Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 27, 1907, Page 3

Rerald-Review. |SAYS STEVENS By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washington Notes. The state department received a ‘dis- patch announcing the death of George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of the presi- dent, at Brussels, where he was consul general. John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue, has resigned, and his resignation has beem accepted by the preidetit. He leaves the service of ‘the government to enter the practice of law. For writing an impertinent letter to the president of the United States Charles A. Eckstromer, the Swedish vice consul at St. Louis, has been kicked out of the consular service of bis country. People Talked About. oO. ‘Abel, a resident of Iowa Falls, lowa, Since 1855, died at his home, aged eighty-four years. Through the death of a great-uncle im Norway, C. J. Thoreson of Ells: worth, Iowa, has ‘fallen heir to $250,- £00. James Gillett, at one time Bret Yiarte’s mining partner and the origi- nal of ‘that author's “Truthful James,” died at Sonora, Cal. Frank M. Thorn, one of the best isnown ‘lawyers and newspaper writers of Western New York, died at his home near Buffalo. Mrs. J, Wyman Jones, a sister of the late Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio and widow of a well known mine owner, died in New York. James Addison Quarles, D. D., LL.D., for the past twenty-one years profes- sor of moral philosophy at Washing: ton and Lee university, died at Lex. ington, Va. James M. Welsh of Hornell, N. Y., for the last twenty-five years the su preme treasurer of the Catholic Be- nevolent association, is dead from ap- pendiecitis. John Sundvall, editor of the Swedish Monitor, was found dead in bed at Sioux City. Tt is believed that he swallowed wood alcohol and ammonia by mistake. Mrs. Nancy McClure, mother of Win McClure, a well known railroad Y. M. C. A. evangelist, died at Cedar Falls, lowa. She was a pioneer of the county and ninety years old, From Other Shores. Aaron Frisch. who in June last suc: ceeded Count Solsky as the president of the council of the Russian empire or upper house of parliament, is dead The hundredth anniversary of the death of Fragnonard, the painter, who was a native of Grasse, France, was celebrated at that place. A monument to the memory of the dead man was unveiled. Positive assurances have been given by the Vatican to Bishop O’Gorman of South Dakota that the next consistory held by Pope Pius will see the appoint- ment of one and perhaps two Ameri- can cardinals. It was announced at Warsaw in the course of police investigations into the recent murder of a physician here by a hired terrorist, it was established that $15 each is the price paid by ter- rorists of Warsaw for murders. In consequence of the attitude of the authorities of the Jassy district of Roumania, 2,000 petitions have been presented to the Jewish assistance committee by local Jews asking for means to enable them to emigrate to America. The Madrid newspapers published a dispatch from Las’ Balmas, Canary Islands, asserting that a whole family there had been poisoned as the result of eating American preserves. Three of its members, it is said, are dead and two are dying. A terrible tragedy is reported from Leonberg, in Silesia. A miller named Katzer, who suffered from an incura- ble malady, killed three of his children during the mother’s absence. The man afterward took his own life by shoot- ing himself in the head. There was a serious mutiny in the prison at Riga, Russia, Saturday. Thirty-three inmates attacked and overpowered the superintendent and the warden of the establisument. Troops were summoned and they fired, killing seven of the mutineers and wounding twelve. Nine soldiers sus- tained wounds in the affray, which Jasted an hour. Casualty. The three-year-old daughter of John Rover, living near Victor, Iowa, was fatally burned ‘by falling into a pan containing a mixture of hot water and lye. Claus Doose, owner of a hotel at Marengo, Iowa, pitched head foremost from the second-story window. He struck on a rock below and lived only, a few hours. Fritz von Sorenson was instantly killed and A. J. Lizee terribly injured by the explosion of a delayed blast on the Billings & Northern grade near Arlington, Mont. Arthur, the eighteen-months-old child of Napoleon Archambault of Holyoke, Mass., left alone in the kitchen, fell into a kettle of clam chowder and wag literally boiled alive. EXAGGERATED NEW CANAL CHIEF CASTS RE FLECTIONS ON HIS PREDE- CESSOR. HIS FIGURES WERE FALS UP BUSINESS LAW MILL WINZs work OF LEGISLATURE ComES ‘TO CLOSE IN RIOT OF HI- ’ LARITY. Se. Paul, April 24.