Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 23, 1907, Page 3

herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washington, Frederick H. Newell, chief engineer in charge of the reclamation service, was appointed director of that service to succeed Charles D. Walcott. The United States battleship Min- nesota, one of the latest additions to the navy, has been placed in commis- sion, with Capt. John Hubbard com- manding. The postmaster general has decided to add a 5-cent stamp to the ones and twos already determined upon to con- stitute the commemoration series for the Jamestown exposition. President Roosevelt has decided to appoint Labor Commissioner Charles P. Neill and Prof. J. W. Jenks of Cor- nell university to be civilian members of the immigration commission author- ized by the last congress. Another civilian member remains to be chosen. The three senators and members of the house who were to be on the com- mission already have been announced. Personal. Winslow A. Greene, one of the old- est newspaper men in Iowa, is dead at Onawa, Iowa. Right. Hon. Sir Daniel Dixon, mem- ber of parliament for North Belfast, Ireland, is dead. Gustav Buckholtz, a former min- strel of national reputation, died sud- lenly at Troy, N. Y. John Turner, who was intimately ac- quainted with Charles Dickens, the au- thor, died at Paola, Kan., aged ninety- seven years. Isaac Freeman Rason, who for forty s has been the acknowledged lead- er of the Democratic party in Balti- more, is dead. Col. Henry C. Shaw, formerly a newspaper man, and of late years con- nected with the custom house.at San Francisco, is dead. James L. Jugh, formerly senator from Alabama, died in Washington, aged eighty-seven years. Death was caused by pneumonia. Charles Gordon Knox, secretary of the St. Louis Commercial club, died at sea on the steamship Prinz Joachim, off the South Carolina coast. f Accidental Happenings. Fire completely destroyed the Ire quois hotel at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., one of the finest in the state.. Loss, $200,000. An entire business block of East Ch o, Ind., was destroyed by fire, ling a loss of $200,000. Several persons narrowly escaped death. \ passenger train struck a landslide and was wrecked near Hinton, W. V4& The engineer was killed and the fire- man fatally injured. None of the pas- sengers was injured. Fifteen persons were crushed or oth- erwise injured when a Southern Pa- cific freight engine crashed into a Maple avenue street car at a crossing at Los Angeles. J. W. Lyons, a farmer of Carron, lowa, was trampled and beaten into in- sensibility by a horse in his barn. He still alive when rescued by his son, but died soon after. Fire which broke out in the roof ot the tipple at the Numa coal mine at Seymour, Iowa, destroyed all the build ings and equipment at the mine except the engine house. The loss is estima- ted at $6,000. Engineer Kellogg and his fireman were killed in a wreck on the Chicago Great Western railroad at Waterloo, Iowa. Acar on a west-bound trath jumped the track while passing an east-bound train. Two men were killed and a numbet of others hurt and Metuchen, N. J., was shaken and threatened with many fires when the boiler of a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad exploded while drawing a freight train through town. Shortly after Clay Owens, at the risk of his life had saved Kate De- haven, a helpless invalid, from burning to death in a fire which destroyed the home of Thomas Chatman, near Drakeville, Iowa, the woman became unconscious and later died, the phy- sicians say, from fright. Foreign. March Adam Jameson, ex-commis- sioner of lands, was killed with twelve other persons in the wreck of a train at Johannesburg. Capt. yon Bercken of the Ninety- third regiment of German infantry was killed in a_ pistol duel on the drill ground near the suburb of Tegel by a druggist whose name has not been dis- closed. Lord William Beauchamp-Neville, fourth son of the marquis of Aver- gavenny, is again in the hands of the authorities, and was remanded at po- lice court in London, charged with stealing jewelry. Herman Wilsdorf, a retired forester at Dresden, shot and killed five of his six children and wounded the sixth child. He then killed his wife, after which he committed suicide. The po- lice found indications that the elder members of the family had agreed to end the lives of all, owing to a scarcity of food. ‘The Chinese army has selected fif- teen students from the Paotingfu mili- tary college to study military science in France. Lord Penrhyn, whose dispute with his employes at the Bethesda slate quarries brought him into.a great deal of prominence, is dead at London. Lord Curzon, former viceroy of