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

Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. There ure enough shadows in the world without wearing one on your face. Of course everybody knows why King Peter of Servia has reason to be thankful. Chance rules all things. If the eagle were an edible fowl it would not be the national bird. Funny, isn’t it, how often a Wall street lamb has to be sheared before it can be called a sheep. A man of the name of Adam has been elected mayor of Buffalo. Let him beware of plum trees. Goeste Tamm is the new minister of agriculture in Sweden, and the whole Tamm family is rejoicing. There’s nothing half so swift in life as the awakening from Love’s young dream w Orleans Picayune. Among the first to find out that the price of silver had risen were the en- terprising gentlemen who sell silver- ware. Doesn't it give you a new idea of ‘he size of London to know that the London postoffice has about 29,000 employes? And now all through the winter the mar with the big game bug may light his pipe and lie upon or about his bearskin rug. Andrew Carnegie is credited with having given away $130,000,009, and ‘here is no mortgage as yet on the eastle of Skibo. Mme. Bernhardt says she never heard of Clyde Fitch. Clyde would ike to know if the lady ever heard of Shakespeare. That Pennsylvania judge who wouldn't have a woman thief’s stock- ing searched evidently was not posted on fashions in purses. In accounting for the wave of pros- perity do not overlook the great work of the American hen with her annual output of 20,000,000,000 eggs. The Atchison Globe says a woman can avoid wrinkles by having supreme faith in her husband. It retards the -oming of hubby’s wrinkles, also. Once more old John L. arises to state that he will never take another drink. John knows that a man is never defeated until he surrenders. Every time Prince Louis thinks of ‘hat New York dentist who charged him $1,000 for filling four of his teeth be must feel inclined to grit them. King George of Greece, it is said, buys his wife a new frock every day. Every husband would be willing to do hat, if the nation would agree to pay tor it. Persons wishing to be born with silver spoons in their mouths had bet- er hurry up. Owing to the rise in silver, spoons are going to be more expensive. The Russo-Japanese war is reported o have damaged China to the extent of $20,000,000, and poor old China isn’t to have any share of the gate re- ceipts either. Sometimes one is almost tempted to wonder whether the world is really getting better or whether he is merely with the passage of years, getting ac- customed to it.—Puck. About 240,000,000 pairs of shoes are made annually in this country, and even that number is less than is need- ed to accomplish the amount of kicking that has to be done. The sultan’s harem costs him $15,- 000,000 a year, and it is understood that his wives’ dressmakers’ bills are not very large, either. The ladies. must sperd most of it on Turkish rugs. Samuel Smith, M. P., has startled England by pronouncing the doom of the decollete gown. But others have railed against the decrees of fashion without realizing dividends on_their rails. If a chureh is “shy” on girls, it may be justified in giving female parts to chorus boys; but if there are any pretty girls in the congregation, they ought to “get busy” when they are thus ignored. Somebody wants to know how the custom of raising the hat to the ladies originated. Glad to oblige. The la- dies invented it, so they would have less trouble getting a strangle hold on their husband’s hair. A Denver bride packed her husband ‘n her trunk when she started on her honeymoon. Many wives will envy her. When a woman goes traveling she wants her husband occasionally, but he is better out of the way, most of the time. A farm “for the unemployed” is to be maintained in New Jersey by a church. Alas, we fear that Frayed Freddie and Sleepy Snigsbee will re- quire a force of constables to get them there, and get any work out of them after they arrive. GENERAL STRIKE DECLARED RUSSIA IS ON THE EVE OF GREAT AND FINAL STRUG- GLE FOR MASTERY. ALL READY FOR BIG BATTLE COLLISIONS BETWEEN REDS AND LOYALISTS MOMEN- TARILY EXPECTED. St. Petersburg, Dec. 20.