—After an evening ‘ot Hiotous proceedings the house of ‘¥€presentatives of the Minnesota legis- lature closed its work last night. ‘The senate turned back the clock and ‘worked on until long after midnight. To-day both bodies will meet to cor- rect the journal and adjust affairs among members and will adjourn at noon. According to the constitution GOETHALS DECLARES ‘DIRT WILL| the time for passing bills ended at HAVE TO BE MOVED SECOND TIME. Washington, April 24.—Serious re- flections ‘have been cast by Maj. G. W. Goethats, the chief engineer of the Panama ‘canal, upon the work done by his predecessor, John F. Stevens. Maj. ‘Goethals: charges in an official communcation to the war department that the reports made by Former Chief Engineer Stevens, regarding the large amount of dirt excavated from the Panama canal are not accurate and are not in accordance with facts. Maj. Goethals declares that instead of the figures representing the work actually done they are based on the -estimates of the capacity of the steam shovels ard how much work they ‘should perform each month. These figures did not cover the days when ‘the shovels were idle or were being re- ‘paired. Estimates Are Wrong. These estimates, says Maj. Goethals, ‘were made on loose earth after it was excavated and the measurements ‘were not accurate. He has also for- warded to the war department a pro- file survey which, he says, demon- strates the fact that much of the dirt that has been excavated has been dumped in wrong places and will have to be removed again, the purpose hav- ing apparently been to push the exca- vators to their limit so as to make a record, regardless of effectiveness of work. Maj. Goethals concludes with a strong recommendation that the work of excavating the canal should be let ‘out to contract. Denies Such Mistakes. When questioned regarding the charges made by Maj. Goethals, Mr. Stevens said he was certain that his successor did not make the statements attributed to him. There are many reasons why he does not believe the statements, the main one being that it is impossible to make the mistake charged. Stevens said that the esti- mates on the excavation were simply a matter of figuring the cross-section- ing, which process was infallible. TAFT RETURNS TO CAPITAL. Secretary Found Matters in Cuba in Satisfactory Condition. Washington, April 24.—Secretary of War Taft and party arrived at the ‘Washington navy yard on board the Mayflower last night, after an absence of exactly a month on a trip that in- cluded Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico. The secretary and Mrs. Taft were im- mediately driven to their residence. Secretary Taft gave out a statement. in which he says he found matters in Cuba “in what under the circum- stances must be considered a very sat- isfactory condition;” that there is every ground for hope that the plan adopted for a census, preliminary elec- tion and then a general election six months later will result in the selec- tion of a president and congress who will be able to maintain themselves and give stable rule to the island; and that the delay in taking a census is taken by the Cubans as an earnest of American government’s desire to se cure a stable government before it leaves so there shall be no excuse for a second intervention. YOUNG WOMAN IS BURNED. Alma Supernant’s Clothes Ignite From Trash Fire at Crookston. Crookston, Minn., April 24. — Alma Supernant, aged twenty, was badly burned here while burning refuse which she had raked from the lawn of the family residence. Her apron caught from the blaze, and in attempt- ing to put it out her hands were bad- ly burned. The flame ran up her dress and burned her back severely. She was given medical attention immedi- ately and it is hoped that she will re- cover. TEACHERS CAST BALLOTS. A. P. Ritchie Is Elected President of -North Central Association. Bemidji, Minn., April 23. — The North Central Minnesota Teachers’ as- sociation has elected the following offi- cers: President, A. P. Ritchie, Bemid- ji; vice president, Miss Morford, Ake- ley; corresponding secretary, Miss Co- nant, Fosston. The next annual meet- ing will be held not later than Thanks- giving day this year at Cass Lake. THIRTY-NINE LIVES LOST. Foundering of Ferry Fatal to Almost Two Score Russians. St. Petersburg, Apri] 