Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 10, 1906, Page 3

EWS OF THE MURDERS MAN ON REQUEST CONFESSION OF MATT VRANESCH AT DULUTH ACCUSES MATT IVANKOVITCH. Duluth, Minn., March 7. — That sweatbox methods have wrung from Matt Vranesch a confession to the ef- fect that he shot and killed Hade Tonkovie in West Duluth Sunday aight at the instigation of Matt Ivan- kovitch, is the assertion of the police. Vranesch, it is said, yesterday | con- fessed that he had fired the fatal shots at Tonkovie and he declared, the po- lice say, that Ivankovitech handed him the gun, with the remark, “Shoot that fellow,” indicating Tonkovic. Ivanko- vitch admits that the shooting was one with his revolver, but says Vranesch reached into his (Ivanko- vitch’s) pocket and possessed himself of the weapon, Had both of the prisoners held out that neituer had done the killing the prosecuting attorney would have been in a dilemma, for it has developed that the bartender, A. L. Brewer, who Sun- day declared that Ivankovitch had lone the shooting, really did not know which man was guilty. CHINAMEN SEE SIGHTS. Distinguished Visitors Entertained in the Twin Cities. St. Paul, March 7. + Prince Tsai Tseh, who is a nephew of the empress dowager of China, and may become smperor some day, was in St. Paul yes- terday with two other members of the Chinese imperial commission, Shang Chi Hong, governor of the San- s tung province, and Li Shente, soon to become minister to Belgium. They were accompanied by a retinue of eight secretaries. Although they were in the Twin Cities only twenty-four hours, they made the most of their sta dividing the day in visiting points of interest in Minneapolis in he morning and the capitol in the af- ternoon. The distinguished visitors left over the Burlington at 8:40 last evening for Chicago, where they will make a brief stop, after which they will go to the East and Europe. YOUNG MAN CREMATED. ‘Covered With Burning Oil, He Dies in Terrible Agony. Winona, March 7.—Emil Fugina, a young business man of Arcadia, Wis., was burned to death at noon yester- day. A lamp exploded, covering him with burning oil, while going into the cellar. His clothing was set on fire, and he ran out into the snow, then into the barn, which caught fire. His mother was badly burned trying to him. The fire is the barn was inguished after considerable dam- » by the fire department. Fugina leaves a wife and two small children. He thirty years old and was with his father in the firm of Fugina Bros. & Fertig company. JEAN LA FLEUR IS ACQUITTED. Jury Decides That Killing of Larivier Was Accidental. Pembina, N. D., March 7.—Jean La Fleur, who has been on trial here ged with the murder of Frank sarivier, has been found not guilty. The defense was accidental homicide. The killing of Larivier occurred last October in front of a restaurant. It was claimed that La Fleur struck vier over the head with an iron vod or club. The defense claimed that La Fleur was attempting to act AS | emaker between Larivier and a man with whom he was quarreling, and that the killing was the result of an accident. Belt Breaks Boy’s Neck. Hecla, S. D., March 7.—John Kyte, the thirteen-year-old son of a farmer near Hecla, was instantly killed by being caught in the belt gear of a feed grinder. In some manner un- known the lad’s clothing caught in the belt, he was whirled around in the air and finally thrown to the ground with his neck broken. He was found soon afterward and a physician summoned. ‘The doctor reported that the boy had been instantly killed. The belt was run by a large windmill and the high wind blowing gave the belt an unusual velocity. Corn Kernel Kills Child. Sioux Falls, S. D., March 7—The six- year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, prominent residents of Charles Mix county, met its death in a peculiar manner. While playing with some corn the child placed one of the ker- nels in its mouth. This became lodged in the windpipe and the child choked to death. Runaway at a Funeral. Miller, S. D., March 7.—In a runa yay leading the C. W. Fross funeral procession Mayor Thompson and Rev. Butterfield were thrown from the d narrowly escaped death. Killed by Train. Black River Falls, Wis., March 7.-. A stranger was killed by a west-bound passenger train two miles from this city last night. The man was appar ently forty-five-years old and had 7¢ cents in his pockets, on and were injured quite severely | Northwest. MYSTERY SHROUDS MURDER. Murderer Flees, but Later Is Arrested —He Refuses to Talk. Duluth, Minn., March 6.