Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 7, 1906, Page 6

By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT Of the Forestry Commissioner of Mins nesota. As a contribution to forestry the State of Minnesota annually prints 4,000 copies for free distribution of the report of her forestry commis- sioner (formerly chief fire warden). The report for 1905 is just printed with illustrations and contains sum- maries of forest and prairie fires, a review of the operation of the law for preventing fires, extracts from reports of fire wardens, sketches of forests that have been investigated, including the Burntside forest; also, as object lessons in forestry, practical accounts of forestry management in as many as sixteen different European coun- tries. Forest and Prairie Fires. There was dry weather for about three weeks in the spring of 1905. The worst forest fire started within the city limits of Duluth from clearing a small tract of land. Reports of fire wardens show that the number of acres (mostly cut-over land) burned over by forest fires in this state in 1905 was 102,968; damage $58,680. Number of acres burned over by prairie fires, 39,449; damage, $7,515. A prairie fire Nov. 14 in the town of Esplee in the eastern part of Marshall county burned a little girl returning from school so badly that she died in twenty-four hours. Most fires are caused by clearing land and burning meadows. The most ordinary person ought to know better than to set a fire in dry and windy weather. Itisa person of but little conscience who at any time will set fire and let it run wild. To kindle a fire on or near for- est or prairie land and leave it un- quenched is punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment in jail not exceeding three months, Town supervisors, village presidents and mayors of cities are fire wardens and are responsible for the enforcement of the law in their districts. If they interest themselves in their duties (and instructions are annually sent them by the forestry commissioner) they can be effective in having peo- ple exercise care. The majority of fire wardens are attentive to their duties. The state now pays fire ward- ens and those who help extinguish fires for their services and collects half the amount from the counties in which the service is rendered. The commissioner, Gen. C. C. And- rews, says: “Considering the great activity in our forest regions in the development of the country in so many ways, I think we have been very fortunate in the camparatively small number of damaging fires that have occurred. Increased care each year appears to be exercised.” Losing Time. While there are about 12,000,000 acres of arable land in Central and Northern Minnesota not yet under cul- tivation, there are fully 3,000,000 acres in scattered localities of waste, rocky, hilly or sandy land that is only suita- ble for the production of coniferous forest, and which the state should ac- quire as an investment and hold per- petually in forest. On an average only about 20 per cent of cut-over pine land reforests itself with pine natur- ally. The greater part requires arti- ficial planting. Tree planting can be done only dur- ing a few weeks in the spring. Lack of labor prevents its being done on a large scale. Consequently a beginning should be made without further delay. The state is losing time. Progress depends on whether the legislature will appropriate the necessary money. ) SWAMP LANDS FOR STATE. Minnesota Wins Important Case by Opinion of Attorney General. Minnesota is to,get the swamp lands in the Minnesota forest reserve, de- spite the objection of Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forest bureau. Secretary Hitchcock has received the opinion of the state’s right to this land, which the latter was asked to render last winter. The text of the opinion could not be obtained, but it is emphatic in the declaration that the right of the state to swamp lands in the forest reserve is not in any way affected by the terms of the act cre- ating the reserve. It will be recalled that State Audi- tor Iverson and Attorney General Young were confronted with this con- test as to the state’s rights when they were in Washington last winter. They immediately asked for a hearing and were requestéd to submit a brief cov- ering the state’s side of the case. The contention that the state is entitled to this land has been. upheld and the prac- tice of the interior department in ad- justing the swamp grant will not be changed. Under this opinion the state will get about 100,000 acres of valuable land for which the selections have already been filed. AUTO SCARES HORSES. Chauffeur Does Not Wait to See Re- sult of Catastrophe, Rerald-Review. | Notes From