In- dia, has been elected chancellor of the Oxford university by 1,111 votes against 436 cast for Lord Rosebery. The visit to Lisbon of Frederick Au- gustus, king of Saxony, is understood to be in connection with negotiations looking to the marriage of the crown prince of Portugal, the duke of Bra- ganza, with a princess of Saxony. The Italian government has decided to send a special commissioner to the Isthmus of Panama to study the condi- tions of the Italians employed on the canal. Reports have been received in Rome that the conditions of these la- borers is most distressing. Crimes and Criminals. Dr. Oliver °C. Haugh, the Dayton murderer, now in the annex of the Ohio penitentiary, will be electrocuted on April 6. Lawson Emerson, former clerk of the supreme court of Ohio, was indict- ed at Columbus on the charge of em- bezzlement of $3,153. Alonzo Jolly was killed by John Collier, his son-in-law, who’was hur- riedly taken away from Pana, Ill., as mob violence was threatened. Family troubles caused the tragedy. E Horace G. McDowell, president cf the Farmers’ Bank of Canton, Ohio, shot and killed himself at his country home. He was known throughout Ohio as a breeder and buyer of high-class sheep. Sam Miller, a retired farmer of Charles City, Iowa, attempted to mur- der his wife. He is in the county jail. He is a drinker and is quarrelsome. His wife is in a serious condition, but may live. Richard Kennedy, Jr., twenty years old, of Solon, Ohio, struck his father with a baseball bat, killing him in- stantly. His father and mother were quarreling and the son came to his mother’s rescue. Leaping head-first from a window ledge on the thirteenth floor of the Traction building at Cincinnati, Ger- trude Hanish, aged twenty years, a stenographer, committed suicide in the sight of hundreds. When the case on preliminary hear- ing charging Harry Macke with as- sault upon fifteen-year-old Ruby Long was called at Webster City, Iowa, the complaining witness did not appear and the case was dismissed. Unsuccessful in his efforts to affect a reconciliation with his wife, from whom he had been separated, E. M. MeNair of Port Arthur, Tex., shot and killed Mrs, McNair, wounded her mother and fired five shots into his own breast. Domestic. Frank Gotch won from Farmer Burns at Chicago in two straight falls at catch-as-catch-can. The Standard Oil company has ad- vanced the price of all oils 10 cents a barrel, the new price being $1.78. The Harvard observatory has re- ceived a cablegram from Nice an- nouncing the discovery of a new com- et. The Indiana legislature has adopted a concurrent resolution favoring the election of United States senators by popular vote. Agitation against emigration is ac- tive in Madrid. About 700 families sailed recently from Malaga for the Hawaiian islands. The South Chicago employes of the American Shipbuilding company have gone ona strike. Between 800 and 900 men are affected. The Bulgarian national assembly has adopted an extraordinary credit of $6,400,000 demanded by the govern- ment for new armaments. Anthracite operators have agreed to make the usual 50-cent reduction in the price of coal on April 1, when the new spring schedule will go into ef- fect. Knoxville, Tenn., by a majority of nearly 2,000 votes, has decided that the saloons must go. Six months will be allowed the saloons in which to close. The Illinois senate. has adopted a resolution accepting the war collection of Mrs. John A. Logan and providing for a place in the capitol and state ar- senal for the trophies. ‘The Union Pacific railroad has an- nounced that work on the Athol hill cutoff near Cheyenne, Wyo., would be discontinued on account of legislation entailing a cut in rates. Sir William Crookes says that the story from America about the weight of souls is absolute nonsense. Dr. Salesby said that it is a new and most imbecile version of materialism. The Missouri senate has passed a bill giving the secretary of state author- ity to revoke the licenses of foreign corporations which remove suits from state to federal courts without the written consent of the other party to the suit. After spending four hours at his farm south of Cedar Falls, Iowa, show- ing a prospective renter about the place, Charles H. Foote, seventy-five years old, returned home and before he could remove his overcoate dropped dead. Heart failure, brought on by his exertions, is believed to have caused his death. Joshua Wallace Voohies, a negro, has filed a petition asking that his name be placed on the ticket as an in- dependent candidate for mayor of Kan- sas City, Kan. Voohies was born a slave in Nashville, just before the sclose of the war. THAW SANE SAYS STATE'S EXPERT DR. FLINT, ANSWERING HYPO: THETICAL QUESTION, SAYS HARRY WAS SANE. HUMMEL’S STORY GIVEN TO JURY TELLS OF AFFIDAVIT IN WHICH EVELYN SAID THAW BEAT HER. New York, March 15.