—Russia is on the eve of a great, if not final, struggle for mastery between the government and the proletariat. Both sides have lined up for battle. A call for a general political strike throughout Russia to begin Thursday at noon, was issued last night. The call is approved by the union of unions, the union of peasants, the general railway union and the coun- cils of workmen of St. Petersburg and Moscow. A response received from the rail- road men of Moscow is unanimous for the strike. Stop Every Railroad. The leaders have declared their ability to stop every railroad in Rus- sia. The strike order renders. every member of the unions signing it lia- ble to arrest and punishment under the new strike law, and Minister of the Interior Durnovo attempted to telegraph orders to Moscow to arrest members of the railway union and of the workmen’s council, but the dis- patches were held up by the railroad telegraphers. Blames the Government. The Molva (the name under which the suppressed Russ is now appear- ing) declares that the responsibility for a general strike will rest upon the shoulders of the government. It charges that it is the purpose of Count Witte to postpone the assem- bling of the douma until next summer and in the meantime to “pacify” the country in the old bureaucratic way. A committee representing the Mos- cow bourse arrived here yesterday to implore Count Witte to do something to ward off the blow of a_ general strike and also to settle the post and telegraph strike immediately, as the only means of preventing Financial Ruin. The committee painted the outlook in black colors. It is said that while one week of the general strike would beggar the proletariat, it also would spell the ruin of countless industries. There is an air of suppressed ex- citement throughout the city. The streets have a regular holiday appear- ance in honor of the emperos’s name day and are crowded. Collisions between the reds and \oyanists are momentarily expected, but none has been reported up to this hour. Mount Machine Guns. Batteries of machine guns are sta- tionéd at several points of vantage throughout the ciiy and patrols of in- fantry and Cossacks are everywhere. 4 specially heavy guard is stationed in the neighborhood of the Jewish market. The league of leagues in expressing its approval of an immediate and gen- eral strike, bas issued a manifesto accusing the government of the per- peiration of fresh crimes. The league declares that a continuance of the power of the present government is a danger to the country. Its mani- festo says that the government is Provoking a Conflict which is forcing the revelutionary movement further along the fatal path, concluding with a declaration of the solidarity of the workmen with the aims of the league and a call to all the unions to mobilize their forces so as to be in readiness for a political strike. Instead of the expected promulga- tion of the election law and of a man- ifesto donating the crown appanages to the peasants, the emperor’s name day was signalized by the declara- tion of martial law in the provinces of Suwalki, on the German frontier of Poland, and by the gazetting of dec-_ orations and promotions, mostly in the army, which cover forty-seven columns in the Official Messenger. New Town on Mesaba Range. Two Harbors, Minn., Dec. 20.—An- other new townsite is to be platted on the Mesaba range, near Prairie river. It will adjoin the property of Lind & Buckman, on which 200 feet of iron ore has been found. The de- velopment of this immense deposit of ore will make room for a thriving village. Boiler Blew Up. Reading, Pa., Dec. 20.—The boiler of a freight engine on the Wilming- ton & Northern railroad blew up yes- terday near Birdsboro, killing Will- iam E. Hesser, the fireman, and fatal- ly scalding H. W. Leinbach, the en- gineer, and a brakeman. Torpedo Boats Collide. Brest, France, Dec. 20. — Torpedo boats No. 294 and No. 281 collided vi- olently during the maneuvers in the harbor yesterday. Both vessels were badly damaged. st DARING SWIMMERS RESCUE MEN WHO WERE IN PERIL FORTY HOURS. New York, Dec. 20.