Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 5, 1907, Page 4

herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS, People Talked About. Ma Jose Fameto died at Madrid at the great age of 125 years. Charles C. Lord, one of the pioneers of Chippewa Falls, Wis., is dead of tuberculosis. George W. Hewes, widely known as a telegrapher, was found dead in bed at San Antonio, Tex. Ea rd H. Thompson, Sr., president of the Maryland National bank, died suddenly at his home in Baltimore. Andrew Gleason, a notable figure in church and political circles in the na- pital, died in Washington of ank E. Beckwith, formerly sor of obstetrics at Yale medical died in New Haven, Conn.. ipoplexy. sy M. J. O'Dwyer, founder and - of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Kansas City, was found dead in bed in that city. Charles Beckwith Fink, editor of the school from Fe Latrobe (Pa.) Advance and a pioneer newspaper man, dropped dead at his home from apoplexy. harles I. Keep, assistant secretary of the treasury, will succeed F. D. Kil- ate superintendent of banks ate of New York. Crimes and Criminals. City Marshal Frisby of Lamar, Colo., was shot and killed by two strangers, who escaped. A. L. Porter was arrested at Ozark, Mo., charged with killing his wife by breaking her neck with a club. One negro was killed, one fatally wounded and others seriously hurt in a drunken brawl at Topeka, Kan. A duel with pitchforks between two grooms employed in a fashionable rid- ing academy in New York resulted in probably fatal injuries to Thomas Con- nelly. A ry at Salina, Kan., returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mrs. John Caldwell, charged with the murder of her husband. This was the woman’s third trial. As the result of a dispute over a di- fence, Elijah Covert shot and tly killed Charles Thorpe near North Vermont, Ind. Both men are prominent farmers. Proprietors of thirty-seven factories and business houses in Springfield, 111., charged with violating the child labor Jaw, pleaded guilty, and were each fined $5 and costs. John Houser, who lived ten miles northeast of Charles City, Iowa, com- ed suicide by cutting bis throat. The rash act was due to a clouded mind caused by old age. Beiween $8,000 and $9,000 stolen by William C. Anderson, former assistant paying: teller of the First National Bank of Kansas City, who was arrest- ed at Austin, Tex., last week, has been found in Austin. » dead. bodies ‘of George Patter- son, a cab driver,.and Alice Clark, boarding house keeper, were found in different rooms of the-boarding- house in Jacksonville, Fla. The indications are either suicide or murder. Metzeler, a drug clerk at shot ,and killed - Albert negro, inthe store. Metze- ler says that the megro started to go behind the ‘counter, ignoring his pro- test, and the sheoting followed. Joels. was arrested a fugitive from was made in hur C Indianapolis, Harve Antanas A. ed with being justice. The arrest Brooklyn, where. Joels had taken rooms for himself and wife, on the request of the police of Chicago. Joels, the police say, is wanted for a defal- cation of $1,500, Robert Widgren and Herman Oberg, partners in a coal business, were found dead in a room in the rear of the coal office in Chicago. A broken gaspipe and escaping gas gave rise to the be- lief on the part of the police that Widgren had intentionally severed the pipe to kill himself and his partner. Accidental Happenings. Two boys were drowned in a pond near Grayville, Nl., while skating. A fire in the business section of Greensburg, Pa., caused a loss of $100,- 000. The Joyce general store in Kamrar, Towa, was burned to the ground. Loss $10,000. The Roman Catholic church at Ot sego, Mich., was burned, following a Christmas selebration. Rose Bros.’ department store at Manistique, Mich., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $60,000; insured. Falling into a sponge mixer full of dough, which he was feeding, H. D. Van Kirk of Columbus, Ohio, was whirled round and round until every bone in his body was crushed before the machine was stopped and he was extricated a corpse. In a head-on collision at Brookville, Md., between two Big Four freight trains, Fireman Frank Morris and Bert Dey, a farmer who was riding on one of the engines, were Killed, and E, Beasley, another farmer, was fatally injured. /nine-months-old DEFECTIVE PAGE at St. Louis destroyed. property Fe | $60,000. Two firemen were se- riously injured. pis Property valued at $25,000 was de- stroyed by a fire in the business sec- tion of Corry, Pa. Fire originating from a