Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 27, 1906, Page 2

‘Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Many a fellow has acquired a repu ion for wisdom by always saying That's so.” nia man has been fined $100 He must have A headline reads: “Robbed while on.’ The man who hasn't en works for Russell Sage. bills have already been into congress; most of too, of large denominations, Will the coming man marry?” asks Rev. Madison C. Peters. No; he arried, same as the rest of Detroit man’s statue’ of the evil has been carried away by a con- ble. Did he give the constable the ro is ng now to pick a quar- Colombia. No special rea- given, but probably is Colom- announcement that Mr. Car- is about to write his autobiog- ooks portentous. Far distant finis! ng one year with another, the perature of Moscow is kept at an rage considerably higher than that f other cities. is always well to look on the ght side of things. If Fitz had not € licked perhaps his wife would not have left him. Jim Jeffries says that he wouldn't play football for $1,000 a minute. And we wouldn’t play football’ with him or $2,000 a minute. I s nothing but pity nowadays he old Arabian story-teller who t he was exaggerating when he e of forty thieves. re is one comfort about the pro- one-hundred-and-fifty-mile-an- tour automobile. Its victims will nev know what killed them. posed is a malicious falsehood that a Boston girl so grasping hung up her umbrella cover 1as eve.—Boston Globe. Russia it is still 1905, according calendars used, and about six u earlier than that, judging from the governing methods prevail- Emil Reich: “You will now what a woman is unless r very much.” Ministering of Mrs. Bob Fitzsim- Says Dr. or case A California man thinks he has ound out how to make hens lay whether they feel like it or not. Isn’t i king a mean advantage of poor dumb things? Prof. Alexander Graham Bell has a kite that carried a man up v Fine for the kite, but there will probably be no rush of applicants f job. When the divorced wife of a Phila- elphia millionaire knocked him down with her fist she apparently took a i to which, under the court’s she had no right. New Jersey is preparing to spend 000 to exterminate its mosquitoes. orsey mosquito at last is to meet e octopus and the fight promises to ne bloodiest in history. Women as a class may not be logt- but we note a remarkable excep- tion in the case of that Port Huron woman who bequeathed her estate to her aitorney.—Detroit News. 1dging by the pictures of the San- mmingo revolutionary leaders, gentlemen must be wanted somewhere for something—with the »dds in favor of chicken stealing. A Louisville wife refused to kiss her and and he took poison; a Char- leston husband refused to kiss his wife and she shot him. There are ex- eptions to the weaker vessel rule. A postmaster down in Georgia who da townsman has made a plea of as his defense. That’s all “ight so far as the murder trial goes, but he still wants to hold his post- office. The inventor of the Waterbury watch is dead. If every man who has put in his spare hours winding one should contribute one cent to a memo rial fund, he could have a very costly monument. The Maine coast fishermen whe captured a 1344-pound lobster, thought to be 50 years old, sold it to a Cin cinnati man for $6. It must be dis- couraging to a lobster to live for fifty years and then not be worth more than $6. With call money at 100 per cent Uncle Russell Sage could not resist the invitation to run down to Wall Street and lend the boys what they needed. He went home with $70,00( in his pocket, and dreare*q of found ing a librar.. Fresh From the Capital. Secretary Bonaparte has approved the sentence of dismissal imposed by court-martial at Annapolis in the case of Midshipman Coffin on conviction of hazing, and ordered his dismissal. President Roosevelt has appointed his brother-in-law, Capt. Cowles, to one of the most desirable places in the navy, as chief of the bureau of equipment of the navy department. The total commerce between the United States and France amounted, im the fiscal year 1905, to about $166,- 000,000, of: which $75,000,000 was the amount of the exports to France and $90,000,000 was the value of the im- ports from that country. President Roosevelt has declined to interfere with the findings of the court-martial in the case of Lieut. Sid- ney S. Burbank, sentenced