Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 9, 1906, Page 7

AT KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN TERRIBLY DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO REJOICINGS OVER ROYAL Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. DEPOSITS AND BANKS DOUBLE MINNESOTA MAKES A PHENOME- NAL RECORD IN BANKING IN MINNESOTA. MARRIAGE, FIVE YEARS. ct. Paul, May a1. — “The danking | ESCAPE I$ MOST MIRACULOUS growth of Minnesota during the past five years is something remarkable, and, indeed, phenomenal,” says the public examiner in a report issued yes- terday. “It has few parallels in the financial development of the country. During the five years ending Nov. 10, 1905, there was a net increase of 360 banking corporations, of which 213 were state banks and 147 national, an increase in the aggregate number of banks of 128 per cent. These new banks added to the banking capital of the state in five years, in the shape of paid-in capital stock, surplus and undi- vided profits, upward of $17,500,000, a net capital increase of 76 per cent. “The deposits of state and national banks in Minnesota during this five- year period were swelled by the heavy total of $92,000,000, a growth of over 100 per cent, while the total resources gained $110,000,000, or 92 per cent. .. “The growth of over 100 per cent in bank deposits in the brief period of five years is signal evideace not only of the marked activity and solid prog- ress of our commonwealth in banking, but of the rapid and substantial pros- perity of the state, industrially and commercially as a whole. “An advance from something less than $90,000,000 of bank deposits in Minnesota state and national banks in the prosperous year of 1900, to over $180,000,000 of deposits in 1905 is not only a most conclusive index, but also a powerful tribute to Minnesota’s pres- ent era of growth in productive ca- pacity and income, as well as in finan- cial development.” SIXTEEN MEMBERS OF ROYAL ES. CORT KILLED AND MANY OTHERS INJURED. WEDDING.IS GRAND AFFAIR —— ALL GREAT NATIONS REPRESENT- ED—AMERICA ESPECIALLY FAVORED. eer Madrid, June 2.—The public rejoic- ings over the marriage of King Al- fonso and Princess Victoria had a ter- ribly dramatic sequel at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, as a bomb thrown from an upper window exploded with deadly effect nedr the coach occupied by the king and queen. Providentially, King Alfonso and Queen Victoria es- eaped by an electric wire deflecting the bomb, but at least sixteen per- gons, most of them of the personal and military escort, were killed. Many others were injured. The Victims. Capt. Barrosa, commanding part of the king’s escort. Lieut. Reysient. Lieut, Prandergast. Six soldiers. The marquise of Colosa and her daughter. Don Antonio Calvo and his niece, aged six years. Jose Sola. Luis Fonseca. One royal groom, who"was leading a horse drawing the coach carrying the king and queen. Several of those killed were stand- ing on the balcony of the house from which the bomb was thrown. About to Enter Palace. The explosion occurred just as the royal couple were about to enter the palace. The route of the cortege had been diverted from Arsenal street to Mayor street, owing to the popular de- sires. The procession had just passed through Mayor street and was about to turn into the Esplanade leading to the palace when an explosion shook the buildings in the vicinity, stunning a large number of people and throwing the cortege into inextricable confusion. The royal coach was brought to a sudden stop by the shock, officers and soldier of the escort falling to the ground about the equerry and horses that had been killed. Groans of the Dying. The screams of the terrified multi- tude mingled with the groans of the dying. It was immediately seen that the royal coach was intact, except as it had been damaged by flying splint- ers. King Alfonso immediately alight- ed and assisted Queen Victoria out of the carriagé. They then entered an- other coach and were driven swiftly to the palace. All this happened so quickly that people away from the immediate vicin- ity were not aware of the tragedy that had been enacted, and continued to acclaim their sovereigns. Joy Over King’s Escape. Soon, however, there appeared the empty royal coach with two horses missing and the others spattered with blood, several of them bleeding from wounds. The grooms and . drivers looked deathly pale in their