—After a fore- noon session occupied almost entirely by District Attorney Jerome in a bit- ter denunciation of the defendant and his wife, the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White was adjourned shortly after 12 o’clock yes- terday until this morning. The prose- cuting attorney found his opportunity to attack Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit in arguing on the question of the admis- sibility of the testimony which Abra- ham Hummel, the lawyer who is under indictment for subornation of perjury in the Dodge-Morse divorce case, has to offer. Says Thaw Was Sane. New. York, March 16. — Answering precisely the same hypothetical ques- tion in response to which the alienists of the defense declared that Harry K. Thaw was suffering from an unsound mind when he shot and killed Stanford White, Dr. Austin Flint, the first ex- pert called yesterday by District At- torney Jerome in rebuttal, declared it to be his opinion that Thaw positively did know the nature and quality of his act and knew that the act was wrong. When the court adjourned for the day Mr. Delmas had not begun his eross-examination of Dr. Flint. After repeating to Dr. Flint the game question which Mr. Delmas put to the experts for the defense and hav- ing him declare that Thaw was sane, on the assumption of the facts therein stated, Mr. Jerome had read to the witness the prosecution’s hypothetical question, which contained 15,000 words, and which required one hour and eighteen minutes in the reading. Dr. Flint again said without qualifica- tion that Thaw was sane and knew his act was wrong. Delmas Fights Every Inch. New York, March 17.—With Attor- ney Delmas fighting him every inch of the way, District Attorney Jerome yesterday secured from Abraham Hummel his complete story as to the affidavit which it is alleged Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made in the lawyer's of- fice in 1903, charging Harry K. {haw with beating her, and when she had told him that the statement that Stan- ford White had drugged and ruined her was not true. Mr. Delmas, first objecting broadly to all of Hummel’s testimony, offered a specific objection to each question put by the prosecutor. Justice Fitzgerald overruled every ob- jection. Evelyn Thaw Called. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was called to the stand in the effort of the defense to keep Hummel silent. She declared she had called upon Hummel in his professional capacity and to seek his advice as a lawyer. Justice Fitzgerald declared that, admitting the proposi- tion of counsel and client, Mrs. Thaw had herself waived the professional privilege by taking the stand early in the case and giving her version of what transpired at Hummel’s office. Gets Hummel’s Record. Unsuccessful in blocking Hummel’s testimony, Attorney Delmas in cross- examining the witness brought from his own lips the fact that he had been convicted in December, 1905, on a charge of conspiracy. He further admitted that two indictments for sub- ornation of perjury are pending against him and that one of these in- dictments charges him with having caused a false affidavit to be made. Mr. Delmas wanted to know if Hum- mel had any more recent business transactions with the district attorney, and asked if Mr. Jerome was pressing the charges against him. “He certainly is,’ said the witness, with spirit. Affidavit Held Up. At the conclusion of this testimony District Attorney Jerome asked per- mission to introduce the carbon and photographic copies of the affidavit in evidence. It was near the closing hour, and Mr. Delmas asked that ad- journment be taken before arguing as to the admissibility of the affidavit. He said that after reading the paper over he might not object to its being offered in evidence. “Coming, as it does,” he said, “in such questionable shape, we may deem it best to have the paper go in evidence.” District Attorney Jerome completed his medical testimony during the morning session, Attorney Delmas, for the defense, declining to cross-exam-" ine any of the experts. DUTCH BEAT REBELS. Kill of Capture 552 Men and Women on Celebes. The Hague, March 17.—An official dispatch received here yesterday from the island of Celebes, Dutch East In- dies, announced that the Dutch troops had captured ‘an important rebel stronghold, after a stubborn fight. The fleeing enemy left 280 dead on the field, among whom were several rebel chiefs.. The troops. captured, 200 wom- en and 72 men. ane losses of the Dutch are insign{fi HUMMEL AFFIDAVIT 1S READ! VERDICT MAY BE REACHED FRI- DAY UNLESS UNFORESEEN HAPPENS. ® New York, March 20.