Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1905, Page 2

“as long as possible. ‘erald-Review.. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. There are indications that it will be a very cold winter on Sakhalin is- land. “A camel can go seven days with- out a drink, but who wants to be a camel?” Whenever the “time is ripe for the great American play” you will hear something drop. Let us keep the straw hat with us It will be a long time till next summer. Barney Oldfield ought to give up au- tomobile racing for awhile and ut airships. They are safer. The man who is in the wrong is more zealous than careful in collect- ing proofs to sustain his position. A Pittsburg paper asks: “Do vaca- tions pay?” The summer resort ad- vertisements indicate that they do. A $60 bank clerk in Paris has robbed the bank of a million francs. Paris, isn’t Milwaukee, but it is up and coming. An explicit contemporary notes that a boy has had “his head decapitated.” That appears to settle the character of the injury. Costa Rica has had an election and, according to a time-honored custom in that country, the party with the most guns won. Roy Knabenshue is going to offer the president the services of his air- ship. Barney Oldfield need not speak up and say “Next!” Boston will, have to give up the effort to be famous for its baseball club and pin its faith to what Tom Lawson can do for it. A Chicago man said he couldn't stop Grinking and then proved that he could by committing suicide. Some men are so contradictory. The emperor of Korea, too, has omitted to send a congratulatory mes- sage to the president. He hasn’t made up his mind yet just where he comes in. When Hoch reads about the New York dentist who married fifty wives he will realize how little he improv- ed each shining hour while he was out of jail. Boston is all excitement over the prospective opening of a department store. Next summer Boston hopes to attract the attention of a traveling circus. After the question as to where all the rain comes from has been an- swered will somebody kindly tell an anxious country where all the crickets come from? A New York dentist is alleged to have fifty wives scattered throughout, the United States. He probably isn’t worrying over the question of a uni- form divorce law. “It is the awful isolation and sense of no resources within reach that takes the heart out of men in the Are- tic regions,” says Anthony Fiala. Did you ever feel like that financially? No, that squabble between Curzon and Kitchener did not “originate with their wives.” Kitchener is a bache- lor, and is, suspected of what Ma- caulay calls “a Turkish contempt for women.” As one motorist suggests, a great deal of trouble would be avoided by abolishing the speed regulations. Then it would not be necessary to ar- rest a scorcher until he had killed somebody. “How shall I regain my husband's. love?” asks a woman who writes to one of the St..Louis papers. She might try going away for a few months and letting him live at a yoarding house. One of the grounds assigned for a new trial was, the lawyer prejudiced the jury by quoting scripture. As the man was convicted of manslayghter for killing his wife, the prejudice didn’t sink very deep. It seems a pity that the New York ientist who married fifty women nev- 2r met up with and married the coy Philadelphia lady who took unto her- self ten husky husbands before the men began to suspect anything. These people who are always trying to swim the English channel should reflect that the only reason they want to do it is to be able to say they have done it, and that it is just as easy for them to say it without doing it. A huckleberry pie that had been baked without any air holes in the tép rust exploded when it was placed on the table in a Paterson, N. J., board- ing house a few days ago, and several people were badly injured. There should be drastic legislation provid- for. air holes in boarding house s.'