spangled uniforms. Then came a boy shouting that a bomb had been thrown at the king. The appearance of the king and queen in a coach brought out delirious ovations. The fact’ was recognized that the sovereigns had been spared. Horrible Spectacle. In the meantime the scene of the tragedy presented a horrible spectacle with dead men and horses lying about, literally torn to ‘pieces. Intense ex- citement prevailed, the mob invading the streets while the forces of the guards sought to maintain order and block the approaching streets. The pavement was literally covered with blood, and the upper stories of the buildings nearest were spattered with it. CLUB WOMEN OPEN BIENNIAL. ‘ National Federation Hosts Are in Ses- sion in Record-Breaking Convention. St. Paul, June 1.—St. Paul gave the delegates to the eighth biennial con- vention of the General Federation of ‘Women’s clubs the brightest of wel- comes yesterday, and the appearance of the sun, after days of rain and gloom, was doubly welcomed. Every train brought in its quota of club women, and in additional to the regu- lar service there were special trains from the east, west and south. The Chicago Special carried 155 women; it took twenty-two hours to bring the New England delegation; 50 women came from Omaha, 150 from Colorado, and other sections were quite as well represented, “It is going to be the largest bien- nial in the history of the organization, said Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker of Den- ver, Colo., the president. “St. Paul is in the middle district and was easy of access from all parts, and the biennial has been so splendidly advertised by the press committee that the women have made extra efforts to be pres- ent.” NABS MAN WHO WAS SHOT, Affray Recalls Name of a Fugitive and Arrest Results. Red Wing, Minn., May 31. — Fred Chapman, into whose body the con- tents of a shotgun were fired by a woman a few days ago on the island across from Red Wing, has been ar- rested. The nearest authorities are at Ellsworth, Wis. Sheriff Lindquist re- called that about five or six years ago the grand jury indicted a man by the name of Chapman for assault, and that the Chapman in question lived at that time in Pine Island. The man escaped from the authorities at the time of his indictment and all efforts failed to lo- cate him. The investigation which Sheriff Lundquist has made has led to the arrest of Fred Chapman. DR, FORCE FOUND GUILTY. Charged With Embezzlement of Stock From Northwestern Life. Minneapolis, May 31. — Dr. J. F. Force, formerly president of the Northwestern National Life Insurance company, was last night found guilty of embezzlement. Sentence was de- ferred pending arguments on a motion for a new trial. The specific charge under which Dr. Force was convicted was the embezzlement of 135 sharos of Metropolitan Bank stock from the Northwestern National Life Insurance company while he was president of the insurance company. The trial brought out- much sensational testi- mony. Assassin Is Captured. ‘The place from which the bomb was thrown is a boarding house. The chamber from which the missile was hurled was taken May 22 by a man from Barcelona giving the name of Three Killed In Wreck. CHILD AT PLAY DROWNS. Two Harbors, Minn., May 31. — A runaway Duluth & Iron Range freight train carrying thirty loaded cars, dashed down a hill from Waldo, Minn., to Two Harbors without an engine crew, conductor or brakemen except one brakeman who feared to jump in the darkness. He sustained a broken leg and other injuries. Three tramps and possibly more are dead as a result of their own carelessness, or ignorance of the working of the airbrakes. Twen- ty-five ore cars piled up, being a com. | paces Six-Year-Old Boy Falls Erom House Into Bay. Limbert, a six-year-old boy, fell into the bay, where the water is about seven feet deep, and was drowned. Ralph and his brother Earl, who ts eight years old, were playing together Ralph fell backward into the water. Before assistance came he was plete loss. 95 Boat Red Wing, Minn., May 31. — Ralph on the platform of a boathouse, when the house the man attempted to flee, but was captured. Another man es- caped over the roofs of the houses, According to an official statement it is not known whether one or more bombs were thrown. The statement continues that it is impossible to as- certain at present the author of the outrage. King and Queen Tranquil, Frederick W. Whiteridge, the Amer- ican