defective gas lighting system destroyed three busi- ness blocks in Perry, Iowa. Loss, $100,- 000. The city prison at Jacksonville, in Calhoun county, Alabama, was burned and Richard Walker, the only inmate, cremated. The immense sawmill plant of the German-American Lumber company ai Midvale, Fla., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. A passenger train ran into the rear end of a freight train at Springfield, Ohio. Eighteen passengers were in- jured, none of hem seriously. Elias Lehtenen and Joseph Bardeso- no were instantly killed in the Colby iron mine at Bessemer, Mich., by fall- ing 500 feet to the bottom of the shaft. An interurban train from Seattle and a work train collided a mile north of Milton, near Edgewood, Wash. Four persons were killed and twelve injured. Charles Thomas was found dead be- side the tracks at Rocker, Mont. His body was decapitated and the indica- tions are that he was run over by a train of ore cars. Before the eyes of his young wife, George Davis lost his life in an unsuc- cessful attempt to rescue John Arke, an eight-year-old boy, from drowning at Morristown, N. J. James Harris, his wife, thirteen- year-old son and three-year-old daugh ter, were asphyxiated by natural gas which escaped from a stove in their home at Niagara Falls, Ont. The bodies of Edward Lidridge and Albert Caromfly were found along the railroad tracks at Clark’s Summit, Pa. The bodies were kadly mangled. It is supposed they were struck by a train. From Other Shores. Emperor William of Germany is im- porting American mares for his stock farm. The Ontario government has sold the mining rights in the bed of Lake Cobalt to a syndicate for $1,035,000. The French, German and Russian expeditions have arrived at Tashkent, Russia, to observe the eclipse Jan. 14. After nine years’ work Senora Eleon of Augus Calientes, Mex., has’ com- pleted a dress which is valued at $40- 000. The summit of Mount Vesuvius is covered with snow, producing a pic- turesque effect. Snow also has filled cracks in the volcano resulting from the recent eruption. The cotton harvest in Central Asia is extremely good, 17,000 car loads, in- stead of the usual 12,000, being availa- ble for export. Railroads will require special facilities to transport the cot- ton. Nine thousand of the inhabitants of the town of Bejar, Spain, decided some time ago to emigrate in a body. The offer of the presidents of Uruguay and Nicaragua to supply ships and funds was accepted for the transportation of the emigrants, Domestic. J. Pierpont Morgan gave a $600,000 mansion to his son, J. Pierpont Mor- gan, Jr., as a Christmas present, The 12,000 employes of the Illinois Steel company at. South Chicago’ will ‘receive a raise of 10 per cent in wages. : . seaweed One hundred thousand dollars has been. pledged for, the serection of ¢ ionument to the late Joseph Jéfferson | in Central Park, New York. J. J. Hill, who has acquired a consid- ferable interest in the Fifst’ National Bank of Chicago, has been elected a director of that institution. Arnold -Lee& Co., steek brokers of ‘New ‘York, who recently, failed, have} effected a settlement with creditors on the basis of 50 per cent in cash and 50 per cent in notes. St. Louis has an infant prodigy in Eugenie Barbara Jacques, who is able to talk and talk plainly. She is said to possess the mental faculties of a child of three years. Elaborate preparations have been made at the City of Mexico for the en- tertainment of the Mystic Shriners who will come from the United States to participate in the initiations there in January. The total value of the mineral pro- duction in the United States in 1905 amounted to $1,625,877,127, being an Increase over 1904 of over $260,000,000, according to a statement issued by the geological survey. Iowa farmers this year raised a crop that is just $121,230,887 better than the average crop of the last seventeen years. The total value of the products of the soil in lowa this year was $330. 495,421, and the average value of the crop for the last seventeen years is $209,264,534. Oliver Herford’s Wit. An editor was talking the other day in New York about the wit of Oliver Herford. “Wt is its umexpected quality,” he said, “that makes Herford’s wit so de- lightful. “He sat in my office one afternoon when a young novelist entered. “Mr. Herford,’ said the novelist eagerly, ‘I value your opinion very much. Now I want you to tell me can- didly what you think of my new book.’ “‘No, no,’ said Herford hurriedly; ‘let us remain friends.’” 