—The case for the people in the Thaw trial was final- ly closed yesterday by the introduction of the much discussed Hummel affida- vit, which, with the consent of the de- fense, was read in full to the jury. The affidavit proved a surprise only in the alleged severity of the assaults Harry K. Thaw is said to have made upon Evelyn Nesbit during the trip through Enrope in 1903, when, accord- ing to the testimony of Abraham Hum- mel, Miss Nesbit would not sign state- ments which Thaw had prepared, ac- cusing Stanford White of having drug- ged and ruined her. Contradicts Hummel. The affidavit was in some ways a dl- rect contradiction of Hummel’s recent testimony upon the stand. In order that the defense might not prevent him from telling the story of the affi- davit he stated positively that he was not acting as Miss Nesbit’s attorney when he drew up the document; that he was acting solely in the interest of Stanford White and that no legal ac- tion was contemplated in behalf of the young woman who is now Harry Thaw’s wife. Was Evelyn’s Attorney. There was considerable surprise, consequently, when Mr. Jerome read the opening words of the affidavit, which were: “Supreme court, county of New York; Evelyn Nesbit, plaintiff, against Harry Kendall Thaw, defend- ant.” It is said the action contem- plated with the affidavit was the recov- ery of certain property, which it was alleged Thaw had wrongfully taken} from the girl. In dictating the affida-| vit Hummel referred to himself as| Miss Nesbit’s attorney. Offers Hummel’s Record. When Mr. Delmas began the intro- duction of testimony in surrebuttal he introduced first of all the record in the trial and conviction of Hummel on the) charge of conspiracy. Mr. Delmas put upon the stand three policemen who saw Thaw the night of the tragedy or early in the morning after, and they all declared that he either looked or acted irrationally. After this testimony had been pre- sented Mr. Delmas passed to the final stages of the trial by introducing the first of seven alienists. Three of them were disposed of yesterday, and it now seems certain that unless the unex- pected happens there should be a ver- dict by Friday night. ASK AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. Wellsburg, W. Va., Asks Uncle Sam for Help. Washington, March 20.—Acting Sec- retary of War Oliver has received a telegram from the postmaster and mayor of Wellsburg, W. Va., asking for $4,000 to be expended for the relief of the citizens of that town. They de- clare that two-thirds of the population are destitute and that the least depth of water in the town is two feet, and the greatest depth twenty-six feet. Destitution Is Great. Wheeling, W. Va., March 20.—The river has returned to its channel and Wheeling is slowly recovering from the flood. The principal work yester- day was relieving the suffering and destitution, which is greater than ever before known in this city. Pittsburg Fears Epidemic. Pittsburg, March 20.—Reports from the headquarters of the Allegheny river indicate that Sunday’s rains will not seriously affect the stage of water at Pittsburg. The river continues to recede here and no further damage is expected. Health officials yesterday began the} task of cleaning up the good sections in an endeavor to avert an epidemic of sickness which is threatening the} city. ANOTHER LINER ON ROCKS, Steamer Jebba Strikes within Sight of Wrecked Suevic. London, March 20. — Almost within sight of the wrecked White Star line steamer Suevic, the Hider-Dempster line steamer Jebba ran-on the rocks under the cliffs, near Prawle Point, in the early hours of the morning. Her seventy passengers and her} crew were safely taken ashore by the breeches buoy. The Jebba will prove a total Joss. Details received of the disaster to the Suevic, with nearly 600 passengers and crew on board, show that she struck the Brandies rock, close under the Lazard lighthouse, at about 10:30 Sunday night, and probably will be a total wreck. Lifeboats and tugs from the Lizard and Falmouth soon reached the scene and by 1 p. m. all the pas- sengers had been landed, but the mem- pers of the crew were still standing by the wreck. \ Fought a Pistol Duel. Houghton, Mich., March 20. — Wil- liam McDonald and John Auger, min- ers, fought a pistol duel over the divi- sion of a case of beer. McDonald was shot in the left lung.and will die. Au- ger escaped injury. Interurban in Montana, Helena, Mont., March 20.—Butte and Helena are to be connected with an electric line which will cost $3,000,000. Eastern and local capitalists have formed a company, and a third of a million in cash already has been sub- scribed. Carnegie Makes Good. Albert Lea, Minn., March 20.