Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 24, 1906, Page 3

* entered MOSCOW BANK IS |P020¥ vessels ARE waeckED SWEPT CLEAN EXTREMELY DARING ROBBERY iS COMMITTED BY TWENTY MASKED MEN. ROBBERS PULL DOWN $432,500 LEAVE NOT A KOPECK IN THE VAULTS—AFFAIR SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. Moscow, March 21. — The Credit Mutual, one of the largest banks in Moscow, was mysteriously robbed by masked men at dusk last night, the robbers securing $432,500. It was an extremely daring job. The facts al- ready developed raise the question whether the robbery was committed by or under the direction of some one at present or previously employed in the institution. The bank is situated in Ilinka street in the heart of the city. The last of the clerks had just departed, leaving an inside guard of three men, while under the porte cochere outside were a policeman and the house porter. The street was crowded with people hurrying home- ward. Masked Men Silently Enter. According to the story of the guards in the twinkling of an eye they were confronted with revolvers in the hands of twenty masked men who had silently by the main door, which had been locked when the of- fice force left. After a command to the guards to hold up their hands, not a word was spoken. The guards were quickly bound and gagged and thrown into a dark corner. The robbers then took up positions at all the en- trances and the curtains of the win- dows were lowered. The chief of the robbers, who directed the operations of his associates by gestures and with- out speaking, showed a thorough fa- miliarity with the location of tha vaults. When all was ready he went to the burglar proof safe, and with a few whirls of the knob, threw the combination of the lock, the heavy doors swung open and the Treasure of the Bank The plunder, consist- ing of gold, silver and notes, was speedily thrust into sacks. When a clean haul of the money had been made, not a kcepeck being left, the robbers departed as silently as they came, making their exit through the main entrance and leaving no trace behind them. They had been in the bank less than half an hour. Twenty minutes later one of the guards suc- ceeded in freeing himself and gave the alarm. The dumbfounded police- man and house porter, who had been standing in front of the bank through- out, claimed they had seen no one enter or leave it. It is the general impression that the key to the mystery is within the bank itself. was revealed. TONS OF STEEL ON MEN. Snow Plow Operators Are Killed in an Accident. Dayton, Ohio, March 21. — While operating,a snow plow on the Dayton & Troy traction road at Chambers- ‘burg, six miles north of here, yester- day, William Humphreys, Bert Hoov- er and Gustavus Nicol were instantly killed in an accident. While running at a lively speed the plow struck a horse that had become fastened in a bridge. The plow upturned and the men were crushed beneath twelve tons of steel that had been placed on the car to weight it down. SMALL BOY A MURDERER. Fourteen-Year-Old Kills Another in Trivial Dispute. Philadelphia, March 21.—A quarrel over a 10-cent brass ring here last night resulted in the killing of Her- bert McArthur, a sixteen-year-old boy, by William Johnson, a companion, who is under fourteen years of age. They had a dispute over the posses- sion of the ring and began to fight. Before any one could interfere, John- son took a small revolver from his pocket and shot McArthur. The lat- ter died in a few minutes. Johnson was arrested. SOUTH AMERICAN COMING. former President of Ecuador Seeking, Residence in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., March 21.—Ex- President Plaza of Ecuador may make his home in Sheboygan. Manager Genzenbach, of the Sheboygan Light and Railway company, has a letter from his brother in Aanta, Ecuador, Consul Paul Ganzenbach, inquiring for a home for Plaza here. Plaza has also written. ANARCHIST’S BODY BURNED. Johann Most’s Remains Reduced to Ashes at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, March 21.