Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 11, 1907, Page 4

i TRAIN ROBBERS KILL ENGINEER NORTH COAST LIMITED IS HELD UP NEAR BUTTE—ENGINEER RESISTS. MEN FLEE WITHOUT PLUNDER SUSPECT ARRESTED BY POSSE— ENGINEER'S LAST ACT SAVES MANY LIVES. Butte, Mont., May 9. — The North Coast limited, eastbound train No. 22 on the Northern Pacific, was held up by two masked men near Welch’s Spur, a siding eighteen miles east of Butte, at 2:15 yesterday morning. Engineer James Clow was shot and killed and Fireman James Sullivan was shot through the arm. Without making any attempt to blow up the ex- press car, as was evidently intended, the robbers jumped from the engine and ran down the mountain side, dis- appearing in a gulch several hundred yards from the _track. This is the fourth hold-up in this vicinity in five years. A through safe containing a large amount of money was the object of the attack yesterday. Bloodhounds on Trail. Sheriff Henderson of Butte was noti- fied and with a posse and a number of bloodhounds was soon on the trail. Sheriff Webb of Yellowstone county was on the train, and with one of the train crew started on the trail of the hold-up men fifty minutes after the shooting. On the tender of the locomottve was found a telescope grip full of giant powder, evidently intended for use in blowing up the express car. The men boarded the train presum- ably at the Butte Transfer. One mile west of Welch the men crawled over the tender and with drawn guns com- nanded the engineer to stop the train. Engineer Is Killed. Engineer Clow made a show of re- sistance and one of the robbers fired, shooting him through the body, kill- ing him instantly. The other man shot at Sullivan, breaking his arm. The robbers, disconcerted by the turn of affairs, jumped from the engine and escaped. William Powers, he came here last week from aged thirty-four, who say Sand Point, Idaho, was arrested near Woodville by a sheriff’s posse yester- jay afternoon, suspected of being one of the bandits. He denied all knowl- dge of the murder and_ hold-up at Welch’s, but he was sent to Butte by the sheriff. Engineer Saves Many Lives. Engineer Clow’s last heroic act in turning on the airbrakes probably saved hundreds of lives. The grade at Welch’s is on the top of the divide, is very steep and the curve incessant. Had both men in the cab fallen before the brakes were put on the express train undoubtedly would have attained a rate of speed sufficient to jump the track and plunge into the canyon. Bandits Are Caught. Helena, Mont., May 8.—A dispatch to Sheriff Shoemaker here says that the train robbers of the North Coast jimited have been arrested at Basin, a few miles from Woodville, where they caught a train. They are mere youths. PAINTERS GO ON STRIKE. Declare Employes at Grand Forks Have Hired Non-union Men. Grand Forks, N. D., May 9.— Forty union ‘painters of Grand Forks are out on a strike for the closed shop and the prospects indicate a bitter fight. This afternoon the strikers asked the em- ployers to meet them at a conference at 4 o’clock. The employes failed to respond, and it was given out that they did not care to meet the em- ployes. The employers declare that ‘they will fill the places of the strikers with non-union men. A new scale was signed May 1 and in it is a provision that union men shoulg be employed. ‘The strikers declare that the employ- ers have failed to keep this agree- ment. It is feared that building opera- tions will be greatly delayed by the s‘rike. Boy Mysteriously Disappears. au Claire, Wis., May 9. — Jacob Schneider, twelve years old, went to Sunday school Sunday morning last and disappeared. His parents and the police are searching for him. The case is mysterious. The mother fears the ‘boy has been kidnapped or drowned. Injuries Prove Fatal. Spring Valley, Wis., May 9. — Dun- «wirk Gejel, the man who fell from the team and was run over Friday at the stone quarry, died yesterday morning at the Mondovi house. He was a Rus- sian and a stranger here. Boy of Nine Hangs Self. Hankinson, N. D., May 9. — While playing about in the barn on _ his father’s farm near here, Roland For- man, hanged himself with a halter. St is not definitely known just how the accident occurred. ~ |News of the Northwest TAMS BIXBY QUITS SERVICE SECRETACY GARFIELD ACCEPTS MINNESOTAN’S FOURTH RESIGNATION. Washington, May 8. — Secretary of the Interior Garfield yesterday accept- ed the resignation of Tams Bixby of Minnesota, commissioner of the civil- ized tribes of Indians, with headquar- ters at Muskogee, I. T. The resigna- tion takes effect June 30. This is the fourth time Mr. Bixby The | has tendered his resignation. other three times it was not accepted. A few weeks ago Bixby notified S« retary Garfield that he was extremely anxious to quit the government serv- ice and engage in private business. He said the work of alloting the lands to the Indians was well advanced and that he could drop out without injury to the public service. Just about that time some charges were filed against Bixby by