Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 28, 1906, Page 7

Herald: By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - COP IN. SKIRTS 1S LICKED ALLEGED BLACKMAILER HE WAS AFTER IS CAUGHT BY OTHER OFFICERS. St. Louis, Mo., July 25—By imper- sonating Mrs, Theresa Bornero, a ‘wealthy Italian widow, Policeman Carpenter last night captured a man giving his name as Johann Hoppe, who is held on a charge of sending a threatening letter.to Mrs, Bornero. ‘The letter was received yesterday and demanded $509 in cash. It threatened that if Mrs. Bornero communicated with the police or failed to provide the money that her home would be dyna- mited. a An appointment was made for 8:30 last evening and Carpenter, dressed in one of Mrs, Bornero’s gowns, fol- lowed the directions contained in the letter. He was accosted by a man who demanded the money. Carpenter handed him = package with his left hand, at the same time striking him on the jaw with his right. The man showed fight and Carpenter hampered by the dress, was worsted and the man fled. Other pelice who had been stationed in the neighbor- hood took up the chase and Hoppe was arrested while hiding in an ash bin Beyond saying that he had been in St. Louis only two weeks and in this country onl ighteen days, Hoppe re- fused to x a stetement CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Clothes Became Ignited From a Bon- fire—Body Badly Burned. Duluth, Minn., July 25.—Litttle An- nie Fierst. the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fierst, was burned to death yesterday afternoon a ice from her home, at Chis- while playing around a_ bonfire. little playmates at a neighbor’s use had refused her permission to play with them, so she returned to her home, got some matches and proceed a bonfire of her own. In yme branches on the pile her 2 ienited and instantly she Screaming with pain e ran towards her hon which only made matters She lingered several hours in pain, finally becoming uncon- mdition she expired. 2htfully burned from nd terrified s FOREMAN AS WITNESS. Proceedings at Ellsworth Attract Crowds of Spectators. Ellsworth, Wis., July 25.—The hear- ing of the twenty-four Italians charged with of John Isace at Pres- cott made slow progress yesterday. Foreman Jacob Schultz was on the of the day. Under Attor- ney W ’s ero3s-examination he modified former statement and sars positively to only two of ‘the Italians. There were other eye- witne however, and this — testi- mony may be modi’ The problem of identifying the Ital- ians is still puzzling the attorneys. the murd tand mo: ‘now sw The county board room {s_ inade- ‘quate to hold the spectators. The hearing will occupy at least two days more TWO WAREHOUSES BURNED. Standard Oil Tanks at Bemidji Endan- gered by the Fire. Bemidji, Minn., July 25.—Fire here yesterday burned to the ground two warehouses near the Great Northern tracks, causing a loss of over $4,000, with no insurance. It was with great difficulty that the Standard Oil tanks, one hundred feet away, were saved from the flames. One of the buildings was owned by the Major Bros., and the other by George Markham. The fire is supposed to have been set acci- dentally by hoboes. KNOWN DEAD NUMBERS SIX. Efforts to Raise Submerged Engine and Cars Unsuccessful. Spokane, Wash., July 25.—When the Spokesman Review’s aff correspond- ent left the scene of the disastrous Northern wreck, thirty miles of Spokane, at 5 o'clock, none of buried in Diamond lake recovered. rick to the submerged locomotive and the cars were unsuc- cessful. The known dead number six, but many in the vicinity of the wreck believe the number will be increased to twelve or fifteen. Gr the bodies had been steam de Holland in Deep Gloom. The Hague, July 25.—Queen Wilhel- mina was taken ill last night. A pre- mature delivery followed, causing gloom throughout Holland. It was announced that the expectation of an heir to the throne at this time wil! not be realized. Killed ot Grade Crossing. Decatur, Il., July 25.—R. C. Wilsn of Matoon w killed, Mrs. Ollie More- land fatally injured and Miss Dell Mat- hews badly hurt when a_ buggy in which they were riding was struck by an Illinois Central switch engine. Aged Couple Killed by Train. Columbus, Ohio, July 25.