in the Phil- ippines to fifteen months’ imprison- ment and dismissal from the army for deserting his Filipino wife. . Senator R. A. Alger of Michigan, who announced last summer that he would not be a candidate for re-elec- tion to the senate, is back in the race again. He has given out a statement saying he has decided to be a candi- date and will seek re-election. Foreign. Gen. Nogi, who arrived at Tokio from Manchuria, was given a popular reception similar in enthusiasm to that accorded to Admiral Togo. The government of Korea has de- cided to retain the services of Dur- ham White Stephens, the American diplomatic adviser to the emperor of Korea. There is an anti-Semitic agitation at Chernigoff , Russia, and fears are expressed of a massacre in retaliation for the attack by Jews on the govern- ment. Isabel Cavendish, better known by the name of Isabel Jay, formerly a leading lady of the Savoy theater, se- cured a divorce at London from H. 8. H. Cavendish, the explorer, on the ground of eruelty and misconduct. King Oscar opened the session of the new riksdag last week. The speech from the throne was almost en- tirely concerned with internal mat- ters. Incidentally the king referred to the reeent dissolutioneof the union between Sweden and Norway. Cardinal Sancha Y. Hervas, arch- bishop of Toledo, celebrated the re- ligious marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria to the Infanta Marie Te- resa at Madrid. The ceremonials were brilliant and there was a great gath- ering of members of the royal family, cabinet ministers and other nobilities. Bishop Hartzell has given an im- portant interview to the London Stan- dard, in the course of which he de- clares that Chinese labor is essential’ to the Transvaal, and the cry that such labor is slavery is absurd. The bishop is likely to figure prominently in the British elections, now in prog- ress. Accidental Happenings. The town of Convoy, thirty miles west of Lima, Ohio, is reported to have been swept away by fire during the night. The Dunlop Milling company’s plant at Clarksville, Tenn., was damaged by fire to the extent of $250,000; insur+ ance, $175,000. The two wives of Charles Living- ston, a prominent Mormon, fell on an icy sidewalk at Salt Lake. One broke her right arm, the other her left. A heavy wind blew in the south wall of Bacon’s school house, six miles east of Michigantown, Ind., killing Delpha Johnson, twelve years of age, and in- juring a score of scholars. The in- jured will recover. The steamer George Spencer, which went ashore near Thomasville, north shore of Lake Superior, durirg the gale of Nov. 27 and 28, has been aban- doned by Whitney Bros., who had tak- en a contract to release her. It will not be worth while to save the hulk. Benjamin Robertson was killed at Traverse City, Mich., and five friends with whom he was coasting down a steep, ice-coated hill, were injured when Robertson’s bob crashed with terrific momentum into a horse and cutter which crossed in front of the flying coasting party of seven young men and women. I. G. Long, a valued employe of the state normal«school at Cedar Falls, Towa, was instantly killed while shov- eling snow from,the roof of the north building. He siipped and fell and caught hold of a live wire, receiving 2,500 volts of electricity. He lost a son by lightning eight years ago. He leaves a wife and five children. Stu- dent Hilliars, who went to assist Long, received a voltage and» was knocked senseless. Miss Grace Matthews. daughter of a prominent farmer of Burlington, Iowa, accidentally kilied herself with a shotgun. The gun, which was in the closet, was knocked over by Miss Mat- thews. The charge lodged im her body, death resulting a few hours later. . Fifteen skaters and iceboaters were rescued from a piece of floating ice at Sandusky, Ohio, by three men who saw thein predicament from the shore and put out in a boat for them. The piece of ice had become detached from the shore ice and the fact was not noticed by many of the sportsmen. RESUME OF THE N Reliable Brief _ Crimes. ‘ Probate Judge church of Caldwell, Idaho, has committed Harry Orchard on the charge of having murdered ex- Gov. Frank Steunenberg. The defense offered no testimony. R. L. Hubbard of Sheboygan, Mich., committed suicide by leaping from the third story of a private hospital at Buffalo, N. Y. He-was epileptic and became