38 ARE KILLED: IN RAILROAD WRECK APPALLING DISASTER ON BALTI- MORE & OHIO ROAD NEAR WASHINGTON, OVER SIXTY ARE INJURED PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDES WITH EQUIPMENT TRAIN DURING FOG. Washington, Jan. 1. — An appalling disaster occurred last night at 7 o’clock on the Baltimor2 & Ohio rail- road at Terra Cotta about three miles from this city, in which about thirty- eight persons were killed and over six- ty injured, some of them so seriously that they will die. The accident was caused by the coilisioa of Train No. 66, due here at 6:25 p m from Fre.l- erick, Md., known as the Fredevick special, with a deadhend passenge: equipment special oz eight cars. Over 200 passengers were aboard the ill- fated train. Cause Not Determined. The railway officiais late last might were unable to assign any cause for the collision. the wreck reached this city all ambu- lances available. with as many phys! cians as could be assembled, wi sent to the scene. The dead bodies were found lying beside the track for a considerable distance. A dense fog | was prevailing and made objects per- ceptible but a few feet ahead. act extent of the catastrophe. Trainmen Arrested. When the news of spread about Brockland many citizens, with their wives, hastened to the scene to give their aid and comfort to the wounded. It has been proved that the daager signal at Takoma Parh a shori dis- tance from the scene of the accident, was set when the train of empty pas- senger cars passed. The train was going at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and Engineer Hildebrand stated that on account of the heavy fog he could not see the signal. Both Engineer Hildebrand and the fireman on the special train were ar- rested and brought to Washington. RUSSIA LIKE A VAST BEDLAM. Ccar’s Mother Declared to Be Insane —Whole Dynasty Crazy. St. Petersburg, Jan. 1. — A close friend of the czar’s household phy(i- cian, Dr. Hirsch, says that the dowa- ger czarina, the czar’s mother, has been undeniably insane for three months. In fact, Dr. Tschechoff, the superin- tendent of St. Petersburg’s noted asy- lum for the demented, St. Nicholas Tsbuderewitz, asserts that the major- ity of the foremost Russians are mad, from the Romanoff dynasty cown — sovereign, ministers, generals, aristo- crats, men of affairs. The dowager czarina has been “clean daft” ever since Gen, Trepoff died last September. Gossips whisper that she loved him passionately and that losing him wrecked her wits. Now she sees bombs and gallows everywhere in her imagination and is in a constant state of terror. Czarevitch as a Changling. In her,maunderings she declares that the acknowledged czarevitch, the two and a half year old Grand Duke Alexis, is not the true heir to the throne, but a changeling; that her real grandson was born an idiot. She has been taken away from Rus- sia in the hope that she may recover her reason. : Count Witte, too, sees ghosts and hears mysterious voices, it is said, as the result of the mental strain to which he was subjected while pre- mier. WHOLE CITY IS TERRORIZED. Reign of Violence and Bloodshed at Lodz—Many Are Killed. Lodz, Jan. 1. — The situation here is rapidly becoming acute. Sanguina- ry encounters were frequent during yesterday. Six persons have been killed and twelve wounded. The authorities, at first supine, are now more active, and are preparing to meet all emergencies. The proprietors of seven of thé largest factories here, employing 100,- 000 persons, announced their intention of closing their establishments in con- sequence of the system of terrorism inaugurated by the extreme socialists. Pipe Oil Across Isthmus. San Francisco, Jan. 1—The steam- er Argyll sailed yesterday for Panama with 30,000 barrrels of petroleum, con- signed to points on the Atlantic coast. It will be piped across the isthmus through the recently completed ,;ipe line. Head Hacked With Hatchet. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 1—Thomas Fanning, aged eighty years, a wealthy property owner who lived alone, was murdered some time yesterday at nis home in this city. The head had been hacked with a hatchet. Brain Pierced; May Live. Dubuque, Iowa, Jan. 1.—Through a} spike penetrated its brain, the eight- months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, residing in Asbury, is still alive, and there is a chance that it may recover. the accident | As soon as the news of | It was | impossible at first to determine the ex- | | | | HAS NOT ADDED TO SAFETY OF TRAVEL—FIFTY-THREE PER- SONS DEAD. Washington, Jan. 3.