Marshall Mott, attorney for the Creek Indians. This delayed his resignation. He was determined not to go out under fire. So he held on. Secretary Garfield in- vestigated the charges and gave Bixby a clean bill of health. Ngw Bixby will retire of his own motion and with the regret of the interior department. RUNS DOWN HANDCAR, One Man Is Killed on Missabe Roaa Near Iron Junction. Duluth, May 8—A locomotive run- ning light on the Missabe road near Iron Junction, on the Mesaba range, ran down a handcar on which were three men, and one of them John Johnson, received injuries from which he died in a _ hospital here. Christ Johnson sustained a crushed leg and he wiil be a helpless cripple for life. Gus Gustafson, the other man, was not severely hurt. The men on the handcar inadvertently put their vehi- cle on the wrong track. FINED IN AIDING LAW. City Official Seeks to) Show Warden Trout Is Sold on Streets. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN HOLD PARK “BEE’’ TO AID IN BEAUTIFYING THEIR VILLAGE ---@. att LAMBERTON (MINN.) CiTIZENS AT PARK “BEE.” Residents of progressive village, who excavate for walks and haul gravel for work of construction, are (from right to left):. “The Kid” (helpful but unidentified by proper name), C. F. Waterman, John Frasch, Eugene Ter- ry, C. H. Anderson, A. J. Gebhard, Ole Kaal, Charles Gamman, L. 0. Clement, Young Wolfe, C. C. Walker, Wen- sel Lang, John Blake, P. N. Kuske, E. Clausen, Henry Mayer, E. N. Englund, George Kluegel, L. Redding, C. A. Koenig, Albert H. Enerson, Henry Gebhard, Henry Schaffran, Henry Asmus, Adolph Beyer. The citizens of Lamberton again ;at the pit. The above picture is taken money for that purpose. While the have displayed their loyalty to home. |of the crew at the park after a strenu-| work of beautifying the park cannot Last Friday, at the request of the vil- lage council, the business and profes- sional men turned out with spade, shovel, team and wagon and spent the whole day in digging trenches for gravel walks diagonally across the vil-| lage park located immediately east of “Crocus Hill.” After the trenches were dug teams were called into use and gravel was hauled from a near-by gravel pit. The force of men divided, one squad operating the spade and shovel in the park and the other loading the gravel |ous afternoon. Those who did not get jout on the above day will be out as | Soon as the roads recover from last Saturday's snowstorm, and the work then will be zompleted. The park in question was given to | the village by a land company about |ten years ago. Trees were planted in |the block donated, but not until this |spring has it been thought wise to open the park to the public. Prepara- tions now are going on for the build- ing of a band grandstand in the cen- ter, and the citizens are donating | all be completed this year, as some |parts of it must be leveled off more smoothly and seats and resting places | built, yet it is safe to say that there | will be a pleasant littie resting place for citizens and visitors by the Fourth lof July. | The Lamberton band has arranged to give concerts at the new bandstand (on certain Sundays during the sum- | mer, and, all in all, Lamberton will be | repaid for the time and money spent |on this little park. } Chippewa Falls, Wis., May 8. Ge- cause he had a lone trout in his pos- session April 27, Game Warden Little caused Street Commissioner Louis Vincent’s arrest and he yesterday was fined $15. Mr. Vincent claims he tried to show that trout were being sold out of season on the streets of Chippewa Falls. He therefore went to a certain farm wagon and extracted a trout from a basket and went to the game warden with it. His arrest fol- lowed. MAY LYNCH “RUSTLERS.” Revival of Vigilance Committee Is Con- sidered by Victims of Thieves. Helena, Mont., May 8.—The recent great increase in the price of horses, according to steckmen, have caused |" horse rustlers to become ' bolder and more numerous than at any time since vigilante days. Some of the heaviest losers by the operations of the thieves are seriously considering the revival of the old-time organiza- tion, and of going back to the old days and dealing out speedy justice at the end of a rop CLUBBING IS ALLEGED. Man Assailed at Dance Is in Critic: Condition. Watertown, S. D., May 8. — As the result. it is alleged, of a long-standin: feud, Albert Ehrkie is lying in a crit- ical condition at his home. Ira Me- Guire is under arrest, charged with the assault. The two men met at a dance. It was charged that bitter feel- ing was evident between the men at the party and that as Ehrkie stepped off the porch in leaving the house he was attacked by McGuire with a club. Citizens Check Fire. Rosemount, Minn., May 8. — A fire at midnight burned a Milwaukee car partly loaded with hay and also partly burned a new coal shed owned by the Rosemount Lumber company. The heroic efforts of the citizens saved the old coal shed, containing about eighty tons of coal. Bumpers Crush Brakeman. Milbank, S. D., May .8 — Arthur Herr. a Milwaukee brakeman, was ac- cidentally caught between the bump- ers of two freight cars while switch- ing in the yards in this city yesterday afternoon. He was probably fatally crushed. He is married and has a fam- ily who resides at Wilmot. Bonfire Burns Girl. Oakes, N. D., May 8.