* That advance of 5 per cent. in the price of rough diamonds can be borne somplacently. What worries most persons is the regular monthly ad- vance in the price of black diamgnés. eg SS ag A Give ge Pag on SSR OE as ST a RE ie cE DONC ee carla APRN i Rite Sk oP ee aE Att ae SRR RITE RN SR a SR Saba rao ES apie Se a Ge Sore EIR nie RPS ES ESE enka is SUNS YE ea cel Ea EE at ee HN Accidental Happenings. Three young civil engineers in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad were killed by a work train while returning to Cort- land, N. Y., on a handcar. Charles Low, wife and baby, residing near Derby, Iowa, were burned to death in their home. Low was start- ing the fire with kerosene when the can exploded and set the house on fire. The body of William Timby, an old resident of Eagle Harbor, Mich., who had been missing from home for a number of days, wa sfound in Lake Superior by. the lighthouse keeper at that point. George Desimons, thirty-three years old, single, fell fro ma work train near Trevino, Wis., and was instantly killed. He was braking for Conductor Fox on the Chippewa valley division of the Milwaukee road. M. M. McPherson, employed on the steamer Grandada, met death at Chi- cago while dragging Miss Delia Len- non of Bay City, Mich., from in front of a swiftly moving trai. Miss Lennon was seriously injured. A party of seven women and chil- dren who started out to pick blueber- Ties were tipped out of a small boat while crossing the bay near Grand Marais, Alger county, Mich., and two women and one little girl were drow- nd, . Sixty passengers were injured, nine seriously, by the overturning of a trail- er attached to a traction car on the Pittsburg Railway company’s line near the Glenwood bridge at Pittsburg. It is said the accident was caused by the failureof the brakes to work proper- ly. Two freight trons crashe dtogether on the Rock Island road, east of Neola, lowa, and Engineer Ed Fick of Valley Junction was caught between the en- gines and crushed to death. His fire- man had his leg borken in three places. Hundreds of cattle and hogs were killed in the wreck. David M. McKay and’ wife were in- stantly killed and a team of horses and a wagon blown to atoms by the explo- sion of forty, quarts of nitroglycerin near Clarksburg, W. Va. McKay, ac- companied by his wife, was driving to the Salem oil field with the explo- sive to shoot a well. Only the axle of the wagon was found. Six Italian laborers were buried by a cave-in at the bottom of a trench along the Fort Wayne railroad in Al- legheny, Pa. The trench was about ten feet deep and a force of 100 men were necessary to dig them out. They were all seriously injured and were taken to the hospital, where it was stated no fatalities were expected. Sinned and Sinners. Burglars forced their way into the home of Larry Southard at Shenan- doah, Iowa. The principal thing of value taken was Southard’s wooden leg. John Hancock, the murderer of Dr. Engelbrit and a man named Edmond- son On the Nevada desert, was hanged at the state penitentiary at Carson, Nev. Prof. Albert Wachenberger was cut to death at Athens, Tenn., by Ernest Powers, a pupil in his school. Wach- enberger had attempted to chastise the boy. George Hutts, fifty-two years old, was shot and killed by Mayor ©. S. Jones in Attorney G. E. Laveng»od’s office at Covington, Ind. The mayor alleges that he killed Hutts in self-de- fense. Robert Pittman will serve two years in the penitentiary at Anamosa, Iowa, for a peculiar offense. He was indict- ed and convicted in the district court for the crime of pouring kerosene over a dog and setting fire to the animal. In a quarrel over the possession of a quantity of fish, Elliott Clark, sev- enty-five years old and a fisherman, was killed in a saloon at Clinton, Iowa. A blow in the mouth, said to be deliv- ered by Fred Comstock, also a fisher- man, broke the old man’s neck. A posse took up the pursuit of Comstock, who ‘s said to have escaped into Illi- nois, For the first time in Iowa in many years, death warrants were issued from the governor’s office for the ex- ecution of two murderers, Joseph Smith on Friday, April 13, 1906, and Louis Busz April 20, 1906. Busz mur- dered his wife. Smith killed the wom- an with whom he was boarding. The executions will take place in the state prison, where they are confined, unless the legislature intervenes. While seeking a loan on a suit case in the pawnshop of Jesse James, Jr., son of the famous bandit, at Kansas City, a man took advantage of a clerk’s momentary absence and robbed the cash drawer of $300. ‘une thief has not been found by the police. James says he knows the thief, but re- fuses to say more concerning his iden- tity than that he is a bartender eut of work. Henry Portwood, a wealthy and re tired farmer at Moweaqua, IIl., killed his wife and himself with a razor. The two quarreled because of the presence of Portwood’s child by a former wife in the household.. The man had been married four times. The dead body of Mrs. Alonzo BR. Lewis was found