Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 13, 1907, Page 2

. 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, Washington, The acting secretary of war has is- sued a permit to the South and Cen- tral American Cable company to land a submarine cable at Guantanamo, connecting that naval station with Colon. The warship Marion, one of the last of the old iron ships of the navy, built just after the close of the Civil war and bridging over the time between the timber ships and the vessels of the modern navy, has been ordered sold at public auction and stricken from the naval lists. Personal. Brig. Gen. Richard Combs, U. S. A., who retired in 1901, died at the Pre- sidio at San Francisco, aged seventy years. State Senator Thomas Connor, the millionaire mine owner of Joplin, Mo., died at a sanitarium at San Antonio, Tex., where he had been for several months past. Robert B. Armstrong has resigned as president of the Casualty Company of America. Ill health is given as the cause. Mr. Armstrong was assistant retary of the treasury under Secre- tary Shaw. Prof. B. Sadtler of Denver, author of “Econamic Mineralogy,” a standard work, died suddenly of heart disease at El Paso, Tex. Prof. Sadtler was one of the highest authorities on mines. and mining in the world. se Foreign. Capt. Michel and Maj. Lefeburne have been appointed Belgian military delegates to the Jamestown exposi- tion. Jose Ayala, former chief of police of Guines, Havana province, Cuba, was sinated at Guines. The crime ap- parently was political. Cardinal Luigi Macchi, secretary of apostolic briefs, died in Rome after a sickness of only twelve hours of apo- plexy. The cardinal was born in Bra- zil in 1832. A son of Gen. Delbreil, governor of he Spanish fortress of Alhucemas, on the Moroccan coast, was recently cap- ired and beaten by tribesmen at Devasso, Morocco. to the condition of Queen a of Spain, who is expecting onfinement, precluding her participa- tion in public functions, the visit to Madrid of King Edward and Queen will be postponed until au- Victor xandra Alfonso has signed a decree or- the necessary preparation for entation of his heir to the the preé k 1 officials of Spain and the diplo- atie representatives accredited at Madrid immediately after the birth of the child. It is offi lly announced at Bucher- t that tranquility has been re-estab- ed throughout the entire country. and w that the peasants under measures proposed by the go’ for the amelioration of the jition the agitation is dying out. Wilfrid Laurier announced in the Canadian parliament that he ac- ted the resignation of H. R. Emer- minister of railw until Mr. yn has had opportunity to clear charges of immorality made by a New Brunswick * con- er way inst him >wspaper. According to reports circulated at San Salvador from Honduras, when the invading Nicaraguan and Hon- duran revolutionary armies occupied Tegucigalpa they plundered the place and murdered several persons. The children of Gen. Teofile Carcamo, it is added, were hanged by the invaders. Crimes and Criminals. H. L. Boyce, a patrolman, was shot and killed by a burglar at St. Louis. The burglar aped. The grand jury which is expected to take up the investigation of the Metro- politan Life Insurance company was sworn in in New York. Jim Williams, colored, charged with criminal assault on Lillie Wisener, white, near Colbert, I, T., was lynched at Durant by a mob of 1,000 people. James Donnelly, a farmer, is under arrest at Glenwood, Iowa, charged with killing his hired hand, John Wrenwick, with a monkey wrench. J. Golinvoux was found dead in his blacksmith shop at Pocahontas. He had not been seen since Saturday evening. The coroner’s verdict was strangulation. ‘After several months of suffering from a nervous malady, Mrs. Ellen Berry Ryder, wife of Cornelius Ryder. one of the wealthiest men of Brook- lyn, hanged herself. Train wreckers chained thirty-one cross-ties at intervals of a few yards across the rails of the Louisiana Southern railway south of New Or- jeans and caused the wrecking of a local passenger train. There were no serious injuries in the wreck, Harry Cedergren was held up and robbed at Billings, Mont., by two un- known men. He was coming from his barn, where he had been attending to his horses, when he was hit over the head with a heavy timber, knocked down and robbed of $26 and a gold watch. Hi. P. HALL ANSWERS DEATH'S SUMMONS VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN DIES SUDDENLY OF HLART FAIL- URE. ACTIVE LIFE COMES TO END KNOWN PERSONALLY BY MORE PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST THAN ANY OTHER MAN. St. Paul, April U1-Harlan Page Hall, dean of the newspaper profes- sion in the Northwest, who knew more people and probably was