Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 4, 1907, Page 3

Rerald-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 state department has been noti- fied that a vote will probably be reach- ed next week by the Dominican con- gress upon the pending treaty with the United States. The navy department has decided to have but one wireless naval station in Alaska instead of two, as was re- cently authorized by the department, owing to the fact that the expense of installing and maintaining two sta- tions is not justified. It was proposed to have one at Sitka and another at Valdes. The new station will be at fitka. Personal. Lord Arthur Laurence Haliburton, for a number of years under secretary of state for war, died in London. Dennis Kearney, who in the late ’70s headed the sand lot agitation in Cali- fornia against the Chinese, is dead at his home in Alameda, Cal. M. Gilman, a prominent citizen of McIntyre, Iowa, fell dead while in the grounds about his residence. Heart failure was the cause of death. Gen. Henry R. Guss, who command- ed the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil war, died at Westchester, Pa., aged seventy-two vears. The Rev. Dr. William W. Lord, one of the oldest clergymen of the Prot- ant Episcopal church in this coun- and the minister and friend of Jef- on Davis, died in New York, aged ghty-three. The body of George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of the president, who died re- cently while eonsul general to Brus- sels, will be interred at Arlington na- tional cemetery, he having served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the war. Criminal, William Gooch and Henry Springer, union miners, engaged in a pistol duel in a pool room at Sturgis, Ky., and both were shot to death. James White was shot and killed by ert Watson over a trivial matter t Sturgis, Ky. Watson made his es- cape. Both men were miners. Thinking he had killed his son, whom he had floored in a quarrel, Will- fam Robinson of Lexington, Ky., blew out his brains, dying’ instantly. Robbers dynamited the safe of the Farmers & Merchants’ Bank of Bixby, 1. T., and secured several thousand dollars in currency. They escaped, jeaving no clue, . Buck Nigh, a twenty-year-old negro who, on March 25, assaulted four-year- old Mary Donnell near McDonough, Ga., was convicted and sentenced to be hanged May 29, William Havens, a boy seventeen years old, disappeared with $7,000 while carrying the money from the cashier’s office of the Independent Packing company to the Drovers’ De- posit National bank in Chicagé. Four Italians were shot in the home of John Falato, Hackensack, N. J. An unidentified man broke a pane of ‘lass in a front window; thrust a re volver into the room and fired five shots. Those wounded were not dang- erously hurt. Ed Tate, well known safeblower, who was held in Peoria, Ill., on the charge of blowing the school board safe and destroying the N. C. Dougher- ty seript, escaped from the St. Fran- sie hospital, where he has been for several days suffering from blood poisoning. Jasper Mason, who was sentenced to the penitentiary at Fort Madison, lowa, for life on Oct. 27, 1876, and was transferred to Anamosa on April 16, 1895, was granted a parole by Gov. Cummins in conformity with the order of the Iowa legislature which has just adjourned. Two are dead and ohe critically in- jured as a result of a love affair in Bedford, Iowa, which came to a focus when Ovit Thompson, a prominent farmer, murdered Mrs. Sallie Morgan, mortally wounded Roscoe Thompson and then ended his own life with a bullet. Roscoe Thompson,. the only present survivor of the tragedy, can- not live. Accidental Happenings. Mrs. Will Way, living east of New Sharon, Iowa, is near to death as the result of being gored by a_ vicious cow. In a collision between a freight train and a light engine on the Chicago & Alton road at Dwight, Ill., Engineer Bruce Goodman and Fireman C. F. Taylor were killed and Fireman Brown was fatally injured. Twelve persons were seriously in jured, several of whom, it is reported, will die, when a street car ran into a wagon heavily loaded with timber at Pittsburg. Three persons, two women and 4 man, were seriously injured as the re sult of an explosion of a gas retort at ihe plant of John and James Dobson at Philadelphia. “The Browns have a cook—a widow --who’s a perfect dandy. They're wor- ried to death about her.” “Is she giving notice?” “No, taking it.” ; "Peter West, a firen ‘on the steami- er-John ©. Gault, fell gvéPpoara as the boat was proceeding | dewn-Lake Hu- ron and was drowned.’ While fishing on one of the docks at Menominee, Mich., Milton Greenman, eleven years old, fell into the bay and was drowned. The body was recov- ered. , Fire in Chicago destroyed a build- ing occupied by the Bunge Pickle and Yeast company. A watchman was fa- tally injured by jumping from the burning building. Loss, $50,000. Ethel Hicks, seven years old, her brother Paul, aged six, and their eight- months-old baby sister were burned to death in their home at Port Huron, Mich., by the explosion of a gasoline stove. ( Swept over the falls, four men were drowned in Cape Fear river at Buck- horu Falls, N. C. The men were com- ing from the river in a naphtha Jaunch which was caught in the current and carried over the falls. The tobacco factory of W. R. Wil- son, near Cadiz, Ky., was destroyed by fre, the torch being applied by a party of twenty-five mounted men, who fired several volleys. Wilson is an inde- pendent tobacco handler. Capt. Piccone, the commander of the Navigazione Italia line steamer Sirio, which struck on the rocks of Hormi- gas island, Spain, last August, and as a result of which 300 persons were drowned, died at Genoa of a broken heart. William Milford, aged twenty, weight 250, lost his balance while standing on the rear of a street car rounding a curve at Centerville, Iowa. and was thrown on his head on the pavement and his skull fractured. He died an hour after the accident. While riding on a wagon which was hauling clay to her father’s tile yard at Minburn, Iowa, the three-year-old daughter of Harry Hill slipped and fell to the ground. One of the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon passed over her head, crushing her skull and producing instant death. From Other Shores. Mathias St. Innes, one of the most important coal magnates of Germany, is dead. M. Hedentsoff, a millionaire, who re- cently died, bequeathed $250,000 each to Moscow university and the Institute of Technology. Judge John Edmund Wentworth Ad- dison is dead in London. He was the prosecuting counsel in the famous Maybrick case. The sale of the artistic effects of the late Mrs. “Sam” Lewis-Hille came to an end in London. The collection brought a total of $670,750. Roque Saens Pena, Carlos Rodri- guez and Louis Drago have been ap- pointed to represent the Argentine re- public at the Hague peace conference. A dispatch from Juneau, Alaska, says that the Great Treadwell mine strike has been settled on the open shop basis. The troops will be with- drawn at once. Winston Spencer Churchill, under secretary for the colonies, has been made a privy councillor as a mark of the premier’s appreciation of his work in connection with the imperial con- ference. It is understood in Berlin that the new provisional tariff between Ger- many and the United States shall en- dure for one year and that it will pro- long itself automatically if no notice of a change be given. The Panama government declares there is no truth in the rumor that it has received an offer from the United States for the purchase of two strips of territory, each five miles wide, on either side of the canal zone. The wedding of Grand Duke Nicho- las Nicholaievitch, second cousin of the czar and commander-in-chief of the St. Petersburg military district, and Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, di- vorced wife of Grand Duke George of Leuchtenberg, will take place in the Crimea May 25. General. Unless demands for an eight-hour day and a minimum wage scale of $3.75 a day are granted by May 1 a strike of all iron molders along the Pacific coast is,expected. About 2,000 men are affected. Edward H. Everett of Newark, Ohio, and August Busch of St. Louis have sold their interests in the Illi- nois oil field to the Standard Oil com- pany for $750,000. This is one of the best oil territories developed recently.’ Edward Gilpatrick, an ossified man on exhibition at Waterbury, Conn., has made arrangements for the gift of his body to the Harvard medical college at his death. He gives his body for purposes of dissection, study and re- search. The New York board of aldermen adopted a resolution requesting Mayor McClellan to communicate with Sec- retary Root with a view of, obtaining from the British government the rec- ords of the New York board of alder- men covering the years from 1776 to 1784, which disappeared during the pe- riod the country was under British military rule. Cerebro spinal meningitis, “spotted fever,” is again prevalent in Pittsburg. Out of seventeen cases during March ana April, eleven have resulted fatally and no hope is entertained for the re- covery of the other six. The drouth continues throughout Cuba and there is no cessation in the hardships endured. Everywhere in