24—It was def- initely established yesterday that thir- ty-nine persons lost their lives through the foundering of the ferry steamer Archangelsk on the Neva Saturday night. Divers this morning recovered several bodies, but the majority were borne by the current into the Gulf of Finland. The owner of the line will be prosecuted on the charge of gross negligence. midnight. The disorder in the house started in the afternoon, when the anti-pass bill was on its final passage. Members fick Sa throwing spitballs and paper wads at each other and started a gen- eral confusion. Not half the members were in their seats, but gathered in the aisles and corners talking so loud that it was next to impossible for the | clear voice of Reading Clerk J. T. Jones to be heard. The speaker called them to order repeatedly. He plead- ed with them to take their seats and ‘do business. “You are acting worse than schoolboys,” he shouted. The disorder was kept up during the entire evening. ‘In the Senate. The senate passed the omnibus ap- propriation bill after amending it as it came from the house by adding various bill as reported to the house by the $11,500,000. The house added ner. ad- ditions of about $36,900. The senate made few changes in the house amendments, the notable one being putting back the appropriation for a power plant at the state fair grounds, which the house cut out. An effort to ‘cut down the appropriation for a capi- tol approach failed. The house last evening agreed to the senate amendments without much discussion. The state tax levy was in- creased from 1.5 mills to 1.7 mills. The report of the conference com- mittee on the tax commission bill was adopted by the senate yesterday and the bill as amended was passed. , ‘The bill providing for a special tax to raise $700,000 for the state univer- sity in the next four years for the purpose of acquiring additional build- ings was. passed by the senate in the form in which it came from the house. Senator Schaller withdrew his amend- ment appropriating, $75,000 for a la- dies’ dormitory and announced that a /weaithy Minneapolis citizen, whose name he was not at liberty to use, would build the dormitory. The senate passed the house bill covering back into the treasury $35,- 000 of the $50,000 recently appropri- ated as a contingent fund for the at- torney general to enable him to em- ploy special counsel to assist in fight- ing the freight rate cases pending in court. The announcement of the ‘rail- roads that they would accept the freight and passenger rates fixed by the legislature made the fund no longer necessary. In the House. The house spent some time yester- day repassing house bills which had been amended by the senate. The drainage bills were passed. ‘There were four of them, a bill for a judicial system, a bill for a state system, a bill amending the county system and a bill providing for an increase of the price of state land to cover the cost of drainage. They will all become law. The municipal ownership bill was passed. It is intended to facilitate the acquisition of public utilities and per- mits the issuance of certificates of in- debtedness which are a lien on the property only instead of a mortgage on the whole city. On recommendation of the confer- ence committee the house accepted the senate amendments to Speaker Johnson’s sleeping car tax bill. The bill now provides for a gross earnings tax of 4 per cent, with the option of an ad valorem tax. The hotel inspection bill passed the house. The,stock train bill received its finish in the house yesterday when a motion for indefinite postponement went through by an overwhelming vote. The bill requiring deaf and dumb children to attend the school at Fari- bault, which Was defeated in the house Saturday, was reconsidered yesterday and passed. The game and fish bill was amended to require license of hunters only when outside of their own counties and then passed. An anti-pass bill, effective Jan. 1, 1908, was reported by the conference committee and passed in tha house. The hill embodies the essential fea- tures of the bill passed by the senate last week, except that the house pro- vision for free transportation for members and employes of the state railroad commission is left in the bill The bill proposing a constitutional amendment by which the state may go into the hail insurance business passed the house last night. Plague Is Raging. Madrid, April 25.