Washington. The largest number of violations at- tributed to any railroad is fifty-two against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road company. The senate and house conferees have ‘reached an agreement on the Lake Erie and Ohio ship canal bill. With few changes the bill remains as it passed the senate. The navy department has fixed the date of the trial trip of the battleship Nebraska over the Puget sound course for July 16, and of the cruiser Milwau- lee over the Golette course for July 25. Through the Japanese embassy the Red Cross has received another con- tribution of $36,000 for the relief of the San Francisco earthquake suffer- ers, making the total subscription by the Japanese people $146,000. Attorney General Moody has direct- ed that suits be brought against a large number of railroad companies to recover penalties for violation of the safety appliance law, through fail- ure to keep their equipment in proper condition. ~ The state department, at the re- quest of the mother of the young wo- man, has sent instructions to some of the American consular officers in Mex- ico ‘to endeavor to learn and report the whereabouts of Josephine Hood of Asheville, N. C., who is reported to have been married to “Lord Percy Douglas, the alleged bigamist.” The senate committee on foreign re- lations .authorized Senator Bacon to report favorably the protocol provid- ing for the establishment of an inter- national institute of , agriculture in Rome. There are about forty govern- ments party to the arrangement. Studies will be made of all kinds of plant life and means of extermination of insects and other pests. Crimes and Criminals. Bert Shaffer, a former city marshal of\Williams, a small town near Web- ster City, Iowa, has been found guilty of stealing corn from an elevator. He was caught by an amateur detective. He paid a fine. James Locke and John Wallace, farmers, were held pp and murdered on the road between Foss and Arapa- hoe, Okla. The. man who is alleged to have conimitted the crime is under arrest. He is thought to be insane. The coroner’s inquest into the death ef eight miners who perished in the Rocky Fork coal mine at Red Lodge, Mont., June 7, resulted in a verdict placing the blame on the company, al- leging that it knew of the existence of “white damp.” John Fipps, a farmer living one mile west of Redbird, I. T., was beat- en to death with a club by John Moore, a negro who had been farming a crop for Fipps. At the same time Moore’s‘wife assaulted Mrs, Fipps, in- juring her seriously. Both negroes es- caped and are hiding in the Verdigras bottoms. Harold A. Tyler, who was arrested several weeks ago in Butte, charged with embezzling $300 from an insur- ance company in Tacoma, taken to Tacoma and released on bail pending trial, has been arrested again in Butte. The insurance company charges him with a theft of a $50 desk, and he has been taken back to Tacoma. The mysterious disappearance of Alec Keppler. a seventeen-year-old boy of Peoria, Ill., some time ago un- der circumstances which led to sus- picion of murder, was explained Sat- urday by the identification of a body at Lincoin, Ill., which was found in the country a week ago, half-eaten by hogs and bearing five shot wounds in the head and chest, as that of the missing boy. An uncle, who is miss- ing, is suspected of the crime. Casualty List. While attempting to ford the Red Deer river near Innisfall, Sask., in a wagon, Mrs. Lamarche and daughter were drowned. Another woman was saved by clinging to the wagon box. Miss Letta Ailsworth, an amateur balloonist, made an ascension in Peo- ria, Ill, fell 100 feet from a parachute, landing on a rock pile, and received injuries which are expected to prove fatal. Ellsworth White, a farmer aged about forty, was acidentally drowned in the Chocolay river near Marquette, Mich. While assisting a surveying party he endeavored to cross the stream on a log. The log rolled over and White went into the water. He was unable to swim and sank’ before assistance could reach him. Fred Ausburn, a young man who had followed broncho busting in this county several months, was fatally in- jured at Dillon, Mont., while breaking a broncho. The animal ran away with him and passed underneath a barb wire and became entangled. Ausburn was terribly mangled by the wire. His throat was cut from ear to ear, and both arms were almost severed at the elbows. Frank E. Stoneman, president of the North American Lead Co., and iden- tified with numerous other business interests, was killed, and Joseph F. and George W. Davidson were pain- Marshalltown, Iowa, June 29.