with her throat cut in a park in Indianapolis. Her divorced husband was found near by in a dy- ing condition, clasping a razor. He will die. couple went driving the previous night, and neighbors say that Mrs. Lewis had been hopeful of ® reconciliation. ‘ ALC ATTIASC DARL -* From Other Shores, It is reported that the stork will soon pa yanother visit to the czarina. Rene Goblet, former presdient of the French council of ministers, died of acute asthma. He was born in 1828, The Peruvian government has ac- cepted an invitation to participate in .the forthcoming international exposi- tion at Milan, Italy. The Spanish government addressed an eregetic protest to Morocco as the result of an attack made on a Spanish ship recently by Moroccan pirates. Mme. Gadski sang “The Three Brun- hildes,” in an opera festival with such effect that Prince Regent Luitpold ‘be- stowed on her the royal Order for Art and Science. A dispatch from Batavia, Island of Java, announces that the Dutch troops have captured Pelopo, th ecapital of Prince Loewoe of the island of Cele- bes, who has been causing the Dutch trouble. The county council of Cork «unani- mously elected O’Donovan Rossa to a clerical position at a salary of $500 per annum and decided to cable im- mediately asking him to return to Ire- land and take up his duties. f Exhaustive experiments with the use of oil as a fuel on battlehsips have, proved so satisfactory that the British admiralty has ordered the erection of a great oil storing depot at Plymouth with jetties at which tank steamers can moor, Baron Desiderius Banffy, formerly Hungarian prime minister, has issued an emphatic denial that he had any connection with the treasonable pam- phlet written by a Budapest journalist, Julius Arpad Zigany, calling on Hun- gariangs to depose the Hungarian dy- nasty and to elect as king the German emperor’s second son, Prince Hitel Frederick. It is officially announced that the treasury of Great Britain has agreed to provide additional funds amounting to $10,000,000 before the end of the year, together with such an amount of stock during the year 1906 as will pro- duce $50,000,000 cash to facilitate the operations of the Irish land act to rem- edy the recent stoppage of sales of land through inability to advance the purchase money, owing to lack of funds. Otherwise. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani celebrated her seventieth birthday on Sept. 1 at Honolulu. A reception, attended by natives, was held at her home. The National Tobacco Growers asso- ciation, representing Kentucky, Vir- ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and ‘Wisconsin, will meet in annual con- vention at Owensboro, Ky., Oct. 18. The regular Republican candidates for office in the county of Philadelphia have all resigned, owing to the threat of the Weaver Republicans to defeat the ticket if it was not withdrawn. Bud Rogan, the Tennessee negro giant, is dead at his home in Gallatin, Tenn. Rogan was eight feet nine inches tall. His hands were twelve inches in length and feet sixteen and a half inches. Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri‘ was recommended for the Democratic nomination for the presidency by Former Congressman William H. King at a banquet at Salt Lake. The senti- ment was warmly applauded. The territorial la wforbidding the sale or giving away of cigarette pa- pers in Oklahoma is rendered practi- cally inoperative by the manufacturers of cigarette tobacco and cigarette pa- |- per. In the last few days they have sent thousands of packages of sample cigarette paper through the mails to persons in Oklahoma. Gov. La Follette is in Chicago under ithe care of a throat specialist, accord- ing to information given out by one of his close friends. It is understood that during his recent campaign and Chau- tauqua lecture series he injured his throat and has been obliged to undergo a series of treatments. Just how se- rious is his ailment is not now known definitely. Joy because of the return of her son after a year’s absence caused the death at St. Louis of Mrs. Sophie Er- linger, aged sixty-three years. She was a widow, and Henry Erlinger, her only son, had been in the West a year. He returned. Tuesday from the Port- land exposition, where he had been playing in a band. She was overjoyed at seeing him and suffered paralysis, followed by her death. Last Chance. Some years ago Phillips Brooks was recovering from an illness and was denying himself to all visitors, when Robert