Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 23, 1907, Page 2

ott } By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS, Washington, At Senator Nelson's request the plan to have the Minnesota delegation give a dinner in honor of his re-election has been abandoned. Senator Nelson’s wife and daughter have been ill a good part of the winter, and besides he is now rushed with business. ident Roosevelt sent to the sen- a new treaty with Santo Domingo, viding for the collecting of the rev- nues of the island and the payment of its creditors. A portion of the reve- are reserved for the payment of iebts of Santo Domingo and the People Talked About. :. Luey Langdell, one of the pio- women of Iowa Falls, Iowa, is Senator Howard Robb died at his home in Arkansas City, Ark., after a rotracted illness from malarial fever. ) MeMillan, a well known busi- ness man and brother of United States ator James MeMillan, died in De- from diabetes. Owing to ill health, T. H. Pardo Tavera, one of the native members of Philippine commission. has been nted a leave of absence for six Ss, Sir William Howard Russell, editor he British Army and Navy Gazette, He was eighty-six years old. a famous war correspondent that capacity served the Lon- es at the battle of Bull Run. Ser Criminal, seman James Wright and James tt of Middlesboro, Ky., shot and ed each other in a raid on an al- ed gambling resort. fhe safe in the Citizens’ bank at Yeddo, Ind., was blown open by five men and $1,200 secured. The explo- on was heard throughout the town. A ra running fight, in which shot shot was exchanged, four men itempted to hold up a Lake Michigan Southern freight captured near Terre Couna, iam Coff, night cashier in the staurant at Bellaire, Ohio, a 10t and instantly killed by C. 'T. Perham, deputy state game warden for Belmont county. A quarrel pre- eded the murder, Townley, tried for having brother at the union station 4, 1906, was acquitted in St. Townley’s defense was that he shot in self-defense as his brother bar a knife on him. the rear of a saloon in the opera e block at Kokomo, Ind., Wesley , seventy-five years old, was dead with his skull crushed, in- murder. A bank book show- ) recently checked out was 1 his pocket. ttie Hawkins was stabbed to death 1 a pair of shears in’ the female of the penitentiary at Mounds- W. Va., by Ada Cross, a notori- s convict. Both women are federal sent there from the District umbia, and about thirty years of Fred West, proprietor of the lying-in hospital at Des Moines, n the first degree. It is alleged that M West instructed a nurse to give y Jim—its parents are unknown— ten drops of laudanum to put it out of its misery. Accidental Happenings. T. Dodrill, a miner, whose home Brazil, Ohio, was run over on the Island track and ground to Rock Edwin Radnewer, a baker, and his four children were burned in a fire which destroyed their home at Allen- town, Pa. A man’s arm projecting from a snow- drift near Cusino, Mich., resulted in d of the body of Asa Johns, who had frozen to death. The Coliseum Annex at Chicago destroyed by fire which caused injury to five firemen. The loss is es- timated at $75,000. Attacked by a vicious bulldog be- longing to her husband, Mrs. Lena Smith was almost chewed to death at her home at Philadelphia. While running at a high Speed, two on the Eastern Ohio Traction line met ina head-on collision near tes Mills, Ohio. A dozen persons were injured. Ten firemen were partly overcome by smoke and a loss ef $85,000 was in- curred at Chicago in a fire which threatened to destroy the six-story puilding at 185 and 187 Fifth avenue. Mrs. Laura A. Endberg of Fort Dodge, lowa, is at the point of death as the result of injuries received while polishing nickel on a hot stove. The polish, which contained gasoline, ex- ploded, and the flames caught the sleeves of her dress. Her screams brought her son to her assistance, and his hands were badly burned in tearing the burning garments from his mother. Berald-Review. |MRS. EVELYN THAW ENTERS ON ORDEAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEGINS THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE YOUNG WIFE. THAWS WILL IN EVIDENCE INTRODUCED TO SHOW THAT THAW WAS INSANE WHEN HE @ KILLED WHITE. New York, Feb. 20.