—Three daring Swimmers yesterday rescued two Italian laborers who for more than forty hours had: been imprisoned in | the East river tunnel of the Pennsyl- vania railroad by a cave-in’ at the Long Island City end of the under- water bore. Surrounded by water which threat- ened to engulf them the moment the compressed air should fail to hold it in check, the two entombed men had kept up a constant communication with the surface by rapping on the pipes which brought them air. They were almost exhausted when ihe three ‘men swam up to the platform on which they were huddled. It was with difficulty that the rescuers in- duced the frightened men to plunge into the water they had dreaded so Jong. Finally this was accomplished, however, the two stronger swimmers of the three taking a man upon his back, while the third swam alongside to lend assistance in case of need. CONGRESS. Senate Agrees to Conference Report on Canal Bill. Washington, Dec. 20.—The ‘senate yesterday accepted the report of the conference cdmmiitee on the Pan- ama canal emergency appropriation bill and thus, so far as it is con- cerned, finally disposed of that meas? ure. The acceptance of the report was preceded by a brief discussion of the restoration of the bond provis- ion to the appropriation bill and of the action of the house in resenting the senate’s action in separating these two questions. Several minor bills were passed during the day. The house continued general de- bate under the guise of referring the president's message to committees on questions of interest, national or otherwise. Tne subject of federal control of insurance was the main feature and nearly all speakers began their remarks with referance to it. LA FOLLETTE IS OUT. Sends to Legislature His Resignation as Governor of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., Dec. 20.—Gov. La Follette yesterday sent to the legisla- ture his resignation as governor, to take effect at noon on the first Mon- day in January, when he will take his seat in the United States senate, to which he was elected almost a year ago. All the bills, seventeen in number, passed during the extra session of two weeks, were approved yesterday by the governor. The extra session adjourhed sine die at- noon. The .following committee was an- nounced to conduct the legislative in- vestigation of insurance companies: Senators Frear, Roehr and Rummell, Assemblymen Ekern, Braddock, Beedle and Potter. The following committee was announced to conduct an investigation of the state univer- sity: Senators Patten and Krutznen, Assemblymen McGregor, Donald and Fred Peterson. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Dec. 20. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 84 1-2@85 1-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 81@838c; No. 3, 791-2@8ic. Corn —No. 3 yellow, 44 1-2@45c. Oats—No. 3 white, 29 1-4@30 3-4c. Duluth, Dec. 20. — Wheat —.No. 1 Northern, 843-4c; No. 2 Northern, 823-4c; flax, $1.04 7-8; rye, 62c. Minneapolis, Dec. 20. — Wheat—-No.° 1 hard, 853-3c; No. 1 Northern. 847-8c; No. 2 Northern, 827-8c; durum, 71@74c. Oats—No. 3 white, 29 1-2c. Milwaukee, Dec. 20. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 88S@89c; No. 2 Northern, 85@85 1-2c.. Rye-—No. 1, 70c. Barley —No. 2, 531-2@54c. Oats—Standard, 39c. f Chicago, Dec. 20. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 89@91c; No. 2 hard, 86@87 1-2c; No. 1 Northern, 88@90c; No. 2 North-, ern, 86@89c. Corn—No, 2, 46c. Oats —No. 2, 311-4¢. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 20.—Cattle— Beeves, $3.40@5.60; cows, bulls and mixed, $2@3.50; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@3.60; calves and yearlings, $2.50@3.40. Hogs—Bulk, $4.70@4.75. Chicago, Dec. 20. — Beeves, $3.60 @ 6.80; stockers anda teeders, $2.30 @ 4.15; cows and heifers, $3.25 @ 4.75. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $4.75@ 5; bulk, $4.85 @ 4.95. Sheep, $4 @ 5.65; lambs, $4.75@7.86. South St. Paul, Dec. 20. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25 @ 4.25; good to choice milch cows, $30@40. Hogs — Range price, $4.55 @ 4.75; bulk, $4.65. Sheep — Good to choice lambs, $6.25 @ 6.75; fair to good, $4.50@6.25; yearling wethers, $5@5.50; good to choice ewes, $4.50@ 4.75. Killed by Falling Tree. Kaukauna, Wis., Dec. 20. — A fatal accident occurred in the town of Al mon. While felling trees Frank Mattes and his brother got a tree lodged in the branches of another, and in attempting to free it the tree came down without warning, fracturing Frank’s skull and knocking his brother on a brush pile, where he re- mained unconscious for several hours. Frank survived only a few hours. f; CHICAGO FEARED EMPLOYES WERE BURIED IN RUINS. EMPLOYES IN WILD PANIC FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY MAK- ING RESCUE WORK DIF- FICULT. Chicago, Dec. 20.