special envoy, cabled to President Roosevelt at 4 o’clock yesterday after- noon giving details concerning the at- tempt on the life of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria. Later in the day Mr. Whiteridge went to the royal palace, where he-was assured that the king and queen were reasonably tranquil considering the circumstances. indignation Is Great. The indignation of the people over the outrage was very great. Some French detectives were almost lynched because they had a foreign appeai ance. After the outrage a visitors’ book was opened at the palace. It was signed during the afternoon by the for- eign princes, envoys, diplomats, min- isters and officials of all ranks. The mayor of Madrid has posted an address to the people stigmatizing the attempt on the lives of the sovereigns as a foul outrage. Many arrests have been made, among them Manuel Duran, a Cata- lonian, who is believed to have been the principal conspirator. THE ROYAL WEDDING, Brilliancy Temporarily Forgotten In Terrible Tragedy. Thetragic event of the afternoon and the narrow margin by which King Al- fonso and the new queen of Spain es- caped death has caused the brilliancy of the royal wedding to be temporarily forgotten, although it was to have in- augurated a period of unprecedented festivities. Some of the wedding fea- tures, however, were such as to fix themselves indelibly upon the minds of the spectators. One of the prettiest sights was the tiny Prince Alfonso, the actual heir to the throne, who ac- companied the king. The little orphan of the Princess of Asturias, was clad in knickerbockers of white silk and reached only to the king’s waist. Bride Is Late. King Alfonso reached the altar long before Princess Victoria. The lengthy wait which ensued led many to dread an inopportune event. The king twice arose on the throne and gazed stead- fastly toward the door. Hardly an arm’s length away was the American special envoy, Frederick W. White- ridge, who, through chance or design, occupied the most favorable position of any in the assemblage. With him sat Gen. Dalstein, the French envoy, and alongside of him the enyoy of Morocco, a huge Othello swathed in white, and next a Chinese mandarin. United States Represented. Republican simpHcity never was more strikingly exemplified. The Eu- ropean courts were represented by princes, most of them heirs to thrones, while France, the United States and the South and Central American re- publics stood out with plain envoys. As the ceremony closed King Al- fonso embraced his bride and her mother. This glimpse of domestic tenderness as well as the democratic touch given by the presence of many poor people in the galleries who were there by the king’s request, made the scene effective, to.which a melancholy sequel quickly succeeded. LAKE STEAMER IS CUT IN TWAIN Js Sent to Bottom of St. Clair River as Restiit of Explosion. Detroit, Mich., June 2—The steamer Erin, up-bound and towing the schoon- er Danforth, was run into and cut in two by the steamer Cowle, in the St. Clair river, just pelow St. Clair, carly yesterday, and five members of the Brin’s crew were drowned. The collision occurred during a fog. The Cowle is a modern steel freighter, and is not thought to have been much damaged, while the Erin was a wooden vessel of the old type. Seven Men Saved. Six of the Erin’s crew and the thir- teen-year-old son of Mrs. Reed, who was on the steamer, were saved. Officers of the schooner Danforth charge that the Cowle did not stop and assist in the rescue of the Erin’s crew. The Erin sank so rapidly after the col- lision that those members of the crew who were asleep had little chance for their lives. Officers Were Confused. Capt. Sullivan of the Erin was in the pilot house when the collision occur- red, and the impact of the steel freight- er as she hit the boat, threw him into the river. He floated down to Marine City on some wreckage before being rescued. Capt. Sullivan says that the officers of the Cowle evidently were confused as to the number of boats ap- proaching and that this caused the collision. The body of Mrs. Reed came to the surface: soon after the accident and has been picked up. RR nnnnnenrmnmmmnmrmmmnmn™m——” 0000 0 Ow" ADMITS SHOOTING MULLER. Joseph Lach Confesses Crime to Bis marck Officers, Bismarck, N. D., June 1. — Joseph Lach, who shot John Muller near this city Saturday, confessed the crime and accompanied the officers to the scene. He pointed