the island serious conditions are faced be- cause of the abnormal meteorological conditions. From Santiago comes a report that the source of supply of the water works has dried up and that there is much suffering in conse quence. ARE f TRNED FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS SUSTAINS JUDGMENT AGAINST PACKERS. (OUR FINED $15,000. EACH WERE INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING CONCESSIONS ON EXPORT SHIPMENTS. St. Paul, May 1. — Judge Sanborn yesterday filed the opinion of the Unit- ed States circuit court of appeals, which he had written, affirming the judgments of the United States district court for the western district of Mis- souri against the packers for accept- ing concessions of 12 cents per hun- dred pounds from the portion of the es- tablished rate for the transportation of provisions on through bills of lading from Kansas City to Christiania and other points in foreign countries. Judges Hook and Adams concur in the opinion. Violate Elkins Law. The four companies which were con- victed of violating the Elkins act are the Armour Packing company, Swift & Co., Morris & Co. and the Cudahy Packing company. Each company was fined $15,000. They were charged with obtaining from the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy Railway company, upon an export shipment of their products from Kansas City, Kan., to Christiania, Norway, a rate concession of 12 cents per hundred pounds upon that portion of the route between the Mississippi river and New York. Decision Important. The decision is an important one, as it deals with a number of questions presented for the first time since the passage of the act. Its effect is to make the act answer the purposes for which it was intended, and its liberal constructions will render its evasion difficult. SERIOUS FLOOD IN OKLAHOMA. Crops Ruined and Much Stock Drown- ed—Many Towns Cut Off. Oklahoma City, May 1. — With Lightning creek out of its banks and the Canadian river rising steadily, the people in the Jowlands of Capitol Hill, a suburb of Oklahoma City, are facing a situation that will become critical if the heavy rains of the last twenty-four hours continue, The lowlands have been converted into a veritable swamp, crops have been ruined and much stock drowned. No human lives have been lost, so far as can be learned. Residents of the bottoms were forced to leave their homes Sunday night and several per- sons were kept in trees all night. Four inches of rain, accompanied by heavy hail and high winds, fell throughout Southwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle early yester- day. Telephone and telegraph wires are down ald communication with many towns is cut off. The rain will be of great benefit to the cotton crop. The wind damaged several houses in Walter and Mangum. REVOLT IN MONTENEGRO. Killed in Serious Street Fights. Vienna, May 1. — Dispatches re- ceived here last night report the out- break of a revolt and grave political crisis in Montenegro. A military gov- ernment has been proclaimed and Pre- mier Tomanovich has tendered the resignation of the cabinet, which Prince Nicholas has refused to accept. Armed bands are reported to be marching on Cettinje. Serious street fights have occurred at Pedgoritaza, thirty-eight miles north of Soutari, and having a population of about 7,000. Several persons are reported to have been killed or wounded. The militia has been called out there and further conflicts are feared. Several TAX COMMISSION MEETS. O. M. Hall Gets Long Term—Rukard Hurd Secretary. St. Paul, May 1. — O. M. Hall of Red Wing gets the six-year term on the state tax commission; Samuel Lord of Kasson gets the four-year term, and Franklin McVey of Minne- apolis gets the two-year term. The three recently appointed commission- ers met in Gov. Johnson’s office yes- terday afternoon and organized. They drew straws to see who was to get the long and short term. The members of the board qualified and filed their oaths of office with the secretary of state. The commissioners elected Rukard Hurd of St. Paul as secretary. ‘ NEW CARDINAL CERTAIN. Bishop O’Gorman Convinced “the One Man” Will Be Named. Rome, May 1. — Bishop O'Gorman left here for America Saturday, con- vinced this time that the Vatican has really decided to create another Amer- ican cardinal at the next consistory, but is entirely in the dark about who will receive the red hat. He thinks, however, that on reflections the Vati- can will see that there is only one man who can thus be honored. BATTLE ‘RAGES r CAPITAL | i A comic’ OPERA ‘WAR ‘AGAIN BREAKS OUT BETWEEN HON- CURAN FACTIONS. Pucrto Cortez, Honduras, May 