—While driving across the tracks last evening, William Zinn, a farmer, aged seventy- two, and his wife, aged sixty-five, were struck by a train and instantly killed. The bodies were fearfullly mangled. MINNESOTA. Efforts with 2} Review. |CZAR’S BOLD ! PRECIPITATES WAR Dissolves Parliament and Raises Curtain ie Last Act in Drama of the Russian Revolution. Government and People Now Face to Face, Both Sides Determined to Fight to Bitter End. St. Petersburg, July 24—An impe- rial ukase has been promulgated dis- solving parliament and fixing the time for the convocation of the newly elect- ed assembly as March 5, 1907. Under Martial Law. A second ukase places St. Peters- burg in a state of extraordinary se- curity by the declaration of a minor form of martial law. A large part of the province of Kiev, where armed uprisings are anticipated in consequence of the dissolution of parliament, is placed under martial law. It is now but a step to dictatorship. Premier Goremykin Fired. Another imperial ukase relieved M. Goremykin of the premiership and ap- pointed M. Stolypin premier. He also retains hig present post of minister of the interior. While M. Stolypin is undoubtedly a much stronger man than his predeces- sor, he probably will be unequal to the task of piloting the country through the revolutionary upheaval which is just ahead, and the general belief is that a dictatorship must come soon. Issue Depends on Army. With the imperia] ukase dissolving parliament the curtain rose upon pos- sibly the last act in the great drama of the Russian revolution. The peo- ple and the government now stand face to face, and upon the army de- pends the issue. Even should the government, how- ever, succeed in restraining an out- break of the people, the victory proba- bly will only be temporary and simply confine the steam for the final explo sion No one doubts the severity of the storm which will rise in the country in response to the emperor's disversal of the men whom he welcomed twa months ago in the winter palace as the ablest men in Russia: but the die is cast. The government has elected to fight, and the capital yesterday bore eloquent testimony of the preparations The city was packed with soldiers and resembled an armed camp. The work of gathering in revoln- Honary agitators began immediately after the ukase placing St. Petersburg in a “state of extraordinary securitv” was promulgated, and hundreds of #r- rests were made before daylight. Petty Dictators. The powers conferred upon M. Von der Launitz, prefect of police, and M. Zinovieff, governor of the province. are little short of those of petty dic- tators. Searches and arrests can be made without process of law, news- papers forced to suspend publication and persons deported by administra- tive order without trial. Public and private meetings are forbidden. Those arrested may, if it is desired, be tried by military court and summarily exe- cuted. The only: real difference be- tween “extraordinary security” and tull martial law is that power is exer- cised by the so-called civil instead of military authority. People Will Rise En Masse. ‘The news traveled fast in the coun- try, and the general expectation is that the peasantry, accepting the dis- persal of parliament as the final blow to their hopes, will arise en masse. The proletariat organizations have been preparing for months for just such a provocation to declare war. Jt is impossible to describe the conster- nation with which the Constitutional Democrats learned the news. Although it had been bruited about for the past three days. the ukase was received by them in blank amazement. Members Not Daunted. The government undoubtedly calev- ated on catching the opposition off its guard, but if it expected to strike ter- ror to the hearts of the members of parliament it has failed signally. Some time ago, when dissolution seemed imminent, the various groups of the opposition virtually agreed to follow the example of their French compatriots of the states general and meet. if driven out of the Tauride palace, wherever and whenever cir- cumstances dictated until a constitu- tion was firmly established. Will Meet in Finland. After a hurried secret conference it was decided, on account of the pos- sibility of the meeting being broken up and the members arrested. that they go immediately to Finland and made to repress the masses by foree. | decide upon the future course to be pursued, and small groups left yester- day by train. The Constitutional Democrats and Intellectuals generally recognize that they have no weapon with which to fight the government bayonets. The | initiative, therefore, naturally will fall to the proletariat. Will Paralyze Country, This the Social Democrats and the Group of Toil in parliament all along have recognized. and the most elabo- rate preparations have been made to repeat the tactics of last fall and para- tween the crowds and the military and police. Several encounters