—Mrs,|fully injured in an automobile acci- F. A. Havens of this city and John} dent six miles west of Columbus, McElwee, a farmer residing .west of here, were sériously injured by being Ohio. Mrs. F. A. Havens of Marshalltown, thrown from a carriage the horses at-| Iowa, and John McElwee, a farmer re- tached to which had taken fright at|siding west of here, were seriously an automobile. the carriage escaped injury. The driver of the machine witnessed | had taken the accident, but did not stop to see whether any one was hurt. cape dinjury. Other occupants of} injured by being thrown from a car- riage, the horses attached to which fright at an automobile. Foreign Notes, The duke of Almodovar, minister of foreign affairs for Spain, who acted as president of the conference on Mo- roccan reforms held at Algeciras, is dead. He was born in 1854, Commander Booth-Tucker and Miss Minnie Reid were married at the Sal- vation Army’s citadel, South Totten- ham, England, Gen. Booth officiating. Only relatives and high officials of the Salvation Army were present. Refugees from Guatemala report that the government has imprisoned some forty prominent citizens under , Suspicion of being in sympathy with the revolutionists. This action of the government is resented by the people, who fear openly to protest. The Hamburg-American line intends starting in July a service between Li- bau and Dover and New York, in com- petition with the Russian line of ves- sels of the volunteer fleet, which will inaugurate its service with the sailing from Libau, Aug. 8, of the steamer Smolensk. Queen Wilhelmina has had a sud- den attack of illness it has been learned, and alarm is felt among her subjects. The queen’s health was never robust, but has been undermined since her marriage. Popular indigna- tion is keen against her husband, who, it is said, abusés her. News from Salvador relating to the revolution in Guatemala is that Gen. Toledo has advanced into the country without encountering any resistance during a three-day march. It is be- lieved he is now near or at the city of Guatemala. Many government troops have deserted to him. Charles R. Flint, New York, has left "St. Petersburg for London and Paris to consult bankers of those cities with regard to investment conditions. Mr. Flint is inclined to believe that con- ditions are not ripe for foreign invest- ment, but that if a responsible minis- try is installed an industrial boom is possible. General. The driver of the machine witnessed the accident, but did not stop to see whether any one was hurt. Col. James Regan of the United States infantry was found dead in bed at Manila. His death was caused by heart failure. Mrs. Christina Petesky, a widow, committed suicide at Argentine, Kan., by pouring gasoline on her clothing and setting fire to it. * The Florida state Democratic legis- lative committee adopted a resolution indorsing William J. Bryan as the Democratic candidate for president. J. Walter Wilde of Philadelphia, who had his leg rebroken and made longer so he could enter West Point, has recovered. The operation was successful. The record price for Montana farm land was paid in Bozeman when Geo. R. Cones of Meade, Kan., paid BE. Braax of Mantin $300 per acre for fifty acres west of Bozeman. Miss Eva Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, is seriously ill at her home in New York, and all of her engagements have been canceled. ; Suffering from an incurable form of tuberculosis, Patrick Ryan, aged nine- teen years, committed suicide at Mar- quette, Mich. He shot himself in the breast with a gun, which he dis- charged with his foot. Mrs. David Reed, sister of Generals George A. and Thomas Custer, who were killed in the Indian battle of the Little Big Horn, in Montana, June 25, 1876, died at her home at Monroe, Mich., aged eighty years. The Pennsylvania Democratic state convention nominated for governor Lewis Emery, Jr., of Bradford, the Lincoln party nominee. The platform deals entirely with state issues, ex- cept the plank which commends Will- iam J, Bryan, John Black, Joseph Black and Au- gust Anderson, who were indicted along with a number of Oshkosh (Wis.) business men in connection with the recent land frauds in Oregon, were discharged by Court Commis- sioner Dillet. a Fred Haas of Cleveland shot and in- ENGLISH TRAIN CARRYING AMER: ICAN PASSENGERS TO LON- DON IS WRECKED. TRAVELS AT A MAD PACE ENGINE JUMPS THE TRACK AND COACHES ARE DEMOLISHED— . MANY INJURED. Salisbury, England, July 3.