—While burn- ing rubbish in the back yard the dress of Florence Johnson. nineteen years old, was ignited and before assistance could be rendered she was terribly burned about the face, arms and neck. She is in a critical condition. Three Killed by Blast. Marquette, Mich., May 8. — A dis- patch from Iron River reports three men killed by a blast in the United States Steel corporation’s Dober mine. Will Continue Survey. Crookston, Minn., May 8. — It has been ‘announced that A. P. Mead and his crew of surveyors will arrive here May 10 for the purpose of continuing], the topographical survey of the coun- try northeast. of Crookston. which was begun last fall. SOON MAY SERVE oe UNDER WEST POINTER ~@ >—-— é Left to right: Standing—Maj. Ezra Colquhoun of Blooming Prairie, Minn.; mandant of cadet forces. OFFICERS OF PILLSBURY CADETS. Lieut. Col. Clayton H. Sterns, N. G. M., com- Sitting (second row)—Adjt. John Jensen of Albert Lea, Second Lieut. Claude Morton of Minneapolis, Capt. Allan H. Dunton of Blooming Prairie, captain of Company A; Capt. Homer Rugg of Owatonna, captain of Com- pany B; First Lieut. Merton Hamilton of Owatonna. Bottom Row—Second Lieut. Leroy Uptegraft of Spirit Lake, lowa; First Lieut. Thomas B. Frizelle of Be- midji, Minn. The Pillsbury academy cadet corps rection the cadets have reached a high | in character, as both young men and this year has about 110 members. It Point of efficiency until they now are } Women are admitted to its rolls and is probable that a West Pointer soon} will be secured to drill the battalion. | At present the cadets are in charge of | considered to be among the best drilled bodies of men in the state. The uniform worn is the regulation cadet gray and the men are required | the sexes are about evenly divided. With only one exception every of- ficer whose photograph appears above played on the football team of the Clayton H. Stern, lieutenant colonel in | to wear their uniform four days of | school, and six of the eight have won the Minnesota national guard, and an| each week, upon which days drill is | their initials. excellent drill master. Under his di-| held. The school is only semi-military | ISANTI COUNTY WANTS SCHOOL. Cambridge, Isanti county, is the lat- est candidate seeking to have the new industrial school for girls located in its neighborhood. A committee of four, headed by Senator C. J. Swenson of Anoka, appeared before the state board of control and presented the for- mal application of the village for the school. The members of the board of take any action until later in the sum- mer, perhaps in August. So far Elbow Lake is the only other place that has made formal applica- tion, althought a number of towns have made inquiries and intimated that they will enter the race. Among these are Rush City, Litchfield, Red- wood Falls, Fairmont, Le Sueur, Wa- terville and the Chisago county vil- sago City. New Ulm, Royalton and | Pine City presented bills at the legis- lative session to have the school lo- |eated in those towns, and they will | probably come in later. Willmar made an offer yesterday to obtain the inebriate hospital farm which was provided for by the last legislature. A site of 640 acres is to be purchased for the farm. Willmar control, however say they will not,lages, Lindstrom, Center City and Chi-| is the first applicant. ~x-_-@_—_rrrereer— eee ererereeeee—_=_—_eeeeeeeee BUTTERMAKERS COMPETE. Mr. Slater Will Hold Six-months Scor- ing Contest. A butter scoring contest similar to the one conducted last summer by the ‘| state dairy and food department will be held again this summed. There will be six scorings in as many months, the winner of the highest av- erage to receive the grand prize. A trip to New York with stopover the best scoring. At the meeting of the creamery ex- perts in Commissicner E. K. Slater’s office it was agreed that this would be more appreciated by the winner and would do more to promote the dairy industry of the state than giving the buttermaker the ordinary silver loving cup. The intention is to have the butter- maker who wins the trip spend some time in New York and Chicago study- privileges at Chicago will be the re-| ing the butter markets in those places ward of the buttermaker who makes f> get informed on butter handling and on what helps to bring high and low prices for Minnesota butter. Another innovation will be to have the judges score at all six contests. Each judge will score separately and the scores will be averaged. A dairy butter contest and a cheese contest will also be held in connection with the creamery butter contest. The commissioner also spent some time instructing his experts in their duties under the new food laws, pre- paratory to starting on their summer inspection trips. BEEDING COMMENCED