Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 1, 1906, Page 6

‘erald-Review. | KILEY. By Cc. E. GRAND RAPIDS, - ‘MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Notes From Washington. President Roosevelt has appointed James S. Harlan of Chicago a member of the interstate commerce commis- sion. Mr. Harlan is a son of John M. _ASTER THEY HAVE YET sus. TAINED. IN ATTEMPT 10 MURDER PREMIER Havana, Aug..29—At the moment yesterday when the government was issuing its proclamation offering par- 3 most telling blow that has yet been BEGUN IN EARNEST IN RUSSIA. field... For several days it had been stated that Gen: Guzman’s force of in- surgents, which was variously esti- mated at from 200 upwards, contem- plated an attack on Cienfuegos. Col. Valle, with a, detachment of rural guards and volunteers, was dispatched to Cienfuegos for the purpose of en- gaging Guzman and breaking up the GEN. MIN 1S ASSASSINATED INSURGENTS SUFFER Worst ‘Diss struck against the insurgents in the- GOVER WARSAW KLLED LATEST VICTIM OF THE CAM- PAIGN OF ASSASSINATION IN RUSSIA. ATTEMPT ON CZAR THWARTED \ MAN WITH BOMB IN BASKET OF FRUIT CAUGHT IN PALACE GROUNDS. BROKER SITS ALL DAY BESIDE UNBURIED BODY OF BELOVED SPOUSE. Boston, Aug. 29.—Refusing to be comforted for the loss of his wyife, who was his chum for nearly thirty years, Thomas W. Lawson sits all day beside the unburied body at his mag- nificent estate, Dreamwold, in Scitu- ate, and paces the floor of his bed- room most of the night. Hach morn- ing he covers the hermetically sealed coffin with flowers, and then remains with it until dark, alone and silent. His grief is heartrending and shows no sign of being less acute to-day than the day his wife died suddenly, nearly a month ago. He has aban- TAWSON HAUNTS WIFE'S BER TRUST COMPANY SHORT $7,000,000 HEAVY LOANS ON INSUFFICIENT SECURITY CAUSES THE FAILURE. DEAD PRESIDENT IS BLAMED NOW INTIMATED THAT HE KILL- ED HIMSELF—MADE FALSE Harlan, aksociate justice of the su- | SHOT BY MERE GIRL IN DEPOT PIES. preme court of the United States. ) : The secretary of the interior has’ band. doned business completely, having left all his vast interests on “the street” ‘ to his private secretary, Edward F, | Big Disaster to Rebels. The encounter of the two forces yes- AT PETERHOF—THREATEN executed a contract with Newman & Hoy of St. Paul for the construction and completion of the work of divis- ion 8, main canal, Lower Yellowstone grrigatiow project, in Montana and North Dakota. Orders were issued by the military secretary, Maj. Gen. F. C. Ainsworth, for the transfer of the colored troops from Fert Brown, Tex., where there has been serious trouble between citizens and soldiers, to Fort Ringgold, Tex., which is about 100 miles above Fort Brown and is also on the Rio Grande. People Talked About. Secretary Shaw was a visitor at the New York subtreasury. He expressed satisfaction with conditions in the financial world. Dr. Thomas N. Rogers of Sault Ste. Marie has accepted the nomination of lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket, tendered him by the Michigan state committee. Mrs. Redmond D. Stevens of Chica- go, daughter of the eapitalist in whose honor the boat is named, will christen the big steamer Norman B. Ream, to be launched at South Chicago. T. C. O’Hearn of Cambridge, Mass., was elected president of the Interna- tional Association of Municipal Elec- tricians at New Haven, Conn. Nor- folk, Va., will be the meeting place next year, Mr. Meyer, the American ambassa- dor to Russia, who went to Kissen- gen to take the cure, said at Berlin the general consensus of opinion in St. Petersburg is that the present lull in the revolutionary movement will continue for several months. The oldest Mason in years and in point of membership in the United States will celebrate on Sept. 6 his one hundred and fifth birthday end the eighty-first anniversary of his en- trance into Masonry. Always carry- ing his cane and wearing a high hat which gives him the appearance of a venerable old preacher James Bel- lows McGregor is a familiar figure on the streets of Newport, N. H. Foreign. M. Zaimis, who was prim minister of Greece in 1901, has been appointed governor of Crete in succession to Prince George of Greece. A report that as a result cf the strained relations between Greece end Bulgaria the Greek minister at Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, has been re- called, was discredited at the Greek legation in London. Tite