Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 2, 1906, Page 7

1 Ree 25 HOMES LAID IN RUINS HITCH CHILDREN TO PLOW TORNADO WIPES OUT NEW SET: TLEMENT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. Grand Forks, N. D., May 29. — Ac- cording to news brought here by Fred Morris, a business man of Crosby, a new town in the western part of the state, a tornado visited that vicinity and razed the dwellings of at least twenty-five farmers, injured a number of the occupants and did other dam- age ,amounting to thousands of dol- lars. The home of Anna Colen, a few miles north of Crosby, was blown down, but the occupants escaped with only slight injuries. From this place, where formerly thirteen homes of set- tlers could be counted, not one could be seen standing after the storm had passed. The home of Edward Skonnard, west of Crosby, was totally wrecked and scattered over the prairie. Skon- nard was badly hurt, his ribs being broken and his face badly cut. E. McCanna’s place was destroyed by the wind, being literally blown to splinters. Every building on the place of W. Chapman was blown away and the ground swept as clean as a floor. ‘That there was no loss of life is a miracle. MAN KILLED; WIFE ESCAPES. Attempt to Drive Across a Swollen Creek Ends Fatally. Sturgis, S. D., May 29—Fred Borsch, Sr., residing two miles from here, met with a fatal accident while on his way home. He attempted to cross a creek with his horse and buggy. The stream was high and the swift current car- ried all down stream, and they be- came entangled in a wire fence. Borsch .was kicked in the forehead while trying to get the horse loose. It is supposed that he was knocked senseless and drowned. His wife was rescued nearly drowned. TWO MEN ARE EXTRADITED. Negro Is Released by Canadian Au- thorities. Winnipeg, May 29—Patrick Rooney, wanted at Williston, N. D, on a charge of shooting and robbing Brake- man Jerry Thompson, and Edward Morris, wanted for alleged theft in Grand Forks, have been extradited by the judge’s orders. A negro, James Burnes, alias Hawes, arrested for @ murder alleged to have been com mitted in Fredericksburg, W. Va.; some weeks ago, was released by the judge, there being no evidence to con- nect him with the crime. 1S SHOT BY ROBSERS. Men Enter House and Secure $900 and Escape. Alma, Wis., May 29. — Some time Saturday night two men entered the house of Sever Skibarum, a farmer living about one and one-half miles from the village of Gilmanton. The robbers secured $900 and shot Mr. Skiharum twice, one shot taking ef- fect in the breast and one in the head. He is in a critical condition. He and his son were living alone. The robbers are being pursued by the deputy sheriff and a posse of citi- zens. 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN SPARTA. Wisconsin Town Has Novel Experi- ence Late in May. La Crosse, Wis., May 29. — About three inches of snow fell at Sparta, Monroe county., A heavy rain fell throughout the upper Mississippi val- ley. Traffic on the Mississippi was tied up all day because of a high wind. ‘The ‘steamer Juniata lost part of araft at Winona. The steamer Lion aban- doned its schedule there and sent its passengers by rail to La Crosse. It was the worst storm in many years. WASHOUT RETARDS TRAFFIC. Damage Repaired but Floods Threaten More Trouble. Appleton, Minn., May 29.—As a re- sult of the heavy rains several feet of track were washed out between Milan and Watson on the Milwaukee Mine. Six hours’ work by a large krew of men repaired the damage so as to permit slow traffic. The coun- try alongside the railroad in the vicin- ity of the washout resembles one large lake. The rainfall of the last forty-eight hours is unprecedented. Rain Has Been Good for Crops. Winona, Minn., May 29.—Instead of the rains of the last week injuring the crops, they are proving very bene- ficial, according to the report just is- sued for the territory west of Winona in Minnesota and South Dakota. Nev- er before have conditions been so fa fortable at this season of the year. Bank Building Destroyed. Merrill, Wis., May 29—The first Na- tional bank building of this city was completely destroyed by fire yester day morning. : : OSHKOSH HUMANE OFFICER GETS AFTER INHUMAN FARMER. Oshkosh, Wis., May 26.