in India until March in order to entertain the prince and princess of Wales. King Oscar has conferred the honor of knighthood of the order of the Roy- al Order of Vasa upon B. Lowenstein of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Lowenstein has been a constant visitor to Sweden for twelve years. It is rumored at Mexico City that on the expiration two years hence of the charter of the present public bene- ficial lottery it will not be renewed, and that probably all lotteries will then be prohibited. As a result of the investigation of Count de Brazza, the African explorer, into the charges of brutality against natives of the French Congo, the gov- ernment announced that the two chief colonial functionaries, MM. Gaud and Toque, have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The charges include compelling the natives to eat a dish made of the flesh of dead rela- tives and also exploding cartrides in- serted in the bodies of the natives. AReeenriije DARL It is officially announced that the French government is not fully satis- fied with the release alone of the Al- gerian subject Bouzain, who was ar- rested recently in Morocco. France will insist that the sultan apologize for the arrest and that an indemnity be paid for the indignity to which he was subjected. Shanghai was visited by a typhoon and the entire city was flooded, the water rising to a height of three feet. This was the first flood which has oc- curred tiere within the last fifty years. Spain, which was thronged with a hol- The authorities at Hamburg declare there are no new cases of cholera in Hamburg and they believe the further spread of the disease is impossible. Information has reached London from Sofia that 800 Bulgarian-Mace- donian insurgents, followers of Boris Sarafoff, have left Sofia and are ex- pected to raid Turkish territory. The fire which broke out at Adrano- ple Saturday raged until Sunday, ow- ing to lack of water. The greater part of each of the six quarters of the city was destroyed and the damage is esti- mated at $5,000,000. The International Law association met at Christiania last week at the No- bel institute. There were forty foreign delegates in attendance, including Ce- phas Brainerd of New York, B. F. Trueblood of Boston and James Cros- by of Garnarville, Iowa. St. Andrews university at Glasgow on Oct. 17 will confer the honorary degree of doctor of law on Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Whitelaw Reid, Charle- magne Tower and Bishop Potter of New York, and Nicholas Murray But- ler, president of Columbia university. A bomb exploded with terrific force on the marine parade at Barcelona, iday crowd. A panic followed and the air was rent with the shrieks and groans of the fifty or sixty victims, in- cluding one woman killed and five per- sons mortally wounded.. The perpe- trator of the outrage has not been found, Accidental Happenings. Fire at Calumet, Mich., destroyed the manual training building of the Calumet high school and the Misco- waubik club house. Loss, $100,000. Five persons were injured and a score of others were shaken up in a rear-end collision on the Rockiord & Freeport interurban railroad near Winnebago, Il. By the explosion of a peanut reaster at Evansville, Ind., at a labor picnic Fred Dillman, aged nine years, was instantly killed and Vincent Ameroso was probably fatally injured. John H. Talem, son of B. H. Talem, assayer in charge of the United States assay office at Helena, is dead on the Cascade ranch from injuries sustained while rounding up cattle. His horse fell on him and he never regained con- sciousness. Four young women, two of whom were returning from their father’s fu- neral, were drowned in he Hudson river at Hudson, N. Y., when the small pleasure ‘steamer Young Ameri- ca was run down and sunk by the fer- ry boat George H. Power. Lightning struck a barn on Floyd Sparris’ ranch on Clear creek, Carbon county, Mont., and rendered four chil- dren, who were playing in the barn unconscious. Ray Seaborough’s clothes and shoes were torn’ from his body and he was severely bruised, but may live. Fire has completely destroyed the Odd Fellows’ Orphan home, located just south of Mason City, Iowa. No loss of life has been discovered. The inmates were mostly children and aged persons, between 400 and 500 in number. The loss is estimated at be- tween $75,000 and $80,000. General. The Mexican Power company of New Jersey, capital $10,000,000 has been organized. Application has been made for the appointment of a receiver for the First National bank of Oxford, Ohio. Harry Cooley was struck by a North- Western passenger train in the yards at Eagle Grove, Iowa, and killed. The Philadelphia Traction company has declared a semi-annual dividend of $2 per share, payable Oct. 2, the books to close Sept. 9. The sixth annual convention of the chief car inspectors and car foremen of the railroads of the United States opened at Cleveland, with