elections for members of the Norwegian storthing thus far report- ed show the choite of fifteen support- ers of the government and fourteen, including three socialists in opposi- tion. There will be fifty-seven rebal- lotings. A ternado swept over Tunis, accom- panied by a hailstorm an dlightning, killed eight farmers and hundreds of head of cattle. Landslides resulting from the storm have virtually de- stroyed the railroad and have broken down the telegraph lines. fi The Royal National Tisteddfod opened at Carnarvon with the cus- tomary picturesque ceremonies. The chief event was the choral competi- tion for prizes given by Andrew Car- negie, for which five scholars entered, representing nearly a thousand com- petitous. Advices received at Cape Haytien from Guayabin, Santo Domingo, say that Gen. Guellito, at the head of 900 revolntionists, has left Dajabon to join the troops of Gen. Navarro and make an aftack upon Monte Cristi. The government of Santo Domingo has sent 1,200 men from Moca against the revolutionists. It is believed that a desperate civil war will follow. Criminal. Elijah Burton shot and killed James Dooley at Columbia, Ky. The men were rival merchants and quarreled over business, Near Dustin, I. T., James Haynes and George Brown fought a duel with revolvers. Brown was killed outright, and Haynes died shortly after. Haynes was a prominent Indian citi- zen and member of the Creek council. Tom Ramsey, a millionaire mine owner of Goldfield, shot and fatally in- jured a man named Brown at Ram- sey, Nev., who, it is alleged, jumped one of his claims. Two horse thieves, while resisting capture in an Indian camp on Cache creek, twenty-five miles southwest of Anadarko, Okla. shot and killed a white man and an Indian and serious- ly wounded an Indian woman. The Indians and farmers in the neighbor- hood surrounded the outlaws and held them in the timber until the arrival of officers from Anadarko, who cap-| MORE SLAUGTER. St. Petersburg, Aug. 28.—Thirty- two persons are dead and thirty-one wounded as the result of an attempt Saturday afternoon to assassinate Premier Stolypin with a bomb, while he was holding a public reception at his country house on Aptekarsky isl- and. Among the dead are Gen. Zamatin, the premier’s personal secretary; M. Khovstoff, former governor of the province of Penza; Col, Federoff, chief of the premier’s personal guard; Court Chamberlain Davidoff, Court Chamberlain Veronin, Prince Nakash- idge, Police Officer Konunzeff, Aide Doubasoff, four women, two children, several guards and several servants. The wounded included M. Stolypin’s daughter and three-year-old son, who are seriously, though not fatally, in- jured, and a number of persons promi- nent in the social and official world. Two Terrorists Killed. Of the four conspirators who en- gineered the outrage, eg were killed with their victims, while’ the- third, who acted as coachman for the party, and the fourth, who remained inside the carriage, were wounded. The authors of the outrage drove | up to the premier’s residence after the list of visitors had been closed. The servants refused them admis- sion, at which they attempted to force an entrance to the house. Struggle With Assassin. A struggle ensued at the entrance to the ante-room adjoining the reception room, during which the terrorist, dis- guised as a gendarme, dropped a bomb, which exploded, destroying the ante-room, the adjoining guard room, part of the reception room and also the balcony of the first floor. The pre- maier, who was receiving visitors in a private room, was not injured. The principal loss of life occurred in the ante-room. Gen. Min Assassinated. Saturday’s unsuccessful attempt on the life of Premier Stolypin, with its sickening useless slaughter of thirty- two persons, was followed last night by another revolutionary outrage, ia which Gen. Min, commander of the Seminovsky guard regiment, and who, since his promotion to be general, has been attached as a personal adjutant to the suite of the emperor, was killed on the station platform at Peterhof by a young woman, who fired five shots into his body from an automatic re- volver, and then, without resistance, submitted to arrest. This was the third successive at- tempt on the life of Gen. Min, who was condemned to death by the ter- rorists immediately after the Moscow revolt last December on account of the stern repression practiced by a battalion under his command, and es- pecially for the wholesale