Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 19, 1906, Page 2

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. —_— MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS, - NO INJURY TO CROPS. Farmers Have Been Able to Work Soil and Have Made Progress. The crop report from along the lines of the Chicago & Northwestern road west of Winona shows that the cold “Since our last report we have had two general rains over the entire divi- sion and it generally has been cool, with heavy frost Friday night in Min- nesota, light frost in South Dakota, and Monday night, May 7, a heavy frost over the entire territory. “There has been no injury to crops, as they are not far enough advanced to be injured by frost, and not being generally a fruit country, damage | is slight to fruit, apples not being in bloom and plums being only enough advanced to injure . On the whole there is no injury. “Small grains, including all but flax and corn, are now above ground. Some fiax is sown and corn ground is being prepared. The weather during the last week has not delayed work, as plowing could be done every day but one, so the work has progressed, but growth has been retarded. The weath- er cannot be classed other than favor- able. Do eee ee say NATIONAL — REPUTATION FUND CAN’T BE TOUCHED. Governor Has No Money for Rewards or Extradition Under New Code. The new code seems to have depriv- ed Gov. Johnson of the fund always allowed for expenses of extradition proceedings and for paying rewards offered for the capture of criminals. There is a $2,000 appropriation for he purpose, but C. S. Jelley of the at- torney genedal’s department can find no authority for spending it. Mayor Jones of Minneapolis request- ed the governor to offer a reward on alf of the state for the arrest of Spencer, who shot his wife the night f April and then disappeared. The code was searched, but no reference found to the subject. The standing appropriation of $3,000 a year was made in 1897, and authority was given the governor to spend it on vouchers, for which the auditor would draw war- rants. This is repealed by the code, with nothing that can be found to take ts place. The $2,000 appropriation is ncluded in the 1905 omnibus bill, but no provision is made for expending it. MAY CHANGE BUILDING PLANS. State Board Can Economize in Grad- ing New Prison Site. A change in the location of the buildings on the new prison site at Stillwater is under contemplation from the original scheme, the purpose being to economize in grading for the build- Ings. This makes it necessary to ke some changes in the railway trackages, involving the purchase of more land for trackage. . Under the first survey for buildings the cost of grading was estimated at $100,000. By making the change the building ground may be graded for nbout $51,000. The buildings will be located on the northeast corner of the 154 acres pur- chased, and the wall enclosure will embrace twenty-two acres. This site s just below St. Michael’s cemetery, beginning 400 feet from its boundary. SUNDAY CLOSING A SUCCESS. Reform at St. Peter Likely to Be Made Permanent. If the reform forces in St. Peter are successful in carrying out the plans the yare now making, St. Peter’s “lid” will become a permanent institution. When the cover was fastened down at the April election it was thought that the task of keeping the saloons closed. might prove troublesome, but a month of dry Sundays has shown that it is not difficult, and the men who began the agitation are well satisfied. They purpose continuing the work they have commenced, and a meeting of the Citizens’ league was held to discuss matters pertaining to the wel- fare of the society, to take steps to make the organization permanent, and to devise means of increasing the league's efficiency. At another meet- ing on May 18, officers will be elected STATE BUYS SUPPLIES. Contracts Awarded for Quarter End- ing July 31. The state board of control has awarded the contracts for supplies for the state institutions during the quar- ter ending July 31. The list of sup- plies includes everything from baking powder to tobacco. ‘St. Paul whole- salers get most of the contracts for groceries and foodstuffs, except flour, most of which comes from Minneapo- lis. Some outside firms are represent- ing and dry goods contracts are divid- ed between St. Paul and Minneapolis jobbers. Minneapolis jobbers get the most of the hardware contracts. In flour and feed and some grocery con- tracts the firms in the towns where the institutions are located are given a good share of the contracts. Two Drowned. Jowa City, Iowa, May 13.