an attend- ance of 200 delegates. William B. Gill, aged fifty-nine ,for- merly a district superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph company, with headquarters in Philadelphia, died at his home in Cheltenham, a suburb. Thomas Fitchie, ex-commissioner of immigration of the port of New York and the original “McKinley man” of Kings county, is dead at his home in Brooklyn. He was seventy-two years old. Francis B. Stevens, a member of the well known Stevens family of Ho- boken and grandson of the late Com- modore Stevens, committed suicide by shooting at his home, “The Cottage,” at Westbury, L. I. Adam Bryant of Marion, one of the best known horsemen in the state, was taken to a hospital at Cedar Rapids to undergo an operation for cancer. As the physicians were administering ether, Bryant died of hemorrhage of the brain, Eddie Hanlon of San Francisco won from Willie Fitzgerald of Brooklyn on a foul in the seventh round. When the foul was committed Hanlon appar- ently had Fitzgerald beaten. Conduct unbecoming an officer is the charge which has been made against Policeman James Kilgallon of Pitts- burg before the police trial board, and there is every reason to believe that Kilgallon will lose his job. According to the complaint, Kilgallon tried to kiss Mrs. Mary B. Dick and was so clumsy in his efforts that he bit her on the lip. Mrs. Dick is young, wealthy! and prominent socially. JAP FLAGSHIP BATTLESHIP MIKASA CATCHES FIRE AND HER MAGAZINES EXPLODE. RESCUERS RUSH TO DEATH OFFICERS AND MEN OF CREW AND RESCUERS GO DOWN WITH HER. FLAGSHIP OF ADMIRAL TOGO GREAT RELIEF IN JAPAN WHEN IT WAS LEARNED TOGO WAS NOT ON BOARD. Tokio, Sept. 18.—The navy depart- ment announces that the battleship Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and the explosion of her magazine, causing the loss of 599 lives, including men of other ships who went to the rescue. Admirai Togo was not on board when the disaster occurred. The fire started from an unknown cause at midnight on Sunday night, Sept. 10. Before the men could be rescued the fire reached the aft mag- azine, which exploded, blowing a hole in the port side of the vessel below the water line and sinking the ship. The disaster has cast a gloom every- where. The Mikasa was Togo’s flag- ship and was endeared to the hearts of the people. The ship was at anchor in Sasebo harbor when the fire started at the base of the mainmast. It spread with great rapidity, exploding the after magazine an hour after the fing had been discovered. The Mikasa sank in shallow water and it is believed the ship can be repaired. Rescuers Rush to Death. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships in the harbor -and there was heavy casualties among them. Various conjectures are current as to the cause of the fire. Some attrib- ute it to an overcharge of electricity. Great relief was felt throughout Jap- an when it was learned that Admiral Togo was not on board the ship at the time of the fire. ‘ The Mikasa was the flagship of the Japanese navy, flying the flag of Vice Admiral Togo, the commander-in-chief. She was present at all the principal engagements during the war and was on several occasions reported severely damaged in action. In the battle of the Sea of Japan she led the fleet into action and her name was mentioned in connection with some of the most stirring events of the famous sea fight. Is the Heaviest Loser. In this battle Mikasa was the heay- iest loser of all the Japanese ships, having sixty-three killed and wounded. She approached nearer to the Russians than any other battleship. The Mikasa was also the flagship of Admiral Togo at the great naval battle fought off Port Arthur on Aug. 10, 1904, on which occasion the Japanese flag- ship also suffered the most, but con- tinued in the fighting line. On that oc- casion the Mikasa had four offictrs and twenty-nine men killed, six officers and twenty-nine men severely wounded, and four officers and twenty-nine men slightly wounded. Komura’s Family Murdered? Rome, Sept. 13—The Tribuna yes- terday published a rumor from Tien- tsin to the effect that the family of Baron Komura, the Japanese peace plenipotentiary now in New York city, had been assassinated. In view of the fact that recent de tailed dispatches describing the dis- turbances in Tokio have apparently been uncensored, it is not believed the above rumor is well founded. The fact that it originated in Tien- tsin would also tend to discredit the report, as Tien-tsin is not favorably located for the receipt of important news from Japan at first hand. HAYS TALKS TO BAKERS. ‘ Gives National Association Some Pointers on Wheat Production. Washington, Sept. 13.