—Complaint has been made against a farmer liv- ing about five miles southwest of Neenah on the line of the Oshkosh & Neenah interurban that he has been hitching four of his seven children to a plow and compelling them to drag the implement through a _ ten-acre truck garden, while he guided the plow and drove as he would drive horses. Farmers in the vicinity and persons from Oshkosh riding along the highway in carriages and automobiles are said to have witnessed the cruel practice. The attention of the authorities has been called to the matter, and after securing substantiations of the facts of the case Dr. Wilkie ‘of this city, agent of the Fox River Valley Hu- mane society, went to the farmer and compelled him to send five of the children to school. HORSETHIEVES AT WORK. Alleged Leader of Montana Gang Is Arrested. Helena, Mont., May 26.—Floyd Dove a@ young man, is lodged in the county jail here to await the outcome of an investigations of the charge that he is the head of a gang of horse thieves operating in the vicinity of Wolf creek. Ranchmen in that section say there is an organized gang gathering up horses and shipping them across the line into Canada. Dove was driv- ing a band of horses when arrested, and if he had not been caught might have reached the mountains and left the country. If half of what the ranchmen around Wolf creek say is true, horse thieves have been opera- ting systematically in that section for several weeks. WALKER IS SCORCHED. Business Establish- ments. Walker, Minn., May 26.—Fire early yesterday morning destroyed the buildings occupied by M. J. Foley, sa- loon, and Miss Bertrand, dressmaking parlors and residence, in the center of the village. The Farmers’ Place sa- loon was about half consumed, and the building of William Dearing was also scorched. The fire was first discov- ered at about 12:30. Origin unknown. It is a total loss to most of the parties. A light wind from any direction would undoubtedly have caused the entire business section to be destroyed. Fire Destroys CROP OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE. Cool Weather Gives Wheat Chance to Take Root. St. Paul, May 26. — Small grain throughout the Northwest is up and doing well, according to the weekly crop report issued yesterday by the Northern Pacific road. Rain is re- ported from most of the sections, and heavy showers occurred in many lo- calities. No damage resulted. how- ever. Cool weather has prevailed, giving wheat a good chance to stool and take root. Outside a strip along the Red river the season is about as far advanced as last year and the gen- eral outlook is favorable. BANK TELLER ABSCONDS, Shortage of $14,000 Found in His Ac- counts. Milwaukee, May 26.—The Marshall & Isley bank last night issued a statement announcing the absconding of a receiving teller, saying in part: Arthur George Reinke, receiving teller of the Marshall & Ilsley bank, has absconded. The officers of the bank, after a careful examination of his accounts, found a shortage of $14,- 000, the greater part of which had been taken recently. Reinke has dis- appeared from the city. WOMAN USES SHOTGUN. Fred Chapman of Red Wing Seriously Wounded by Mrs. Charles Cook. Red Wing, Minn., May 26.—A sen- sational shooting affair took place last evening at a resort on the island across the river. Mrs. Charles Cook drew a shotgun and fired a shot at Fred Chapman, a drayman of this city. He now lies at St. John’s hospital, and may recover if blood poisoning does not set in. Chapman claims he sat by the roadside when the woman fired at him. She claims that he was trying to set fire to the barn. Killed by Electric Shock, Minneapolis, May 26. — Edward E. Cronin was instantly killed yesterday by a shock from a_ live wire with which he came in contact as he was trying to climb through the window of a blacksmith shop on Central ave- nue to extinguish a fire. - Milwaukee’s Tracks Gone. Hastings, Minn., May 26.—Owing to bad washouts and land slides on the Riyer division of the Milwaukee road near Etter passenger trains are being over the Burlington road. ‘ i NEWS OF NEW ROUTE IS READY. Dewey Lake Line to International Falls Is 77 Miles Long. ‘The survey of the Great Northern’s new lin’ into International Falls has been completed. It took Engineer Eddy and his crew just a month to complete the line from Dewey Lake to International Falls, which is fast time considering the heavily timbered country through which the line will pass. The distance by the line estab- lished is seventy-seven milés and Mr. Eddy says that it is an extraordinarily favorable country for railroad build- ing, as there are no bad cuts or fills and few swamps, From Sturgeon Lake to Internatton- al