—The body of Johann Most, the anarchist, was cre- mated in this city shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. There was no religious ceremony, but some of Most’s comrades delivered brief addresses before the cremation. Mrs. Most will take her husband’s ashes to New York at once and a memorial meeting is to be held there in a few days. i STORM CAUSES GREAT DISASTER TO SHIPPING—SIX LIVES ARE LOST. Boston, Mass., March 21. — In the storm of Monday and _ yesterday at least a dozen vessels were wrecked or damaged and six lives lost. That the list will grow is probable in view of the size of the fleet which was off the coast when the storm was at its height Monday night. The list of disasters include the following: Schooner Lady Antrim of Booth Bay, Me.; total wreck at Marblehead, five lost. Rose Rueller of Booth Bay, ashore at Cape Podu, Mass.; crew escaped. Marion Draper of Booth Bay, ashore but floated at Hyannis. Willie Law of Boston, sunk off South Yarmouth, Mass.; crew res- cued. C..C. Lane of New Haven, wrecked at Boston Light; crew rescued. Sarah A. Reed of Calais, Me., ashore at Jonesport, Me.; crew es- caped. Barge No. 17, Northeastern Trans- portation company, sunk at New Lon- don; woman lost. FREES CITY OF SHACKLES. Philadelphia’s Mayor Drives Profita- ble Bargain With Traction Men. Philadelphia, March 21. — Mayor Weaver yesterday met the officers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com- pany, which controls all the railway facilities of the city, and practically signed an agreement by which the system of transportation will be revo- lutionized. Certain legal forms must be complied with before the mayor formally will attach his signature. The agreement includes rapid transit by subway and elevated lines in three years; an assurance of competition— and recovery by the city of millions of dollars worth of franchises. THOUSANDS WERE KILLED. Terrible Loss of Life Attends Earth- quake in Formosa, London, March 21. — According to the Daily Telegraph’s correspondent at Tokio it is now estimated that sev- eral thousand persons were killed by the recent earthquake in Formosa. The whole island was shaken from early morning on Saturday until late at night, the shocks being almost con- tinuous. Telegrams from Formosa state that the prosperous towns of Datiyo, Raishiko and Shinko were completely destroyed. At Kagi alone 2,000 natives and seven Japanese were killed. At a rough estimate the damage amounts to $45,000,000. WARRANT FOR “SCOTTY.” Death Valley Miner and Others Ac- cused of Murderous Attack. San Bernardino, Cal., March 21. — Warrants for the a:-est of Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner, and three other men, were issued yester- day, charging them with making an assault with intent to kill on a Dr. Johnson and his party. It is alleged that Scott is really a bandit and that his mine is a myth. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, March 21. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 76 1-2@76 3-4c; No. 2 North- ern 731-2@75c; No. 3. 72@74ce. Corn —No. 3 yellow, 36 1-2@37c. Oats—No. 8 white, 27 1-2@28c. Minneapolis, March 21—Wheat—No. 1 hard. 771-4c; No. 1 Northern, 763-4c; No. 2 Northern, 743-4@ 751-4c; durum, 68@70c. Oats—No. 3 white, 28c. Duluth, March 21. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 76 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 74 3-4¢e; flax, $1.171-4; rye, 56e Chicago, March 21.—Wheat—No., 2 red, 821-2@841-2c; No. 2;hard, 77@ 81c; No. 1 Northern, 78 1-2@811-2c; No. 2 Northern, 77 1-2@801-2c. Corn —No. 2, 421-2@43ce. Oats — No. 2, 29 3-4e. Milwaukee, March 21.—Wheat—No. 1 Northern, 78@80c; No. 2 Northern, 75@78c. Rye—No. 1, 62 @ 621-2c. Barley—No. 2, 54@55c. Oats—Stand- ard, 311-2@31 3-4c. Sioux City, lowa, March 21—Cattle— Beeves, $4 @ 5.50; cows, bulls and mixed, $3@4.50: stockers and feeders. $3@4.25; calves and yearlings, $3@4. Hogs—Bulk, $6.05@6.10. Chicago, March 21.—Beeves, $3.90@ 6.30; stockers and feeders, $2.65@4.70; 6.35; stockers and feeders, $2.65@4.70; cows and heifers, $1.50@4.90. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.05@6.37 1-2; bulk, $6.25@6.35. Sheep, $3.80@6.10; lambs, $4.75@6.90. South St. Paul, March 21.—Cattle— Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3@ 4.50; good to choice milch cows, $30@ 40. Hogs — Price range, $6.05@6.20; bulk, $6.10. | Sheep—Good to choice lambs, $6@6.50; fair to good, $4.50@ 5.75; yearling wethers, $5.25@6; good to choice ewes, $4.25@5. BOY INJURED BY SOO TRAIN. Is Struck by Box Car and Sustains Broken Bones. Amery, Wis., March 21. — Grover Winchell, the twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Winchell of this village, was seriously injured about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Soo railway yard at this place. A way freight was switching, and in some way the boy was struck by a box car and his leg badly bruised and the bones broken. : EWS OF THE SUICIDES ON WEDDING EVE. Paul Lindberg Kills Himself While Fiancee Was Buying Wedding Gown. St. Paul, March 18.