—According to an evening newspaper the ministry of ma- rine has received a telegram from the captain general at Cartagena saying the plague is raging at that port and that 300 persons have been sent to hospitals. Jack London Sets Sail. San Francisco, April 25.—Jack Lon- don’s sailboat, the Snark, started yes- terday for Honolulu, the first port to be touched, on a six-year cruise around the world. items amounting to about $94,000. The | committee carried appropriations of | PRESIDENT HITS ACCUSES DEFENDERS OF MOYER AND HAYWOOD OF FLAGRANT IMPROPRIETY, STICKS TO HIS OPINIONS INDIFFERENT TO CONDEMNA- TION OF EITHER CAPITAL OR LABOR. Washington, April 25.—In a letter addressed to Honore Jaxon, chairman of the “Cook County Moyer-Haywood conference,” made public yesterday, President Roosevelt replied to the criticisms of his recent letter, in which he referred to Moyer and Hay- wood, officials of the Western Federa- tien of Miners, charged with implica- tion in the murder of Former Govern- or Steunenberg of Idaho, as “undesir- able citizens.” The president says he regrets any body of men should so far forget their duty to their country as to, by formation of societies and in other ways, endeavor to influence jus- tice and coerce court or jury; that they, not he, are trying to influence justice, and he condemns what he calls their flagrant impropriety in the matter. No Opinion on Guilt. | He says that he indicated no opin-| ion as to their guilt of the Steunen- berg murder, but that it was a simple absurdity to suppose that because a man is on trial he is free from criti- cism as to his manner of life. He said,he might as well be accused of trying to influence the suits against Harriman, some of whose friends had also criticized him. He said that Moyer and Haywood stand as repre- sentatives of those who habitually ap- | pear as guilty of incitement to or! apology for bloodshed and violence. | He added that he was profoundly in- different to the condemnation of him for his criticisms of the undesirable types of citizens, regardless of the| power of either labor or capital. BARGE LOST WITH 14 ABOARD. Lumber Craft Bound for Two Rivers Wrecked on Lake Michigan. Manistee, Mich., April 25. — The wooden lumber barge Arcadia, which left this port April 12 for Two Rivers with a cargo of hard wood, has been lost in Lake Michigan with her cap- tain and owner, Harry May, and about thirteen others. Marine men _ here would not be surprised to hear that her wreck was caused by a boiler ex- plosion. Some hold the theory that she went down as the result of the big storm of April 14. While it has been impossible to learn absolutely how many persons were on the wrecked barge, it is gen- erally believed that the number was between ten and fifteen, with a major- ity of the reports agreeing on four- teen. Fierce Storm Raged. The Arcadia left Manistee April 12. April 13 and 14 Lake Michigan was swept by such a_ severe storm that navigation was almost completely tied up. It was during this storm that the Areadia probably was lost. Wreckage was sighted four miles off Ludington, in the direct course to Milwaukee im- mediately after the gale, but until the bulwarks bearing the steamer’s name washed ashore yesterday it was impos- sible to identify the wrecked craft. M. & S. L. TARIFF KNOCKED OUT. General Passenger Agent Sends In- structions From Washington. St. Paul, April 25.—The Minneapolis & St. Louis block 100 tickets offered for $600, which have been 4 disturbing factor among the St. Paul-Chicago lines for several weeks, are now defi- nitely off the market. A. B. Cutts, general passenger agent of the road, sent a telegram from Washington yes- terday giving instructions that tke tariff be withdrawn. No explanation is given as to the withdrawal, but it is stated that the interstate commerce commission has declared the issuance of the tickets illegal, on the supposed grounds of discrimination. KING NABBED IN CHICAGO. President of Scotland, S. D., Bank Cap- tured by Federal ‘Marshals. Chicago, April 25.—Charles C. King, president of the First National bank of Scotland, S. D., was arrested here by United States marshals. King was recently indicted by the federal grand jury in South Dakota on charges of having misapplied the funds of the bank and of having issued certificates of deposit in his own favor amounting to $95,000. | ' Four Swept to Death. Raleigh, N. C., April 25—Swept over the falls, four men were drowned in Cape Fear river yesterday at Buck- horn Falls. The men were coming from the river in a naphtha launch which was caught in the current and carried over the falls. Ptomaine Poisoning ts Fatal, Charlotte, N. C., April 25.