Falls the line was run ten degrees west of north and there were so few deviations that it practically is an air line. Though the present swrvey is only preliminary to establish a base line from which to work, on account of similarity of the adjacent country, the engineers did not believe the per- Manent route would vary much from the base line. The route established would take the line into International Falls down Second avenue, but it is not yet known where the depot and terminals will be situated. The climax of six months’ negotia- tions between the Koochiching com- pany and the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg railroad has settled all doubt as to where that road will cross the river, and there is no longer any doubt that International Falls will not get the road, but that a rival town will be established at Pither’s Point. The Cook interests, which control the new road, have maintained from the start that they would, if unable to come to terms with the Koochiching company, cross the river at Pither’s Point, and would build saw mills there and es- tablish a rival city. They have exer- cised options held on property at that point, and have acquired a quantity of valuable land on which to build their terminals and for townsite ‘purposes. OFFICE TO TERMINATE. No More Use for Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber. Notice of the discontinuance of the office of the United States surveyor general of logs and lumber has been received by Gov. Johnson. The order will not go into effect until June 30, 1907. The notice is given at tINs early time so as to allow the legislature, when it meets next winter, to make arrangements for taking over by the state of the records of the office. Eli S. Warner now holds the office. The letter to Gov. Johnson — ex- plained that because of the early com- pletion of surveying work by the gov- ernment in Minnesota the further con- tinuance of the office is unnecessary. According to the statute, when the of- fice of United States surveyor general of logs and lumber is discontinued, the records and archives shall be turned over to the secretary of state. They shall not be turned over, howev- er, until the state has provided by law for their reception and safe keeping as public records. GUARD WILL NOT GO. Adjt. Gen. Wood Rules Against Maneu- vers at Fort Riley. The Minnesota national guard will not participate in the military maneu- vers at Fort Riley, Kan., this year. F. B. Wood, adjutant general, has been invited to send a portion of the state guard, but he has decided that it will not be feasible. Very few of the mem- bers of the guard are so situated that their business duties would permit them being away more than ten days. If ten days were given for the trip the greater part of this would be consumed in going and coming, so that there would be but little time to spend at ithe camp. This is the first time the military maneuvers have been held at a place so close to Minnesota. But Gen. Wood believes that: conditions are not ripe yet for Minnesota to send a regiment or a battalion. SUIT FOR TIMBER, State Board Orders Action Against Minneapolis Firm. The state timber board has author- ized the commencement of a_ suit against Bonness & Howe, Minneapolis lumbermen, for the alleged cutting of 400,000 feet of lumber from state lands in Hubbard county. The timber is said to have been cut during the winters of 1902, 1903 and 1904. If treble damages are collected, as the state will make an effort to do, it will cost the company about $10,000. Cruisers have been surveying the stumpage, and when they made their report the board immediately ordered the attorney general to bring the suits, PAYING OLD BONDS, The state funding commission, com- posed of the governor, the auditor and the treasurer, decided to pay $50,000 of the old refundment bonds of 1891. This will leave $700,000 of these bonds still in force. Nees é _ This much remains of the railroad bonds issued by the state in 1858, amounting to $5,000,000. Part of these bonds were refunded in 1881 and again in 1891. The money is out INTEREST, ; Monday. ; . ‘Washington, May 22. — Notwith- Le Sueur County Town Will Celebrate | standing that the leader of the minor- Anniversary. ity, Mr. Williams of Mississippi, in- Unusual interest is attached to the |!sted upon the presence of a quorum throughout the day, delaying as much meeting of the Lake Elysian Old Set- as he could the orderly procedure of tlers’ association which will be held at legislation, the house yesterday Elysian on June 14. This is due tothe | passed twenty-two bills, six senate fact that the citizens of Elysian are |2"4 sixteen house measures. planning to celebrate the fiftieth anni-| The executive, legislative and judi- versary of the founding of their town cial appropriation bill was passed by while the pioneers are with them. the senate yesterday within three William Lee, who was a member of | hours from its first reading. It car- the party that helped Surveyor Wright ries appropriations aggregating $29,- drive stakes and lay out the lines of | 815,259, an increase of $59,345 over the townsite in June, 1856, says that the amount reported to the senate. it was then covered with heavy tim- ber, and that the only building in Tuesday. Elysian was a small log cabin near the Washington, May 23.—The senate site of the present Catholic church. | devoted the greater part of the day’s The village of Okaman was platted | session to consideration of the immi- the following year and another town, | gration bill, but before it was taken which was christened Empire, was es- | up Senator McCumber made a person- tablished in Iosco township. This was |al statement contradicting an article before the organization of the village | printed in the New York Tribune to of Janesville, and the people of that |the effect that the railroad rate bill place were compelled to*hold their|had been so amended at his instance town meetings at Empire, of which not | as to render it ineffective. Previous a vestige now remains. to that time also the senate adopted a The grist. mill at Okaman was erect- | resolution directing the committee on ed in May, 1857, and Mr. Lee recalls | privileges and elections to consider that there was ice floating in Lake|the course to be pursued in the case Elysian on the first day of that month. | of Senator Burton. After the Okaman mill was built that} For an hour or more yesterday the village prospered, and for twenty years | house of representatives could not de- was a flourishing little place and prom-| cide whether to go into committee of ised to out-distance Elysian. When the whole on the diplomatic and con- the St. Louis r8ad was built through | sular bill or to follow the lead of Mr. to, Mankato the settlement at Elysian | Gardner of Massachusetts and take up revived and continued to spread out, | consideration of the immigration bill. while not a building is left to mark the | After the smoke of battle lifted the spot where the thriving and promising | consular bill was taken up and a gen- ELYSIAN FIFTY YEARS OLD, town of Okaman once stood. As the semi-centennial occurs in the same month in which the old settlers’ meeting is held each year, a more pre- tentious program than usual will be prepared. MANKATO NORMAL TURNS OUT 88 Seventy-Five of These Already Elect- ed to Good Positions, On Wednesday evening, June 6, eighty-eight young teachers will re- ceive their diplomas from the state normal school at Mankato. Seventy- five of them have already been elected to teach in the public schools of the state. Others to graduate in the sum- mer will bring the total up to 140. The exercises of commencement week will begin Friday evening, June 1, with the senior class supper. The following Sunday evening the annual sermon will be preached by Rev. Clement G. Clark of Minneapolis in the Presbyterian church. The faculty reception to the alumni and gradua- ting class will take place Tuesday evening, June 5, in the library. The senior chapel service will be held on Wednesday, June 6, at 9 a. m., and the graduating exercises that evening at normal hall. make the address, and Ell Torrance of Minneapolis, a member of the state normal board, will present the diplo- Goy. Johnson will; eral debate begun. Wednesday. Washington, May 24.—In addition to passing half a dozen bills to which no objection was made the senate devo- ted its entire session yesterday to the just before the hour of adjournment. The bill consists of a series of amend- ments to the existing law, all of them intended to permit stricter regulations for keeping out defective classes of aliens. The head tax is increased from $2 to $5. The day’s proceedings in the house were closed with a speech by Mr. Longworth of Ohio, who talked upon the merits of the diplomatic and con- sular bill. Thursday. Washington, May 25.