—Matt Hank- ovitch, a blonde giant thirty-seven years of age, who came here from Chi- cago two weeks ago, shot and instant- ly killed H. Tolovic, thirty years of age, yesterday morning just opposite Thomas Doyle’s saloon in West Du- luth.. Hankovitch and his friend, John Zranjesh, who came here from Chicago with him, fied to Superior, and both were arrested late yesterday after- noon. Neither will talk. Hankovitch confided to one person that he had come from Chicago in search of his wife. He said he had searched Northern Michigan and Wis- consin for her, and came here for that purpose. He is an Austrian. He is six feet three inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. Whether Hankovitch shot Tolovic because of anger over cards or wheth- er there was some other previous and deeper grudge is not known at pres- ent. The men conversed in Austrial just before the murder, and Brewer, the bartender, could not understand them. It is considered likely that Tol- ovic knew something of Hankovitch’s wife, and for reasons best known to himself had declined to reveal her whereabouts. PRINCE TSEH IS IN ST. PAUL. Imperial Chinese Commissioners Will Spend the Day in the Twin Cities. St. Paul, March 6. — Prince Tsai Tseh, cousin the the emperor of China, and the other distinguished members of the imperial Chinese commission, arrived in St. Paul at 8:30 o'clock last evening. They were driven in car- riages from the union depot to the Ab- erdeen, where they spent the night. Fatigued by the long trip across the continent, they retired almost immedi- ately after they reached the hotel. The party reached St. Paul after a record-breaking run from Devils Lake, N. D. The distance is 409 miles, and it was made in a little more thaw five hours. The prince and the other com- missioners this morning took a special car for Minneapolis where they visit- ed the flour mills and the state univer- sity. The commissioners will return to St. Paul at 3:30, when they will be received by Gov. Johnson and the heads of the departments at the cap- itol. Then it is expected they will re- turn to the aberdeen for supper and rest until time to take the Burlington train for Chicago at 8:40. FALLS FROM TRAIN. Man Seventy-Four Years Old Is Badly Bruised. Spring Valley, Minn., March 6.—Ole Gulbrenson, aged seventy-four years, a farmer residing near Lanesboro, Minn., fell off the east-bound passenger train last night about seven miles west of this place. His son, missing him, re- ported the matter to the conductor, and a freight engine was run up the road. The man was found about ten rods from the track wandering about bareheaded and dazed. He was brought here and placed under care of Dr. Ut- ley, who reports him quite badly bruised. GET PREACHER OUT OF PRISON. Appeal to President for Rev. G. G. Ware. Omaha, Neb. March 6. — The an- nouncement was made yesterday that the friends of Rev. George G. Ware of Lead, S. D., who as president of the U. B. I. Cattle company, was recently convicted in the United States district court of conspiracy to defraud the government by means of fraudulent homestead entries, will appeal to President Roosevelt to remit the jail portion of the sentence. The appeal, it is said, will be made through the Epis- copal diocese of South Dakota. MAKE A SENSATIONAL ESCAPE. Prisoners Gain Freedom During a Heavy Storm. Grand Rapigs, Wis., March 6—John McPherson and Frank Murphy, a ne- gro, both of Marshfield, serving a nine- ty-day sentence here in the county jail, made a sensational escape during a fierce blizzard, getting out of a modern steel cage, then a brick wall and down two stories to the ground and both getting away. Their tools comprised several small bolts, two short bed slats anda piece of pipe taken from the heating plant. Fall Fatal to Pioneer. Park Rapids, Minn., March 6. — AS the result of a fall two weeks ago, when she severely injured her hip, Mrs. Harriet L. Smith, a pioneer resi- dent of Stutsman county, N. D., is dead, aged eighty-nine years. Mrs. Smith came to North Dakota with her husband in 1879. Stock Growers’ Meeting. Belle Fourche, S. D., March 6.—On April 12, 13 and 14 the fourth annual session of the Northwestern . Stock Growers’ association will be held in this city. The citizens are preparing royal entertainment for the visitors. Epidemic of Appendicitis. Long Prairie, Minn., March 6—An | epidemic of appendicitis seems to have struck this locality. Within ten days our local surgeons have operated 1 in seven cases and in each case suc- cessfully. WILL INCREASE REVENUE. NicoHet County Commissioners Find Way to Raise Receipts. It is believed that Nicollet county's tax receipts will be increased between $25,000 and $30,000 per annum as the result of a policy that has just been adopted by the board of county com- missioners. They are out after resi- dent investors who hold mortgages on real property in adjoining counties and propose to list all the securities they can