—The $25,000 contributed to the endowment fund of Albert Lea college by Andrew Carnegie has been received by C. B. Augur, president of that institution. | Stolypin’s RAILROADS RAISE RATES ON GRAIN BOOST PRICES ON SHIPMENTS FROM CHICAGO TO THE SEA- BOARD. LOOKS © LIKE RETALIATION ADVERSE LEGISLATION ONE OF REASONS GIVEN FOR THE ADVANCE. Washington, March 21. — Sugges- tions reaching the interstate com- merce commission of a purpose on the part of the railroads to make increases in rates on shipments of grain from Chicago to the seaboard, both domes- tic and for export, approximating 2 to 4 cents per hundred pounds, beginning April 1, afford striking evidence that the railroads plan to make increases in rates. The rate on grain for export from Chicago to New York or Boston during the last two years has ranged from 131-2 cents to 15 cents per hun- dred. The roads have advised the com- mission that, beginning April 1, the rates will be advanced to 171-2 cents and 19 cents, respectively. Causes Surprise. The striking feature of this increase is not only the amount of the increase ‘itself, but the fact that grain rates from Chicago to the seaboard shouid be increased at this time of the year. Almost invariably, when changes were made, rates on grain to the seaboard have been reduced in the spring with the opening of navigation. Advances in rates customarily have been made in the fall, during the period of heavy movement of crops, when navigation on the Great Lakes closed. Reason for Increase. The reason given for the advance is increased cost of transportation, cou- pled with attacks being made upon the roads through adverse legislation in the various states. Whether there will be complaints of such formal character that an investigation will be made by the commission is not known. All the gossip that can be heard about the commission headquarters regarding the advance is in line of regret that the railroads should make their first marked advance in rates upon such staple commodities as grain and grain products. PREMIER WARNS DUMA. Must Confine Itself to Legitimate Functions or Be Dissolved. St. Petersburg, March 21.—The low- er house of parliament acquitted itself creditably upon its first encounter with the administration. An overwhelming majority, including the Constitutional Democrats, the Octoberists, the Group of Toil and the Social Revolutionists, refused to be drawn into a fruitless discussion over the ministerial decla- raion read by Premier Stolypin and ad- hered to the decisions reached in cau- cus to proceed with as little delay as possible to the program of construct- ing legislation. Mutual Recriminations. The only fear of trouble came when the extremists of the right and left participated in the debate. The re- marks of these members were devoted largely to recriminations. Neither the vitriolic speeches of Prince Zereteli or M. Alexinsky, Social Democrat, nor the provocatory utterances of M. Purish- | kevich or M. Krousheven, the anti-Se- mitic member from Kishineyv, roused the anticipated outbreak. The feature of the day was Premier second speech, with its plain warning to the hot heads that no playing with fire would be permitted, and that the duma must confine itselt strictly to its legitimate functions if it does not wish to be dissolved. The admonition made a notable impression. Willing to Co-operate. The council of the empire responded to the ministerial declaration of policy by a resolution expressing willingness to co-operate with the government in its legislative program. ' During the debate Count Witte made a brief speech in which he de- clared he would support this resolution provided it did not imply a vote of con- fidence in the ministry. TRAIN KILLS GIRL. Muriel O’Brien Run Down by Freight at Brainerd. Brainerd, Minn., March 21.—Muriel O’Brien, sixteen years old, was fatally injured yesterday morning by being run down by the cars. She died in the afternoon. She was walking down the tracks of the Minnesota & International railroad and the train was close upon her when she first heard it. She apparently at- tempted to step off the track and fell, the engine crushing her legs below the knees. Her head was also badly cut. YARDS STRIKE GROWING. Superior Trades and Labor Assembly Joins the Trouble. Superior, Wis., March 21. — The Trades and Labor assembly of this city has taken a hand in the strike at the shipyards by declaring the yards unfair. The eompany is now making preparations to put on strikebreakers and may house a couple of hundred within the yards. Only a part of the men are unionized, and on that ac- count it will be more difficult for the unions to effect a complete tie up. TROOPS ORDERED 10 LOOT NICARAGUAN SOLDIERS ARE iN- CITED TO FIGHT FOR