—“I never want- ed to shoot the creature. [ never wanted to kill him. I knew he was a foul creature, destroying the mothers and daughters of America, but I want- ed through legal means to bring him to trial. I wanted to get him into court—to bring him to justice. But Providence took charge of it; it was an act of Providence.” This is Harry K. Thaw’s own story of the killing of Stanford White. It was told by him to Dr. Britton D. Evans, the alienist, last August in the Tombs. Yesterday Dr. Evans repeated the prisoner’s words to the jury which is trying Thaw for his life. Will in Evidence. In further bulwarking their conten- tion that Thaw was insane when he killed Stanford White, the defendant’s counsel succeeded yesterday in plac- ing before the jury the will executed by Thaw the night of his marriage, in April, 1905, and a codicil to the will executed at thé same time. The will and the codicil, as read to the jurors yesterday, were offered in evidence as cumulative testimony of Thaw’s mental unsoundness prior to the killing of White. In his will Thaw provided that his executors should set apart the sum of $50,000 for the inves- tigation of his death in case of a vio- lent or suspicious end. To Secure Redress From White. In the codicil Thaw left to a lawyer in Pittsburg the sum of $7,500 to be used in securing legal redress from Stanford White and one other person whose name was not allowed to be read; for the benefit of four young women who, Thaw declared, had been the victims of “degrading assaults” in a house “furnished and used for orgies by Stanford White and other inhuman scoundrels.” Thaw also bequeathed sums of $2,500 each to the Rey. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, Anthony Com- stock and a lawyer named in his codicil, to be used in discovering tur- ther alleged misdeeds by Stanford White and securing redress for the women. Tuesday’s Proceedings. New York, Feb. 21. — Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw yesterday entered upon the ordeal of her cross-examination and before District Attorney Jerome had had the witness in charge for half an hour he had secured from the court a ruling which apparently opens the way for bringing inlo the trial of Har- ry K. Thaw all manner of evidenc? which may tend to discredit the de- fendant’s wife. Heretofore it had been held that the rules of evidence proteci- ed’ young Mrs. Thaw and that, regard- less of whether her story was true or false, the fact that she had told it to her husband was the one essential point. Opens Doors Wide. Mrs. Thaw had been allowed to re- peat the story so that the jury might judge as to its effect in unbalancing the mind of the man on trial for the murder of Stanford White. Mr. Jerome, by a simple question, opened the way for the introduction of testimony tending to show the truth or falsity of Mrs. Thaw’s story. He ask- ed the witness: “Was the story you told Mr. Thaw true?” “It was,” she replied firmly. Mr. Delmas, Thaw’s leading counsel, objected strongly to the question, but Justice Fitzgerald held it to be compe- tent as tending to show the credibility of the witness. Jumps From Point to Point. Mr. Jerome jumped from point tc point in her story, and under the plea of testing her credibility was allowed to ask many pertinent questions. Mr. Jerome brought out that Mrs. Thaw had written to Stanford White from Boulogne after Thaw had pro- posed to her in Paris. “Did you also cable Mr. White?” he asked. The wit- ness could not remember. The cross- examination had barely gotten into full swing when adjournment for the day was ordered. Tells Fate of Other Women. In completing her direct testimony Mrs. Thaw had told of the conversa- tions she and her husband had had re- garding the fate of other young wom- en‘ at the hands of Stanford White. One of these girls was known-as “The Pie Girl.” She was fifteen years of age, and wore only a gauze dress when she sprang from a big pie at a stag dinner. The witness declared that May Mackenzie had told her that Stanford ‘White, when told she and Harry were very happy’ together, had remarked: “Pooh! it won’t last. I will get her back.” Describes Three Dens. Harry Thaw’s letter to Anthony Comstock describing three houses or studios where he declared Stanford White and “other scoundrels” lured young girls was read. Mrs. Caine, who was the only other witness of the day, testified to over- hearing Harry Thaw ask Mrs. Nesbit for her daughter’s hand in 1903. SEN. SMOOT FLAYS POLIGAMY SAYS PLURAL MARRIAGES ARE FROWNED UPON BY MOR- MON CHURCH, Washington, Feb. 21. — Speaking in his own defense “before