—The eighth annuai convention of the National As- sociation of Master Bakers opened here yesterday. Willet M. Hays, assis- tant secretary of agriculture, made an address on the subject of the pro- duction of wheat and the importance to bakers of experiments by the de- partment in improving varieties. Pres- ident Simon was detained at his home at Cincinnati by breaking a bone in his left foot. The sessions will be pre- sided over by Vice President Boettle of St. Louis. TODD COUNTY FAIR OPENS. Attractive Program of Horse Races Arranged. Long Prairie, Minn., Sept. 13.—The Todd county fair opens here to-day. In connection with the fair there will be a four-days’ street carnival. The association offers between $3,000 and $4,000 in premiums and prizes. Some splendid horse races have been ar- ranged between some of the fastest horses in the state. The exhibits in stock and agricultural products are | unusually good. ' and sprayed MASSACRE GOES ON IN CAUCASIA Mountains Swarm With Murderous Tartar Bands. Tiflis, Caucasia, Sept. 13. — Many social de.nocrats were killed or woun- ded last night in a conflict with Cos- sacks at the town hall, and many were trampled to death in a subsequent panic, Two thousand social democrats had forced an entrance into the town hall, which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious holiday, the beheading of John the Baptist. Revo- lutionary speeches were made and the chief of police ordered the meeting to disperse. Part of those present obeyed, but the remainder refused, and some revolvers were fired. A large force of Cossacks drawn up outside the build- ing then fired a volley into the crowd time and time again, killing thirty and wounding upward of seventy. In the ensuing panic many persons fell and were trampled to death by their com- rades and the pursuing Cossacks. The “holy war” has been proclaimed in the Caucasian districts of Zangesur, and Bebrail, where Tartars are massacre- ing the Armenians without distinction of sex or age. The country is swarm- ing with bands of Tartars. Many thousands of Tartar horsemen have crossed the frontier and joined the in- surgents in destroying Armenian vil- lages. At the village of Minked 300 Armenians were Slaughtered. BLOWN UP BY ITS OWN CREW. Mystery of Gulf of Bothnia Incident Deepens. Helsingfors, Finland, Sept. 13.—The customs authorities yesterday seized 5,000 rifles in the possession of people in the neighborhood of Jakobstad, on the Gulf of Bothnia, which were be- lieved to be from the steamer sunk by her crew on Sunday. What became of the crew is not definitely known, byt Finnish revenue cutters have been or- dered to watch the coast nine of the Gulf of Bothnia for them. Further de- tails of Sunday’s affair show that when the customs officers boarded the steamer they were received by twenty of the crew, armed with revolvers. The chief customs officer was permit- ted to visit the cabin. After negotia- tions lasting an hour he was told that he and his fellow officers had the al- ternative of leaving the ship or being blown up with her. NEW VOLCANO FORMED. Mountain Threatens People in South- ern Part of Calabria. Paris, Sept. 13.—The Rome corres- pondent of the Petit Parisienne says that a new voleano has_ been formed fifteen kilometers from Montalto. All commerce in three districts of Cala- bria has been suspended, 200,000 peo- ple have been more or less ruined, and there is great difficulty in organiz- ing the relief work. The king will re- main a week in Calabria. Montalto is the highest point—6,420 feet—of the mountain range which terminates in the extreme south of Italy—the “toe of the boot’’—and is, therefore, about the most southerly point in Calabria. Can- tanzaro, which app to have been the center of seismic disturbances, is about seventy miles north of Montalto. MILITIA IS QUARANTINED. Prussian Soldier Dies of the Chol- era. Bromberg, Prussia, Sept. 13.—Three deaths from cholera occurred in this administrative district yesterday. The new cases were as follows: Marien- burg, 4; Graude: ; Tuchel, Fried- burg, 1, and Wirritz, 1. A suspicious case has been reported at Briets, a southern suburb of Berlin, but it is not cholera. At Graudenz, a man belong- ing to the Fourth regiment of Uhlans, died yesterday of cholera. This was the first appearance of the disease. in the regiment. The regiment was promptly quarantined. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. City Lights Burned Out—Freight Train Collides With Stray Car. Litchfield, Minn., Sept. 13.—-A bolt of lightning struck the water tank and attached electric wires, burning out every light in the city. The roof of the tank caught fire and burned off, the tank being saved by filling it. The wind blew a freight car on the side track onto the main track at Dassel which collided with the engine of an incoming freight. The car was de- molished and the engine damaged some. MEETING IS POSTPONED. Special Report Was Not Ready for the Panama Canal Engineers. Washington, Sept. 13.