—William N. Thornburg and Miss Elizabeth Og- den of Linden, Iowa, are thought to have been drowned last evening while on their way home from a picnic up, the Iowa river. Their boat was found floating bottom up below a break in the dam. The bodies have not been recovered. ~ CALLED BY DEATH JOSEPH A. WHEELOCK, EDITOR OF THE PIONEER PRESS, PASSES AWAY. ADVOCATE OF EVERY CAUSE IN WHICH HONOR AND HIGH PUR- POSE PLAYED PART. St. Paul, May 11. — Joseph Albert Wheelock, the veteran editor of the Pioneer Press, died at his home, 241 Summit avenue, at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Wheelock’s reputation as a Journalist was national and he will have a place in the memory with such editors as Greeley, Dana, Bennett and Bowles, with whom he was contem- poraneous. , Trip Too Fatiguing. Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock returned Monday from Redlands, Cal., where they spent the winter, owing to Mr. ‘ a force always for the public good. Mr. Wheelock’s later years. Men in public life recognized in Mr. Wheelock Many knew only of his public work and they were impressed by the power of his intellect,.his clear reasoning, his sound judgment, and his force of expression, or his devoted work for the St. Paul park system. But many, who knew him personally, were im- pressed as much by the man as by his work; they saw in him the traits that endeared him to all that came in per- sonal contact with him. ry City’s Token of Respect. Mayor Smith early in the day issued a proclamation calling public attention to Mr. Wheelock’s death and directing that all city offices be closed at the time of the funeral. The flag on the city hall was lowered to half-mast. A special meeting of the common coun- | cil was called for this afternoon for the purpose of passing appropriate resolutions concerning Mr. Wheelock’s life work and services for the city. Wielded Great Influence. Joseph A. Wheelock was a striking personality, a character of great force, and, what is more rare, of great breadth and integrity. In proportion to the influence he wielded, the meager obituary of names and dates will come to the reader with suggest- ive force. He was identified with many movements; he was an adyo- cate of every cause in which honor and high purpose played a part, but his relation was always such that, while he stamped the mark of his upon it, the praise character and JOSEPH ALBERT WHEELOCK. Editor-in-Chief of St. Paul Pioneer Press—Born Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, Feb. 8, 1831—Died St. Paul, Minn., May 9, 1906. nnn Wheelock’s ill health. During the winter Mr. Wheelock enjoyed better health than was usual with him for the three years he wintered in Cali- fornia. But the high altitudes reached on the trip across the mountains serious- ly affected his heart action, due to the bronchial trouble, from which Mr. Wheelock had suffered for years, and when he arrived in St. Paul his con- dition was alarming to members of his family. Death a Shock to City. Mr. Wheelock’s death was not en- tirely unexpected to members of his family and to the persona] friends who knew of his long fight against a weakening constitution, but the news was a shock to those who supposed that the winter seasons in California were giving him permanent relief. When the word was passed around town and in the homes of the city that Mr. Wheelock was dead, many were the expressions of sorrow. The people of St. Paul, and particularly the older generation, felt each an individual loss in the passing away of the man who for half a century had been among the foremost in promoting St. Paul, Minnesota and the Northwest. One Key Note in Sorrow. There was one key note in the ex- pressions as the news of the death of Joseph A. Wheelock spread yester- day, and that was the loss to the city, the state and the Northwest. There was @ personal grief in the comments of the men who have grown old with Mr. Wheelock in the region they have helped develop; they miss an old friend. The younger generation, who are enjoying the structure reared on the foundation the pioneers laid. ap- plaudits fell upon men whose leader- ship he supported. Man of High Ideals, He was one of the few old-time edi- tors whose personality is recent years has been identified with his work in the public mind. By all who knew him it has been said that his influence was always used to attain the highest ends and aims. He was a man who did not care for the accumulation of wealth. He had neither the faculty nor taste for it. His aims and his interests took him out of the sphere of money-get- ting. He was a publicist. The per- sonal, the selfish element of his na- ture was subordinated to his larger desire for public good. As a result his obituary, as far as tangible facts g0, is meager. In the consideration of influences it is unbounded. Half a Century of Work. Mr. Wheelock was born at Bridge town, Nova Scotia, Feb. 8, 1831. He was educated at the Sackville acad- emy, coming to St. Paul in 1850. He was state commissioner of statistics under Gov. Ramsey, 1860-61, and post- master under President Grant, 1871-75. Mr. Wheelock’s first newspaper work was in 