VENGE- ANCE. Puerto Cortez, Honduras, March 21. —A turn of/sinister and widespread significance was given to the Central American war by the finding on the persons of captured Nicarguan sol- diers proclamations promising thent the loot of the first cities which they can capture in both Honduras and Sal- vador. This proclamation at once amounted to a practical declaration of war by Nicaragua against Salvador. It show- ed that the Nicaraguan common sol- diers are at least being sent to fight what they believe A War of Vengeance, And it placed Americans in Puerto Cortez and throughout this republic on the anxious seat because of the fact that American residents or American capital form the principal property- holders of most of the Honduras cities, especially those which are richest and therefore most liable to loot in case of success of the Nicaraguan army. Any doubt as to the completeness of such a loot is dispelled not only by the word- ing of the proclamation but by the ex- periences had in 1894 by some of the persons now living in Puerto Cortez, who were present at the looting of Cholutaca, Honduras. Nicaraguan soldiers, aided by about 200 of their women, pillaged every house but one in the town. Americans Complain. Americans in Puerto Cortez, in view of this proclamation, are preparing to defend themselves if necessary. Some of them complain because the United States has not sent naval protection here. Although measures for self-de tense have been taken by many Ame cans, it is not true, as has been report- ed, that they have been pressed into the service of Honduras or that they are taking part in any numbers in the hostility. They and other foreigners are keep- ing aloof from the trouble. BIG FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA. Great Damage Caused in Northern Part of State. San Francisco, March 21. — Heavy rains which hare prevailed since last Saturday have caused the rivers of Northern California to overflow, and great damage has resulted. A large part of the town of Oroville has been inundated, and a portion of Marysville is under water. The Mormon island bridge across the American river was washed away last night. At the Folsom state prison two guard houses were swept away. At Sacramento no danger is appre- hended, as the levees are in good con- dition. The situation at Stockton, however, appears to be more serious, as the local streams are higher than for years, and a great volume of water is pouring into the San Joaquin. The towns of Woodbridge and Lin coln are in danger of being flooded. The lowlands are under water and the wheat and barley crops are ruined. The levees are being patrolled and every effort is being made to prevent a disastrous inundation. PLUNDER JEWS IN ROUMANIA. Peasants Attack Towns and Victims Flee Over Frontier. Vienna, March 21.—According to a telegram received here from Czerno- wits, an Austrian town close to the boundary of Moldavia, Roumania, ad- vices have been received there from the Austrian frontier police sfationed at Itzkani and Suszawa that the anti- Jewish outbreak in Roumania is as- suming serious proportions. Peasants have attacked and plun- dered Jews at Burduzheni, who are fleeing over the frontier to Itzkani. About 2,000 fugitives, mostly women and children, already have crossed the frontier. MELLEN AT WHITE HOUSE. Nothing Given Out Regarding Inter- view With President. Washington, March 21. — The inter- view between President Roosevelt and Charles S. Mellen, the president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, recently arranged for the pur- pose of discussing the railroad situa- tion, took place at the White House yesterday. It@lasted not more than thirty-five minutes. No statement of the particular questions discussed was made at the White House, and Mr. Mellen declined to talk. BLAME NONE FOR THE BLAST. French Naval Officials Talk of Sponta- neous Combustion, Tolon, France, March 21. — The court of inquiry appointed to deter- mine the cause of the explosion March 12 on board the battleship Iena decid ed yesterday that the disaster was caused by spontaneous explosion of “B” powder, due to decomposition and the elevation of the magazine. It was also stated that this powder was very unstable and had caused previous acci- dents. Says It’s All a Fake. Augusta, Ga. March 21.—Before leaving for New York last evening John D. Rockefeller said the reported gift he is to make to New York is merely another guess on the part of the metropolitan newspapers. Newspaper Burned Out. Augusta, Ga., March 21.—Fire ruin ed the offices of the Augusta Chronicle and destroyed those of the Western Union Telegraph company and the Union. ticket offices. The loss is esti mated at $75,000 to $100,000. = a