—Travel- mg ata mad pace over the London & Southwestern railway, the American line express, carrying forty-three of the steamer New York’s passengers 'rom Plymouth to London, plunged trom the track just after passing the station here at 1:57 o’clock yesterday morning and mangled to ‘death in its wreckage twenty-three passengers who sailed from New York June 23 and four of the trainmen. Besides those to whom death came speedily, a flozen persons were injured. some se- tiously. Prominent Americans Dead. Among the dead were Walter Ber- wick, prominent lawyer of Toronto, Ont.; LouisCassier, Trumbull, Conn., editor of the Electrical Review and The Engineer; F. H. Cossitt, New York; Frank W. Koch, a wealthy man of Allentown, Pa.; Charles E. Sentill, wife and two daughters of New York. The late hour of the New York’s ar- tival at Plymouth saved many lives. She carried more than sixty travelers tor London, but many of them elected of Allentown, Pa.; Charles E. Sentell, ampton in preference to the late land- ing at Plymouth and the long night tide across the country. A Mile a Minute. The ill fated train consisted of a power express engine, three first- tlass corridor carriages and one com- bination guard’s van and buffet. The passengers were entrained and at 11:30 the express pulled out. It was given a clear track on the run of 230 miles to London, on which the express generally maintains an average speed of a mile a minute. The train ran on safely and without Incident until it entered the long rail- way yard of Salisbury, when the pas- sengers noted that the coaches began swaying from side to side. Suddenly, at the end of the long platform, where the track begins to curve toward the bridge spanning Fisherton street, the main avenue of the city, the engine seemed fairly to Leap From the Track. It swung across the adjoining track with terrific force and destroyed the | jSuard’s van of a milk train that was slowly steaming in the opposite direc- tion, killing a guard. Lurching for- ward, the locomotive plunged against the standards and girders of the bridge. The bridge stood the impact, and, rebounding, the engine crashed into another engine that was stand- ing on a Siding and overturned. The wreckage of the two engines interlock- ed in a great broken mass of twisted steel and iron. Throughout the wild plunging of the engine Driver Robbins, whether alive or dead, remained in his cab. Hours afterward his charred jbody was found grilled over the fire- box. 4 All Killed or Maimed. The first coach shot over the engine and careened onward until it was hurled against the parapet of the bridge and smashed into fragments, killing or maiming almost every oc- eupant. One man’ was shot through the window, cleared the parapet and tell to his death in the street below. The second coach lurched forward ind rolled towards a stationary train and practically destroyed itself before \ts wild flight was ended. The third coach dashed forward with the rest, left the rails and en- countered some obstruction, overturn- td and collapsed. Guard Saves Van. The guard’s van and buffet, the rear- most car of the train, was saved by the courage and quickness of Guard Richardson. With the first shock stantly killed his wife, Maud Haas, Richardson jumped forward and set probably fatally wounded Mrs. Ida McElroy, and then shot himself through the head, dying a few min- utes later. Mrs. Haas’ refusal to sup- ply her husband with money is said to have been the cause of the mur- der. A chemical analysis of hamburger stake, bologna sausage, Polish sau- sege, frankfurters and weinerwursts bought in the open market from the leading packing companies has con- vinced Dr. B. W. Lindberg, professor of chemistry and toxicology in the Kansas City Hahnemann Medical col- lege, that these products of the pack- ing companies contain sulphites. In every sample of the products of two houses and two out of five of the other samples sulphites were found. While John Brown was sitting in a palmist’s parlor at Cedar Rapids, look- ing into the eyes of the palmist’s beau- the brakes and saved himself and his comrades. The surviving passengers and train- men describe the shock of the wreck as like the discharge of heavy guns of varied caliber, and when the crashing of the wreck was passed, then came tries of the injured, some shrieking with pain and fear and others moaning as if bewildered by the shock. The darkness and incredible de- struction made the work of rescue ex- eeedingly difficult. Several of the dead and injured were imprisoned in compartments and it was necessary to saw away the partitions in order to effect their release. Others were rcaught under heavy wreckage. Sev- eral of tke bodies were badly mangled and one woman was decapitated. Militia Ordered Out. El Paso, Tex., July 3.