IN | WESTERN CANADA. The Prospects for a Large Acreage to Be Sown in Wheat. St. Paul, April 24, 1907—Word has been received at the office of the Canadian Government in St. Paul that seeding has commenced at various points throughout Manitoba, Saskatch- ewan and Alberta. The heavy snowfall during the past winter has left the ground in splendid shape for successful seeding opera- tions. The fine weather of the past few days has taken much of the frost out of the ground and during next week there will scarcely be a district in which the seeder is not being oper- ated. The most optimistic conditions exist and in all districts the farmers are busy getting things in shape. There will be a very large acreage sown in spring wheat, oats and barley. At many points throughout the three provinces the newcomers are busy un- loading their stock and effects, work- ing night and day in order to get on their farms and become active agen- cies in the effort to make the year 1907 the banner year in grain produc- ing in Western Canada. As compared with districts many hundred miles further south than this, it will be seen that Western Canada ranks amongst the first in the line of seeding opera- tions for the present year. It is safe to say that farmers who get in their crop before the 20th or 24th of May, will receive magnificent returns. A number of those coming in this spring, who had not their land prepared last fall, will break up enough land to get in a crop of oats and barley and prob- ably some flax. This, together with the vegetables they will plant, will give them ample food for themselves and stock during the coming summer and winter. These early seeding oper- ations are not confined to one district, but are spread over a country 900 miles long by 400 miles in width. The agents of the Canadian Govern- ment, located at different points throughout’ the United States, are busy giving information regarding the many new districts that are being made available for settlers. Low rail- way rates, information and literature are given on application to the agent, whose name appears in advertisement elsewhere in this paper. ee And Small Wonder. “Were you really crazy?” they asked of Hamlet. “T’ll tell you the truth,” answered that worthy. “After listening to the experts for a week, I was.” LONDON CLUB LIFE. The Tendency in Regard to Convivial- ty and Gambling. In London club life on the whole there is a tendency toward a more moderate conviviality, while a chastened effect is to be observed in regard to gam bling. Yet clubland has not lost al- together its old time characteristics, says a writer in the Fortnightly Re view. There are cakes and ale still, even if we become virtuous; bohemian clubs still prosper and greatly increase in favor. Some remain true to the conditions under which they were created and are still ragged but jovial, as unspoiled as the potatoes in their jackets that flank the smoking chops and foaming filagons, the buck rabbits, the cold pork and port wine that are among their favorite viands Others have taken to dress suits and the entertainment of persons of the nicest consideration. We cau never forget one old haunt of royster- ing character nor the story of the de mure country parson who, arriving by a night train, appeared seeking break- fast and was told by a sleepy waiter that no suppers were served after 6 a. m. It is of the same club that another story is told of a member who dropped a£5 note on the floor in the writing room and hurrying back when he dis: covered his loss found a waiter had picked it up and restored it, remarking sententiously: “Lucky one of the members did not see it.” ie eee FRIENDS HELP St. Paul Park Incident. “After drinking coffee for breakfast I always felt languid and dull, having no ambition to get to my morning duties. Then in about an hour or soa weak, nervous derangement of the heart and stomach would come over me with such force I would frequently have to lie down. “At other times I had severe head- aches; stomach finally became affect: ed and digestion so impaired that I had serious chronic dyspepsia and con- stipation. A lady, for many years State President of the W. C. T. U., told me she had been greatly bene fited by quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee; she was trou: bled for years with asthma. She said it was no cross to quit coffee when she found she could have as delicious an article as Postum. “Another lady, who had been trou | bled with chronic dyspepsia for years, found immediate relief on ceasing cof- fee and beginning Postum twice a day. She was wholly cured. Still another friend told me that Postum Food Cof- fee was a Godsend to her, her heart trouble having been relieved after leaving off coffee and taking Postum. “So many such cases came to my notice that I concluded coffee was the cause of my trouble and I quit and took up Postum. I am more than pleased to say that my days of trou- ble have disappeared. I am well and happy.” “There’s a Reason.” Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.