—While his be- trothed was purchasing her wedding gown at a local department store, Paul Lindberg, a traveling salesman for Gordon & Ferguson, shot himself through the head in his room at the Merchants hotel. He was to have been married to-day. The suicide was found about 12:30 yesterday after- noon by the woman when she re- turned to the hotel from her shop- ping. Lindberg came to the hotel about a week ago to prepare for the wedding. He seemed to be in the best of spirits over the approaching event, and did not, so far as any one knows, betray an intimation to take his own life. Just what the cause of it was may never be learned. Letters found in the pockets of the dead man revealed the fact that he had a wife and children living in Nebraska. RECORDS LOST IN FIRE. A Wisconsin Pharmacist’s Registry Books Destroyed in Capito! Blaze. Superior, Wis., March 18. — An ef- fort of a local pharmacist to register in Minnesota has disclosed the fact that all of the state pharmaceutical records were destroyed in the fire that burned the state capitol, and that as a consequence Wisconsin pharmacists who wish to register in other states, must take the state ex- amination. Heretofore, on account of the rigid examination in Wisconsin, all registered pharmacists who passed the examination with an average per- centage of 80 or better were allowed to register in Minnesota on their Wis- consin certificate. YOUTH KILLS HIS BROTHER. Accidental Discharge of* Gun Blows Head Almost Off. Missouri Valley, Iowa, March 18.— While hunting with a younger broth- er, Harvey Williams, twenty-eight years old, had his head almost blown from his body by the accidental dis- charge of the younger boy’s gun. The young man is too horrified to explain just how the accident happened, but it is known that the gun was dis- charged at short range and that al- most the full charge of both barrels took effect in Williams’ head. It is feared that the boys’ mother cannot survive the shock. She is a widow and the dead man was her sole sup- port. STATE MAKES LOANS. Applicants Get $34,750 From School Fund. St. Paul, March 18.—Loans aggre- gating $34,750 were made by the state investment board yesterday out of the state school and university funds. The city of Warren gets $12,000 for use in municipal buildings. Independ- ent school district No. 1 of Fairmont, Martin county, gets $8,000 for a new school building, and District No. 23 of Walnut Grove, Redwood county, gets $13,000. District 23 of Swift county gets $850, District 228 of Otter Tail gets $700 and No. 269, Otter Tail, gets $200. ACCIDENT DELAYS SUIT. Defendant in Lonstorf Case Fractures Arm in Fall. Milwaukee, March 18. — Mrs. Mar- garet Lonstorf, the principal defend- ant in the conspiracy suit in which Emma Lonstorf, wife of Otto Lonstorf, seeks to recover $750,000 damages, fell on a slippery sidewalk yesterday on her way to church and fractured her arm. By agreement of counsel, further proceedings in the trial were postponed until Monday. Mrs. Mar- garet Lonstorf was to have resumed her testimony yesterday. GETS TWENTY-THIRD TERM. President of Minnesota Village Again Is Elected. Minnesota Lake, Minn., March 18.— Peter Kremer was elected president of the council for the twenty-third consecutive term by a majority so large as to be almost unanimous. There are perhaps few parallel cases in the United States. , Shot by His Wife. Webster City, Iowa, March 18. — Mrs. John Keller shot and seriously wounded her husband yesterday morn- ing whom she found in a Fort Dodge saloon with another woman. The wounded man was brought to Mercy hospital, in this city, where he was operatéd on and the ball removed. The bullet entered the abdomen, mak- ing a very grave wound. Keller is a switchman on the [Illinois Central. The wife is in custody. Drops Dead at Dinner. La Crosse, Wis., March 18.