took place in various parts of the city, but they were all of a petty character. A Provisional: Government. A few days may witness the consti- tution of a “provisional government.” composed of an enlarged council of ministers, with the inclusion of con- servative members of the dispersed lower house of parliament. councilors of the empire and men influential in the life of the empire. who can be in- duced to accept ministries without portfolios and contribute their author- ity and advice, to which Premier Stolypin and. the-members of his cab- inet, who realize the enormous nature of the task of tiding over the the coun- try during the Tempestuous Era that is now dawning, are turning, and it was the subject of deliberation at a meeting of the cabinet last evening. The Associated Press is informed that a majority of the ministers have be come converts to the idea and that its adoption depends upon the success ot M. Stolypin in inducing men like For- mer Minister Shipoff, Count Heyden. Former Commerce Minister Timiria- seff and M. Guchkoff to compromise their future by allying themselves with such a “king’s council.” Popular Representation. The Associated Press is also inform- ed that a ukase will soon be issued fixing the date of elections for parlia- ment for the first week in December, Russian style, and that as an addi- rom PROF, MOURMONTSEFF, President of Douma. lyze the country with a general strike. | onal guarantee that the principle of But the plans at this time haye been perfected with much more delibera- tion and involve not only the paralysis of cities, telegraphs, railroads and all means of communication throughout the empire, but a complete strike of peasants in the country as well. They confidently believe the loyalty of the troops has been so shaken that the military supports of the government will give way, and that when put to the test the army will be divided against itself. DOUMA ISSUES APPEAL. Citizens Urged to Defy Government— Spirit of Revolt Spreads. St. Petersburg, July 25.—The great news of yesterday was the adoption of an address to the people by the members of parliament, who assem- bled at Viborg, the language.of which, with its revolutionary demands that the people cease to furnish money and troops to the government and repudi- ate further loans, affords pretext enough fér the government to lodge its authors in the fortress, if it feels strong enough. A rumor was spread last night that this course had been decided upon. A large crowd gathered at the Fin- land station last night where the depu- ties were expected to arrive, but only a few appeared and these were not molested, and neither was there a pop- ular demonstration. Police Watch Newspapers. Copies of the appeal to the people are in the hands of all St. Petersburg newspapers, but it will scercely be printed to-day for the reason that a detachment of police is posted at the door of every newspaper printing of- fice in the city, with orders not to permit any papers to leave the build- ing until authorized by the censor. The authorities hope by equally vig- orous measures to prevent the publi- cation of the appeal in other cities, and in the meantime to nullify the fears of the people as to the possible effect of the appeal. The theaters and other places of amusement were almost empty last night, the public fearing a conflict be popular representation will not be abandoned, another edict will be is- sued, proroguing the council of the empire until the convocation of the new parliament without calling new elections for elective members. Gigantic Upheaval Coming. Meanwhile the masses of the Rus- sian people, slow of thought and action, have not yet roused themselves to the gigantic upheaval which is sure to fol- low the dissolution of their parliament. Minor disorders are reported from half a dozen cities An incipient anti- Jewish outbreak at Odessa has been checked by the police. A sympathetic strike has been begun at the Khar- kov railroad shops, which may inaugu- rate a .gemeral: tie-up *of -communica- tions, but St. Petersburg, Moscow and most of the great centers are still calm on the surface, though boiling and seething beneath. Final Act of Drama. Viborg, Finland, July 25.