known per- sonally by more people in the North- west than any other man, died sud- denly at the office of Dr. G. M. Coon, in the Lowry arcade, yesterday after- noon. He was discovered dead in a chair by an attendant who, seeing his quiet form, supposed he had fallen asleep. Some people entered the of- fice, but they did not notice anything unusual, supposing that Mr. Hall was sleeping in the chair. Mr. Hali went into the building about 2 o’clock to see Dr. Archibald MacLaren. Finding the door closed, he stepped into Dr. Coon’s office to wait. He picked up a newspaper to read, and while perusing it passed quietly away. Death was due to heart failure, for which he had been treat- ing, together with kidney trouble, since last winter. Was on Duty ouring Day. He was at the capitol in the morn- ing and attended to his duties as clerk of the committee on general legisla- tion in the senate. He was around town during the noon hour and talked in his usual cheerful manner with many people. Despite the fact that he was verging close to threescore and ten, he had been enjoying his usual vigor until about a year ago. Mr. Hall was a life member of the Minnesota Historical society and Ohio society. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Elizabeth B. Hall, St. Paul, and Mrs. M. B. Gardner, Cleve- land, Ohio, and one son, Harlan W. Hall, Pasadena, Cal. Mrs. Hall died about two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Hall were married at Cleveland, Ohio, April 9, 1862, so that yesterday was the forty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Hall’s Career. Mr. Hall was born Aug. 27, 1838, at Ravenna, Ohio. He learned the print- er’s trade in his father’s office at that place. He'came to St. Paul in 1862 and was employed in an editorial ca- pacity at various times on the St. Paul Press, St. Paul Union and St. Paul Pioneer. In 1868, in partnership with David Ramaley, he established the Dispatch, which he sold eight years later. Subsequently he estab- lished the St..Paul Newspaper Union for the purpose of furnishing ready- printed sheets to country newspapers. In 1878 Mr. Hall started the St. Paul Globe, which he owned seven years, selling it to Lewis Baker. His next newspaper enterprise was a pa- per called the Daily News. In the ear- ly 90s he established the Morning Call, which had a brief career. Later he purchased the St. Paul Trade Jour- nal, which he conducted eight years. In recent years he has devoted his time mostly to literary work. Mr. Hall was the founder of the Minnesota Editorial association and was a member of the executive com- mittee. HARLAN P. HALL, Veteran Newspaper Man and Old Resident of St. Paul, Who Died Suddenly. DEPREDATIONS BY INVADERS. CUT BY 400; GOES CRAZY. Nicaraguans Stir Up Ire of People of | Late Missouri Senator’s Widow Is In- Honduras. San Salvador, April 11.—Philip M. Brown, charge d’affaires of the Amer- ican legation at Tegucigalpa, Hondu- ras, has left here to return to Ama- pala, where President Bonilla is shut in by the Nicarauguans. It is reported that the invaders are committing depredations in Honduras, and public sentiment in that country is aroused. Salvador has a strong army on her frontier, and the country is prepared to repel invasion. Washington, April 10. — A day of conferences between the Central American representatives here in the effort to reach a basis for peace had no marked results. ROUND UP OF HORSE THIEVES. Determined Effort Is Being Made to Capture “Kid” Curry Gang. Havre, Mont., April 11.—Congress- man-elect Charles N. Pray of Montana Jast night led a surrounding search which intends to bring to justice all the surviving members of the “Kid” Curry gang of horse thieves and train robbers. It is hoped even to capture the “Kid” in the Little Rockies. Suicide at Emmons. Albert Lea, Minn., April 11.—Lars A. Williams of Emmons village com- mittea suicide by shooting himself in the head. He had been in the saloon business in Emmons and was despond- ent because license was defeated there for two successive years. Killed in a Sawmill. Menominee, Mich., April 11. — Charles Turk died as the result of in- juries received while working in a sawmill. He was struck by a heavy stick of timber. sane From Brooding. Webb City, Mo., April 11—As a re- sult of brooding over being denied ad- mission into Joplin society several years ago, when her husband, the late State Senator Thomas Connor, be- came suddenly rich from mining op- erations, Mrs. Connor was yesterday adjudged insane. Get New Rural Routes. Washington, April 11. — Complete rural delivery service in Big Stone and Stevens counties, in Minnesota, has been ordered, effective May 16. The total number of routes in Stevens county will be thirteen, of which one is new. The