out where he had hid the revolver after the shooting ard also described the crime. Muller is badly injured, the ball severing an artery OUTBREAK OF CRIME IS BEGIN- NING, DECLARE SECRET SERVICE MEN. PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT CHIEF _SUSPECT IN MADRID BOMB OUTRAGE KILLS HIMSELF. Washington, June 4—An outbreak of crime by “reds” is beginning, and a concerted demonstration by an- archists in all parts of the world is now going on, the secret service men of this government believe. The discovery yesterday in Oregon of a plot to kill President Roosevelt, the attack on the king and queen of Spain, the renewed activities in Paris, the jubilation at Paterson, N. J., head- quarters of American anarchists, and the developments in Rome all prove this, it is asserted. Guard President Closer. The accessibility of President Roose- velt has long been an occasion for un- easiness among his friends, and it is now probable that a closer guard will be kept on him. He will be accompa- nied by more secret service men, it is expected, and restriction will be put upon his journeys in and about Wash- ington and elsewhere. The movement most feared is a series of attempts on the lives of rulers of great countries. This has been advocated so often that it is known to be one ef the cherished plans of the anarchist leaders. Alarm in Chicago. Chicago, June 4.—Cause for alarm was found by the police, who have been informed of the unusual activity among anarchists, and yesterday they detailed a score of detectives to shad- ow Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk- man and other “reds” in Chicago. Evidences of great activity among the anarchists, it is said, have been found. The attempted assassination of the king and queen of Spain Thurs- day, and the discovery of a bomb plot against President Roosevelt at Port- land, Or., Saturday, aroused the local police to danger of a similar conspira- cy being initiated in Chicago. SUSPECT IS SUICIDE. Man Suspected of Hurling Bomb at Alfonso Kills Himself. Madrid, June 4. — The capture and suicide Saturday night at Torrejon de Ardos of Manuel Morales, the chief suspect in the bomb outrage against King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, adds another dramatic chapter to the inci- dents surrounding the royal weddings. Morales was recognized in the little town of Torrejon de Ardos, midway between Madrid and Alcala. A guard sought to detain him, but Morales, drawing a revolver, shot the guard dead. Then he turned to flee, but a number of the inhabitants of the town were upon him, and, turning the re- volver upon himself, he sent a shot in the region of his heart, expiring a few minutes later. Body Is Identified. Senor Cuesta, proprietor of the ho- tel from the balcony of which Morales threw the bomb, viewed the body yes- terday morning and completely identi- fied it as that of his recent guest. The body was then brought to Ma- drid. At first there was a desire to bury it at Torrejon de Ardos, but when this was suggested the villagers indignantly refused to permit the body | to repose in their town. Final disposition of the body of Morales has not yet been determined upon, but the public demand an igno- minious burial. Will Come Again, Says King. The American envoy to the royal wedding, Frederick W. Whitridge, and his suite, had an opportunity for a brief conversation with King Alfonso during the reception at the palace Sat- urday night. When the conversation naturally turned to the attempt on the king and queen, King Alfonso shrugged his shoulders and made the following significant statement, show- ing how he views the future: “Yes, fortunately, it was umsuccess- ful; but it will come again. It may be any time—perhaps to-morrow, perhaps within a month, perhaps within a year—but it will come.” ls Calmly Resigned. The face of the king wore a look of calm resignation as he gaye this fore- east of the future. Although he bore himself splendidly throughout the ter- rible experience, the courtiers wit- nessed a trying scene as King Alfonso and Queen Victoria hurried within the castle after the attempt was made to assassinate them. For a moment Al- fonso’s nerves were completely un- strung, and, turning to Queen Victoria, her dress spattered with blood, he ex- claimed: “Why did I bring you to this coun- try? It was wrong; you never should have come here!” Quieted by Mother. The queen mother and one of the fnfantas calmed the