the senate Senator Reed Smoot of Utah condemn- ed polygamy in the strongest terms, declared that polygamy does not now exist in Utah. and insisted that he had never taken an oath as apostle in the church which would in any way pre- vent him from discharging the duties of a senator and citizen with the ut- most fidelity. He himself had never had but one wife, and would not think of giving his personal sanction to any other arrangement in the-case of other ‘members of the Mormon church. Polygamy a Dead Letter. In support of his contention that polygamy was a dead letter among the Mormons, Mr. Smoot took up in great detail] the early campaign against the practice by the government and the tacit agreement on the part of the church to abandon it. The Mormons, he said, at first defended their rights in this respect as a part of their reli- gion. Finally, wishing to obey the law of the land, they agreed to stop the practice, and in 1890 a manifesto was issued discontinuing plural marriages. “In closing,” he said, “let me say under my obligation as a senator that I have never taken any oath or obliga- tion, religion or otherwise, which con- flicts in the slightest degree with my duty as a senator. I owe no allegiance to any church or other organization which in any way interfere with my supreme allegiance, in civil affairs, to my country—an ailegiance which | freely, fully and gladly give.” JAP SQUADRON AT HONOLULU. Enthusiastic and Hearty Welcome Tendered the Visitors. Honolulu, Feb. 21. — The Japanese training squadron arrived here yester- day. At 10 o’clock yesterday morning Admiral Temika, from the flagship Natsussista, communicated his ap- proach by means of wireless telegra- phy. Rear Admiral Very replied, wel- coming him. As the Japanese warships entered the harbor a national salute was fired. The admirals then exchanged salutes and the Japanese vessels docked at the naval wharf. All the shipping in the harbor is dec- orated and American and Japanese flags are floating everywhere. Five thousand Japanese, in holiday attire, were on the harbor front awaiting the arrival of the squadron. While the welcome was demonstrative, it was none the Jess enthusiastic and hearty. DEATH ROLL MAY REACH 100. 7 Fifty-Four Bodies Recovitred From Wrecked Mine in Mexico. Mexico City, Feb. 21—The Associ- ated Press last night received a tele gram from an official of the Las Espe ranza mines, in the state of Coahuila, at which place a disastrous explosion occurred Monday, saying: “Rescue work continues unceasingly and at 5:30 p. m. fifty-four bodies had been recovered from the mine. Of these thirty were Japanese. Eleven injured men are in the hospital, includ- ing three Japanese. Two of the in- jured cannot live.” Many men are still entombed. It is believed that the death roll will total between 75 and 100. The property loss is said to have been heavy. CITY TO CONTROL ALL. Alderman. would. Extend Transit Methods. Chicago, Feb. 21.—Direct municipal control of public service corporations in Chicago, without city ownership or operation, is provided for in the out- lines of two ordinances introduced into the city council last night by Ald. Ber- nard W. Snow. The essential features of both measures are taken from the traction settlement ordinance drafted by Special Counsel Walter L. Fisher, and the result of the legislation would be to place all public utilities under control of a board similar to that which is provided for the traction sys- tem of the city. Chicago. TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Great Britain, Russia and Japan Mak- ing an Agreement. London, Feb. 21.—A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Times says that some of the newspapers make the sensa- tional announcement that the govern- ment is on the eve of concluding an agreement with Great Britain and Ja- pan. It is true, adds the correspond- ent, that negotiations with both Japan and Great Britain have been progress- ing very satisfactorily. ry Exclusion Treaty. Washington, Feb. 21.