1. — Fresh fighting has occurred in Hondu- ras, the latest being a battle in the streets of the capital city between the _|factions of the victorious Honduran rebels who, a few weeks ago, helped Nicaragua overthrow the government. The fighting was brought on because of the unusual kind of government which the leaders had tried. Three of these leaders, Resales, Bustillo and Castro, agreed to take turns as presi- dent, each serving fifteen rays. It is- veloped, kewever, that each during his term attempted to strengthen his party by dividing up the patronage where it would do him most good. Then the Fighting Began. Finally the friends of Policarpo Bo- nilla proclaimed Bustillo provisional president without any fifteen-day clause, and the opposing factions did the same for Rosales. Then fighting began. Badly aimed bullets showered upon the houses, but caused only seven deaths. A dramatic, almost comic ope- ra, ending closed this battle, when Gen: Leguel R. Davila, who is now provisional president, rushed among the combatants and persuaded their leaders to stop the fighting. Gunboats Must Stay. Later another battle was started near the town, but this time the Nica- raguan invaders marched up and liter- ally arrested all the troops of both fac- tions. This effectively stopped the fighting. Later Davila became presi- dent with the faction leaders holding the ministerial offices. The Nicaraguans continue to police tne capital and it is safe to say that if President Zelaya withdraws his forces from Honduras the strongest faction will take possession and proclaim a president of its choice. Those same conditions make it necessary for the American gunboats to continue indefi- nitely their protection over foreign in- terests. OIL COMPANIES ASK RELIEF. Higher Rates Charged on Interstate Than on Intrastate Freight. Washington, May 1.— An interest- ing case involving a question passed upon by the state railroad commission of Minnesota and South Dakota as re- gards interstate business was brought before the interstate commission yes- terday ina complaint brought by the Bartles Oil company and the Corn- planter Oil company, engaged as deal- ers in oil in St. Paul and Minneapolis, involving interstate business. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & North-Western and Minne- apolis & St.. Louis companies are named as defendants. The complain- ants allege that the defendant rail- roads charge fourth-class rates on in- terstate shipments of illuminating oil in less than carload lots by virtue of decisions of the railroad commissions in Minnesota and South Dakota, but impose third-class or higher rates on like shipments between points ‘in Min- nesota and points in South Dakota. OUTRAGE IN SHEEP CAMP. Masked Men Explode Dynamite, Kill- ing 700 Sheep. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 1. — An ex- plosion of dynamite at John Linn’s sheep camp, in Big Horn county, Sat- urday night, killed 700 sheep and com- pletely destroyed camp wagons and other possessions. The story of the outrage was yesterday told by a herd- er, who said that a band of masked men raided the camp and after bind- ing him securely arranged for the work of destruction. LOSES LIFE AND SAVINGS. Philadelphia Woman’s Attempt to Quicken Fire Results Fatally. Philadelphia, May 1. — Mrs. Kate Kearner, aged sixty years, was burned to death at her home here while pre- paring breakfast, and $700 in notes which she carried in a pocket of her dress were destroyed. Mrs. Kearner poured oil into the kitchen stove to quicken the fire and a burst of flames set her clothes ablaze. Fa a Darts BLOWN HIGH BY BLAST. Civil Engineer Is Seriously Injured by Explosion. Twin ridges, Mont., May 1. — Har- ry Hoover, civil engineer employed on construction by the Milwaukee road, was seriously if not fatally injured by the explosion of a blast. Hoover was blown high into the air and fell some distance away. That he was not in- stantly killed is almost a miracle. Faces Serious Charge. Washburn, Wis., May 1. — Amanda Gunderson, nineteen years old, was brought to this city from Spooner and placed in jail on a charge of infanti- cide. The infant had been choked to death with a cork and the body was found in a ravine directly under the window of Miss Gunderson’s room. Mortgaged rlorse Thirteen Times. Barron, Wis., May 1. — Charles Hoffman, who mortgaged one horse thirteen time to as manly different par- ties, and mortgaged other Sock in like manner, was arrested at Leeds, N. D., and brought here for trial. Horses Cremated. Charles City, Iowa, May 1. — Four- teen horses were burned to death at midnight Saturday evening, when the Woodbury livery barn burned to the ground before the fire companies ar- rived on the scene. I¢RO WORKIN RISK ELECTIONS FRAUD IN ELECTION OF DIRECT- ORS CF NEW YORK LIFE COM- PANY. IMPORTANT ARRESTS ARE MADE SENSATIONAL RESULTS FOLLOW INQUIRY BY DISTRICT ATTOR- NEY OF NEW YORK. New York, Mey 2.