Ingersoll ‘called. The bishop received him at once. “I appreciate this very, very much,” said Mr. Inger- soll, “but why do you see me when you deny yourself to your friends?” “I feel confident of seeing my friends in the next world, but this may be my last chance of seeing you.” Strange Place for Milk. One of the children sent to Wood- stock last week by the Fresh Air so- ciety witnessed the milking of a cow for the first time. He had followed the farmer to the barnyard, and as the milk fell into the pail the child asked: “Is that the milk we drink?” The farmer said it was and then the youngster remarked: “At home we keep the milk in a re- frigerator. Do you keep yours in that thing?” pointing to the cow.—Balti- more Sua. ~ STATE AUOKTOR AR- GOVERNOR SCATHINGLY RAIGNS OFFICIAL WHOM HE OUSTED. CALLS HIM COMMON GAMBLER SHOWS WHAT DISHONEST AUDI- TOR DID WITH THE PEOPLE’S MONEY. GOVERNOR SPEAKS PLAINLY DRINKING BOUTS AND MIDNIGHT CAROUSALS AROUND GAMING TABLE. Hamilton, Ind., Sept. 20—In an ad- dress at the reunion of the Thirtieth Indiana regiment yesterday Gov. Han- ly, the principal speaker, made public his reasons for his action in the case of David E. Sherrick, ex-auditor of state, whose resignation was forced by the governor. Facts and figures were used to show what became of the money belonging to the state that was lost by “David E. Sherrick, audi- tor of state and common gambler.” The governor charged that $10,000 of the state’s money “went by check into the hands of the gentleman who has been operating the casino” at French Lick. The governor then enumerated a list of what he called “wild cat securities,’ aggregating a face value of $75,000, into which the gstate’s money went He charged that Sherrick’s contin- ued absence from the sessions of the state board of tax commissioners “was occasioned by drinking bouts and mid- night carousals around the gaming table from which he could not recover in time to meet with the commission.” Accusation Is Blunt. He charged that Sherrick at the time the Monon railway came up for assessment argued that the assess- ment be allowed to remain at $18,000 because in that case a friend of his, to whom he was under great obligation personally, could get permanent em- ployment with the company if the as- sessment could be kept at $18,000. This part Of the speech concluded: “There is evidence, overwhelming and convincing, that Mr. Sherrick was a common gambler, and that he was at the time of his resignation and had been for two years in the habit of losing large sums of money, not his, but yours, at the gaming table.” Traffic in Passes. “Before my inauguration I received trustworthy information that Sherrick had written to the management of sev- eral railway companies in the month of December, 1904, over his own sig- nature as auditor of state, asking them to send him all passes intended for the members of the general assem- bly, then about to convene, stating in substance that he expected to have some legislation of personal interest to himself before that body, and that if they would send their transporta- tion to him for distribution he would see that their interests and his were cared for at the same time. “For three weeks the office of the auditor of the state was made a broker’s office for the distribution of free passes to such members of the general assembly as would receive them.” RAILROAD WINS BIG SUIT. Panhandle Recovers $100,000 From Chicago for Strike Damage. Chicago, Sept. 20. — A verdict of $100,000 against the city of Chicago was given the Panhandle railway yes- terday in a damage suit brought be- cause of the burning of a number of freight cars belonging to the railway company during the A. R. U. strike of 1894. When the verdict was returned a motion made by the city to set aside the verdict was denied by the court. In the trial the railway company held that the city of Chicago was liable for damages because o7 its alleged inad- equate protection to the company’s property. HARD LUCK FOR BUFFALO BILL. Show Quarantined in France anc All Show Horses Killed. Cody, Wyo., Sept. 20. — Word has been received to the effect that Col. W. F. Cody’s (Buffalo Bill) Wild West show has been quarantined in France and that all of the show horses, many of them worth over $1,000 each, have been shot under official orders on ac- count of glanders. BIG PLANT IS BURNED. ‘ St. Paul Has Fire Involving a Loss of $112,000. St. Paul, Sept. 20. — The plant of the Anchor Silver Plate company on West Water street, West side, was entirely destroyed by fire last night, causing a loss of $112,000. At 2 o’clock this morning the flames were still raging in the debris, only the four walls of the building remaining. Not a vestige of the stock or machinery escaped the fire. ,| thief. SEVEN NAMED IN TRUE BILLS. Grand Jury Indiets Three Chisholm Officials. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 20.—President William Grant and Trustees W. J. Smart and Oscar Wilberg of the vil- lage of Chisholm, Minn.; W. A. Kelley, manager of a street carnival recently held at that place, and M. McLain of the carnival company, are charged in indictments returned in the district court before Judge Carnt here yester- day with crimes connected with the - carnival. The village officials are also charged with malfeasance in of- fice. The charges in connection with the carnival embrace indecent exhibi- tions and operation of gambling de- vices. E. J. Matheson and James Crowley are also named, charged with selling liquor without a license. Grant, Smart and McLain appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. Matheson furnished $200 bail and will plead to- day. The others have not yet been apprehended. Grant’s bail amounted in all to $2,950 on the four different charges. GUEST DIES OVER NIGHT. Stranger Asks for Shelter and Is Found Dead Next Morning. Hudson, Wis., Sept. 20. — An un- known man died Saturday night at the home of James Chesbro, ten miles south of Hudson. He appeared at the door early in the evening and asked for shelter. He talked freely during the evening and seemed in good healthh. Upon his failing to respond to calls Sunday morning Mr. Chesbro entered the room which the stranger occupied and found him dead. It is not known what caused his death and no clue to his identity has been found. FAIR’S SUCCESS SURPRISES. South Dakota State Exhibition Has Bright Future. Huron, S. D., Sept. 20.—All exhibits have been removed from the state fair grounds and the buildings have been closed. The total attendance for the four days is placed at 32,000; the total receipts up to the close, with a few items yet to be sent in, was $12,237.68. These figures are a surprise to the board and to the gen- eral public and will be helpful in making the next fair even a greater success than the one just closed. LIVED TOGETHER 95 YEARS. Death Parts Oldest Twins in the Uni- ted States, New Hampton, Iowa, Sept. 20.—Miss Emeline Perrin, one of the oldest liv- ing twins in the United States, died here yesterday, aged ninety-five years. Her sister, Mrs. Emily Tilton, is still alive and hearty. They were born in New. York and have lived together al- most their entire lives. Their parents, two brothers and a sister died at early ages of consumption, but neither of the twins ever exhibited any symptom of the disease. KILLED BY WEED-BURNER. Railroad Machine Hits Laborer and Crushes Skull. Wahpeton, N. D., Sept. 20.—Roder- ick J. Campbell, a laborer, was killed last night near the Fairview farm, west of here, by a weed-burning ma- chine on the Northern Pacific road. Campbell evidently had been working along the track and was struck by the engine. One leg was ground to pieces and his skull was broken. Charged With Horse Stealing. Red Wing, Minn., Sept. 20. — A young man, about seventeen years old, giving his name as Harry Osgood, is behind the bars of the Goodhue county jail here, charged with horse stealing. The horse, with saddle was stolen from M. Moran of Belle Creek. Os- good claims his home is in Canada. At first the fellow denied his guilt, but later he admitted that he was the He pleaded guilty and was bound over to the grand jury. Farmer Hit by Lightning. St. Peter, Minn., Sept. 20.—Martin Rinkel, a wealthy farmer of Oshawa township, was struck by lightning dur- ing an electrical storm last night. He had been in St. Peter and was driving home when the bolt descended. The shock completely paralyzed him and when his team turned into a neighbor- ing farmhouse he was found lying un- conscious in the bottom of his buggy. Physicians believe that he will re- cover. NEW PLACE FOR GOODNOW. Former Consul General to Be Em- ployed by Chinese Government. . Washington, Sept. 20.