—It was openly admitted in the state department yes- terday that the United States govern ment is negotiating a treaty with the Japan, under which the Japanese gov ernment will refuse to issue passports to Japanese coolies desiring to come to the United States. Railway Shop Employe Hurt. Mason City, Iowa, Feb. 21. — While assisting in removing tires from loco- motive drive wheels at the Milwaukee shops Albert Zilke was pinned under one which slipped from its fastenings, and had his legs crushed. ! Elected Mayor of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 21—Congressman John E. Reyburn (Rep.) was yesterday elected mayor of Philadelphia. defeat- ing Wiiliam Petter, the Democratic and City party candidate, by about 3,500 plurality. t GREAT NORTHERN ROAD INDICTED FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN NEW YORK BRINGS IN TRUE BILL. GRANTING REBATES CHARGE New York, Feb. 21. — The federal grand jury yesterday indicted the Great Northern Railway company on charges that in 1904 it paid $10,000 in rebates on sugar shipments to Lowell M. Palmer, traffic agent of the Ameri- can Sugar Refining company. A sec- ond count of the same indictment charges that $4,554 additional rebates were paid to Mr. Palmer by various railroads in conjunction with the Great Northern. The indictment charges that the Great Northern Railway com- pany effected freight combinations with the Lehigh Valley, the New York Central and the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford railroads, the through route of the last named road being made up of combination with the Erie railway, the Great Northern Steamship company and the Great Northern Rail- way company, whereby sugar was transported from New York city and Boston to Sioux City, Iowa, at less than the published tariff rates. The latter, the indictment charges, was 52 cents per hundred pounds, but through an agreement alleged to have been made by Alonzo W. Lake and A. W. Steele, as agents of the Great North- ern Railway company, and Lowell M. Palmer, as the agent of the American Sugar Refining company, it is charged that the sugar refining company was granted through rates on sugar be- tween the points named of 33 cents per hundred. It is understood that the general counsel of the Great Northern has been notified of the indictment and within a few days present themselves for pleading. It is reported that still more indict- ments will follow. MONUMENT TO CHIEF. Memory to “Bemidji” Is Honored by City That Bears His Name. Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 21——A monu- ment now marks the resting place ot “good old Chief Bemidji,” the Indian from whom this town was named and whose life was marked with kindness and whose counsels were for peace and good will towards the whites. The monument has just been completed and erected. ST. PAUL MAN IN BiG DEAL. ( John E. Burchard Buys Coal Company for $100,000. Minot S. D., Feb. 21—A deal in- volving property valued at more than $100,000 has just been closed here whereby the Smith-Kenmare Dry Coal company passes into the hands of John E. Burchard of St. Paul. The coal company is one of the largest in the state. BRIDGE FALLS WITH TRAIN. Engineer Killed — Locomotive Found in Fifteen of Water. Huron, S. D., Feb. 21—A way freight train on the Chicago & North-Western went through a bridge near Canning last night. Engineer Frank Booth was killed and Fireman McNabb was found in the cab in fifteen feet of water. FINE SMOKING STUDENT. Law Is Invoked to Stop the Cigarette Evil. Alexandria, Minn., Feb. 21—As an incident in the local anti-cigarette cru- sade, under a law which is not fre- quently invoked, one of the students at the Alexandria high schoo! has been arrested and fined $5 and costs for smoking. Shc See LOG KILLS “TOP-LOADER.” Timber Breaks Loose While Being Hoisted and Falls on Man. Tower, Minn., Feb. 21.—Axel Ander- son, a woodsman, twenty-three years old, while engaged in “‘top-loading” at a lumber camp near here, was instant- ly killed. Panic During Performance. Pipestone, Minn., Feb. 21. — Fire started in the Ferris grand opera house during a performance. A panic ensued and several people were se- verely bruised in attempting to force their way out. The furniture was slightly damaged by fire. Fire Loss Is $400,000. Alpena, Mich., Feb. 21.