—Sensaticnal re- sults have followed the inguiry by the district aitorney’s office into the re- cent election of directors of the New York Life Insurcnce company. George R. Scrugham, manager of the international policyholders’ commit- tee, which inspired the investigation by making grave charges against those who conducted the election, was him- self arrested at Albany last night. Conspiracy Charged. Scrugham was charged with con- spiracy and was the third man identi- fied with the international policyheld- ers’ committee to be taken since noon yesterday. The others are Charles Stirrup and Charles F. Carrington. These two were employed as watchers at the election. Stirrup was a watcher at the directors’ election of the Mu- tua] Life Imsurance company, while Carrington acted in a similar capacity at the New York Life election. Ugly Charges Made. They are specifically charged with having unlawfully conspired together for the perversion and obstruction of the due administration of the laws of the State of New York with relation to the election of directors of the New York Life Insurance company. Earlier yesterday Jacob Frank, a New York Life Insurance company agent, was arrested, charged with for- gery in the third degree. Frank, it is said, made a statement to Assistant District Attorneys Smyth and Howe that had an important bear- ing on later developments. Investigate Crooked Work. Since the elections in both the New York and Mutual companies on Dec..18 ‘the district attorney’s office has be en | looking into the counter charges of | crooked work. Complaints were made by the policyholders’ committee of wholesale forgeries by agents of the companies. The companie: made counter-charges against ihe employes of the policyholders’ committee. Assistant District Attorn Howe and Smyth have been in charge of the matter. The first result of their labors was the arrest, on evidence furnished | by Manager Scrugham of the policy- holders’ committee, of Agent Frank. This was quickly followed by yester- day's arrests. ENTOMBED MEN RESCUED. Shut Off From World for Over Four Days by Flood in Mine. Pittsburg, May 2. — After being en- tombed since Friday noon in the Ber- wind-White Coal company’s mine at Foustwell, seven miners who were shut off from the world by a sudden tush of water caused by the breaking of a wall of an abandoned mine were rescued at 10 o'clock last night. The men were greatly exhausted. Owing to their weakened condition it was decided not to bring them out un- til after the mine had been drained. Cheer, Laugh and Cry. Never in the history of the mining- region has such a joyous scene been witnessed as when the men were reached. Hundreds of persons who were watching the work of rescue cheered, laughed and cried. The men were reached by Stiney Rodon and Charles Ream, who made a dash through fifty feet of water filled heading. Earlier in the day John Bo- lya, a brother of one of the imprisoned men, and three comrades made a futile attempt to reach the imprisoned men. They came back half-drowned and re- ported that portions of the heading were still filled and that more pump- ing would have to be done. The pump- ing was then redoubled. Men Found Alive. At 10 o’clock the water had so far gone down that it was resolved to make another attempt to break through to the overcast, where the men were imprisoned. Stiney Rodon and Charles Ream volunteered. Like the first party, they plunged into the water and darkness. An hour elapsed before Ream came swimming back, bringing the first news of the impris- oned seven. The effort had nearly ex- hausted Ream. He reported that the seven men were alive and in good shape, but that until more pumping was done the passage to the place where they had taken refuge was im- passable to those who could not swim. IMITATES GIRL’S FATE. Lover Returns From Trip and Follows Example of Suicide. Huntington, W. Va., May 2.