total number in Big Stone county will he thirteen, ot which two are new. Convicted of Murder. Chicago, April 11—Howard Nicho- las and Leonard Leopold were yester- day convicted of the murder of Mrs. Margaret Leslie, the actress. Niche las was sentenced to life imprison- ment, while Leopold was given a four- teen-year term in prison. Robbery is said ta have been the motive for the crime. , Town Is Dynamited. Vincennes, Ind., April 11—The bus- iness section of Sandborn was dam- aged by a dynamite explosion yester- day. The supposition is that persons enraged at David Bruner, a druggist, who is alleged to have operated his store as a “blind pig,” did the work. The estimated property loss is $100,- Caught in Machinery. Holcombe, Wis., April 11—Wilfred Loiselle, while working in a sawmill. got his hand caught in the machinery. It was necessary to amputate the arm. DELMAS PLEADS IN THAW FINALE ELOQUENT CALIFORNIAN AP. PEALS TO SYMPATHIES OF JURORS. EVELYN'S MOTHER IS LASHED ARGUMENT BASED ON STORY OF DEFENDANT’S WIFE—WHITE SCORED. New York, April 10. — The trial of Aarry K. Thaw, charged with the murder of Stanford White, is nearing the end. Attorney Delmas yesterday afternoon began his closing address to the jury and after he had spoken for more than two hours and a half an adjournment was taken until morn- ing. Mr. Delmas expects to conclude before the luncheon hour is reached. Declaring he would not base his plea upon the “unwritten law” be- cause his client found ample protec- tion in the written statutes of the State of New York, Mr. Delmas made a striking appeal to the sympathies of the jurors. Evelyn’s Mother Denounced. He based his argument solely upon the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. With flushed cheeks but dry eyes, that young woman heard her life history repeated and bowed her head as her mother was denounced in the bitter- est tone the eloquent lawyer could ‘command. Mr. Delmas went with ‘great detail into the life of Evelyn Nesbit. He told of Thaw’s great love ‘for her and his efforts to rescue her from the clutches of Stanford White. White Bitterly Scored. Mr. Delmas poured out a torrent of denunciation upon the architect who became the victim of Thaw’s pistol, accused him of the crime of “rape” and then declared that President Roosevelt had said in a message to congress that such a crime should be visited with death. Mr. Delmas declared that God heard the cry of the fated child upon whom Stanford White had fixed his gaze and had determined should be his. He quoted from Scripture that “He who afflicts a fatherless child shall per- ish,” and declared that . Providence had sent Thaw to avenge the wrong. APPEALS TO “UNWRITTEN” LAW. Delmas Concludes Plea for Thaw in Drmatic Flight of Oratory. New York, April 11—With an ora- torical appeal to both the written and the “unwritten” law for the justifica- tion of his client, Delphin M. Delmas, the California attorney, concluded his exhaustive summing up address to the Thaw jury yesterday afternoon. With the exception of the moments when he was reading from testimony, Mr. Delmas’ speech yesterday w of sustained oratorical effect. He threw about the form of Harry Thaw the cloak of chivalrous knighthood. Thaw a Brave Man. “Why, he shouted, “should we who admire the chivalry of the knights of the Middle Ages, who went about redressing wrongs and rescuing maid- ens in distress, withhold our sympa- thy from this brave man?” Bitterly the attorney again assailed Stanford White. He declared White sought to play with the girl so long as her beau- ty remained and then would have thrown her away “like a dirty rag, to float down life’s sewers to a grave in the potter’s field.” Instrument of Providence. With dramatic emphasis Mr. Del- mas cried out that when Harry Thaw beheld Stanford White on the Madi- son Square roof garden, the story of his wife’s wrongs overcame him. He pictured in an instant, as a dying man may picture his past life, all that Stanford White had done, the ruin he had wrought; and he struck—struck as the tigress strikes in defense of her young; struck for the home; struck for American women; struck for hu- manity—and Stanford White fell.” “Ah, gentlemen,” the advocate went on, “if Harry Thaw believed he was the instrument of Providence, who shall say he was mistaken?” “Unwritten Law.” It was in discussing Thaw’s mental state that, Mr. Delmas came at last to the “unwritten law.’ He declared the experts had been at a loss to clas- sify the form of insanity from which Thaw suffered. “IT will suggest its name,” he de- clared. “I would call it ‘dementia Americana.’ It is a species of insan- ity which has been recognized in every state of this Union. It is that species of insanity which makes the American man believe his home, his wife, his daughters, are sacred, and that, whosoever stains the virtue of his threshold violates the highest of human laws.” Thieves Rob Pants Pockets. Billings, Mont., April 11.—Burglars entered the house of James Carroll and secured about $10 from the pock- ets of Mr. Carroll's trousers. They also took a purse belonging to Mrs. Carroll, which contained a small sum of money. There is no clue to the thieves’ identity. Montevideo Opens Library. Montevideo, Minn., April 11. — The new Carnegie library was dedicated last evening with appropriate ceremo- nies. TWO CITIES IN HANDS OE FOE] HARRIMAN MMLIST PUERTO CORTEZ AND CEIBA IN HANDS OF THE NICARA- GUANS, Moline, Ala., April 10.—Puerto Cor- tez and Ceiba, the principal ports of Honduras, are in the hands of the Nic- araguans, according to advices re- ceived here yesterday. The report of Puerto Cortez’s fall came through the Thacker Steamship company, the mes- sage announcing that a strong Nicara- guan force was moving on Ceiba. Commander William F. Fullman of the United States gunboat Marietta reported the fall of Ceiba, the steam- er Columbia, just in, bearing the news. The Honduran railroad and the ca- ble have been, it is understood, in the control of the Nicaraguan army since the capture of Tegucigalpa, the capi- tal, and news from the seat of hostili- ties for the past two weeks has been obtained by mail or over the cable from Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. All cable messages are carried from Cor- tez by boat to Puerto Barrios, which requires about seven hours by sail- boat. Surrenders Without Fight. New Orleans, April 9. —- That Pu- erto Cortez was surrendered without fighting and that about 1,500 Hondu- ran soldiers abandoned the port two days before the Nicaraguan troops ap- peared was the information brought here last night by the steamer An- sum from Puerto Cortez. The Hondurans did not desert their post through cowardice, according to these dispatches, but decided that the war was over. They returned to the banana plantations, where most of them had been employed as laborers before the war began. United States marines closed all sa- loons in Ceiba after the abandonment of the port by Honduras. HERMANN GUILTY O FFRAUD. Former Commissioner Knew Nothing of Action of Land Grabbers. Washington, April 10. — The ninth week of the thial of Binger Hermann for destroying public records was be- gun yesterday with Mr. Hermann as the principal witness. Although it was the fourth day of the defendant's testimony he had not concluded his direct examination when court ad- journed. Besides his preliminary statement admitting the destruction of thirty- five personal letters books, Mr. Her- mann had been taken by his attorney, Mr. Worthington, over the entire tes- timony submitted by the government for the purpose of allowing him to give his version of the various trans- actions related. Mr. Hermann knew absolutely noth- ing which -would tend to connect Mitchell, Williamson, Puter, Mays, Ormsby or Dr. Loomis with any ille- gal transactions in connection with the creation of thé Blue mountain for- est reserve or any other public land ter. He said he did not have a friend who was interested in any way in the Blue mountain country. MAN-HUNT IN OHIO. Posses Search for Negro Who Shot Policeman, Columbus, Ohio, April 10.—Several posses are searching the surrounding country for Brooks Holland, a negro who shot and wounded Policeman Bell and Adam Schommers. Holland lay in wait for the patrolman and opened fire as Bell stepped out of a store to the street. The shooting caused a panic among the pedestrians on the street. Bell is wounded in the wrist and Schommers in the shoulder. Brutally Beaten and Robbed. Minneapolis, April 10.—Injured so severely that he may die, and bound with his own handkerchief, suspend- ers and shoestrings, Fred Kohler was found locked in a box car on the Mil- waukee tracks. He had been brutally beaten and robbed of $100 only a short time before. It is feared that Kohler’s skull may be fractured and that he may die. Stricken on His Engine. Mason City, Iowa, April 10—Michael Barlow, a Milwaukee engineer, suf- fered a stroke of paralysis at Spencer while on his engine and wag made helpless. Powder Explosion. Newcastle, Pa., April 10. — Three men were instantly killed at Hillsville by the explosion of a ton of powder at the plant of the Burton Powder company. Murderer Kills Self. Milford, Mass., April 10.—Declaring that he had killed the girl he loved, Guiseppe Colabelle, a shoe operative, committed suicide here yesterday. Spanish Bomb Wounds Four. Barcelona, April 10. — A bomb ex- ploded here yesterday in a horse in Boquera street. Four persons were wounded. Elevator Is Burned. McClusky, N. D., April 10.