— The plant of the Alpena Portland Cement com- pany was almost completely wiped out by fire last night. The plant cost be- tween $600,000 and $700,000, and the loss is probably $400,000. Estimate Ditch’s Cost. * Morris, Minn., Feb. 21—The engi- neer’s estimate as to the cost of Ditch No. 2 has been filed with the county. auditor. With laterals it will be thir- teen miles long, and the estimated sost is $19,900. News of the Northwest. THE PRINCE OF INDIA, The Greatest Theatrical Production Ever Brought Out Will Be Seen in St. Paul and Minneapolis. From the standpoint of scenery, costumes, armors and eloborate me- chanical effects, “The Prince of India,” which will be presented at the Metro- politan opera house, St. Paul, during the entire week beginning Feb. 25, and at the Metropolitan opera house, Min- neapolis, the entire week beginning March 4, with special matinees Wednesday and Saturday, is the great- est theatrical production ever made in this country. Notwithstanding the magnitude of its physical side, how- ever, the story of the play is not eclipsed by it, and the wonderful tale of the love of Sultan Mahommed and Princess Irene, and the effect of the Wandering Jew, known as “The Prince of India,” to bring the whole world into one brotherhood in God with one simple religious creed for guidance, with the thrilling background of the siege of Constantinople and tHe fall of the city behind them, claim first attention. “The Prince of India” is staged in a prologue and five acts, with eleven scenes, showing Constantinople and the Golden Horn from Galatea; the Gate of Blacherne on the Golden Horn, and panorama of the Bosphorus dur- ing a great storm; the Whit Castle of the Turks on the sweet waters of Asia; Princess Irene’s palace at Therapia on the Bosphorus, and the hall of audience in the imperial pal- ace at Blacherne. The last four scenes show the tragic event of the fall of Constantinople and the extinction of the Byzantine dynasty of over a thou- sand years’ duration. In this part ot the play 600 men appear as Greek men and Turkish soldiers. Klaw & Erlanger have selected a re- markable cast for this production. Emmett Corrigan, the original Sheik Ilderim in “Ben Hur,” plays the title, role. William Farnum, the young he- roic actor who is regarded as the only legitimate successor of the late John McCullough, plays Prince Mahommed; and Adelaide Keim, who made a great hit last season in heroic roles and as Hamlet, acts Princess Irene. Seat sale opens Feb. 21. Mail orders now received. 18 SWEPT UNDER THE ICE. La Crosse Man Is Rescued in Air Hole Thirty Feet Farther On. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 19.—Breaking through the ice on a slough between the North and South sides, in a por- tion where there is a swift current, Alfred McDonald was carried thirty feet under the ice, and coming to the surface in an air hole was rescued by friends with the aid of planks and ropes. He was nearly senseless when taken from the water. Cuts Her Throat. Council Bluffs, lowa, Feb. 19.—Seat- ing herself upon the steps at the front of her home at Coin, Mrs. George Hol- comb cut her throat with her hus- band’s razor. Mrs. Holcomb had been in ill health. It is believed she cannot recover. Says He Jilted Her. Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 19. — Miss Nellie Smith of Waterloo, formerly ot Cedar Falls, has begun suit in the dis- trict court of Black Hawk county for $5,000 damages from Albert H. Schrag for alleged breach of promise. Mystery in Hay Stack. Newton, Iowa, Feb. 19. — An un- known dead man, frozen stiff, was found near a haystack on a farm six miles from here. Nothing was found on the body to establish his identity. Baby Scalded. Iowa Falls, Feb. 19.—The two-year- old daughter of J. T. O'Connor of this city is dead as the result of burns re- ceived in overturning a vessel contain- ing boiling water and lye. Killed by a Train, Adrian, Mich., Feb. 19.—One woman was killed and two other persons were fatally injured when the buggy in which they were riding was struck by a passenger train. ° Fever Closes Schools. Tower, Minn., Feb. 19.—As the re- sult of an outbreak of scarlet fever. the school board, at the petition of many parents, has closed the schools for a week. Train Cuts Off Head. Menasha, Wis., Feb. 19.—John Pat- zel, seventy-three years of age, was run down and killed by a Chicago, Mul- Waukee & St. Paul train. His head was cut off. i Sh ee Nelson the Orator. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 19.—One ot the attractions at the annual celebra- tion of May 17, the Norwegian Fourth of July, to be held in Milwaukee this year, will be an address by Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota. Four Bitten by Dogs. Minneapolis, Feb. 19. -- Four more people fell victims to vicious dogs yes- terday afternoon. One of the brutes wore a muzzle, but bit Henry Kehoe, a boy fifteen years old, on the right hand. GORGE IS THREE MILES LONG BOTTOM LANDS ARE INUNDATED AND CONDITIONS ARE VERY SERIOUS. Vermillion, S. D., Feb. 20.