—It is .report- ed here that former Consul General John Goodnow will be given a posi- tion by the. Chinese government in connection with the management of the Hankow railroad recently pur- chased by that government from J, P. Morgan & Co. Goodnow has _ been connected with the road since last March, and it is understood that he reported in favor of its acquirement by China. Embezzlement Charged, Chicago, Sept. 20. — Maximillian Weeks, seventeen years of age, want- ed at Casper, Wyo., on the charge of embezzlement, was arrested at the Union Stock yards last night. He will be taken back to Wyoming. Annual Fair Starts Well. New Richmond, Wis., Sept. 20.—The sixth annual’ New Richmond fair opened here yesterday with the big- gest list of entries in the history of the organization. It is to be a four- days’ show. 8 GEN REYES IS NOW DICTATYR PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA PRO- CLAIMS HIMSELF THE WHOLE THING. IMPRISONS SUPREME COURT MOB ATTACKS PALACE AND THE TROOPS FIRE ON AND KILL MANY RIOTERS. REVOLUTIONS ARE STARTED COLOMBIAN MINISTER TO UNI- TED STATES_DOES NOT BE- LIEVE STORY. Panama, Sept. 20.—Unconfirmed re- ports reached here yesterday ta the effect that Gen. Rafael Reyes, presi- dent of Colombia, declared himself dic- tator on Sept. 8 and imprisoned the members of the supreme court at Bogota. Mobs angered by this action attacked the presidential palace and were fired on by troops, who killed and wounded many of the rioters. The reports say t revolutions have been started in Antioquia and San- tander. Does Not Believe It. New York, Sept. 20. — Diego Men- doza, Colombian minister to Washing- ton, is staying at present in this city. When informed of the Panama dis- patch last night, he said: “I do not believe there is a word of truth in the report. I received a cable from Bogota two days ago, and it said that the country was in com- plete and absolute peace, and that President Reyes was engaged in the reconstruction of the Colombian finances. “If anything of importance occurred I would surely have been informed of it. I am sure there is no disturbance in Colombia.” BOMB IN HIS WINDOW. Enemies Attempt to Dynamite East Liverpool’s Chief of Police. East Liverpool, Ohio, Sept. 20. — When Chief of Police John W. Wyman entered his office yesterday he was surprised to see the window adjacent to his desk, open. A few minutes jJater he learned the reason when he discovered a dynamite bomb on the window sill, hidden under a piece of paper. The fuse was turned toward the street and it is a theory that it was meant to explode the cartridge after the chief entered. Chief Wyman has served as an officer in Columbiana county for twenty years and has al- ways been an active anti-saloonist. GRIMSON FOR TEDDY, JR. Young Roosevelt Selects Harvard as His Alma Mater. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 20.—Theo- dore Roosevelt, Jr., is to follow in the steps of his father and become a Har- vard man. He will enter the universi- ty this fall, having passed his entrance examinations. It has been known for some time that young Roosevelt hoped to select Harvard as his alma mater. Yesterday it was announced by cor- responding Secretary Hart. that he‘ had “passed” safely and he probably will be in Cambridge within a week, putting his room, No. 15 Claverly Hall, in order, and making preparations for his college life. BEAVERS MUST FACE TRIAL. Department of Justice Refuses to Drop Indictments. Washington, Sept. 20. — A decision has been reached by the department of justice not to allow ex-superintend- ent George W. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allow- ances of the postoffice department, to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy in the Doremus cancelling machine contract without trial. It is said to be the intention of the government to bring Beavers to trial, The suggestion that he plead guilty to one count of the indictment contemplated the drop- ping of all the other counts. KOMURA HAS TYPHOID. Physicians Finally Agree That the Baron Has a Mild Case of Fever. New York, Sept. 20—The physicians attending Baron Komura have finally agreed that their patient has a mild ease of typhoid fever. The final diag- nosis may alter the plan to start west- ward with the baron on Oct. 2. LICENSE IS REVOKED. Ship Captain Who Refused Aid to President's Yacht Put Out of Business. Washington, Sept. 20.—The depart- ment of commerce and labor has re- voked the license Of the captain of the steamer Oteri, formerly one of the United Fruit company’s vessels plying between the West Indies and Balti- more, because of his alleged refusal to aid the president's yacht Sylph’ when . she was disabled off the coast of North Carolina April 12, last, after having conveyed Mrs. Roosevelt to Florida. -~