—Orders have tiful daughter, and while the palmist been issued at Phoenix, Ari. to hold snapped the thread of his life and he died in less than three minutes. Reports have been numerous re- cently that Charles M. Schwab would enter politics as a candidate for Uni- ted States senator from Nevada. Mr. Schwab arrived in New York recently herself was predicting for him many ,three companies of national guards in years of success and contentment, fate readiness to proceed to Morenci and Clifton, Ari., where a strike is threat- ened in the mines. ~ Two Drowned. Washington, July 3—Two deaths from drowning occurred here to-day. Herbert J. bathing in | HAS FIRST DAY’S REST AND RE- LAXATION FROM OFFICIAL CARES. Oyster Bay. L. I., July 3—Theodore Roosevelt was very much the private citizen yesterday at Sagamore Hill, his Oyster Bay home. He received no callers; he stayed away from the ex- ecutive offices over Moore’s grocery store in the village; he did not even go over his mail. Secretary Loeb, in charge of the ex- ecutive offices, had instruction not to disturb the president unless some- thing important warranted it. Noth- ing happened. N«t even a telephone message traveled between the village and Sagamore Hill during the day. Clarence Legendre, a photographer who was struck by Secret Service Offi- cer Sloan after he had taken a snap- shot of the president and Mrs. Roose- velt at the Oyster Bav station Sunday morning, went down on an early train yesterday and swore out a warrant for Sloan’s arrest before Justice Franklin. In the affidavit on which the warrant was granted Sloan was charged with assault in the third de- gree. Sloan, on being arraigned be- fore Justice Franklin, asked for ad- journment for a week, in which to se cure counsel and witnesses. His request was granted and he was allowed tn go on his own recognizance CLOUDBURST IN NEBRASKA. Property Losses Reach Thousands of Dollars. Lincoln, Neb., July 3.—The cloud- burst which flooded this vicinity last night was the heaviest ever known here and caused property losses of many thousands of dollars in Lincoln alone. In the business streets the water was more than two feet deep, and the sewers being unable to carry off such a quantity the water ran into the basements of all the stores, caus- ing losses that range from a few hun- dred dollars to several thousand. The department stores, with dis- plays in their basements, are the heav- iest losers. The city pumping stations were flooded and the water supply was almost cut off. The damage in resi- dence portions of the city was heavy. All of the streams in Southeastern Nebraska are out of their banks and damage to crops is considerable. PROBE OIL SHIPMENTS. Garfield Assists in Preparations for Grand Jury Session, Cleveland, July 3—An important lnk in the preparations for the session of the special grand jury was the con- ference yesterday between James R. Garfield, commissioner of corpora- tions, and District Attorney Sullivan. Mr. Garfield was closeted with the dis- trict attorney, following a session be- hind closed doors between Mr. Sulli- van and T. J. Jerome, attorney of the Lake Shore railway. A number of em- ployes of tne Leake Shore railway have been summoned to appear he- fore the grand jury. There is little foubt that the witnesses summoned will be questioned closely regarding the shipments made over the road by the Standard Oil company, the govern- ment officials have intimated. WANT MEAT INSPECTORS, Civil Service Examinations Will “Held July 31. Washington, July 3.—To carry into effect the meat inspection law recently enacted by congress, the civil service commission yesterday announced an examination of inspectors to be held on the 21st inst. The regulations un- der which the examinations are to be held do not require that the inspectors be veterinarians, but they must from experience be qualified to determine whether or not meat is sound, whole- some and fit for human food, and must be competent to supervise the prepara- tion of various meat products. The entrance salary is $1,000 per annum. Be PONTIFF IN GOOD HEALTH. Pope Pius Receives Several Ameri- cans in Special Audience. Rome, July 3.—Notwithstanding the intense heat, the pope, wishing to give proof of his special benevolence to- wards Americans, has been receiving a number of them witiin the past few days. They have been presented by Dr. Kennedy, rector of the American college in Rome, and included Dr. Hanna of Rochester, Judge Jones of the United States court of Ohio and Mrs. Jones. All have remarked how vigorous the pontiff is looking, the heat having affected him but little. On Trial for Rebatinz. Chicago, July 3.