—After consid- erable debate the senate yesterday passed the bill relieving denatured alcohol from the internal revenue tax and then took up the agricultural ap- propriation bill, which was stili under consideration when the senate ad- journed. Well filled galleries and a large membership on the floor listened with great attention yesterday in the house to two leaders of opposite schools of politics—Charles A. Towne of New York and John Dalzell of Pennsyl- vania. immigration bill, which was passed’ DR. BRADFIELD, LA CROSSE “SANE” REFORM LEADER, BREAKS DOWN. _ La Crosse, Wis., May 29. — Two weeks of the most strenuous devotion to the new “sane” reform movement in La Crosse, in which the city was to be rid of temptations to the young, while saloons and gambling hells were allowed to continue unrestricted for adults, has undermined the reason of Dr. J. A. L. Bradfield, president of the La Crosse Citizens’ league and a wealthy and influential oculist. The climax came yesterday, when Dr. Bradfield suffered a complete breakdown. He had hurriedly sum- moned several leading business men to the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, where a Meeting of the La Crosse Pastors’ union was in progress. Unexpectedly Dr. Bradfield a>peared in the meeting, and, holding his arms aloft, sum- moned the ministers about him to hear his “divine message from heav- en.” Dr. Bradfield claimed to have talked with the angels and to have received a divine revelation. After several minutes of incoherent speak- ing a physician was summoned by the ministers, and Dr. Bradford was persuaded to go to his home, where he is now under the care of nurses. Application was made yesterday af- ternoon to the county court, and Dr. Bradfield will be hurried to a privte sanitarium in an effort to save his reason, and a guardian will be ap- pointed for his estate temporarily. Dr. Bradfield has been leader in state reform movements for many ; years and was an enthusiast in relig- ious work. BURNS HER RIVAL. Girl Accused of Throwing Acid in An- other’s Face. St. Paul, May 29.—As the result of a quarrel in a house on Eagle street ; over the affections of a ballplayer, Blanche Wheeler is in a serious con- | dition at the city hospital, while | Blanche Lloyd is in the county jail charged with assault. Sunday evening ; the women fought over the ballplayer and during the excitement Blanche Wheeler landed a blow on her rival’s | face, blackening her eye. Yesterday noon while her rival was at dinner , Blanche Lloyd approached from be- hind and dashed the contents of a bottle of acid in her face. The in- jured girl, crazed with pain, was tak- en to the city hospital, where it was | discovered that the burns, although severe, are not fatal. FROST IN THE NORTHWEST. Wisconsin and lowa Points Report Snow and Heavy Losses. Menomonie, Wis., May 29. — Great ! damage was done to small fruit and vegetables by a heavy frost early yes- terday niorning. The prospective strawberry crop, which promised | large returns, is ruined. Appleton, Wis.—Sunday night was Mr. Towne’s strictures on the presi-! the coldest night of the spring. Half mas to the graduates. dent were received with applause on the Democratic side. Mr. Dalzell | spoke in favor of “letting well enough State Board of Control May Call for} 2lone,” his speech being enthusiastic: | Supply. ally applauded by the Republicans. The state board of control has not Friday. yet purchased any milch cows to take} Washington, May 26. — The house the place of those slaughtered, which! was turbulent during the consideration were found to be infected, at the Fer-| of the rule sending the rate Dill to; gus Falls asylum. conference, the fear of many members The inmates of the asylum consume’ being that the rule which disagreed to seven hundred quarts of milk a day the senate amendments en bloc might and the supply of the lacteal fiuid; have an influence on the conferees must now be curtailed as the manage} and give them an’ opportunity if they ment of the asylum depend on the, so desired, to vote out the express farmers in the vicinity for their sup-: company amendment, the amendment ply. | relating to pipe lines, and the sleeping The butchering of 76 of the 84 cows| car amendment. at the asylum came as a sensation tol With the assurance that the wishes the persons vonnected with the Fergus! of the house would be considered on Falls asylum as the barns were kept) all the amendments, the rule was in a sanitary condition, and the offi-, adopted. | cials are now trying to find out how] The senate passed