—As the result of ptomaine poisoning two members of the family of S. Jordan are dead and all the others of the fam- ily are suffering from the same cause. { Hotel BACK AT cI | News of the Northwest FOREST FIRES SWEEP BLUFFS | WINONA AND VICINITY ARE MEN: ACED BY CONFLAGRA- TION. Winona, Minn., April 25.—All the bluffs surrounding Winona have been swept by forest fires and they still are raging fiercely in secluded ravines. While the actual property loss has not been great, it is estimated that great damage has been done in the killing of young timber, and there has been some loss in the burning of hay and fences. Not for years have the fires in this section been so serious. This is due to fact that there has been no rain for several weeks and weeds, leaves and underbrush and the dead grass is as dry as tinder. All the bluffs on the Wisconsin side of the river have been burned bare and the fires are working far inland up the ravines. Reports have come in from Wisconsin that considerable hardwood, which was cut in the last winter has been burned and the ag- gregate loss in this territory probably will be large. BULLET WOUNDS TWO MEN. Scuffle in Gambling Club May End Fa- tally. Minneapolis, April 25.—Two colored men were shot with the same bullet in a gambling house early yesterday morning. John Sterrett was probably fatally wounded, while Henry Mosely, proprietor of the place, was slightly wouned, the bullet striking his breast bone: and glancing off into Sterrett’s abdomen. John Webster, an employe of Mose- ly, is held responsible for the shooting and is under arrest. He maintains the shooting occurred during a scuffle and was accidental, and his story is upheld by all the facts the police have so far been able to find. BLAZE AT TENSTRIKE. Richards and Other Destroyed. Tenstrike, Minn., April 25. — Six buildings in the heart of the business district of this village, together with their contents, were totally destroyed by fire, which broke out at 2:30 yester- day morning and raged unchecked until 6:30, when the flames died out for want of fuel. The fire started in the kitchen of the Hotel Richards. There was no one astir in the hotel at that hour and the fire was discovered by a passerby, who happened to look in the direction of the kitchen. Loss, $20,400. Property DIED FIGHTING FIRE. Granite Falls Pioneer Fatally Burned Trying to Stay Flames. Granite Falls, Minn., April 25.—J. G. Dodsworth, a man about seventy-five years old and a resident of Granite Falls for nearly twenty-five years, met death by fighting a prairie fire on the outskirts of town. near his home. He was alone and seeing the fire coming fiercely toward his home he met it with all the resistance he could com- mand, and in so doing his clothes caught fire. from which he was terri- bly burned. He lived but about two hours and died in horrible agony. Replanting Necessary. Waseca, Minn., April 25.—For the past few days the farmers in this vi- cinity have been putting in their final efforts in seeding their crops, and most of the seeding is done in this sec- tion. Reports are abundant that ihe crops which were put in early, before the recent. freezing cold spells, are rot- ting in the ground. This condition pre- vails mostly in the low places. MAY ENJOIN THE WOMEN. lowa Bachelor Asks Police to Protect Him From Scores of Women. Des Moines, April 24—With tear filled eyes and trembling voice H. J. Higgins, a bachelor worth $100,000. appealed to Chief of Police Jones yes- terday to protect him against the scores of women who. he declared, are determined to make love to him against his will. “For nearly a year I have not had a moment’s peace,” declared Higgins. “I have worried so that I am getting as thin as a rail.” He told the chief that if molested further he would demand an injunc- tion. The chief promised Higgins protection. } HIS AIM IS POOR; DIES. Montana Stockman, in Self-defense, Kills Objectionable Suitor. Helena, Mont., April 24.