1855 or the year follow- ing, when he was employed to conduct a real-estate paper in St. Paul. He founded the St. Paul Press in 1861, since which time he was connected with the Press and its successor, the Pioneer Press, until his death. Mr. Wheelock was married in May, 1861, to Miss Kate French at Concord, N. H. He is survived by Mrs. Wheelock and three children, Webster Wheelock, associate editor of the Pio- neer Press, and Katrina and Ellen Wheelock. ¢ COULDN’T MAKE THE STOP. A. J. Cassatt, the president of the Pennsylvania railroad, said at his New Year’s reception, anent an inex- perienced workman: “That reminds me of a western lad. He got a place on a railroad, became a brakeman, then a fireman, and one day, in an emergency, he undertook to run a locomotive. | ' “He ran the locomotive well enough, but he could not stop with the neces: sary precision, for this needs practice. “With one station in particular he had trouble. He ran some 30 yards beyond this station, and then, putting back, he ran as far the other way. He was preparing for a third attempt, when the station agent put his head out of the window and shouted: “ ‘Stay where you are, Jim. We'll FOR RUSSIANS CZAR OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH MOST IMPRESSIVE CER- EMONY. MESSAGE CORDIAL IN TONE ess! SOVEREIGN RENEWS PLEDGES ‘AND MAKES PLEA FOR LOYALTY. St. Petersburg, May 12.—Without a single hitch and with only a minor in- cident to mar the memorable day, the Russian parliament was inaugurated yesterday. The weather was superb, and the stage management of the im- pressive ceremony at the Winter pal- ace, where. Emperor Nicholas, sur- rounded by courtiers and all the pomp and panoply of power, delivered the speech from the throne to the mem- bers of the two houses, was perfect. Such a spectacle never before has been witnessed on the earth’s stage. Speech Was Cordial. The message in reality was less a throne speech than a greeting, and re- quired only three minutes for its de- livery. Emperor Nicholas read slow- ly. The admirable and even cordial tone of the sovereign in renewing his pledges and asking the co-operation of parliament for the regeneration of the country was only negatively satisfac- tory. Courtiers and spectators other than members of the national parliament led the cheering, but the members were ominously silent, expressing neither approval nor disapproval. The only genuine flashes of fire which showed the real temper of the members of the house was when Prof. Mouromtseff, who had been Elected President of the lower house, invited govern- ment officials and clerks to leave the hall, and when Ivan Petrunkevitch, in a few eloquent words from the ros- trum told the auditors that the first thought of the parliament should be for those who had suffered in the cause of liberty, who now fill the prisons, and whase arms are stretched out in hope and confidence to the peo- ple’s representatives. After the adjournment of the parlia- ment there was a great spontaneous celebration in front of the rooms of the Constitutional club, to which the leaders had retired for consultation. Thousands of persons packed the ad- joining streets and shouted and cheered until MM. Petrunkevitch, Roditsheff, Mouromtseff and . others appeared on the balcony and spoke. Their words were received with fran- tic applause. St. Petersburg, May 13—The hope of the establishment of friendly rela- tions between the emperor and the national parliament was further strengthened yesterday by the audi- ence granted by Emperor Nicholas at Peterhof to Prof. Mouromtseff, the president of the lower house. Prof. Mouromtseff returned from the audi- ence apparently much impressed by the emperor’s earnest interest in the problems of the country. Though the radical hot heads had been praying that Prof. Mouromtseff would lay down the law to the emperor and make a scene, the half-hour’s conver- sation was skilfully guided by the sovereign and the parliamentary chief so that friction was avoided. To the Constitutional Democratic members of the house who awaited him at the Constitutional club, Prof. Mouromtseff spoke only briefly, laying especial emphasis on the emperor's courtesy and his thorough knowledge of the sentiment in parliament and society. Prof. Mouromtseff said polit- ical questions were not gone into. The burning subject of the reply to the speech, from the throne probably will not be reached at to-day’s session of the lower house. The time will be taken up with the election of officers, the adoption of necessary rules of procedure and the appointment of a committee on credentials. DOWIE’S DEATH NOT FAR OFF. A Week or Ten Days Most Doctor Can Promise Him. Chicago, May 13.