—Entirely inde- pendent of any whitewashing investi- gation which the Baltimore & Ohio may make of the criminality which caused the loss of half a hundred hu- man lives a few miles out of Washing- ton Sunday night, the interstate com- merce commission decided to have an investigation of its own. Authority for this action on the part of the commission was found .under the joint resolution of congress in- structing it to make a special inquiry of the block signal system as operated by the railroads. Block System a Farce. The frequency of rear-end collisions or the telescoping of one train by an- other has aroused the members of the commission, as well as congress and the entire country, to the belief that something is radically wrong in the pretended operation of the block sys- tem, and the commission proposes now to find out the facts. Astounding statements made by ex- perts of the commission indicate that the people of the United States have been misled into the impression that |the block systems of this country are adding greatly to the safety of travel. |On the other hand, the experts say | these systenis have had no such effect. |The commission’s statistics prove that |a constantly increasing proportion of accidents occurs. Fifty-three Are Dead. | The most conservative estimate of | the dead is fifty-three, with threescore | of injured in the*hospitals or at their | homes suffering from wounds and frac- jtures. Several of the most seriously |injured are expected to die and the | death list may yet reach sixty or more. | RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE. |New Year’s Function Is an Unusually Brilliant Affair. | Washington, Jan. 3. — President and | Mrs. Roosevelt’s New Year’s reception at the White House yesterday was a | brilliant function and was attended by about 8,500 persons. The members of the diplomatic corps, officers of the army and navy and representatives of the national and district governments and of the citizen public attended. After the diplomats had been re- ceived, Secretary and Mrs. Root left the line in the blue room and one by one the members of the cabinet and their wives deserted the president in order to hold receptions in their own homes. It was generally remarked that the proportion of negroes in the line was smaller than in previous years. Many Children in Line. There was an unusually large num- ber of children in line and all were greeted heartily by the president. One of the most amusing figures in the line was a ten-year-old boy, with soiled hands and clothes, who carried a pair of roller skates thrown over his shoul- der. The president laughed heartily as he wished the little fellow a happy New Year. A pretty little girl carried a great white Teddy bear past the receiving party and provoked a hearty laugh from the crowd gathered in the blue room. : TO BLOW UP AN OCEA NLINER. Gang of Russians Seek to Destroy Ship Arriving From New York. London, Jan. 3. — A dispatch to a news agency from Odessa says that a band of unknown men made an at- tempt to blow up the Russian Steam- ship company’s Atlantic liner Gregory Morch, which has just completed her first trip in the new Odessa-New York service. A desperate struggle took place be- tween the crew and the members: of the band, during which several sailors were shot. The lighted fuse of a bomb was extinguished before any damage ws, done. PAINTER FOUND HANGING. Noted Fresco Artist a Suicide in New York, New York, Jan. 3. —Hunden Gudnest said to have been a well known fresco painter, whose work in the capitol building at Washington and in New York public and private buildings BLOCK SYSTEM IS A. FARCE GANS WINS IN EIGHTH ROUND HERMAN, CLEARLY OUTCLASSED, NEVER HAD A CHANCE WITH THE NEGRO. IS CLEANLY KNOCKED OUT DROPS LIKE LOG AND IT TAKES THREE MINUTES TO REVIVE HIM. Tonopah, Nev. Jan. After play- ing with Herman for eight rounds, Champion Joe Gans landed a_ full swing on the point of Herman's jaw and Chicago's favorite went to the mat a beaten man. It was apparent from the start that Herman had no chance. Gans blocked his blows with the greatest of ease. and at no time was Gans worried in the least. In the first round Joe start- ed to feel things out. Herman was willing to fight, but the champion stal! ed him off. Gans Opens Up. In the second round Gans started to open up. Herman's attem to land all ended in failure. The third and fourth rounds were repetitions of the second. In the fifth rounds, Gans having me red his man, slowed down. This was the only round where Herman made any show- ing. The sixth and seventh rounds were all Gans’. In the eighth Gans started out by feinting