violent while suffering from a severe attack, The police of Mexico City have dis- covered a gang of American sharpers who operate chiefly on tourists, luring them into poker games where they are fleeced. One of the gang has been ar- rested and others have fled. Clay Shaffer, aged twenty-five, with the assistance of Sam Marty, same age, held up and attempted to rob Shaffer's aged father on the streets of Plainview, Neb., at midnight. The town marshal appeared and they fled. They have left the country. David E .Sherrick, former auditor of Indiana, was arrested on two addi- tional indictments charging him with embezzlement and conspiracy to com- mit a felony. The trial of Mr. Sher- rick has been set for Feb. 5. Bond was given in the sum of $10,000. After a desperate fight with two po- licemen, an unknown man, supposedly insane, committ@d suicide at the resi- dence of Jacob Kunkel at Milwaukee by cutting his throat with a razor. Two officers, Herman Marquardt and George Boerner, were slashed by the maniac. A daring robbery took place in the National Banking company’s offices at Newark, N. J., when a satchel contain- ing $3,150 disappeared from a counter while the man who had just drawn the money turned for a moment to speak to a friend. Both he and his friend say they saw no one approach the satchel. The committee in charge of the in- vestigation of the affairs of Denison, Prior & Co., Cleveland brokers, has announced that it is his belief that forgeries to the extent of several hun- dred thousand dollars exist, and are confined to the following three issues of bonds: City of Canton, Ohio, 4 per cent water works extension bonds; South Sharon, Pa., 4% per cent im- provement bonds, and Alpena, Mich., 5 per cent water works bonds. Otherwise. Plans for the expenditure of $2,000,- 000 in improvements have been ap- proved by President and General Man- ager Brittain of the Cotton Belt route. Stafford M. Keenan, a news agent, is dead at Waterloo, Iowa, supposedly from an overdose of morphine. He was found dead in his room at a ho- tel. Andrew Graff of the town of Lucias has just devised a new method of tempering copper quickly. In one second he can make copper as hard as steel. In well-informed financial circles of Cleveland it is believed that the lia- bilities of the firm of Denison, Prior & Co. wiil aggregate not less than $1,- 200,000, and that possibly the sum may be as high as $1,500,000. It is announced that the estate left by the late President Harper of Chi- cago university is small and consists almost entirely of life insurance poli- cies. The entire estate is gizen to his widow without reserve. Aurelio Herera of Bakersfield, Cal., knocked out Young Corbett in the fifth round at the Pacific Athletic club pa- vilion at Los Angeles. Htrrera’s vic- tory was easy and Corbett’s exhibition was correspondingly disappointing. Many of Wiscensin’s big steamer fleets, valued at millions of dollars, which have done so much,to add to the marine prestige of Milwaukee and other ports of the state, are expected to give up these ports of hail some time between now and May 1 to get away from the, new ad valorem taxa- tion law passed by the last legisla- ture. Trappers along the Boone river in Iowa say that there are a number of wildcats in the woods in the more se- cluded parts of the country. They are the descendants of ordinary house cats taken out and*dropped in the timber many years ago. These cats live in holes like other wild animals and are fierce and great fighters when cornered. r Judge Munger, in the United States circuit court at Omaha, has rendered an opinion in‘favor of the state in the Burlington tax case. The Burlington Railroad company brought a test suit against the treasurer of Adams coun- ty, Neb., asking that he be restrained from collecting taxes levied against the company by the state board of equalization. The decision fully sus- tains the board of equalization. The American Reserve Bond com- pany of Chicago, formerly the South- ern Mutual investment company of Lexington, Ky., and its former direc- tors, have been made defendants in a suit for a receiver. Sensational alle- gations are made regarding illegal methods» and misappropriation of funds. Henry Smith has brought an action in the supreme court at White Plains, N. Y., against Miss Helen Miller Gould for $10,000 injuries he received while spraying trees on her