—The condition oi John Alexander Dowie is said to be nearing a critical stage. The venera ble “first apostle” has taken to his bed and his strength is failing. The swelling of the extremeties, which is a noticeable characteristic of his af fliction, is said to have extended tc within a few inches of the heart. Dr. Blanks, who has_ been in attendance upon Dowie, said that he might, by reason of his great vitality, tive a week or ten days, but that a fatal ter mination of the disease within two or three days would not be surprising. BLOODY STRIKE IN POLAND. Factory Employes Are Fired on by Troops and Several Killed. Lodz, Russian Poland, May 12. — Many of the workmen in the factories and the street railroad employes quit work yesterday and invaded other es: tablishments, compelling the work men to join in the movement, and the socialists seized the opportunity to or jeenize a genéral strike and a red flag procession. The strikers were fired NEW YORK INSURANCE DEPART- MENT MAKES FIGURES PUB- LIC—QUIET SUNDAY. \ Albany, N. Y., May 14.—The state insurance department last night made public the figures showing the losses in the recent California conflagration of the fire and fire marine insurance companies doing business in this state and reporting to the department. They showed estimated net losses to a total of $113,441,595, Breaks in Reservoirs. San Francisco, May 15. — One of the causes of the destruction of the great portion of San Francisco was re- vealed yesterday when Mayor Schmitz and Engineer Schusseter of the Spring Valley Water company, accompanied by other officials, made a trip down the peninsula to inspect the huge mains of the water company, which furnished the city’s water supply from Crystal Springs and other lakes. Several big breaks were found in the mains and thus was explained the reason why the city was without suf- ficient water supply to fight the flames. The reservoirs of the company were found to be absolutely safe and most of the connections were re-established. The city is now receiving a supply of water amply sufficient for domestic needs and fire protection in the un- burned districts. Yesterday was one of unusual quiet and beyond the arrest of Policeman W. E. Cooney, who had secured a supply of liquor, there was virtually nothing to disturb the Sabbath. FREE FIGHT AT DOWIE MEETING. Aged Apostle Calls Voliva Overseers Robbers, and Fun Starts. Chicago, May 15—A meeting over which John Alexander Dowle presided at Zion City yesterday afternoon was broken up by a number of followers of the opposing faction, assisted by sev- eral outsiders, and before the crowd dispersed a free fight occurred. Dowie was addi ing the audience, numbering about 600, and made the statement that the overseers of the Voliva faction are thieves and robbers. At once a number of those in the audi- ence were on their feet shouting “No, ho, you are the robber; why don’t you pay your debts.” Violent Disturbance. The disturbance became so violent that a Zion guard was sent to restore order. The guard took hold of an old man who was loudest in his demon- strations on Dowie, and this was the signal for the fight. A dozen men seized the guard and were about to drag him down the aisle, when Gladstone Dowie and Deacon Ar- rington mounted the platform and called upon the audience not to create a disturbance and to take their seats. After quiet had been restored Dowie again attempted to proceed with his meeting, but he was jeered and called a traitor and robber until he dismissed the audienece. TABAH EVACUATED BY TURKS. Full Satisfaction for Great Britain Ex- pected—Restore Status Quo. Constantinople, May 15.—Tabah has been evacuated by the Turkish troops, by order of the sultan. The porte’s reply on Friday to the British note agreed to the evacuation of Tabah and to the appointment of a commission for the delimitation of the boundary, but it was couched in such terms as to make it’ not acceptable to Sir Nicholas O’Conor, the British am- bassador, and he has insisted on com- plete satisfaction before the expiration of the limit set by the British note. It is fully expected that this will be ac- corded. Will Restore Status Quo. London, May 15.—According to spe- cial dispatches from Constantinople printed in this morning's newspapers, the porte’s reply tothe British note promised to restore the status quo on the Sinai peninsula and the delimita- tion of the frontier by Turkish and Egyptian officials now on the spot. Sir Nicholas O’Conor, the British ambas- sador to Turkey, insists on the delim- itation by an Angio-Turkish commis- sion. This is the demand that the sultant is trying to evade, as it would acknowledge Great Britain’s protector- ate over Egypt from the Ottoman em- pire, while the sultan wishes to main- tain before the world that Egypt is a portion of his empire. LUNATICS FIND CORPSE. Body of Suicide Found Hanging to a Tree Near Fergus Falls. Fergus Falls, Minn., May 15. — The body of Johannes Holder was found hanging in some woods near the state hospital here by some insane men who were out for exercise. It is clearly a case of suicide. Holder was a promi- nent farmer and there was no cause known for the act. He had been miss- ing since Wednesday. TOTS PERISH IN FLAMES. Repeated Efforts at Rescue Baffled Ly Flames, i Pittsburg, May 15.