and drawing Herman’s fire. They fiddled around the ring until Gans worked his oppo- nent into a corner. Drops Like a Log. Gans feinted with his left and Her- man swung wildly with his left. He left an opening. Like a flash Gans whipped left and then a swinging right flush on the point of Herman’ Herman dropped like a log and th minutes elapsed before he revived. Herman was outclassed throughout. He never had a chance, end he will never have a chance when he meets a man of Gans’ calib NEW LAWS ARE NOW IN FORCE. Anti-Pass Provision and Other Legis- lation Now in Effect. Washington, Jan. 3. — Yesterday marked the beginning of the life of several legislative acts of congress important alike to- the nation 1 whole and to the citizens of the I trict of Columbia. These are the free school law, the pure food law, the anti- pass section of the interstate com merce law, the modification of the nav-! igation laws to simplify enrollments and licenses and a law with reference to the licensing of druggists in the District of Columbia. The pure food law contemplates the barring interstate commerce of foods that are injurious to health. The free alcohol bill is intended to assist farm- ers and smaller users of power to have a fuel that in efficiency and cost shall be cheaper than gasoline or kero- sene.. The anti-pass provision of the Interstate commerce law forbids com- mon carrie directly or indirectly, giving interstate free tickets.or passes their em- for passengers, except to ployes and families, agents-of the car riers and their surgeons, physicians and attorneys, to persons engaged in religious and © itable work and to certain other specified cle Se HUGHES TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. New York’s New Governor Pays Trib- ute to His Predecessor. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 3. — Charles E, Hughes. yesterday took the oath of of- fice as governor of the state of New York, and with his Democratic col- leagues began his two-year term. The retiring governor, Frank W. Higgins, formally surrendered the reins of government to his successor and left for his home a private citizen for the first time since 1893, when he was first elected senator. In his inaugural address accepting the office, Gov. Hughes paid a marked tribute to Gov. Higgins, commending made for him a reputation, has been found in his room in Brooklyn sus- pended from a rope made from sheets. He was still alive when discovered, but before he was cut down by a police- man he had strangled to death. NO CHINESE ON ISTHMUS. Plan to Employ Celestials on the Pana- ma Canal Is Abandoned. Panama, Jan. 3.—Jackson Smith, in charge of the labor department of the canal zone, said yesterday that Chi- nese labor will not be employed on the canal. Acting Governor Reed confirms this. The latter admitted this decision is the direct result of protests in the United States against the Chinese. ES Se SNOW AFFLICTS RUSSIA. his public services and conscientious devotion to the interests of the state. Following the ceremonies, the new governor held a reception in the execu- tive chamber. The 130th session of the New York state legislature will convene to-day. MILL MAN TAKES HIS LIFE. Frederick S. Camp, Afflicted With Bright’s Disease, Shoots Himself. Norwich, Conn., Jan. 3. — Frederick $. Camp, one of the most, prominent mill men m Eastern Connecticut and agent of the Ponemah mills, the larg: est cotton mill in the country, took his life by shooting yesterday. He had been ill for about six months with Bright's disease and had been despond- ent. Baby’s Hand Burned Off. Storm Has Literally Buried Many Towns. Great St. Petersburg, Jan. 3—The storm which passed over Great Britain at Christmas time has reached Western Russia, where enormous falls of snow | are reported, and railroad communica- tion is paralyzed, many of the lines peing entireiy interrupted. Dispatches from Orsha and Borissov say those towns are literally bur’ ‘ied in drifts and | ul business suspended. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 3.—Eight people were seriously injured and twenty-four others badly hurt in a wreck near Richmond, Ky. Among the injured was a baby whose hand was burned completely off. School Destroyed by Fire. Marshfield, Wis., Jan. 3.—The school of the Seventh Day Adventists, located at Bethel, seven miles from this city, was discovered to be in flames, and burned to the ground, with a loss of $12,000. INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE | | 1. ONLY. A STARTER SAYS JEROME DISTRICT ATTORNSY SAYS HE HAS JUST BEGUN INSURANCE FIGHT. New York, Jan. 1.