find. Although there was talk of engaging tax ferrets seveeral years ago, nO ac- tion was taken and the mortgagors re- mained unmolested until last month, when one of the county officials learned that a St. Peter business man heeld mortgages in Le Sueur county. He communicated with Auditor Zie- barth of Le Sueur Center and that of- ficer returned a certified list showing that the local man had mortgages val- ued at $17,934 on file in 1905. The year before he was credited with $8,134 and for three’ years prior to that he had a $2,000 certificate on record. When the list was placed before the county board by Auditor A. H. Free- man, the board ordered the securities assessed at 50 per cent of their face value, and that back taxes for a period of five years, with interest at 7 per cent be collected, and the assessment of the delinquent one was raised from $24 to $547. Instructions were also issued to the auditor to procure certified lists of all the mortgages owned by Nicollet coun- ty people and on file in the counties of Le Sueur, Brown, Blue Harth and Sib- ley, and to place them on the tax lists in accordance with law. As there are loans aggregating approximately $500,- 000 in Le Sueur county, and sums nearly as large in others, the county’s revenue will be added to materially, but the new system is being criticised from the fact that it will compel Nicol- let to pay a larger proportionate state tax than her neighbors. The first collection is nearly enough to pay the cost of preparing plans and specifications for the new $20,000 county jail, and it is predicted that the commissioners will be able to com- plete the structure without changing the present tax rate of 4 mills. DEFECT IN TAX LAWS. No Penalty Provided for Corporations That Become Delinquent. Railroads, telegraph companies and other corporations paying taxes under special laws are not assessed any pen- alty for failure to pay their taxes when due. Private citizens suffer a 10 per cent penalty when they become delinquent, but state officers can find nothing in the law to authorize collect- ing either penalty or interest from the corporations. This defect will be called to the attention of the next legislature. The Western Union tied up its taxes for 1899 and 1900 for five years by a legal contest. The supreme court com- pelled the company to pay on a one million-dollar basis. Still the company has refused to pay taxes on that valu- ation for 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904. It has paid on a lower valuation, but the state has had to bring suit for the bal- ance due, and about $50,000 is in- volved. The 1905 tax is now overdue and the state will have to sue to col- lect it. The company can defer pay- ment for years by appeals and retain the use of the money, though the su- preme court’s ruling already made makes the outcome certain. The Great Western is in default on all of its taxes. Railroad rates are collectable in February and become de- linquent March 1. Last year the Great Western held back payment un- til April 26. This year the road will contest the 4 per cent tax, but has not even paid the 3 per cent yet. Under the law this must be paid before the road can contest the increase. The Great Northern has paid its 3 per cent and has refused to honor the state’s draft for the other 1 per cent. It will soon be placed in the hands of the at- torney general for action. No penalty or interest, however, can be collected. ST. CLOUD’S BUILDING BOOM. Quarter of Million Dollars to Be Ex- pended This Summer. There will be a building boom in St. Cloud this summer which will eclipse that of former years. More than $250,- 000 will be expended in erecting new buildings. The largest will be those at the car shops. They will cost $100,- 000; the gas plant to be built by A. G. Whitney of St. Cloud will cost $65,- 000; the St. Cloud Granite works will expend $8,000 on improvements in its plant; the Swedish Lutheran church on the East side will rebuild at a cost of $8,000; the $25,000 model school at the state normal will be built this summer, and many city residences are planned. Puts in Bill for Murphy Trial. Minot, N. D., March 4. — A bill of $4,824, the costs in the Murphy tria} which was recently conducted in Cass county, has been forwarded by Judge Pollock to the commissioners of Ward county and probably will be passed upon at their next meeting March 5. Increase Wheat Acreage. Miller, S. D., March 4.