cguntry estate, Lindburst, near Irvington-on-the-Hud- son. AMERICANS TRY - TO HEAL BREACH ENDEAVOR TO BRING FRANCE AND GERMANY NEARER TOGETHER. WORKING FOR A COMPROMISE MOROCCAN DELEGATES SPEND DAY CELEBRATING ALFON- SO’S FEAST DAY. Algeciras, Jan. 24. — Henry White, ambassador to Italy, and head of the American delegation to the Moroccan conference, is making the weight of the United States felt in frequent en- deavors to bring France and Germany nearer together before the disputed questions arise in the conference. These questions cannot long be disre- garded, as the discussion of the ques- tion of economic reforms Mm Morocco will begin next week. It has been impossible for the Uni- ted States to take the lead in seeking a way toward an agreement that shall guarantee to all countries an Equal Footing in Morocco and yet recognize in some rcspects the special position of France. It is a difficult task, but all the govern- ments except those directly con- cerned are assisting in it because of the danger of the situation should the conference fail of a settlement. Great Britain is acting entirely with France and is not disposed now to ask France to modify her terms. Italy, however, as the ally of Germany and the friend of France, and Russia as the ally of France and the friend of Germany, are co-operating in the ex- pectation to find a compromise. Honor Alfonso’s Feast Day. The delegates to the Moroccan con- ference devoted the day to a series of brilliant functions commemorating King Alfonso’s feast day. The Span- ish, French and British squadrons in the harbor displayed a full comple- ment of colors and from daylight the warships and land fortifications sa- luted. The reception on the cruiser Em- peror. Charles V. brought out several marked evidences of the reunited ties between the United States and Spain. A huge American flag formed the most notable part of the decoration in the center of the pavilion under which the guests were received. OWE ELECTION TO CARNEGIE. English Candidates Aided From Laird of Skibo’s Purse. London, Jan. 24.—It is asserted here on good authority that the unprece- dented success of labor candidates for parliament at the elections last week was due largely to Andrew Carnegie. Most of the men elected were unable to bear the expense of their campaign, and it was said that Mr. Carnegie pro- vided a ‘generous fund for that pur- pose. The extent of his contribution is not mentioned, but it was large enough, as the result of the: elections proved, to change the political com- plexion of the hcuse of commons. ‘house pending CHLOROFORM FOUR. Burglars Ransack Houghton Resi- dence and Get Loot. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 24. — Bur- glars entered the home of Arthur Jacques, at Dollar Bay, a town three miles north of here yesterday after- noon, during tne absence of Mr. Jac- ques and his wife, chloroformed Miss Daisy Desrosiers, a sister of Mrs. Jacques, and three of the Jacques children, all four enjoying an after- noon nap at the time. The house was then ransacked, the burglars taking a child’s bank containing $50, but leav- ing other valuables unmolested. There is no clue ROCKEFELLER GIFT. ‘ Chicago University Receives Nearly a Million and a Half. Chicago, Jan. 24. — John D. Rocke- feller has just given the Chicago unt- versity $1,450.000. Of this sum $1.- 000,000 is for the permanent endow- ment, $350,000 to cover the current expenses and the deficit of the various departments up to June 30, 1905, and the remaining $100,000 of the gift is to provide a fund, the interest of which is to go to the widow of Presi- dent Harper during her lifetime. Flood at Johnstown, Pittsburg, Jan. 24—The business portion of Johnstown, the famous flood city, is again suffering, this time through heavy rains. Cellars under all the downtown buildings are filled al- most to the sidewalks and much merchandise has been ruined. Compositor Made Lord Mayor. Dublin, Jan. 24. — Joseph Patrick Nannetti, member of parliament in the Irish Nationalist interest for the College disvision of Dublin, and chief compositor of the Freeman's Journal, was yesterday elected lord mayoy of Dudlin. Live Stock Authority Dead. London, Jan. 24—T. B. Freshney, who died Sunday, was among the’ judges of cattle at the recent interna- ' tional show at Chicago. His home! at Lincolbshire, > SFE? BNE : 2 GIVES FRANCE A FREE HAND'SHIP