—The cur- tain dropped yesterday afternoon on the final act of the drama of Russia’s first parliament, when under the spur of the threat of Gov. Rechamberg to use military force to end the session, and with troops already converging on the. Hotel Belvidere, where the meet- ing was held, 186 members of the low- er house hurriedly adopted and signed an address to the people which is thor- oughly revolutionary in its nature; elected a perpetual executive commit- tee, headed by Prince Paul Dolgourou- koff, vice president of the house, to carry on the work of liberation, and adjourned amidst characteristic Rus: sian embracing and kissing. Members Fear Arrest. A few members, including President Mouromtseff, Ivan Petrunkevitch and Count Heyden returned to St. Peters- burg by evening trains. The Consti- tutional Democratic cohorts intend to go to St. Petersburg in a body in the morning, but many of the radicals, fearing arrest at the capital, will re- main in Finland or return by rounda- bout routes. The address, which bears a remark- able similarity to the manifesto fram- ed by the council of workmen last No- vember that landed its authors and’ the editors of eight St. Petersburg newspapers in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, strikes the government in its most vulnerable point by declar- ing that the administration is respon- sible for the delay in the settlement of the agrarian question and by pro- claiming a cessation of payment of taxes and of military servitude and a repudiation of future loans. Hits the Government. The address concludes as follows: “Citizens: Stand up for you tram- pled-on rights, for popular representa- tion and for a complete parliament. Russia must not remain a day with- out popular representation. You pos- sess the means of acquiring it. The government has, without the assent of the popular representatives, no right to collect taxes from the people, nor to summon the people to military serv- ice. Therefore, you are now the gov- ernment. The dissolved parliament was justified in giving neither money: nor soldiers. ‘ : “Should the government, however, contract loans in order to procure’ funds, such loans will be invalid with- out the consent of the popular repre- sentatives. The Russian people will never acknowledged them and will not be called upon to pay them. Accord- ingly, until a popular representative parliament is summoned, do not give a kopec to the throne or a soldier to the army. Be steadfast in your re- fusal. No power can resist the united, inflexible will of the people. “Citizens, in this obligatory and un- avoidable struggle your representa- tives will be with you.” SUES SEVEN RANCHMEN. They Are Charged With Illegally Fenc- ing Nebraska Land. Omaha, July 25.—Seven suits were filed in the federal court yesterday by District Attorney Gans against ranch- men in the western part of the state to compel them to remove unlawful fences from the public domain. They are alleged to have a total of 293,000 acres illegally inclosed. Several of the defendants are already under in- dicment in connection with alleged land frauds. M. RODITCHEFF, Leader of Democratic Liberal Party. Clubbed Father to Death. Trenton, Mo., July. 24.—Patrick , Woods, a wagonmaker at Alpha, was killed by his son Christopher. The old man was intoxicated and going to the home of his son threatened the in- mates with a handax. The son seized ‘a club and beat his father to death. Drowned in St. Croix. Stillwater, Minn., July 25.—A son of John ‘K. Larson, thirteen years old, was drowned in the St. Croix while bathing. Waistmakers Strike. Philadelphia, July 25.—Twenty-five girls employed in the shirtwaist fac- tory of Putelman Bros. & Fagan went on strike because of the presence among the workers of employes dis- tasteful to a majority of the girls. Three Killed by a Train. Watertown, S. D., July 25.—Mrs. Gus Berndt and two daughters were run down on a trestle by a Rock Isl- and train near White yesterday and killed. Ice Men Indicted, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 25.—Sixteen indictment on charges of restramt of trade in the matter of advancing the price of ice were returned yesterday by the grand jury. Ten individuals and five firms were indicted. Youth Is Tired of Life. Sioux Falls, S. D.; July 25.—Roy Ferguson of Canby, Minn., committed suicide here by taking poison. No cause is known. He was eighteen years old. Auto Frightens Horses. Rosemount, Minn., July 25.—A horse driven by A. Groth became frightened at an automobile and upset the buggy, throwing Mr. and Mrs. Groth to the ground. Mr. Groth was severely injured and his wife had an arm broken. Winona, Minn., July 25.—Later re- ports from Fountain City, which was visited by a destructive fire Sunday, are to the effect that the property loss is between $50,000 and $60,0(0). DEATH FOR CZAR AND HIS ADVISERS TERRORISTS ISSUE PROCLAMA. + TIONS IMPOSING DEATH SEN. . TENCE. IS NOW WAR TO THE KNME PREMIER STOLYPIN ORDERS GOVERNORS TO STRIKE AND ‘ SPARE NOT. St. Petersburg, July 25.