—Farmers in this vicinity have commenced sowing wheat and the acreage of that grain promises to be largely increased in this vicinity. ¢ The State DAY BY « DAY « MAKE FOUR COUNTIES OF ONE. Third Petition for Division of Itasca County. A third petition for the division of Itasca county has been presented to Secretary of State Hanson, and this adds to the complications in the mat- ter of the division of the county. The last petition would divide Itasca into four counties, making three new coun- ties, The petitioners propose to cut the county east and west on the line be- tween townships 66 and 67, running about three miles north of Ripple. This they would call Garfield county and make Koochiching the county seat. South of here, between town- ships 63 and 64, they would intersect Itasca with another line, running about six miles north of Effie. This county they would call Glenwood and would have Ripple for its county seat. Then from the middle of this south boundary of Glenwood county another line is drawn, running a couple of miles east of Effie, and straight south to the southern boundary of Itasca county, slightly east of Deer River. What is west of this line they would call Big Fork county and make Deer River the county seat. The portion east of that line would remain Itasca county, with Grand Rapids the county seat, as at present. The petition was brought in by F. F. Seaman of Deer River. The petition probably will come up with the others for consideration when the board meets on March 16. The petition has nearly 800 signers. The first petition asked for one new county to be called Koochiching and having International Falls for the county seat. This would probably have been approved by the people but for the rivalry for the county seat. The people in the southern part of the new county wanted the county seat nearer them and_ therefore started another petition, calling the county Forest and making Big Falls the coun- ty seat. But each of the three towns named in the last petition wanted to get in on the deal and so the last pe- tition was started. It is yet possible there will be other petitions. The last petition places Northome in Big Fork county with the county seat, Deer River, almost a hundred miles away by railroad. It is understood many of the signers are on the petition for Forest county, with Big Falls for county seat, as they have direct connections with that place. It is also said that they will bring in another petition for a coun- ty, with Northome as the county seat. LABOR INSPECTOR REPORTS. Figures of Wage Earners in Minneso- ta Factories Compiled. Julius Moersch, statistician for the state labor bureau, has compiled the figures on the wage earners found in the factories inspected by State Labor Commissioner Williams and his as- sistants during the year 1905. Partial reports, covering each of the three cities, have been given out before and he is just completing the report on the whole state. During the year the inspectors have visited 149 localities besides the three large cities. A number of small vil- lages and country places have not been visited, and therefore many of the smalled establishments have been Jeft out. The department has in- spected as many factories as their ap- propriation would allow. They have made 4,244 separate inspections of manufacturing, mercantile and other establishments. In these they have found 106,716 wage earners. Of these $6,035 were men, 18,711 boys under 16 and 580 girls under 16. The report of 1904 shows 4,870 inspections. In the places inspected that year there were 115,085 wage earners reported. ALLOTTEES DESIRE DEEDS. Gus Beaulieu, the well known Chip- pewa, is in Washington in behalf of Indian allottees on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota who desire to secure patents in fee simple with a view to managing their own affairs. Beaulieu has submitted to Senator Clapp and Representative Steenerson the draft of a bill which he desires presented, either as a separate meas- ure or as an amendment to the In- dian apprapriation bill. It provides that all Indian allottees at White Earth over twenty-one years of age shall be permitted to make application to the White Earth agent for a pat- ent in fee simple for his or her allot- ment, such application to be examined by three persons to be named by the secretary of the interior, one of whom shall be the White Earth agent. This committee of three is directed to re- port to the commissioner of Indian af- fairs, and if his report is favorable the secretary of the interior is author- ized to issue a patent in fee simple, the Jands of the Indians thereafter to be subject to taxation and all restric: tions as to alienation removed. a Killed by Fall Down Stairs. Red Wing, Minn., March 3. — John Seastrand, sixty-four years old, one of the early residents of Red Wing, acci- dentally fell down stairs, fracturing nis skull. He died a few hours later. gies Grief Kills lowan. Webster City, Iowa, March 2.