WRECKED; UNITED STATES WILL NOT IN- TERFERE !F EXTREME MEAS- URES ARE TAKEN Washington, Jan. 24. — When Mr. Jusserand, the French gmbassador, called yesterday afternoon on Secre- tary Root to find out if there were any advices from Caracas, the ambas- sador had not been informed by his foreign office exactly on what day the squadron expected to arrive in Vene- zuelan waters. Indeed, the foreign of- fice has not as yet advised the emhas- sy as to the extent of the naval dem- onstration plans. It is realized, it is pointed out here, that simple block- ade, while harassing Venezuelan commerce, might not impress Presi- dent Castro with the seriousness of the purpose of the French govern- ment. It can be stated, however, that the way is clear so far as the Wash- ington government is concerned for France to adopt more extreme meas- ures and take possession of a custom an adjustment with President Castro. It is admitted that any program that may be initiated must be tentative, as all depends up- on the attitude which President Cas- tro may assume, once French war- ships are in Venezuelan waters. It is said here that something defi- nite on the naval program may be ex- pected within a few days. RICH MAN STARVES; DIES. Dakota Millionaire Loves Gold So Much He Will Not Buy Food. Albuquerque. N. M., Jan. 24—Because he loved money better than life, D. H. Hugh, 4 millionaire of Deadwood, S. D., starved to death in this city. His daughter, Mary Moulton, is the wife of the government assayer in Dead- wood, who is also wealthy. Coffee and doughnuts were the only food Hugh would buy, though he had a monthly income of $2,500 from rentals and in- terests. He owned thousands of dollars worth of property in the busi- ness district of Deadwood. A message to his daughter was replied to as fol- lows: “Put body in plain box and ship to Deadwood.” The body ac- cordingly was shipped to Deadwood Jast night. GASOLINE ON RANGE ROAD. New Line Will Not Be Operated by Electricity. Duluth, Jan. 24.—Gasoline cars, similar to those run on the Union Pacific railroad, will be used on the new system to be built from Biwabik to Hibbing this vear. Consulting Engineer T. F. McGilvray said Jast night that the franchise at Biwabik had passed the council and the legal action for the neccessary rights in the eight other range iowns will probabily be given within a few days. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Jan. 24. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 83 7-8@84 1- No. 2 North- ern, 81 1-2@821-4c; N 78@80 1-2c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 38@38 1-2c. Oats —No. 3 white, 29@29 1-2c. Duluth, Jan. 24. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 827-8c; No. 2 Northern, 805-8; flax, $1.15; , 600. Minneapolis, Jan. 24. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, 831-8c; No. 1 Northern, $25-8c; No. 2. Northern, 80 3-8¢; durum, 70@73c. Oats—No. 3 white, 29c. Wheat—No. Milwaukee, Jan. 24. 1 Northern, 85@86c; No. 2 Northern, 83@84 1-2c. Rye—No. 1, 691-2c. Bar- ley—No. 2, 541-2@55c. Oats-—Stand- ard, 32@32 1-2c. Chicago, Jan. 24. red, 88@90c; No. 2 hard, 84@86c; No. 1 Northern, 86@881-2c; | No. 2 Northern, 84@87 1-2 Corn—No. 2, 42 3-4@43c. a ay Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 24—Cattle— Beeves, $3.50@5.50; cows, bulls and mixed, $2.25@3.45; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@3.65; calves and yearlings, $2.50@4.30. Hogs—Bulk, $5.20@5.25. Chieago, Jan. 24. — Beeves, $3.50@ 6.30; stockers and feeders, $2.25 @ 4.25; cows and heifers, $1.50 @ 4.75. Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $5.25@ 5.521 bulk, $5.35@5.50. Sheep, $4 @5.85; lambs, $4.85@7.75. South St. Paul, Jan. 24. — Catile — Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3@ 4.25; good to choice milch cows, $30@ 40. Hogs — Range price, $5.20@5.35; pulk, $5.25@5.30. 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. . Wheat — No. 2; Destroyed by Fire. Chicago, Jan. 24.—The Union Drop Forge works, 78 Ohio street, were al- most totally destroyed last night by a fire which for a time threatened to spread to surrounding structures. Loss, $75,000. ’ Chinese Pedestrian Freezes. Helena. Mont., Jan. 24—An attempt to walk from his placer diggings, twenty miles distant, proved too much for Chue Chin Fook, one of the old- est Chinese residents of Montana. His dead body was found beside the trail, | frozen stiff. Wheeler Has Pneumonia. New York, Jan. 24.