—One fireman was killed and several employes may have lost the lives in a fire that destroyed the enamel sign factory of the Chas. W. Schonk company last night. Un- til the ruins of the building have been searched it will not be positively known whether any of the employes were killed. When the fire was at its height one of the walls suddenly collapsed and a number of firemen were precipita- ted in the debris. With the exception of Lieut. Henry Bassett, who was Crushed to Death, all of the firemen escaped with a se- vere shaking up. A number of the employes were injured in the panic that followed after the fire broke out. There were forty girls ané 130 men and boys employed in the factory, and, according to the officers of the company, all except two persons have been accounted for. The police and firemen, however, declare several of the employes were unable to make their escape and were in the building at the time the floors and walls col- lapsed. \ The employes of the company were distributed in all parts of the build- ing, which was six stories high. The greater portion of the girls and boys were employed in the upper floors and considerable Difficulty was Experienced in rescuing them, as the fire spread very rapidly on account of the com- bustible material used in the factory. When the firemen arrived the young- er of the employes were panicstrick- en and were vainly endeavoring to reach the street by the fire escapes. A number of them had been in such a hurry that they became jammed to- gether and were unable to make any progress. With the help of the fire- men and police, however, order was soon restored and the majority of the employes were assisted to the street. The loss on the building, which was destroyed, and the contents, is esti- mated at $250,000. pre aan llth Toate antes FORGOT ABOUT DYNAMITE. Three Men Killed and Seven Injured by an Explosion in New York. New York, Dec. 20. — Three men were blown to pieces, seven others were more or less seriously hurt and the occupants of fashionable hotels and residences in the vicinity of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street were startled yesterday by an explosion of dynamite in an excavation for the new Altman building. Fragments of the bodies of the dead were scattered over an area of 100 feet, and it was hours before the exact number of vic- tims could be determined. The ex- plosion was caused by a workman un- intentionally striking a heavy charge of dynamite which had been placed in a drill hole in a ledge of rock sev- eral days ago and which defied at- tempts to explode it at that time. LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS. Eastern Automobilists Are in Deep Snows of an Arizona Winter. Flagstaff, Ariz., Dec. 20.—A trans- continental automobile, carrying Percy F. Megargee of New York and David F. Fassett of Lansing, Mich., is lost in the deep snow in the moun- tains west of here, and the automobil- ists have not been heard from since Friday, when they left Williams for Flagstaff. <A relief expedition with food, blankets and _ shovels, started yesterday in the midst of a blinding snow storm. Other parties are hunt- ing for two other men lost in the mountains. THIEVES GET $2,000 IN JEWELS. Knock Down Woman and Rob Her Store. Philadelphia, Dec. 20.—A sensation- al robbery in which the robbers stole about $2,000 worth of jewelry, oc- curred last evening in the jewelry store of Mrs. Mary Liggins. Two men entered the store while Mrs. Lig- gins was alone, knocked her down, bolted the doors and proceeded to rob the place. They were interrupted by a policeman and fled through a back door, taking all sorts of jewelry with them. Mrs. Liggins was found un- conscious. There is no clue. ROB BANK; FIGHT CITIZENS. Cracksmen Blow $2,500 in Currency to Shreds. . St. Louis, Dec. 20—Four robbers blew open the safe in the bank at Baldwin, Ill, yesterday, battled des- perately with citizens and escaped in a buggy. Nobody was hurt in the street fight. About $2,500 in currency ‘was torn into shreds by the explosion and $1,000 in silver was damaged. It is not known how much the robbers secured. .A posse with bloodhounde