execution of persons condemned by drumhead court-martial for being caught with arms in their hands. Assassin a Mere Girl. Gen. Min was returning from his summer residence at Peterhof and had just greeted his wife and daughter on the platform when a young woman —almost a girl—approached from be- hind and fired two shots into his back and then three more into his body as it sank to the ground. Further shots were prevented by Mme. Min, who threw herself upon the murderess and seized the hand which held the pistol. The woman did not attempt to escape, but she cautioned Mme. Min not to touch a handbag which she had placed on the platform before shoot- ing the general, explaining that it con- tained a bomb. To the police the girl acknowledged that she had done the deed, saying she had executed the sentence of the fight- ing organization of the Social Revolu- tionists, but she refused to give her name. Threaten More Slaughter. The central committee of the Social Revolutionists has drawn up a procla- mation which declares that unless the government forthwith alters its poli- cy, such acts as the attempt on Pre- mier Stolypin’s life will be pursued to the utmost and government represent- atives will be killed by hundreds. COVERS CLAIMS AT BANK. Man Sends $40,000 to Milwaukee Ave- nue Institution. Chicago, Aug. 28.—Francis S. Pea- body of this city sent a check for $40, 000 to the reeeiver of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank to cover every claim held against him at the bank, whether in the form genuine or forged papers. Peabody’s action was taken through sympathy for victims of the bank and a desire to bring about a speedy — ssh auee ie: the bank s affairs. bon pao j ie to rebels who would lay down CAMPAIGN OF ASSASSINATION their arms its forces were dealing the terday resulted in the worst disaster which the insurgents have sustained up to this time. They lost seventeen men killed and many wounded, while the loss to the government was one man killed. The government is with- out furjher particulars of the fight. That the insurrection is in a shaky condition seems to be a fact, although the end may not be as near as mem- bers of the government profess to be- lieve. Ex-Congressman Fausg:*ii0 (Pino) Guerra, the insurgent leader operating in the province of Pinar del Rio, in a signed statement declares that he is as Determined as Ever that the last presidential election shall be annulled before there can be peace in Cuba. That Guerra’s force of 2,000 men is well armed and supplied with ammunition and food is amply veri- fied. Their greatest drawback now is the lack of money; but the people of the western part of Pinar del Rio are furnishing them with all the supplies needed, taking in return orders on the “Cuban government,” and in many — REV. SHELDON JACKSON, Head of educational work in Alaska who has been accused by Special Agent Churchill. Rev. Sheldon Jackson, head of the bureau of educational work in Alaska, has given out what purports to be an explanation of the charges of extrava- gance of the Alaskan schools. It does not make an explanation of any spe- cific charges. eases refusing to accept any consider- ation. Offers Amnesty. The government's offer of amnesty, which was issued yesterday afternoon, is variously received. It is impossible to say what its effect will be. The foreign element, including many Americans, criticise the offer of amnes- ty as a weak and disappointing action, showing a desire for peace at any price and a willingness to sacrifice the possibility of future security to a pres- ent expediency. Rebels Go Home. A considerable number of insur- gents are known to be returning quiet- ly to their homes in the province of Havana and in the eastern part of the province of Pinar del Rio. In the lat ter province the situation remains un- changed. Guerra knows nothing of the offer of amnesty, and if he did it is altogether unlikely that it would af- fect his course materially. At present there is every reason for expecting that Guerra will hold out for some time to come. The district in which he is operating is inhabited by Liber- als who are practically all tentative if not active sympathizers with the in- surrection. RESPITE GRANTED. Mrs. Aggie Myers Will Not Be Hanged Sept. 3. Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 29.—Gov. Folk has granted another respite to Mrs. Aggie Myers, convicted and sen- tenced to be hanged Sept. 3 for the murder of her husband in Kansas City. Shoots Off Top of Head. Minnewaukon, N. D., Aug. 29.