—Samuel Rittenour committed suicide yesterday by taking carbolic acid. Saturday Rose Spears ended her life in the same ‘manner because she , thought Ritte- nour had deserted her. Rittenour returned from Kentucky, where he had been on business, and learning of her death drank the deadly acid in the room in which the girl had ended her life. VIEW SITUATION WITH SERI- S CONCERN. Washington, May 2. — Ambassador Creel of New Mexico and Assistant. Secretary of State Bacon yesterday conferred at length concering the sit-- uation at Guatemala. Advices agree en the point that affairs are approach- ing a crisis in Guatemala and any mo- ment there may be an uprising which the present forces there would be un- able to control. The assassination of Former Guate- malan President Barralis in Mexico, the atttempt yesterday on the life of President Estrada Cabrera in Guate- mela City and anti-American feeling that Has Been Engendered in the Cabrera government have caused complications in Central Amer- ican politics which, it is believed here, must be handled by a firmer hand than can ‘re found in Guatemala. Indicaticns cf an uprising against the Cabrera government are giving the United States and Mexico some con- cern, as a_ revolutionary movement now probably would embroil the whole republic in conflict. Attempt to Assassinate. Guatemala City, May 1.—Estrada Ca brera, president of Guatemala, narrow- ly escaped assassination yesterday. He left his private residence at 7:30 in the morning for his customary drive. On Seventh avenue an explosion kill- ed the horses and wounded the coach- man and several staff officers. The president was not injured. The explosion was caused not by a bomb, but a mine. The conspirators dug a tunnel, placed explosives under the roadway and connected them by a wire with a battery in a _ house nearby. Many suspects have been arrested. COMPLAIN TO COMMERCE BOARD. Coast Manufacturers Suffer by Hill! and Harriman Rivalry. Washington, May 2. —- Rivalry be- tween the Hill and Harriman railroad lines in the Northwest finally has cul- minated in the presentation of: the matter to the interstate commerce commission. For several months lum- ber dealers and manufacturers in Washington, particularly, and in the Puget sound territory generally, have complained informally to the commis- sion that, owing to the refusal of the Hill and Harriman lines to make them through routes and joint rates they were unable to get their products east of the Cascade mountains. Finally it was suggested that they institute for- mal proceedings under the new rate law to compel the railroads to make such through routes and joint rates. A formal complaint has been filed with the commission against the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern. the Union Pacific, the Oregon Short Line and fifteen other railroads, re- questing the commission to issue or- ders providing that the railroads shall make through routes and joint rates on lumber products from points in Washington, via Portland, Ore., to points east of the Cascade mountains. It is understood that the commission will take up the case at an early date. THREE MEN ROASTED TO DEATH. Freight Train Goes Through Bridge and Wreckage Takes Fire. Port Arthur, Ont., May 2.—A Cana- dian Pacific freight train ran through a small bridge near here last night, carrying to their death Engineer Wil- liam Fixter, Fireman Veadrey and Brakeman Villineauve. The locomo- tive and seven cars of flour, which crashed into the ravine, burying the three members of the crew, immedi- ately caught fire, and the torture of the men pinned under the wreckage, which ended in their death, was fright- ful. Conductor Cross, who escaped in: jury, was one of the first to reach the wreckage, which was partly hidden by volumes of steam. The cries of Fixter were pitiful, but all efforts of the con- ductor to relieve him were unavailing, and he was scalded and roasted to death. DENIES $10,000 BRIBE. Man Declares He Got Money in Ex- change for His Note. Harrisburg, Pa., May 2. — Former Congressman S. Marshall Williams of Pittsburg yesterday refused to answer a direct question as to whether he was advanced $10,000 by Congressman Cas- sel in connection with contracts for the metallic furniture for the new state capitol. He was under examination by the state investigating commission. Mr. Williams admitted receiving $10,000, but declared that it was given him for his note and that it came from New York. It is charged that the money was given to Mr. Williams to keep after he had been refused by John H. Sander- son, general contractor, a share in the $2,000,000 electrical fixtures award. CALL PUGILIST SLAYER. Coroner’s Jury Accuses Palmer of Manslaughter. London, May 2. — A coroner’s jury yesterday declared “Pedlar’ Palmer. the English pugilist, guilty of man- slaughter in causing the death of Rob- ert Choat, a gashouse stoker of Dep ford. Palmer struck Choat in a rail- road car coming from the Epsom races April 24 because the man refused to stop singing when requested by Palmer to do so. GRAVE CRISIS. APPROACHING UNITED STATES AND MEXICO: .