overwrought of the king and the bridal ELEVEN KILLED; SCORE INJURED AWFUL DISASTER CAUSED BY THE OVERTURNING OF A CROWDED CAR. Providence, R. I., June 5. — Eleven persons are dead, a score seriously in- jured and many others slightly injured as the result of the overturning of a crowded electric car -at Moore’s Crossing, East Providence, early yes- terday morning. More than 100 young Men and women, who had spent the evening at Crescent Park, a pleasure resort on the Providence river six | miles below this city, were on a char- tered car returning to their homes in this city, Olneyville and Thornton. It s believed that two of the injured will le. Did Not Know the Road. The motorman in charge of the car, W. J. Laucher of Olneyville, although experienced in his calling, was unfa- miliar with the road over which he was traveling for the first time. Laucher was put in charge of the car at the solicitation of the passengers, members of a Catholic society, which had been to Crescent Park for an out- ing. The car, an open one of heavy build, was crowded with young men and women. Fog prevented a clear view of the road ahead, and the motorman, unable to see far ahead and unaware of the sharp curve below, allowed the car to coast rapidly down the hill. Realized Peril Too Late. Suddenly he felt the car swing into the curve, and realizing the peril, ap- plied the brakes and _ reversed the power. The weight of a number of men on the running board and the mo- mentum sufficed to derail the car and throw it into the road twenty feet from the track. Seven of the passengers were pin- ioned beneath the car and instantly killed. Those who were able began the work of rescue. A large joist was utilized as a lever, a pile of stones forming a fulcrum, and the car was raised from the ground just enough to permit the escape of its imprisoned passengers. Injured Are Killed. Two persons had succeeded in es- caping when the joist broke under the weight of the car and the heavy ve- hicle fell back, killing two of the in- jured. The rescuers again raised the car from the ground and by building a pile of heavy stone, kept it in position while the dead and injured were re- moved. Two of those taken out died within an hour. 145 FIREMEN HAVE CLOSE CALL. Overcome by Gas at Fire Which Causes $325,000 Damage. Omaha, June 5. — A very insignifi- cant fire was the indirect cause of heavy damage to the stock of the Haiden Bros. department store and the narrow escape from death of fif- teen firemen and’a police surgeon yes- terday afternoon. The fire, which was of unknown origin, had done more than $100,000 damage before it started the automatic sprinkler, which flooded the entire five floors of the building before it was discovered. The total value of the stock is given at $650,- 000, and the damage at one-half that amount. The building was so filled with carbolic acid gas that the first firemen to enter the place were over- come, and those who went to their as- sistence rapidly succumbed until it was necessary to take fifteen of them, including Chief Salter, Assistant Chief Simpson, Captains Sullivan, Coyle and Oleson and Lieutenants Erickson, Beauman and Peterson, to the hospi- tal. Police Surgeon Elmore was also overcome. SEAS See OPEN 1,150,000 ACRES. President Proclaims Land in Wyoming Ready for Entry. Washington, June 5.—The president has issued a proclamation opening to settlement and entry a portion of the Shoshone Indian reservation in Wy- oming, the area of the Jands so opened being approximately 1,150,000 acres. To determine the order in which ap- plications for entry of these lands must be presented, a registsitjon of applicants will be held at Lander, Sho- shone and Thermopolis and also at Worland, provided the Big Horn rail- road is doing a passenger traffic to the latter place, commencing July 16, 1906, and ending July 31, 1906. The draw- ing under this registration will be held at Lander, Wyo., Aug 4, 1906, and continue for such period as may be necessary to complete the same. KILLED BY HIS PLAYMATE. Wisconsin Educator’s Son in Fatal Ac- cident. Thorpe, Wis., June 5.—Clintie Rhea, aged twelve years, son of County Superintendent A. O. Rhea, was acci- dentally shot and killed by a boy com- panion named Prybyiski while practic- ing shooting with a 22-caliber gun. Has 2,750,000 People. Chicago, June 5.