—In a fire that de- stroyed the residence of Marcus A. Woodward at Clifton, two children, Margaret, twenty-one months, and Marcus, eight months old, were burned to death. The charred bodies were found in the ruins. Repeated ef- be forts to reach them were baffled by the -on by the troops and three were killed} games before which a bucket brigade’ FRISCO LOSS IS. $113,441,505] RU SS MAY DAY HAS ITS VICTIMS VICE ADMIRAL AND POLICE CAP. TAIN ARE TARGETS OF ASSASSINS. SHOW IRON HAND TO CZAR REPLY TO ADDRESS WILL BE FIRM ON QUESTION OF AMNESTY. St. Petersburg, May 16—Vice Ad- miral Kuzmich, commander of the port, who was very unpopular with the workmen, was assassinated here yesterday by workmen whose May day demonstrations he had attempted to stop. At about 9:30, according to an of- ficer who was at the gate of the works, the admiral was emerging from a small shop in the works, when a work- man, who had been concealed around the corner of the building, leaped on Kuzmich from behind and drove a long dagger into his back. The ad- miral fell forward on his face, which was badly cut by stones, and died im- mediately. The assassin fled into a large building, where he was lost among the men employed there. The workmen of St. Petersburg made an imposing showing in their May day celebration. Practically ev- ery factory, mill and shop in the city was idle, over 200,000 men joining the demonstration. Police Captain Torn to Pieces. Warsaw, May 16—While Police Cap- tain Constantinoff was standing in Marszalkowska street last evening with two policemen and four soldiers, a young man threw a bomb into the group. The explosion of the bomb literally tore Capt. Constagtinoff to pieces and severely wounded a police- man and six other persons. The as- sassin tried to escape, and, firing his revolver, wounded a soldier. The oth- er soldiers replied with a volley, kill- ing the assassin and two other per- sons. The soldiers then attacked the people who had gathered with their bayonets and the butts of their guns, wounding eleven persons, making a total of four killed and nineteen wounded. Reply to Czar’s Speech. St. Petersburg, May 16. — After struggling the whole day over a draft of the reply to the speech from the throne the members of the commis- sion of the lower house postponed the final work of phrasing the document until 11 o'clock to-day. Shows Iron Hand. The iron hand behind the respectful wording of the address peeps out in the paragraph regarding amnesty, which contains these significant words: “There are some demands which cannot be refused, and this is one.” The workmen are remembered by a reference in«the address to the need of amelioration in the conditions of labor, while for the Poles and other Nationalities, the address, though avoiding the word autonomy and in- sisting on the maintenance of the bonds of the empire in full strength, speaks for the right of each national- ity to its own language, customs and local self-administration. RIOTS BREAK OUT IN ZION. — Hundreds of Factionists Engage in Riots—Dowie Chastised. Chicago, May 16.—Riots broke out in Zion City yesterday following dis- order which attended Dowie’s efforts to address his followers in Shiloh tab- ernacle Sunday. Crowds numbering hundreds gathered in Shiloh boule- vard near the general store last even- ing and engaged in a furious argu- ment over the respective merits of their leaders and the questions at is- sue in the struggle of “Dr.” Dowie and Overseer Voliva for supremacy. One Dowieite was handled roughly by the mob, and serious consequences were only averted by the arrival of the Zion police in answer to the riot. call. James Slater, a negro adherent of the “first apostle,” was escorted to safety by the officers after being mobbed for his sturdy defense of Dowie. The police are apprehensive of fur- ther trouble and have called in all the patrolmen from outlying points for possible emergency duty. Mrs. Dowie, in an attempt to force her husband to change his will so as to leave her one-third of the property, is said to have beaten him. Two negro attendants separated the “apostle” and his belligerent spouse. This was told by a former maid of Mrs. Dowie. MRS. BLAINE IN SIOUX FALLS. Wife of James G. Blaine Will Obtain a Residence and Sue for Divorce. Sioux Falls, S. D., May 16.—Quite a flutter was caused among the mem- bers of the local divorce colony yes- terday morning by the arrival of Mrs. James G. Blaine, who comes with the avowed intention of remaining six months if necessary to obtain a resi- dence, with the object of applying for a divorce. She was accompanied only by a maid. She will make her home at the Cataract hotel. y