—Ira G. Jones, foreman in the composing room of the North -Dakota Siftings, committed suicide by shooting off the top of his head with a shotgun. No motive is known for the act.» NIGHT OPERATOR MURDERED. Crime Without Apparent Motive Is Discovered by Conductor. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 29.—Lloyd Gynes of Windsor, Ont., night opera- tor for the Michigan Central railroad at Gallen, Mich., was found dead at his post early yestetday by the~con- ductor of a passing train. Gynes had apparently been murdered, being shot through the eye and breast. The mo- tive is not known. Seventy dollars St. Petersburg, Aug. 29.—In spite of the menace of active war by the ter- rorists against those high im authority, an earnest of which was the slaying of Acting Governor General ¥on Liar- liarsky at Warsaw yesterday, Em- peror Nicholas and the empress quit- ted the shelter of the palace in¢losure at Peterhof yesterday afternoon to at- tend a funeral mass over the body of Gen. Min in the Peterhof camp, a con- siderable distance from the. palace; but the precautions for the protection of the imperial family were adequate, and the’ sovereigns returned to the palace without incident. Attempt Czar’s Life. Revolution by revolt is dead; revo- lution by terrorism is revived. Such is the situation in Russia to-day. A frustrated attempt by revolution- ists, armed with bombs, to kill the ezar at, the same time the attack was made on the premier; the attempt on the life of Premier Stolypin, with its frightful results; the shooting of Gen. Min, an adjutant of the czar’s personal staff; the assassination of Gen. von Liarliarski, military governor general of Warsaw; the plot To Kill Gen. Kaulbars at Odessa, which miscarried through the nervousness. of the girl who car- ried the bomb—all within forty-eight hours—appear to be part of a gigantic plot tnvolving the lives of all heads of the government from the downward. Since the czar dissolved the douma, he no longer enjoys im- munity from the terrorists. Prior to the dissolution of that body the reds did not want the ezar killed. Now his name heads the list of those marked for slaughter. Czar Has Narrow Escape. Simultaneously wi the attack upon Premier Stolypin’s villa Satur- day, an attempt was made to enter Pe- terhof palace and kill the czar. The attempt proved unsuccessful, for the palace guards, cautioned to ob- serve unusual vigilance, arrested one of the two would-be assassins near the palace wall, where he was crouching waiting to effect an entrance. He was armed with a bomb concealed in a basket of fruit. Later his accomplice was found inside the park, crouching under the branches of a fir tree. Both men were quickly identified as notori- ous members of the Moscow terrorists. OIL MEN WANT DISTILLERIES. Plan to Get Control of the Principal Distilleries in the United States. Peoria, Iill., Aug. 29—The Standard Oil company has taken steps toward acquiring ownership of all the pringi- pal distilling plants in the United States. ‘This annourcement was thade in dis- tilling circles yesterday and came as a surprise to those who were unaware that a conference had been held in Chicago between representatives of the distilling interests and the Stand- ard Oil company for the purpose of trying to agree on terms. A price has been set on every dis- tillery in Peoria, trust and independent house, and the present indications are that the deal will be effected and all plants pass into the hands of the Standard Oi] company within ten days, ? Verifies the Story. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 28.—Terre Haute distillers returned yesterday from Chicago, where the monthly meeting of both trust and independ- ent distillers was held. It is stated by local owners of distilleries that at- torneys for the Standard Oil company have approached distillers, asking them if they would entertain a propo- sition to buy their plants. Practically all have replied in the affirmative. It is the opinion of the distillers here that the Standard made the overtures with the probable intention of engag- ing largely in the manufacture of de- natured alcohol. RED HAT TALK IS REVIVED. University Rector at Rome in the In- terest of Archbishop Ireland. Rome, Aug. 29.—Dr. Dennis O’Con- nell, rector of the Catholic university at Washington, has been helped by Cardinal Serafine Vannuteli to come to Rome for the purpose of urging the eonferment of a red hat upon Arch- bishop Ireland. Noted Raider Dead. Oak Grove, Mo., Aug. 29.