—Andrew Hallan, proprietor of one of the larg- est retail stores in La Crosse, dropped dead while at dinner yesterday, aged sixty-five years. Death was due to the shock of a recent operation. Burglars Blow Safes. Mason City, Iowa, March 18. — Burglars last night blew open the safes of Wallace Williams, Bickel Produce company and J. S. Smith, dealer in hides. They secured about Northwest. N MAIL SACK CAUSES WRECK. When Thrown It Releases Switch, Wrecking Three Cars. Burlington, Iowa, March 21. — A fast east-bound passenger train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy was partly wrecked at Lockridge yester- day afternoon by a misplaced switch. The dining car, a sleeping car and an observation car broke away from the rest of the train and dashed into the rear end of a work train, demolishing a car occupied by a number of work- men. Swan Bloom of Burlington, cook on the work train, was killed and a dozen persons were severely in- jured. A mail sack when thrown out struck a switch post, breaking it and releasing the switch, thus sidetrack- ing the last three cars of the passen- ger train and demolishing them against the caboose of the work train. HAMLINE WILL GET LIBRARY. Andrew Carnegie Promises $30,000 for Building. St. Paul, March 21—A Carnegie li- brary to cost $30,000 is to be erected at Hamline university as soon as an endowment of $30,000 is raised for the purpose of maintaining the new institution. President George H. Bridgman of the university has re- ceived from Andrew Carnegie a letter containing information that Mr. Car- negie gladly would pay for the erec- tion of the library, provided that the endowment is raised. Dr. Bridgman will lose no time in meeting the condi- tion and secure the fund required. He is confident that he will succeed in finding friends of the institution willing to help secure the Carnegie gift. HERO DIES IN POORHOUSE. Former Comrades, However, Give His Remains an Imposing Burial. Webster City, Iowa, March 21. — John Gates, one of the company who marched from this city to the relief of Spirit Lake at the time of the In- dian massacre in March, 1857, was buried here yesterday by four surviv- ing comrades in arms. He died in the poorhouse, the body having been sent to a medical school, which fact was discovered by former comrades. The funeral was imposing, the church be- ing filled with gray-bearded men. WORKMEN BADLY SCALDED. Thought Steam Had Been Shut Off and Loosened Cylinder Head. Hudson, Wis., March 21. — James Coyne and Martin Swanson were se- verely scalded at the Omaha _ shops yesterday while preparing to clean out the power boiler. They supposed the steam had been shut off and pro- ceeded to loosen the cylinder head. The pressure of steam blew out the head, enveloping the men in a shower of steam. Both men are in a critical condition. CONFIRMS TWO SENTENCES. Montana Supreme Court Passes on Three Murder Cases. Helena, Mont., March 21.—The su- preme court yesterday handed down opinions in three murder cases, con- demning to death two men, Miles Fuller of Butte, and Lu Sing of Boze- man, a Chinaman. F. W. K. Beeskove (Coyote Bill) of Missoula was grant- ed a new trial because of incomplete information. He was also under sen- tence of death. NORTH DAKOTAN IS KILLED. Self-Defense Is Plea of Man Who Is Arrested. Geneseo, N. D., March 21. — L. M. Van Buskirk is dead and J. Hazzlet is a prisoner as the result of a shooting aftray here Saturday night. Hazzlet, it os charged, shot Van Buskirk for trespassing on his property, the trag- edy being the sequel of a quarrel of a year’s standing. The prisoner de- clares he shot his victim in self-de- fense. MAN ON SPREE KILLS SELF. Farmer Crazed With Drink Cuts His Throat. Devils Lake, N. D., March 21. — Peter Rustom, a farmer living near Lawton, about twenty miles north- west of this city, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Rustom was crazed with drink, hav- ing been on a protracted spree. The coroner has gone to investigate. Fire Evicts Hudson Doctor. Hudson, Wis., March 21. — Fire partly destroyed the residence of Dr. M. Whitten in South Hudson yester- day afternoon, entailing a loss of $1,- 500, covered by $1,000 insurance. Fine Farm House Burned. Ridgeland, Wis., Mareh 21.