—Enumerators for the publishers of the city directory have completed their work and the largely increased number of names they have turned in gives ground for the estimation that the city’s present population is close to 2,750,000. Six Miners Drowned. North Sydney, N. S., June 5. — Six miners employed at Sydney mines were drowned yesterday by the up- setting of a Doat in which they had) DEATH SUMMONS SENATOR GORMAN DEMOCRATIC LEADER DIES OF HEART DISEASE AFTER MONTHS OF ILLNESS. BATTLEIN OHIO MINING DISTRICT MINERS, INCENSED AT ALLEGED ASSAULT, AMBUSH BODY OF GUARDS. Washington, June 6. — Arthur Pue Gorman, United States senator from Maryland, died suddenly at his resi- dence here yesterday. While Senator Gorman had been ill for many months, he had shown some improvement late- ly. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of death. Up to the moment of death Senator Gorman was conscious. His condition during the week had improved so much that Sunday the family had hopes of taking him shortly to the country. Senator Gorman suffered, in addi- tion to his heart affection, with more or less stomach trouble. Senator Gorman leaves a widow and six children. Grief !s General. Senators and representatives, com- mittee employes, police and pages, all knew Senator Gorman intimately and grief is general. Senator Gorman in a written re- quest addressed to Mrs. Gorman asked that no state funeral should be held. The senate adjourned immediately upon receiving the announcement of Scnator Gorman’s death. No business was transacted. There was an unusu- al number of senators present and all were manifestly impressed by the solemnity of the occasion. Committees from the senate and house were appointed to represent those bodies at the funeral. TROOPS HURRIED TO SCENE. Miners Threaten to Clear Out Guards Before the Troops Arrive. Steubenville, Ohio, June 6.—While the situation in Jefferson county, Ohio, was most pacific at 10 o’clock last night relative to the miners’ troubles at Dillonvale, Plum Run and Bradley, as well as the other mining towns in the vicinity of which a bat- tle occurred between the — striking miners and armed guards early yes- terday morning, the fear is general that the situation will become most acute to-day when the troops that were ordered from Columbus arrive. In Turbulent Mood. . At Dillonyale last night the strik- ers were in a most turbulent mood. It is reported that they and their sympathizers during the day made large purchases of rifles, revolvers and ammunition. While various estimates have been made of the casualties, it is impossi- ble to verify any reports of deaths, although it is known that ten or more were hurt. The coal company denies that any guards were killed, but re- fuses to give out the names of the in- jured. Ambushed by Strikers. The elash was the direct outgrowth of the alleged abuse by the United States Coal company’s guards of an Italian union miner from Pittsburg on Sunday afternoon. Early yesterday morning eighty-eight of the company’s guards started to march across the hills from Plum Run to the Bradley mine, and at Crow Hollow were am- bushed by a force of 200 to 300 strik- ers. In the battle that ensued several hundred shots were fired, but the strikers’ aim was bad, which accounts for the few casualties. The guards were forced after twenty minutes of fighting to retire in disorder to Plum Run. LAY ASIDE AGRARIAN PROBLEM. Russian Douma Will Take Up Bill to Abolish Death Penalty. St. Petersburg, June 6.—The lower branch of parliament to-day will sus- pend consideration of the agrarian problem in faver of the bill to abolish the death penalty, which, as an urg- ent measure, takes precedence. The bill consists of only two paragraphs, the first of which abolishes the death penalty in all cases, while the second provides the next lower penalty for offenses hitherto punishable with death. The bill is mainly applicable to conditions of reinforced security and martial law, the only crimes pun- ishable with death under the ordinary civil code being attempts against the person of the emperor and breaking quarantine against the pest. BUYS LARGE TRACTS. Purchaser of Roosevelt's Ranch Se- cures Eleven Sections. Dickinson, N. D., June 6.—O. J. de Lendrecie of Fargo, who recently pur- chased President Rooseyelt’s old ranch home, has purchased eleven sec- tions west in Billings county. The Jand is underlaid with lignite and will probably be developed for its coal value. A Chicago millionaire named Pur- cell has purchased for $100,00¢ 16,000 acres of land north of here.