—The meeting of the board of consulting engineers of the Panama canal, which was to have taken place in New York yester- day in the office of Mr. Parsons was postponed on account of the inability of Mr. Bates to complete a special re- port for use at the meeting. Some of the members returned to Washington last night and others will follow to- day. It has not yet been decided when the next meeting will be held. GERMICIDE KILLS MAN, Prisoner Takes an Overdose of Insect Poison and Dies in Jail. Eldora, lowa, Sept. 13.—Because he applied too much of a_ disinfectant used to kill lice into his skin, Frank Howard, a burglar, died in the Hardin county jail here yesterday morning. He had been convicted of the theft of a smal] quantity of clothing. In a desire to rid himself of lice, the poured large doses of disinfec- tant upon himself, saturating his skin with the poison. GREAT BRIT\ USES PRESSURE TO PREVENT A RUPTURE BE- TWEEN ENVOYS OF NDRWAY AND SWEDEN \ \ ANXIOUS TO HEAD ory WAR IGER- 1A WHICH WOULD LEAVE BE ENTS AT MERCY OF RUS! AND GERMANY. ~, DECLARED THAT THE SWEDISH CONDITIONS ARE UNALTER, ABLE. London, Sept. 13.—There is reasop to believe that the British governmen} is actively endeavoring to prevent a rupture in the negotiations between the Swedish and Norwegian commis sioners at Karlstad. These efforts fo: the present take the form of friendly ; counsel to both sides to exercise the utmost moderation at this critical time, but the advice is coupled with a firmer intimation that G Britain could not regard with tquanimity forcible settlement of the Northern question.” This means that Great Britain feels that it could not afford to remain a passive observer of war on the Scan dinavian peninsula, which would wreck the power and prosperity of both belligerents, leaving them at the mercy of their mighty and ambitious neighbors to the east and south. Diplomatic Pressure. The diplomatic pressure which the government is bringing to bear at Stockholm and Christiania to influence both sets of negotiators is supple- mented by timely articles by British military critics on the “fortress incu- bus.” These articles are intended to convince the Swtdes on the one hand | that they are cherishing a delusion if they think an invading army could successfully establish a base for itself at Kongsvinger or Fredriksten, while, on the other hand, Norwegians are as- sured that it is folly to believe forti- fications erected at a cost of $750,000 could be of much avail in checking the advance of a modern army. Treaty Is Demanded. Christiania, Sept. 1 The newspa- pers continue to discuss somewhat heatedly Sweden's refusal to agree to an arbitration. treaty. The Norgen- bladet says Norway is prepared to dis- mantle her new fortifications in order to show her love for peace and a de- sire for a settlement with. Sweden. “But not a gun nor stone shall be moved until the arbitration treaty signed.” The Norwegian commissioners left last evening for Karlstad, where they will resume negotiations with the Swedish commissioners. They were given an enthusiastic send-off by sev- eral thousand persons. Depends Upon Norway. Stockholm, Sept. 13.—The delegates of Norway and Sweden appointed to discuss the dissolution of the union of the two countries will reassemble to- day at Karistad, Sweden, and, as it is red here that the Swedish condi- e unalterable. the outcome seems to depend on the Norwegian ac- ceptance of these conditions. The tone adopted by the Norwegian news- papers is very threatening, and is con- is sidered to be specially significant, coming after yesterd meeting of the Norwegian delegates. It is recog- nized that a breach may follow the re- assembling of the delegates, and the Swedinsh authorities are preparing for such an eventuality. ? SHIPPING LAWS ARE MODIFIED. Cattle Not Visibly Affected .May Be Shipped Without Inspection. Washington, Sept. 13—The regula- tions governing the inspection, disin- fection, certification, treatment, hand- ling and manner of delivery and ship- ment of live stock have been exten- sively modified by the revocation of many of the restrictions and the sub- stitution of others. Cattle not visibly diseased with scabbies may be shipped without inspection from points in the quarantined area to any of the follow- ing recognized stock centers, but sub- ject to inspection upon arrival: St. Paul, Buffalo, New York, Chicago, Cin- cinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Omaha and Sioux City. Seventy Years Old. Honolulu, Sept. 13.—Ex-Queen Lil- iuokalani celebrated her seventieth birthday on Sept. 1. A reception, at- tended by natives, was held at her home. Nineteen Horses Burned. Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 13. — The horse barn of the Pine Tree Lumber company was struck by lightning last night, burning to death ninetcen horses; also many tons of hay. It looked for a time as though the mill was doomed. . Burglars Steal Wooden Leg. Shenandoah, Iowa, Sept. 13.—Burg- lars forced their way into the home of Larry Southard last night. The prin- cipal thing of value taken was South- ard’s wooden leg. NOW DEPENDS ON aM \ e~w/ 1