—Capt. J. Frank Gregg, who for the first half of the civil war was in Gen. Joe Shelby’s command, but who later was with Quantrel!, the raider, and is said to hhave been in the famous raid at Law- rence, Kan., died at his home at aoe Valley, near here. : Train Kills Two Girls. Freeport, IIL, Aug. 28—-A Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train yesterday} and a gold watch, which were on! afternoon struck a buggy at Rock Gynes’ person, were not touched. —_ | city, xinng two girls. czar | ‘beaten that he may die of his injuries.: river: McSweeney, and all attempts to in- duce him to resume his activities are failures. After Mrs. Lawson's funeral in Bos- ton Mr. Lawson had the body taken to Dreamwold, and there placed in the living room of the little English cot tage on the grounds which Mrs. Law- son had named “The Nest.” There it remains, Mr. Lawson refusing to permit its burial. All his daughters are with him, and his son Arnold is also at Dreamwold. Scarcely any others are permitted within the grounds. HITS UNION LABOR. Wisconsin Court Decision Makes Im- portant Ruling on “Unfair List.” Racine, Wis., Aug. 29.—Union labor was dealt a heavy blow by the deci- sion of Judge Chester A. Fowler in the boycott suit for $25,000 damages brought by Otto B. Schultz, a local baker, against the Trades and Labor council, Benjamin Dressen and others. By the decision the contract exacted from the boss bakers by the union men, by means of which the workmen sought to enforce the closed shop, is held illegal; the trades council and the individual members are enjoined from using the “unfair list;” the boy- cott is declared an actionable conspir- acy to accomplish a criminal or un- lawful purpose. Baker Schultz is al- lowed to recover damages of $2,500 for the loss of his profits from the time of the commencement of the boy- cotting acts up to the time of the trial, and $3,500 in damages for the amount of injury to his business and property in relation to its selling value. KENOSHA MAYOR USES FISTS. Alleged Insane Man Attacks Official in Hoiel. Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 29.—James Gor- man, mayor of Kenosha, and Eugene J. Huck, formerly a shee dealer of the city and at present an employe of a department store, engaged in a fierce encounted at a hotel here last night. The relatives of Huck say that he is mentally unbalanced and that his trou- bles with Gorman are imaginary. Without a word being spoken by the mayor, Huck, it is said, began to abuse Gorman and threw a glass of wine in his face. Gorman knocked the man down and was punishing him when men in the _ hotel interfered. Huck left the building for a second, but returned with a rush, and seizing Gorman by the legs threw him to the floor. The men engaged in another bitter struggle, in which both men were bruised. i Huck is said to have threatened to kill Gorman. CITY WITHOUT OFFICERS. Officials Are All Railway Employes . Who Prefer Passes to Office. Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 29.—West Burlington will probably be without city officers as a result of the new anti-pass law. All of the city officials are railroad employes, and as such are entitled under the law to the use of passes, but as city officials they are prohibited from riding on any kind of free railroad transportation. They consider the passes of more value to them than the city offices, and it is ex- pected that they will resign within a few days. The perplexing thing 1s that as practically every one in West Burlington 1s an employe of the rail- road it will he difficult to-find any one to take the offices. FREIGHT CAR IS INCUBATOR. The Hot Wave Helps to Hatch Out Chickens. Mason City, Aug. 29.—One of the most curious effects of the recent heated spell has just been reported by a local commission company. <A case of eggs was shipped to it from a West- ern town and was several days en route during the height of the hot wave. When the case arrived here yesterday and was opened it was dis- covered that half a dozen chickens} had been hatched en route. The chick- ens were fully developed and full of life. This is the first instance of the kind known here. The eggs had been labeled “strictly fresh.” Spree Ends in Suicide. Helena, Mont., Aug. 29.