—With lit- tle prospect of the ice gorge breaking here for several days and a reported gorge near Springfield that may break at any minute, conditions are very Se rious here. The river fell eighteen* inches yesterday afternoon, due proba- bly to a gorge farther west. The pros- pects for warmer weather are g00d, and under a hot sun for two days that gorge might go out. The ice-is piled up for three miles in length. Three miles of railroad track is un- der water southeast of this city. During the day the water rose rap- idly, backed up by an immense ice gorge at Burbank, inundating all bot- tom lands. The water has made a ‘breach in the grade of the Milwaukee track between Yankton and Sioux City, interrupting traffic between the two cities. Thousands of hogs and hundreds of eattle were caught and drowned. Hundred Homeless families. One hundred families have been made homeless and farmers along the river are greatly alarmed. Not since the great flood of 1881 has the water peen so high as yesterday. The ice in the Missouri river began moving at Chamberlain yesterday att- ernoon. During the last forty-eight hours the river there has raised more ‘than six feet, a record for February. ‘The Milwaukee company has a large force at work there strengthening the trestle railroad crossing, which is con- sidered to be in danger. The steamboat Bachelor and a ferry- boat owned by Capt. Joe Leach were sunk at Yankton by ice running in the water. The loss is $15,000. There is a large ice gorge above here, but there is no damage yet. TELLS SON TO KILL FATHER. Tragedy at Page, N. D., Grows Out cf Long-Standing Family Quarrel. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 20.—Fred Cramer, a painter of Page, this county, was shot and killed by his sixteen-year-old son, Arthur, who says he acted under ‘instructions from his mother who ad- ‘mits that she told the boy to shoot. Mrs. Cramer and the boy are in the jocai jail awaiting trial, which will probably occur Feb. 26. The family relations of Mr. and Mrs. Cramer had been strained for a long time, and recently Mrs. Cramer and the boys resided on the second fioor and Cramer on the first floor of their home. The night of the tragedy, she and her son insist, Cramer came home an- gry and threatened to invade the sec ond floor and attack Mrs. Cramer, and he was coming up stairs to their apart- ments when he was shot. Mrs. Cra- mer says she would have shot him, but was too nervous to hold the revolver, and ordered her son to fire on the father. The boy obeyed only too well and the one shot was fatal. CAN’T KILL TOT. Child of Three Is Nearly Drowned and Twice Is Poisoned. Waterloo, Iowa, Feb. 20.—It would seem that three-year-old Charles Hile of Jessup bears a charmed life. Less than a year ago the little chap fell into a tub of water and narrowly es- caped being drowned. Shortly after- ward he drank the water off poisoned fly paper and then ate the paper itself, but was saved. Yesterday he secured ‘a bottle of aconite and before he was discovered had taken tow mouthfuls. Prompt medical attention again saved his life. ONLY $13 IN FINES. Four Years’ Record of City Shows Lit- tle in Law-breaking Tax. Fairfield Iowa, Feb. 20.—According to the report of the state examiner, who has been investigating affairs in this city, the people of this place seem to break 1 cent’s worth of law a day. The investigation, which covered a pe- riod of three years and nine months, disclosed the fact that during that time just $13 in fines had been paid into court and turned over to the city treasurer. ° Crazed by Thaw Trial. Madison, Wis. Feb. 20. — Violently insane over the Thaw trial, John Ler- dolph of Janesville, Wis., was taken to Mendota asylum yesterday. Lerdolph talks only of the trial and Thaw and says he has $100,000 to help out “‘Eve- lyn and Harry.” Dates for Saengerbund. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 20. — The. Northwestern Saengerbund, consising of German singing societies in all the Northwestern states, yesterday fixed the dates of the next triennial saenger- fest at La Crosse on July 23, 24, 25 and 26, 1908. . Fall From Ladder Is Fatal. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 20. — Frank Hebert, a pioneer resident, teli from a ladder while chopping ice from a roof and fractured his skull. He died two hours later. —s