—D. F. Blyton, an old settler, near here, lost his house and contents yesterday by} escaped fire. Loss, $3,500; insurance, $1,500. Mr. Blyton was injured while trying to extinguish the fire. Held on Blind Pig Charge. Miller, S. D., March 21. — Justice McCool yesterday held Henry Glegg, a St. Lawrence druggist, to the cir- cuit court in $300 bonds on the charge ; The NEWS OF Oreeeceqeoeqqsqseeqes LVOSOO8O888888 State Day by Day; INTEREST. ° Nh a Ra a tae Ta fo Th Sin i tn Sh tin tp > np “ a8 ELECT VILLAGE OFFICERS. Returns From 131 Villages Have Been Received. Returns of election results at 131 villages and townships have been re- ceived. Of this number the license question was made the issue in sev- enty-nine places, and the corrected re- turns show that forty-three voted for license and thirty-six against. The following list shows how they are di- vided: Wet—43. Annandale, Mountain Lake, Afton, Henning, Benson, Altona, Cambridge, Montevideo, Clearwater, Long Lake, Clithero, Madelia, Cokato, Mentor, Cottonwood, Montrose, Climax, Nerstrand, Deer Creek, Owatonna, Eyota, Perham, Fertile, Royalton, Fosston, Renville, Hayfield, Slayton, Hanley Falls, Solway, Kenyon, Spring Valley, Longby, West Concord, Brown’s Valley, Welcome, Buffalo, Wood Lake, Vernon Center, Woodsteck, Madison Lake, Zumbrota. Fulda, Dry—36. Atwater, Windom, Ada, Rothsay, Audubon, Erskine, Beltrami, Frazee, Battle Lake, Hawley, Brownsdale, Henning, Belgrade, Heron Lake, Broten, Howard Lake, Clinton, Halstad, Chandler, Leroy, Dawson, Milan, ji Delavan, McIntosh, Dennison, Plainview, Eagle Lake, Pelican Rapids, Edgerton, Shelley, Elmore, Twin Valley, Elizabeth, Ulen, Winnebago. Lake Benton, GAINS ON BUTTER RECORD. Minnesota Produced 80,000,000 Pounds in 1905, There is every indication that Min- nesota will make its usual record of a 7,000,000 pound increase in the pro- duction of butter for 1905. Creamery reports are coming in slowly, but they furnish every sign that more than 80,- 000,000 pounds of butter was produced in Minnesota last year, which will keep the remarkable record at the point where it has been for the last four years. Ever since 1901 Minnesota has in- creased its butter production by at least 7,000,000 pounds a year. In 1903, one of the first years in which the production wa saccurately kept, there FILED AFTER FIFTY YEARS. Patent for South Bend Townsite Is Put on Record. | There is an interesting story back of the patent for the townsite of South Bend, Minn., which has just been received at the St. Cloud land of- fice. The land was paid for at the , Winona land office June 30, 1855, more than half a century ago. The patent is in the name of An- drew G. Chatfield, territorial judge, long since dead, who made the entry in trust for the townsite. The patent covers 286.90 a¢res and the price paid was $1.25 an acre, or a total of $358.62 The townsite is three miles west of Mankato, and the town, it is said, was Intended to have been the rival to that place. If its founders had such aspirations, they probably have long since been vanished. South Bend used to have a postoffice, but even that has been taken away and the few Inhabitants get their mail by rural de- livery. On the theory that money put at in- terest at the legal rate will double every ten years, the price paid for South Bend, if so invested, would now amount to over $12,000. This would make the land worth about $42 per acre. From the fact that there. has never been a call for the patent, it is sup- posed there have been fue if any trans- ters of real estate in the town, as it would be impossible to give a clear title while the land still belonged to the government. It is something of a mystery how the land department happened to send along the patent af- ter holding it up for fifty years. GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAIR. interstate Ladies’ Relay Race Will Be a Feature. | A six-day ladies’ relay riding race | will be one of the leading amusement features of the Minnesota state fair this year. This was decided at a meeting of the executive committee of |the board of managers in St. Paul at the Merchants hotel. The race will be a contest among representatives of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana. Four miles will be ridden each day of the fair, with change of horses at the and of each mile before the grand- stand. The race will be under the di- rection of Allie Wooster of Wantonna, Wis. : Among other attractions decided apon is the Allison troupe of European acrobats, which comes to America for the first time this year. The committee decided to engage the Picards, areal bar performers; the Pekin Zouaves, a clever drill corps which is just back from a tour of the world; and as a comedy piece the Darktown Circus, an act put on by three men in burnt cork and trained mule. The committee voted not to exceed | $2,500 for skylights in the new live were preduced in Minnesota 63,726,808 | stock amphitheater. pounds of butter. Since that year the number of pounds has increased 14,- 000,000 pounds, so that