—Clin ton Wyckoff, one of the oldest pioneer residents of the city. was found dead in his home shortly after noon yes- terday. Itis supposed that grief over the death of his wife brought on heart f ongress. Resume of the Week’s Proceedings. s Wednesday. Washington, March 1. — For three hours lacking a few minutes yester- day Mr. Foraker held the attention of the senate while he read a carefully prepared speech on the railroad rate question. His speech was a_ protest against any general legislation on the theory that the existing Elkins law could be so extended as to make it answer all the requirements. He did not fail, however, to point out what he considered the defects of the Hep- burn-Dolliver bill, and he made the declaration more than once that it would fail to remedy the evils com- plained of. Mr. Foraker’s speech was followed by a further discussion of the railroad land grant in ‘Indian Territory with the result that Mr. Aldrich’s resolu- tion extending the tribal government of the Indians was carried after it was so modified as to carry that govern- ment over until March 4, 1907. The details of the provisions of the army appropriation bill occupied the house of representatives throughout the day. Several pages of the meas- ure yet remain to be considered. Friday. Washington, March 4.—The senate yesterday passed the bill providing for the settlement of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes. Under the guise of considering the bill, the senate spent practically the entire day in the discussion of the railway question. was raised by Mr. La Follette’s pro- posed amendment to the Indian bill prohibiting railway companies and their stockholders from acquiring the ) | coal lands in Indian Territory, and | ¢ when the question was once before the senate it held its place persistent- ly until almost the close of the day’s session. Notwithstanding Mr. La Fol- lette has sat in the senate less than two months he led the debate and oc- supied more time than any other sen- ator. Several other senators, while ex- pressing themselves in sympathy with the purpose of the amendment, raised constitutional objections to tae pro- vision. Late in the day the La Follette amendment, together with all the In- dian committee’s amendments to that section, were laid on the table. The Indian bill has passed both the house and the senate, but as the senate has amended it in many respects it will now go to conference. It is a general bill for the adjustment of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes upon their abandonment of tribal organizations. The first private claims session of the Fifty-ninth congress occupied the house yesterday, twenty-five bills be- ing passed. Monday. Washington, March 6.—Legislation by unanimous consent and under sus- pension of the rules occupied the at- tention of the house yesterday and re- sulted in the passage of several bills, some of considerable importance. The adoption of a resolution of inquiry as to whether any criminal prosecutions have been begun against individuals in the Northern Securities company, furnished the text for a speech of criticism by Mr. Williams, the Demo- cratic leader, directed against the ad- ministration. Brief answers made by Mr. Jenkins of Wis Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio. Mr. J showed that the statute of limitations had run against any action that might be taken in this case and that any ef- fort at prosecution would be useless. In the senate yesterday Mr. Nelson continued the discussion of the state- hood bill, urging the passage of the measure as reported from the commit- tee on territories. FOOTBALL MAN IS MURDERED. Ignatius Gillen of Notre Dame Identi- fied as Victim. Youngstown, Ohio, March 7.—One of the men murdered at Mount Carmel, Tll., some days ago, is thought to be Ignatius Gillen, whose home was formerly in this city. A picture re- ceived here by the police led to the identification. A brother has gone to Mount Carmel to bring the body here. Gillen was a member of the Notre Dame, Ill., football team several sea- sons ago and played on local teams here. He was the son of Peter Gillen, a wealthy liveryman and undertaker. KING GOES VISITING. Edward Will Make Arrangements for Princess Ena’s Marriage. London, March 6. — Off for two months’ holiday and traveling as the duke of Lancaster, King Edward this week will visit Paris, where he will stay at the British embassy until Tues- day. He will meet President Fallieres. From Paris the king goes to Biarritz, where he will stay until the end of March. There he will receive King Alfonso and discuss with him the de- tails of the king’s marriage to Princess Ena of Battenberg. LONGWORTHS AT HOME. Return to Washington From Wedding Journey. Washington, March 6.