—Brig. Gen. Jo- | Yesterday fined H. MANY DROWNED STEAMER VALENCIA GOES ON ROCKS OFF BRITISH COLUM- BIA IN FOG, FACE DEATH ON THE WRECK MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PER- SONS STILL ON ILL-FATED VESSEL. Victoria, B. C., Jan. 24——The steam- er Valencia, which was em route from San Francisco with 94 passengers and a crew of 60, went ashore Mon- day night in a thick fog, and a large number of persons were drowned while attempting to Ieave the ship. The sieamer is on the ro against a high cliff and is likely to go to pieces at any time. One boat’s crew reached Cape Beale at 3 o’clock yesterday af- ternoon and nine men got ashore near the telegraph hut, about fifteen miles from the lighthouse Two men are prisoners on the face of the cliff near which the Steamer Went Ashore, and cannot get up the cliff nor return to the wreck. They probably will be rescued when the tide is high. The survivors report terrible scenes. One woman dropped her child into the sea while trying to hand it to her hus- band who was in one of the boats. When the boat's crew left there was a little boy running about the deck sry- ing for his mother, who was among the drowned. It is believed there are still about 125 persons on the wreck with Almost Certain Death staring them in the face. The steam- er Queen, which arrived here at 4 o'clock fronf San Francisco, landed her passengers and left at once for the scene of the wreck. The steamer Queen - City left at 7 o’clock on her regular coast trip and should reach the scene of the wreck in about two hours. It is reported that the whaling steamer Orin has arrived at the Val- encia wreck from the whaling station at Sechart, seeking to save as many possible. atch frem Carmana rs that a ship’s boat with seven persons passed there at 1 p. m. yesterday. FIRST WOMAN BORN IN ST. PAUL. s Mrs. Richard L. Gorman Dies at Her Home in That City. St. Panl, Jan. 24.—With the death of Mrs. Richard L. Gorman yesterday afternoon, passed away the first white woman born in the city of St. Paul. Mrs. Gorman was formerly M Cleo A. Irvine, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Irvine. She was bofn in St. Paul March 1, 1844. Her father, the late John R. Irvine, came to St Paul in 1842, and was thus one of the first settle MAKE BIG LUMBER SALES. Prices Range Several Dollars Above Figures of a Year Ago. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 24. — It is re- ported that the Edward Hines Lumber company during the last week sold 25,000,000 feet of lumber, to be sawed at Ashland and -Superior, and a Du- uth broker has sold 10,000,000 feet to a Saginaw firm. The prices of lum- ber range from $2.50 to $3 a thousand higher than a y FIRE DESTROYS PLAYHOUSE. Phoenix Theater at Tacoma Burns to the Ground. Tacoma, Jan. 24. — The Phoenix theater, at Pacific avenue and Four- teenth street, w: destcoyed by fire yesterday. The blaze started over the stage and is supposed to have caught from @ defective electric wire. The building was owned by Peter Sand- berg. The loss is $20,000; insurance, $30,000. It will be rebuilt. FIFTY YEARS FOR MURDER. Montana Man Who Pleaded Self-De- fense Is Sentenced. Helena, Mont., Jan. 24.—Fifty years in the state penitent y was the pun- ishment meted out by Judge Loud at Billings yesterday to James Meddles, convicted of murder’ in the second de- gree in the killing of Roy McLaren at Pryor agency.” He acknowledged the killing, but set up a plea of-self-de- fense. Engine Belt Injures Farmer. Rosemount, Minn., Jan. 24.—C. G. Peterson, a farmer and dairyman liv- ing a wile from this village, was seri- ously injured about his head and his right arm was broken through con- tact with the belt on a gasoline en- gine while he was operating a feed mill. Alaskans Boom Wickersham. ’ Seattle, Wash., Jan. 24.—A petition has been sent to President Roosevelt by a number of Alaskans in this city asking that James Wickersham of the United States district court of Alaska be appointed governor of Alaska. Let Off With Fine. Helena, Mont., Jan. 24—Judge Hunt H. Case $100 upon seph Wheeler (retired) has a mild at- his plea of guilty to cutting timber on tack of pneumonia. that Gen. Wheeler’s condition has not changed since Monday night = It is announcea the public domain. He was indicted by the recent United States grand jury. :