i js in pursuit. rne| NEWS OF THE NORTHWES? WALLS. COLLAPSE AND iT 1s|AN ENORMOUS BANK FAILURE POS. LARGE CHICAGO FINANCIAL IN- STITUTIONS FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS. — St. Paul, Dec. 19. — The following bulletin has just been received from Chicago: “The Chicago National bank, the Home National bank, the Equitable Trust company and other finagcial in- stitutions connected with the Chicago National bank have failed. “Depositors, it is said, will be*fally protected by the banks of the Chicago clearing house. “Assets involved in railway and coal properties of the president of the Chi- cago National bank. “Looks like a John Walsh failure.” ENTIRE FAMILY CREMATED. Father, Mother and Three Children Perish in the Flames. Crookston, Minn., Dec. 19. — En- tombed in a living hell by the fire fiend Saturday morning at 3 o'clock, Peter Martell, for nine years a car- tiagemaker at Red Lake Falls, his wife Jane, aged 27; little Eddie, aged 13; Dan, aged 9, and Annie, aged 11, were burned to a crisp in their home in the heart of Red Lake Falls. Martell, who was sleeping down Stairs at his home, was awakened at 3 o’clock by the smell of smoke and the sight of fire. His wife and the three children were asleep in the up- per chamber, and the father, frantic with fright, rushed to the stairway, only to find it a mass of unpenetrable flames. He ran to the barn, and, seizing a ladder, placed it to the second-story window of the home. An eye witness, Mrs. Michaelson, aroused by the fire, says he broke in the glass and entered the sleeping room of his wife and children. As he did so there was a terrific roar and crash. The upper story of the building, weakened by the fire, had fallen in, precipitating the mother, father and the three children to the veritable hell of fire below. Before the fire department could stop the fire the house consisted of four blazing posts and a mass of wreckage, with the charred and blackened remains of the members of the family in a heap, burned to a crisp in the center. FIVE ARE BLOWN UP. Fourteen Hundred Pounds of Nitro- glycerin Explodes. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 19. — Five men were killed by an explosion at the Dupont company’s dynamite works here. About 1,400 pounds of nitro- glycerin exploded in the mixing house of the company’s factory, which is thrse miles distant from Marquette. The explosion badly damaged the plant, and caused much excitement in Marquette. The dead are all work- men employed by the Dupont com- pany. The men were blown into shreds. Of the thirty buildings in the plant, few escaped damage and some were badly wrecked. The mixing house was utterly destroyed. In Mar- queite windows all over town were smashed, and in the business district much plate glass was splintered. FIGHT SMOKE ORDINANCE. Manufacturers’ Arrest Causes Com- mercial Body to Plan Action. La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 19.—To show its resentment for the arrest ofa dozen of the most prominent manufac- turers in the city for breaking the smoke ordinance, the Manufacturers and Jobbers’ union has called a meet- ing at which the immediate repeal of the ordinance will be demanded. The cases of the men arrested were ad- journed until January and they have been instrumental in securing this action by the union; they will also participate in the meeting which will make the demand. BANK ROBBERS CAUGHT. Men Who Robbed Colby, Wis., Bank Are Arrested in Wausau. Wausau, Wis., Dec. 19. — The two men who Saturday held up the Colby State bankeat Colby, Wis., were cap- tured in a saloon here yesterday, mak- ing no resistance. They were taken to the Marathon county jail. All of the stolen money was recovered. Both are farmers, they say, and never commit- ted a crime before. They were out of a job and held up the bank when des- perate. Land Sold at $107 an Acre. Watertown, S. D., Dec. 19. — D. C. Thomas sold his fine 160-acre farm north of this city just outside of the limits to a man from Indiana for $107 an acre. This is believed to be the highest price ever paid for land in the state. The new owner intends to plat the land in lots and sell them as resi. dence sites. The land is situated just outside the limits, but it is close enough so that at a future time the new owner should sell lots for resi dences. FIGHTS WITH ROBBER MAN WHO HELD UP GIRL AND MERCHANT CAPTURED AF- TER A FIGHT. Redfield, S. D., Dec, 20.