the agricultural the cows became infected. appropriation bill, carrying an appro- O. B. Gould of the board of contro] priation of $7,300,000, and without a stated that cows would probably be, word of debate or an objection from supplied from the St. Peter hospital. | any source added to it as an amend- ment the bill providing for an inspec- tion of fresh meats intended for do- mestic consumption. Father and Son Must Answer for Seri} The provision is along the general ous Offense. lines of the law for the inspection of Both Edward Sager and his son,| meats intended to be shipped abroad, Frank, of Fairmont, hase been indict; and the work is delegated to the bu- ed by the Martin county grand jury,) Teau of animal industry. charged with having abducted Mary Se Anderson, the fifteen-year-old daughter SHOOTS LOVER; KILLS SELF. of Lewis Anderson, for the purpose oj having her marry Frank Sager, seven} Because She Would Leave Him, Man teen years of age. The story of the Wounds Handsome Companion. case will be remembered, as the young] New York, May 27—Because she had couple eloped to La Crosse, Wis. threatened to leave him and had where they were refused a marriage’ shown him a photograph of her new license. Crossing the river to Winona; lover, John Kindrovics yesterday shot they were more successful, and were! and wounded Cecilia McGarry, a hand- married on the last day of January.| some woman, in their apartments in The parents of the. bride accused the) West Forty-fourth street. When the old Sagér of having had an impor) police broke into his apartment, Kin-/} tant part in planning the elopement. {| drovics killed himself by a shot in the — Miss McGarry will recover. TAFT TO WAIT UNTIL DEC. 1. COWS FROM ST. PETER. ABDUCTION IS. CHARGED. brain. Goll Works With Bigelow. Says No Decision Is Reached in Judge-| | Leavenworth, Kan., May 26.—Henry ship. G. Goll, former cashier of the First Washington, May 26, — Secretary! National Bank of Milwaukee, serving a ten-year sentence here, was yester- Taft yesterday authorized the state-| Gay assigned to work in the identifi. ment that no conclusion has been cation bureau. Frank G. Bigelow, reached regarding his prospective ap-; former president of the bank, works pointment to the supreme court of the) in the same department. United States. The subject has gone . over until Dec. 1, when congress will Acid Is Thrown Over Girl. meet for its second session and when| Billings, Mont., May 26—In a fit of the successor of Justice Brown will] jealousy it is alleged that Joe Grady be named. — ey an inch of snow fell. Des Moines, Iowa—Frost Sunday and early Monday morning was re- ported in half a dozen places, with considerable damage to crops, vege- tables and fruits. FINGER INJURY IS FATAL. Slight Wound Is Neglected and Blood Poisoning Sets In. Sioux Falls, S. D., May 29. — John H. Nicholls, a prominent Charles Mix county farmer, is dead as the result of a slight injury to one of his fingers. The injury was so slight that no par- ticular attention at first was paid to it, but blood poisoning developed, and | after he had been in the breatest ag- ony for several days, reath put an end to the farmer’s sufferings. He was a native of Kentucky, was seventy- three years of age, and is survived by a widow and six children. BIG FIRE AT CLEVELAND. Loss on Le Sueur County’s Finest Store Is $75,000. Le Sueur Center, Minn., May 29. — The mammoth store building of H. H. Flowers at Cleveland, this county, was burned last night. The fire start- ed in the second story, but just how is not known. Only the cash register was saved. The postoffice was in the building. An immense stock of goods of all kinds was kept in the store. The loss is $75,000; partly insured. ROB REVILLO (S. D.) POSTOFFICE Midnight Marauders Secure $600 Worth of Plunder. Revillo, S. D., May 29. — Burglars entered the postoffice here and suc- ceeded in securing $100 in cash and $500 worth of stamps. Entrance was effected through a drug store and the safe was dynamited. There is no clue. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Man Kills His Wife and Himself Near Arbela, Mo. Keokuk, Iowa, May 29. — James Mayhurst shot and killed his wife yes- terday at his farm north of Arbela, Mo., then shot himself. The couple had been separated for four years. Near the same locality Lester Adams blew off the back of his head with a shotgun. He was an inventor and is said to have become demented over Ssperiments with Mquid air. > Gras EEE