it is safe to predict that the total for year will foot up very close to 75,000,- 000 pounds. In the increase of the number of cows supplying milk to the various creameries, the results will be as gratifying as the increase in the pro- | duction of butter. The last state cen- sus showed more than 800,000 cows in the state and the last figures compiled by the state dairy and food depart- ment show that in 1903 only 435,740 Receiving official notice that the American Shorthorn Breeders’ asso- ciation will conduct a sale of fifty the past|pure-bred Shorthorns during the fair, the committee decided to arrange for sales of Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus 2attle. GOOD ROADS POPULAR. Meetings Are Being Held in All Parts of the State. The work of the new state highway commission is being taken up with great interest in all parts of the state of that number were supplying milk | and interest in good roads was never to the various creameries. greater. George W. Cooley, the engi- It is a conservative estimate that | eer for the commission, is being over- during the last two years there has been an increase of 50,000 to 75,000, cows in the herds of the state supply- | ing milk to the creameries. The department is busy at work on! its biennial report and will soon have some very interesting data at hand. MAY-ENFORCE EYE INSPECTION. | Code Gives State Health Board Larger Powers. The executive committee of the state board of health at a meeting in St. Paul discussed ways and means for complying with the new measures of the revised laws. The new code in-| creases the duties of the board and at the regular meeting of the board a plan will be proposed by which the! board can assume some of the new) powers. There is a long list of things for which the board must draw up new rules, important among which is the treatment of children with diseased eyes and the regulation of car sanita-| tion. The board has not had complete control over these two matters. Under the new code the health board may compel the recalcitrant school boards to make a proper examination of the; school chilaren’s eyes and _ report cases that are contagious. The new code leaves to the board the power to draw up rules regulating this matter. Escaped Convict Caught. Bakersfield, Cal., March 15.—A man identified as Ingwald Running, who from the Wisconsin State re- | formatory at Green Bay in 1902, has been captured in this city by Sheriff Kelly and is now in jail pending the arrival of an officer from the East. G. Gessell, Indian Fighter, Dies. Alma, Wis., March 18. — Gebhard Gessell, a member of Gen. Brackett’s famous band of Indian fighters in the whelmed with requests for presence at good roads meetings to give instruc- tion in the making of good roads. The good roads associations which exist in a number of counties, local commercial clubs and farmers’ clubs are arranging | good roads meetings all over the state Mr. Cooley had already attended several of them and in the near future about a dozen meetings are being ar- ranged. There will be a meeting at Litchfield on March 20, Aitkin on March 22, another near Aitkin on March 23, at Akeley March 27, at War- ren March 30. One will be held at Plainview at some date not yet fixed, and another at Duluth on May 20. Long Prairie and Wadena have asked for meetings and dates are being ar- ranged. Mr. Cooley explains at these meet- ings the provisions of the new law cre- ating the commission and how the community can get the benefit of the law. Then he gives a general talk on the building of roads from the material at hand in that vicinity. WILL RECLAIM 1,000 ACRES. Petition for Ditch at St. Augusta Is Granted. The Stearns county board has granted a petition for a drainage ditch in the town of St. Augusta which is to be five miles in length and is ex- pected to reclaim 1,000 acres of land. Several months ago the farmers of St. Augusta petitioned for a ditch, similar to the present project, but of greater length. Some of the property owners along the proposed route ob- jected, however, alleging that the ben- efits to be assessed were excessive. An appeal was taken from the order of the county board and all proceed- ings under this project were ended. Now it is proposed to construct a shorter drain and have a reassess- ment of benefits, which is hoped to 60s, died yesterday at his home here, | overcome the difficulties that delayed the construction of the first drain. .