—After hold- ing up a country school teacher, rob- bing a village storekeeper and then engaging in a running fight with a Posse in which he was twice wounded and during which he inflicted a wound upon one of his pursuers, a man who “Says his name is Ed Snyder, is a pris- oner in the county jail here. A young woman school teacher, who, when on her way to school near Mansfield yesterday morning, was compelled to give him her watch and jewelry, was the highwayman’s first victim. The robber then walked into the village of Mansfield, where he en- tered a store, ordered the proprietor to hold up his hands, and at the point of a revolver secured a small sum of money. The man left Mansfield and the au- thorities here were notified to look out for him. He was next reported at Athol, and there a posse began to close in on him. Snyder was defient to the last, and during the exchange of shots he winged the town marshal of Athol, sending a bullet through his right arm. Snyder was shot tn the right hand, but he shifted his revolver to his left hand and continued the struggle until a bullet plowed through his cheek. Then he surrendered and was brought to the Redfield jail. LA FOLLETTE DONS THE TOGA. Resignation as Governor to Be Filed To-Day. Madison, Wis., Dec. 19.—Gov. R. M. La Follette will file his resignation ‘as governor to-day in order to accept the office of United States senator from Wisconsin. With the termination of La Follette’s service as governor the executive office will be assumed by Lieut. Gov. James O. Davidson. Lieut. Gov. Davidson to-day will appoint Sen- ators Hatten and Kreutzer to serve for the senate on the committee to inves- tigate the administration of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin in connection with the deficit of $50,000 and other matters. Speaker Lenroot will an- nounce the: assembly members of this committee and also for a committee to investigate life insurance. Then the special session of the legislature will be ended. STEAMER PLOWS THROUGH ICE. Large Vessel Arrives at Washburn to Relieve Grain Elevators. Washburn, Wis., Dec. 20.—The large steamer Aurania arrived here last night in tow of the tugs B. B. Inman and Zenith of Duluth, having’ had to plow through ice among the Apostle islands. This is the latest time a hoat has ever arrived at this port. It was brought here for the purpose of stor- ing grain during the winter months so as to give the large elevator of the Nye-Jenks people in this city more ca- pacity. There has been a_ great de- mand for elevator room, owing to the heavy crops throughout the North- west. The boat will hold more than 300,000 bushels of grain. EFFORTS TO RELEASE FAIL. Many Tugs Pull on the Crescent City Without Avail. Superioor, Wis., Dec. 20. — Another effort was made yesterday to release the Crescent City, but without success. The steamer Douglas Houghton and the tugs .Zenith, Inman and Superior were at work all day. It is announced that dynamite will be used on some of the jutting rocks in the immediate vi- cinity of the stranded vessel. Another attempt will be made. Work on the Mataafa and Manila will begin at once, and attention will be given to the Ed- enborg as soon as possible. The Ma- taafa and Manila are exposed to a sea of ice. PURCELL IS ACQUITTED. Jury Finds Man Accused of Hurling Cuspidor Not Guilty. Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 20.—The jury in the trial of Jack Purcell, accused of manslaughter, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Purcell was charged with having killed W. D. Marvin last June in a saloon fight between Purcell and the bartender, Ed Block. Marvin was a bystander, it was alleged, and re- ceived the full force of a cuspidor hurled at Block by Purcell. 13 GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE. Turkish Justice Meteqd Out to Men Who Would Kill Sultan. Constantinople, Dec. 20. —-4 Edward Joris, the Belgian, and three others charged with participation in the at- tempt to assassinate the sultan last summer, were yesterday sentenced to death by the native court. Other al- leged accomplices were committed to penal servitude for life, and ten per- sons charged with the’same crime, who have not yet been arrested, were sentenced to death.