—An ele- vator containing 17,000 bushels of grain was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is estimated at $20,000. Parents of Eighteen Children. Fargo, N. D., April 10—P. A. Fat- land and his good wife of Walcott, in this state, must be people after Presi- dent Roosevelt’s own heart. The birth of their eighteenth child has just been announced, and seventeen of those born are still alive. TELL EVERYTHING INTERSTATE COMMISSION WILL BRING FINANCIER INTO COURT. FORCE ANSWERS TO QUESTION WANTS INFORMATION THAT WAS REFUSED AT RECENT HEAR. ING. Washington, April 11. — According to a decision reached by the interstate commerce commission yesterday E. H. Harriman will be made to appear in a United States circuit court in the state of New York in answer to pro- ceedings to be instituted to compel him to answer certain questions which he refused to answer when he was on the stand at the recent hearing by the commisesion in New York. Action will be brought as soon as Messrs. Kellogg and Severance, special coun- sel, can prepare the case for submis- sion to the court. Harriman Refused to Answer. It was in connection with certain transactions of the Union Pacific that Mr. Harriman, on advice of counsel, refused to answer the questions put to him. It was brought out in the tes- timony that the Union Pacific owned a large amount of Southern Pacific stock. Mr. Harriman was asked whether any, and if so how much of that stock belonged to himself, when he bought it and what price he paid for it, but he declined to answer. Another question which he refused to answer was whether or not any of the directors of the Union Pacific were interested in the sale of certain shares of stock of the New York Cen- tral railroad at the time they were sold to the Union Pacific. iS JAILED FOR CONTEMPT. Manager Chapman of the Barber Lum- ber Company Imprisoned. Boise, Idaho, April 11.—L. G. Chap- man, manager of the Barber Lumber company, is in jail, committed for con- tempt by United States District Judge Beatty. For some weeks a United States grand jury has been investigating the manner in which the Barber Lumber company obtained title to a_ large amount of timber lands owned by it o Boise river and its tributaries. Mr. Chapman was ordered by the court on Saturday last to bring in all the records touching upon acquisition of title to lands. Yesterday he appeared before the jury with the books and papers con taining such record. The question then arose whether the jury should be permitted to examine the entire con- tents of the books and papers, or only such features as were pointed out by Mr. Chapman as being connected with the subject of the i On application of et. Attorney Ruick, Judge Beatty broadened the order, rec ng Mr. Chapman to bring all the books and other records of company and requiring him to permit the grand jury to examine them. On adv of his attorneys Chapman formally refused to comply with the order. He was then committed to custody. GIVE CUBA BACK TO CUBANS. July 4, 1908, Probable Date When Cuba Will Take Fresh Start. Havana, April 11—It appears now that July 4, 1908, will be the day when the control of Cuban affairs is to be given back to the Cuban people. The Liberals are anxious that the final elections be held in December, 1907, and the government turned over May 20, 1908, the anniversary of the inauguration of the first Cuban repub- lic. They also want the municipal and provincial elections held simulta- neously. The Conservatives, on the other hand, desire the final elections be held later than next December, and that the municipal and provincial elec- tions be held six months apart. In view of this divergence of desire, a compromise which will result in the turning over of the control of Cuban affairs on the American holiday 1s probable. It is known that Secretary Taft in sists upon a thorough census, consid- ering such a step absolutely necessary before successful elections can be held. This undoubtedly will require more than four months. Quarrel Fatal to Three. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 11. — Charles E. Newberry, a_ contractor, was shot to death and D. M. Curry and W. McKinley, employes of the Citico Furnace company were fatally shot as the result of a quarrel at Citi- co. Teamster Crushed. Menominee, Mich., April 11.—Peter Neidk, a teamster, was fatally crush- ed while attempting to pass with a loaded wagon into a barn. He was caught between the load and the cas- ing and received injuries from which he cannot recover, Minnesota Club at Seattle. Seattle, Wash., April 11. — Former residents of Minnesota now living in Seattle have organized and incorpo- rated the Minnesota club. The club will be a permanent institution.