—Following the indictment of Georg W. Perkins and Charles S. Fairchild on Friday, Dis- trict Attorney Jerome announced Sat- urday that he had just begun the in- vestigation of the affairs of the New York Life ahd that he will, after Jan. 1, have an extraordinary session of the grand jury called to consider mat- ters exclusively. The field is a wide one and the evi- dence that has been given to the dis- trict attorney as to crimes which are hidden by false entries in the books of the New York company, cover, it is estimated, transactions involving be- tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,000. Indictment Had to Be Rushed. The transactions on which the in dictment of Perkins and Fairchild were founded had to be rushed through and decided by the December grand jury because the statute of lim- itations, unless indictments were found, would have outlawed the crimes on Dec. 31. Evidence has been given to the dis- trict attorney of other dealings by the New York Life, in which there was precisely similar proof as to the dis- position of stocks and false entries on the books of the company, as appeared in the railroad deals on which the grand jury acted. DEATH ENDS STORY OF CRIME. Woman Dies While Telling How She Was Shot. New York, Jan. 1—A young w an, who with her companion, Sidney Kaufman, was shot while both were guests at the Hotel Knickerbocker terday, died at Bellevue hos- pital. Kaufman is thought to be f tally injured. Not until told by persons in attendance that her recov- ery was impossible did she admit identity, and a statement subsequent ly made to the police was unfinished when she lapsed into final uncon sciousness. The dead woman was Mrs. E Totten, wife of John Totten of Totten ville, Staten Island. She was twenty three years of age, and her husben in his eighty-third year. They w married two years ago. Mrs. Totten told the police t Kaufman and she were in love an that he desired her to marry him at once. She wished to wait until she had secured a divorce. Over this they quarreled and Kaufman shot her and then turned the gun on himself. RAISULI PLOTS WAR. Report Says German Flag Is to Be Hoisted Over Zinat Stronghold. Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 1. — It is currently reported here that the Ger man flag abou: to be hoisted over Raisuli’s stronghold at Zinat. It said to be the bandit’s intention to en deavor to embroil the powers in the meantime by joining forces with the pretender. On the other hand, however, it is stated that Zinat has been sold to @ German commercial firm, which i tends to enter into possession when Raisuli retires. WILL KILL SHIP’S OFFICERS. British Sailors Threaten .Death if Forced to Reship. Mazatlan, Mex:, Jan. 1.— The crew of the British steamerS. Drumming, nd this now in port ‘here, have mutinied thirteen sailors are in prison at place, having been arrested at the re quest of the British consul. The men maintain that if they are forced to reship in the boat they will kill the captain and mate on the high seas, for, they assert, they have been treated as slaves and given improper food. CARUSO MUST PAY FINE. Recorder Goff Affirms Decision of * Lower Court in His Case. New York, Jan. 1. — Recorder Goff reaffirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of Enrico Caruso, the grand opera tenor, who was ac- cused of annoying a woman in the monkey house at Central Park. There is no appeal from this decision. The lower court imposed a fine of $10, which was the maximum under the law. Caruso resented the ignominy carried by the decision. TO SPREAD JAP EXCLUSION. League Plans Legislation Affecting Whole State. San Francisco, Jan. 1. — Aided by labor unions and the Schmitz adminis- tration, the Japanese Exclusion league has opened a campaign to ex- tend the exclusion of Japanese from public schools throughout the state. It is planned to secure the passage at the coming session of the legislature of a sweeping bill making separate schools for Japanese and Chinese a regular part of the school system. Frozen to Death. Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 1. — James Reilly, a lumberman in the employ of the Northland Pine company, found frozen to death on Long Juke, Cass county. He had left Longville last Sunday night for the camp, four miles away. Honolulu Swept by Storm. Honolulu, Jan. 1. — Honolulu and vi yesterday experienced che heaviest and severest electrical storm in many years. The schooner J.avinia and hundreds of canoes were wrecked. So far as known no lives were lost. =