—Representa- tive and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth re- turned to Washington yesterday from Cuba, to which place they journeyed after their wedding. They were met at the train by Mr. Longworth’s pri- vate secretary and drove immediately to the residence on Eighteenth street, where they have taken up their home. ; Mr. Longworth will resume his legis- lative duties at once. | | WORST FORM OF ECZEMA. Black Splotches All Over Face—Af- fected Parts Now Clear as Ever— Cured by the Cuticura Reme- dies. “About four years ago I was afflict- ed with black splotches all over my face and a few covering my body, which produced a severe itching irri- tation, and which caused me a great deal of annoyance and suffering, to such an extent that I was forced to call in two of the leading physicians of my town. After a thorough exami- nation of the dreaded complaint they announced it to be skin eczema/in its worst form. They treated me for the same for the length of one year, but the treatment did me no good. Fin- ally my husband purchased a set of the Cuticura remedies, and after using the contents of the first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in connection with the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the breaking out entirely stopped. I continued the use of the Cuticura Remedies for six months, and after that every splotch was entirely gone and the affected parts were left as clear as ever. The Cuticura Reme- dies not only cured me of that dread- ful disease, eczema, but other compll- cated troubles as well. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma, Ala Oct. 28, 1905.” Acclimated. Explorer—But have you had any ex- perience that would tend to fit you for the hardships of an arctic expedi- tion? Would-Be Member of the Party— Have I? Why, I lived two winters in an apartment house where I was at odds with the janitor. STATE OF OnrO, CITY OF TOLEDO,} 4, Lucas County. a. Fraxx J. CHENEY makes oath that he ts senior artner of the firm of F. J. 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He wished to use the directory, too, possibly to look up the address of a man who owed him money. He stood about, now and then casting heavy looks in the direction of the directory and coughing suggestively. a business man in a hurry followed. He wanted to know where Walter Jones lived. It is a block or two away, but he had forgotten the number. He fell into line. . Then a man who sought some city official but knew nothing of his office except that it closed in a few minutes, joined the ranks of waiters. Still the woman placidly turned over leaf after leaf, without any apparent intention to decide whether the name she was seeking was Brown, Smith or Jones. Finally, when matters were begin- ning to grow very tense, a young man rushed in. His mission would posi- tively admit of no delay, so he politely offered to assist the woman, suggest- ing that his experience might tend to save time and lessen her labor. When he asked her what she sought, with a sweet smile of appreciation, she re- plied: “Oh, thank you. You are very kind. I am trying to find a real pretty name for my baby.” A NECESSARY EVIL. Experience of a Minister Who Tried to Think That of Coffee. “A descendant of the Danes, a na- tion of coffee drinkers, I used coffee freely till I was 20 years old,” writes aclergyman from Iowa. “At that time I was a student at a Biblical Institute, and suddenly became aware of the fact that my nerves had become de- moralized, my brain dull and sluggish and that insomnia was fastening its hold upon me. “I was loth to believe that these things came from the coffee I was drinking, but at last was forced to that conclusion and quit it. “I was so accustomed to a hot table beverage and felt the need of it so much, that after abstaining from cof- fee for a time and recovering my health, I went back to it. I did this several times, but always with disas- trous results. I had about made up my mind that coffee was a necessary evil. “About this time a friend told me that I would find Postum Food Cof- fee very fine and in many respects away phead of coffee. So I bought some and, making it very carefully according to the directions, we were delighted to find that he had not ex- aggerated in the least. From that day to this we have liked it better than the old kind of coffee or anything else in the way of a table drink. “Its use gave me, in a very short time, an increase in strength, clear- ness of brain and steadiness of nerves; and sleep, restful and restor- ing, came back to me. “I am thankful that we heard of Postum and shall be glad to testify at any time to the good it has done me.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek., Mich. There’s a reason. Read the little pook, “The Road to Wellville,” in kgs. ran scktce- 3