—Desponden- cy following a _ protracted spree prompted Gustave Vodenson to blow the top of his head off with a shot- gun at Huntley, near Billings} late last night. He was thirty-six years old and had no relatives in Montana. Man Beaten May Die. Henning, Minn., Aug. 29.—In a fight in which two Finlanders participated, ‘Peter Konti’s skull was fractured and Ke was otherwise so unmercifully drowned Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—The Real Estate Trust company, organized in 1885, the depositary of nearly a mil- lion of dollars of the funds of the Presbyterian church, and_ holding $300,000 of the city of Philadelphia and $175,000 of state deposits, yester- day closed its doors. The failure was caused by heavy loans made by the jJate president, Frank E. Hipple, to Adelf Segal, a promoter, on insuffi- cient security. A desperate effort was made to save the institution by the board of directors through an appeal to the Clearing House association, but that body declined to subseribe a guar- antee fund of $7,000,000 because of in- sufficient security. Receiver Is Appointed. The liabilities are placed at 000,000, with quick assets of $3.500,000 and doubtful collateral amounting to $8,000,000. George H. Earle, Jr., president of the Finance Company of Pennsylva- nia, was appointed receiver, and in a statement to the public he expresses the hope that he may soon be able to recommend a plan w the depositors that will better serve their interests. and terminate his services. How far Hipple benefited in the loans made, or whether he was merely the tool of others, is yet to be deter- mined. No Other Banks Affected. ~ Samuel P. Houston, vice president of the company, said that no other banking institution in this or any oth- er city would be in the least affected by the failure. Guilt-edge securities were given for whatever money was borrowed from other banks. In an incredibly short time of the failure was on the created great constern dreds of persons gathere¢ building, clamoring for and the crowd g) the story reet and ion. Hun- about the information, so great that a de- tail of police w ent for to clear the street. There was no disorder. Made False Statement: President Hipple was garded as a conservative financier following his sudden death day an inv re- but Fri- gation by the directors developed the fact that his loans to Segal had been made regardless of proper security, and that he had made false statements to the directors of the bank’s condition. Friends of the president express th: belief that Se- gal exercised a over Mr. Hipple. Although the cause of Mr. Hipple’s death was given by his physician and the coroner as cerebral hemo it is intimated that he may have ¢ mitted suicide. hypnotic influence Cuts Short Vacations. The failure undoubtedly means that hundreds of persons have cut short their vacations and are hurrying back from sea shore and mountain resort The institution was a favorite depos tory for women and for well-to-do men who make use of purely personal ac- counts. The company was principally attentive to this class of business, and perhaps no other bank in tae city was so careful to always provide its wom- en clients with clean, new money, even to the nickels. te et FIRE IN OIL FIELDS, Boiler Explosion Sets Fire to Storage Tanks and Derricks, Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 29.—A boiler exploded in the Keith Ward tract, at Spindle Top, setting fire to oil storage tanks and derricks. Fifteen have already burned and the fire is spread- ing. The best wells in the field are in this tract. The fire, which started in the south- western end of the old tract leased hy the Sunset Oil company on Spindle Top, swept over six acres of the field, and, while still burning, is believed to be under control. As near as can be estimated the damage will not exceed $50,000. _ Denies Whisky Corner, New York, Aug. 29.—W. F. Elliott, general counsel of the Standard Oil| company, when shown a telegram to. the effect that Standard Oil had taker steps to acquire all the principal dis- tilleries in the United States, as the result of the passage of the denatured alcohol law by congress, said: “The Standard Oil company has taken no Steps in this direction, nor will it.” recente ee Child Is Given Poison. Twin Bridges, Mont., Aug. 29.—The infant son of William Dean, a ranchi- , man residing two miles north of Ivon nya ote died Jast evening from fects of a son onmin- istered to it by bs ” Two Drovined. © Fredonia, Kan. Aug. 2°. —Dewitt Adams, aged twenty-seven, and Miss vere Rise bree colony $10,- ~