—Burt Kin- cher, a well known cowboy and ranch- man of Fergus county, was shot and killed by B. F. Moulton, a stockman. yesterday morning. Moulton had objected to the atten tions Kincher was paying to his young daughter, and the shooting followed Moulton ordered Kincher away from his ranch, and Kincher, it is said, be- gan firing first, but his shots were wild. The inquest, held at Grass Range, resulted in the complete exoneration of Moulton. MARSHAL ISN’T BLAMED. Coroner’s Jury Exonerates Officer Who Used Stick on Prisoner. Anamosa, Iowa, April 24—The cor. oner’s jury which has been investi- gating the death of Thomas Peet has returned a verdict exonerating Town Marshal Kenyon from blame. Kenyon about a week ago attempted to arrest Peet while the latter was under the influence of liquor. Peet offered resist- ance and the marshal was compelled to use his night stick. Peet was con- siderably battered up, but steadfastly refused to receive medical attention. A few days ago erysipelas set in and this caused his death. ARREST !S SURPRISING. Two Prominent Montana Stockmen Charged With Stealing Sheep. Billings, Mont., April 24. — Quite a surprise was sprung here yesterday as the result of the arrest of Chester Martin and John Tilden, two of the best known stockmen in the Yellow- stone valley. The men are charged with grand larceny and the complaint was issued by County Attorney Wilson at the instance of T. A. A. Snydow of the Snydow. Sheep company. It is charged that 425 sheep, valued at $5 each, were taken. The preliminary hearing will be held next Wednesday. FLOODING THE MINE. Water Turned Into the Shafts of the Homestake Mine. Deadwood, S. D., April 24.—Flooding of the Homestake mine began yester- day morning for the purpose of extin- guishing the fire which broke out on the 500-foot level four weeks ago. Dur ing this time the company has fought the fire by every means known, and has only resorted to flooding as a last device. In spite of. all efforts the flames have gained steadily and the fire has now spread into the upper levels where there is a veritable for- est of pitch pine timbers. INJURY CAUSES LOCKJAW. Farmer Whose Foot Is Run Over by Disc Harrow Loses His Life. Waverly, Iowa, Apri] 24. — James Barrett, a‘well known farmer, is dead here of lockjaw. About a week ago a dise harrow ran over his foot, nearly severing one of his toes. The wounded Winona Man Sentenced. Superior, Wis., April 25. — Antoine Miller, a traveling man of Winona, Minn., who passed a worthless check on the Winkles Furniture company of this city some weeks ago, was arrest- ed in Winona and _ brought here for trial yesterday. Judge Smith sen- tenced him to three months’ imprison- ment. Deputy Dies on Plains. Helena, Mont., April 25. —. Coroner Grey and Under Sheriff Western re- turned to Miles City yesterday, having in their care the body of George Gra- ham, a deputy sheriff, who froze to death on the prairies while essaying to serve papers in an action pending in the district court of another county. Seven Persons Hurt. Trempealeau, Wis., April 25. — By the breaking of a cable at the govern- inent quarries, a short distance across the river from here, yesterday, seven men were seriously injured, two per- haps fatally. Thrown to Pavement and Killed. Centerville, lowa, April 25.—William Milford, aged twenty, weight 250, lost his balance while standing on the rear of a street car rounding a curve and was thrown on his head on the pave- ment and his skull was fractured. He died an hour after the accident. Youthful Angler !s Drowned. Menominee, Mich., April 25.—While fishing on one of the docks Milton Greenman, eleven years old, fell into the bay and was drowned. The body was recovered. toe apparently healed, but a day or two ago blood poisoning set in and he was hastily removed to the hospital. In spite of all efforts of the surgeons te- tanus set in and Barrett died in terri- ble agony. ONE YEAR FOR GRAFTER. Mert H. Vought of Mellen, Wis., Is Sentenced to Prison. Ashland, Wis., April 24—Mert H. Vought, an alleged grafter of Mellen, was sentenced to one year in the peni- tentiary by Judge Vinje. Two other defendants in the Mellen graft cases, Collins and McDonald, were acquitted A month ago three of the defendants were convicted, but were given a new trial. The charges remain against Collins. ’ ———_—____. Hospital Has Fire. Breckenridge, Minn., April 23.—Fire which started in the old wing of the hospital here did damage estimated at pM before it finally was extinguish- Child Burned to Death. Fargo, April 24—At Dogden, Wells county, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heringer was burn- ed to death in a fire which destroyed their home. aS eA Piledriver Hammer Kills Man. Pierre, S. D., April 24. — Wliam Goggin, foreman of one of the pile- driving crews out on the end of the line, was killed by the hammer of the piledriver falling upon him. The bedy was taken to his old home in Madison for burial. ¢ ee