—John N. Faithorn and Fred A. Wann, former officials of the Chicago & Alton railroad and the Chicago & Alton railroad were placed on trial .yesterday in the United States district court on the charge of granting illegal rebates to the Schwarzschild & Sulzburger Packing compsny of this city. Army Officer’s Suicide. New York, July 3—A-dispatch from Manila announces that Lieut. Tall- madge H. Brerton of the Second in- fantry, committed suicide there by shooting himself in the head at the Army and Navy club. It is believed the act was committed while he was temporarily insane. Robbery at Avon, Minn. Avon, Minn., July 3—John Snyder | was robbed of $80 Sunday night by a Bernick CABINETS FALL NOW IS CERTAIN COMING OF RESPONSIBLE PAR- LIAMENTARY MINISTRY IS AT HAND. CZAR TALKS ABOUT CHANGE CONSTITUTIONAL MAY SOON TAKE REINS OF GOVERNMENT. St. Petersburg, July 3.—Ivan Petrun- kevitch, the veteran leader of the Lib- eral movement, who has been prevent- ed by ill health from taking a promi- nent part in the debates in the lower house of parliament, but who, not- withstanding, is a factor of the great- est weight in the councils of the Con- stitutional Democratic party, in an in- terview granted to the Associated Press yesterday, expressed his con- viction that the downfall of the pres- ent cabinet had been decided, and de- clared his fullest confidence that the coming of a responsible parliamen- tary ministry is near at hand. May Try to Stave It Off. Emperor Nicholas, Petrunkevitch said, might and probably would at- tempt to stave off the inevitable in the endeavor to form another but more liberal bureaucratic ministry, but its helplessness to fice the situation of the hostile attitude of parliament was so apparent that its existence would be brief if Finance Minister Kokosov- soff or any one elese were rash enough to attempt its formation. M. Petrun- kevitch professed ignorance of any di- rect negotiation between the emperor and the Constitutional Democrats, but spoke with such positiveness that it was evident his supposition was based on more definite grounds than the present situation, and it is presumed he and his friends are fully in touch with the developments.at Peterhof. and desire to enlist Constitutional Demo- cratic support for the new ministry. Democrats May Try It. M. Grodeskul, vice president of the Jower house and a prominent Consti- tutional Democrat, was equally confi- dent that the Constitutional Demo- crats will soon be intrusted with the reins of government and equally em- phatic in declaring that parliament would refuse to work with a cabinet containing Kokovosoff, Yermoloff or Shipoff. The result of Premier Goremykin’s trip to Peterhof yesterday has not transpired on account of his late re- turn, but it is understood that no def- inite decision was reached as to his successor or the composition of the new cabinet. SECURE JURY IN HOUSER TRIAL. Badger Official Faces Charge of At- tempted Bribery. Madison, Wis., July 3.—The trial of Walter L. Houser, secretary of state, charged with offering a bribe to Zeno M. Host, state insurance commission- er, in connection with the latter's rul- ing in the Equitable Life Assurance society case, regarding the distribu- tion of dividends in 1903, was begun in the municipal court ‘yesterday. After securing a jury the court took a recess until 2 o’clock. The attorneys for the defendant filed a motion to quash the indictment on two counts; first, that the informa- tion does not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense; and, second, that it is bad for duplicity, in that two distinct offenses are charged in one count. Q The motion will come up for argu- ment at the close of the trial. THREE NEAR DEATH, Team Runs Away With Children and Dashes Into Stream. Red Wing, Minn., July 3.—Three children of Henry Hoist, residing in Goodhue—Ellen, aged seventeen; Em- ma, aged fifteen, and Raymond, aged five—had a miraculous escape from death yesterday while driving. Their team ran away and while crossing a bridge dashed into the stream below, the children being finally rescued and resuscitated, though the younger girl with much difficulty. It so happened that a physician was among the res- cuers and directed the efforts to save the children. MINERS LIVED ON CANDLES, Rescued After Six Days of Imprison- ment in Welsh Coal Mine. London, July 3.—After being im- prisoned for six days in the flooded Caradoc Vale (Wales) colliery, two miners of the six originally imprisoned were rescued alive yesterday morning and three bodies were brought out by the rescue parties. The search will be kept up, although all hope of finding the missing man has been abandoned. INSPECTION SOON TO BEGIN. Secretary of Agriculture Will Organize Work Before Takina Vacation. Washington, July 3.—Secretary Wil- son of the department of agriculture has decided not to enter on his annual vacation until he has put into opera- tion the new meat inspection law. He will give practically his entire time to this work for the next two months. The new pure food law also will re- quire attention, but the secretary in- tends to leave this almost wholly to DEMOCRATS |