—Proclama- tions announcing that the death sen- tence has been imposed on the em- peror, Gen. Trepoff, M. Pobiendonost- seff, who was procurator generai of the holy synod; Gen. Orloff, who is called the “pacficator” of the Baltic provinces, and others, have been scat- tered over part of Peterhof. The terrorists are said to have suc- ceeded in nailing copies of the sen- tence on the door of Gen. Orloff's and Gen. Trepoff’s quarters. Bureaucrats Are Alarmed. It is already certain that some con- sternation is apparent in the upper spheres over the magnitude of the task assumed. Events are marching with startling rapidity. Having taken a decision to sit on the safety valve the government knows of no method except force and al] the old bureaucratic machinery of suppression has been placed in opera- tion to prevent .an explosion. War to the Knife. War to the knifé with revolution, and the knife to the hilt, was pro- claimed yesterday by Premier Stoly- pin in a telegram addressed to the governor generals, governors and pre- fects throughout Russia and to the viceroy of the Caucasus, who are or- dered to strike and spare not in efforts to preserve order and crush “ihe ene- mies of society.” Included in this category, as shown by the events of the day ‘e not only revolutionists and socialists, but also the educated liberal and landed class- es represented jn the Constitutional Democratic party, whose clubs every- where have beer closed, and ali the progressive newspapers, which are not permitted to lift their voices anywhere throughout the entire land. Suits Progressive Classes. The manifesto pears a remarkable similarity to the earlier compositions of Ministers of the Interior Plehve and Bouligin, and the rexsctionary class has had slight difficuly in cut- ting down, as they already have done with Monday’s imperial roeanifesto, into an appeal to the League of Rus- sian Men,” and other old-schoo] Rus sians, to rise and smite all the pro- gressive classes. Expect Outbreak in South. Gen. Muller Zakomelsky, who sup- pressed the Sebastopol revolt and co- operated with Gen. Rernenkampf in the reduction of the Siberian rebellion last winter, was recalled from the command of a corps and placed at the disposition of the war office, to be used wherever trouble may first be manifested. Both the government and the ravolutionists expect this outbreak in the south and that it will roll north- ward to the two capitals. This may induce the proletariat organizations to postpone the declaration of a general strike from St. Petersburg until conta- gion is torne up from the south. The railroaders, however, are anxious to have the strike declared at once. Strict Censorship. The strictest censorship over news of military disorders 1s maintained. The ministry is obtaining slight aid from the forces of society at large in putting through its policy. MM. Shipoff and Guehof? and practically all the others who have been approached have refused flatly to participate in the enlarged cabinet proposed. The Constitutional Democratic club and twe other political clubs were closed .Jast night by order of the po- lice authorities. Choke Off a Caucus. A caucus of Constitutional Demo- crats was being neld at the elud named at the time. Prince Paul Dol- gourokoff, chairman of the central ex- ecutive committee appointed at Vi- borg on Monday, has called a meeting of that committee, which will arrange a secret caucus to-day to discuss fur- ther tactics. Moscow Constitutional Democrats recommended the summon- ing of a natienal convention of the party, but this will scarcely be allow- ed by the authorities. Plan to Fight Government Meetings were held last night in a dozen houses in St. Petersburg, and, just across the frontier, railway em- ployes, peasants, socialists and revolu- tionists of different shades of opinion were discussing the best plan of ac- tion to throw the whole machinery of the government out of gear. Agrarian disorders have broken out in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. The estate of Gen. Fredericks, aide- de-camp to the emp¢ror, fovity miles from the capital, has been plundered by peasants. Gen. Frederick asked for troops, from Gatchina. but was inform- ed that the situation was too serious to permit of the changing of the pres- ent military dispositions. Start Massacre of Jews. Odessa, July 25.—There was no ac- tual outbreak yesterday, but drunk- en Cossacks endeavored to instigate en anti-Jewish massacre ip the indus trial suburb of Maldovanka, but we: scattered by the infantry. . ——