Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 1, 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 Notes. The startling information has reach- ‘ed Washington that Brazil has launch- ed out a most extensive naval and mil- Ttary program. Complete rural delivery service has ‘been ordered established in Watonwan county, Minn., effective July 16, with nineteen routes, of which one, at Lew- isville, will be new. The president has appointed Henry Galbraith Ward of New York to be United States circuit judge for the Second judicial district in place of Judge Wallace, resigned. Dr. Maurice F. Egan has accepted the post of minister to Denmark, offer- ed to him by President Roosevelt. Dr. Egan is a member of the faculty of the Catholic University of Washington. A certificate of incorporation of the Republican Interstate league, an or- ganization of colored citizens, has been filed in Washington. The object is to protect the rights of negro people and to adhere’to the principles of the Republican party. People Talked About. Miss Lulu Glaser, the actress, and Ralph C. Herz, an actor, were married at the Little Church Around the Cor- ner in New York. Charles Frederick Cutler of Morris- town, N. J., president of the New York Telephone company, died suddenly of heart disease at the Saranac Inn, Sar- anac Lake. John A. O’Keefe, one of the best known building contractors in the West, died in Omaha of heart failure. He built many hundred miles of West- ern railroads. Erysipelas caused the death of Dr. Frank L. James of St. Louis, who was one of the experts in the “embalmed beef” investigation during the Span- ish-American war. Joseph H. Berry, one of Detroit’s leading capitalists and a well known varnish manufacturer, is dead. He was sixty-eight years old and had been suffering from a complication of dis- eases. Arnold Moldauer, for twenty-two years one of the first violins in the Boston symphony orchestra, and a member of the Adamowski quartet from its organization, died in Boston follow.1g an operation. James K. Wood, United States dis- trict attorney, a prominent figure in the Noyes-McKenzie claim-jumping scandals in Alaska, is dead at Nome. Wood was the man from whom Rex Beach drew his character of Struve in “The Spoilers.” From Other Shores. Frost, rain and hail have done con- siderable damage to the fruit and field crops in Southwestern Germany. The French government has_ suc- ceeded in sidetracking the bill which has been pending before parliament to increase the duties on American oil seeds, Sir Joseph Fayron, physician ex- traordinary to King Edward, is dead. He was born in 1824, served in the army throughout the Indian mutiny and retired as surgeon general. The German Atlantic Cable company has received a concession from the Spanish government for a third cable from Emden to New York, using Tene- riffe, Canary islands, as an intermedi- ate station. J. Pierpont Morgan has purchased in Paris for more than $1,000,000 the great Hoentschel collection of carv- ings, statuary and furniture, consider- ed by experts the greatest assemblage of objects of the applied arts and crafts in the world. Alarmed over the brown tail moth throughout Nova Scotia and the dan- ger to agricultural business through- out the province should the pest be- come general, the provincial govern- ment has offered a bounty of 3 cents for each specimen of the moth se- cured. The British war office has ordered that American canned meats be again issued to the army. British army of- ficers made a thorough inspection of the American plants and reported that the conditions under which the canned meats are now prepared by the firms now supplying the army are in every way satisfactory. Accidental Happenings. A terrific explosion in crowded Mott street, New York, seriously injured eight children, three of them possibly fatally, and struck terror to the hearts of hundreds in the crowded thorough- fare. The cause of the explosion has not been explained. One man was killed and four others seriously injured by the falling of an élevator at the garage of the Quaker City Automobile company in Philadel- phia. Thirty persons were injured, some seriously, in a collision between a three-car electric train bound for New York from Coney Island and a trolley car. Two men were killed and the elec- tric light plant at Brazil, Ind., was to- tally destroyed at a loss of $10,000 by the explosion of a boiler ~~ “te Clay City electric light plant. MRS. NPKINLEY WIDOW OF MARTYRED PRESI- DENT PASSES AWAY PEACE- FULLY. TO BE LAID BESIDE HUSBAND ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS WILL ATTEND FUNERAL CER- EMONIES. Canton, Ohio, May 28. — Mrs. Wil- liam McKinley died yesterday after- noon at 1:05. The transition from life to death was so peaceful and gradual that it was with difficulty that the we expected,” sald the se “Her vitality was wonderful,” Dr. Portmann. It was by Secretary Cortelyou that the announcement of the demise was given to the public. As this was flashed over the land, Wil- liam McKinley post and George D. Harter post, G. A. R., were forming in line, and to the strains of “The March Religiosa” went to the First Methodist Episcopal church to listen to the an- nual memorial address, which was given by Dr. Buxton, Mrs. McKinley’s pastor. Dr. Buxton will have charge of the funeral services, which are to be sim- ple. They will be held at the McKin- ley home at 2 o’clock Wednesday aft- noon. President Will Attend. Secretary Cortelyou is directing the arrangements and will remain here until after the funeral. It was an- nounced last night that President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb would arrive in Canton Wednesday morning to attend the funeral. Vice President Fairbanks, who had often been a guest of the McKinleys, is expected to reach here to attend the service. The body of Mrs. McKinley will be placed in the vault in West Lawn cem WIDOW OF PREIDENT M’KINLEY, DIED SUNDAY AT CANTON OHIO. attending physicians noted when dis- solution came. There was no _ struggle—no pain. Mrs. McKinley never knew of the éf- forts made for days to prolong her life, nor of the solicitous hope against hope of her sister and other relatives for her recovery. At the McKinley home when death came there were present Mr. Cor- telyou, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Barber, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice and Mrs. William R. Day, Drs. Portmann and Rixey and the nurses. Vitality Was Wonderful. “Mrs. McKinley lived hours longer etery, which holds the body of her husband, until the completion of the national mausoleum on Monument hill, when both caskets will be trans- ferred to receptacles in that tomb. Condolences Pour In. From numerous friends of the de- ceased, Mrs. Barber last evening re- ceived telegrams of condolence on the death of her sister. Among them were telegrams from President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks. Mrs. McKinley’s life of almost sixty years had been made familiar to the nation by the fact that for over thirty years she was an invalid. RAnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnmnmnmmnmmnmnmmmrmrmrmmrmmr mi a™O0 OO OOOO BODY FOUND IN TRUNK. Grewsome Security Left by Roomers for Unpaid Room Rent. New York, May 28. — Three weeks ago Mrs. Annie Sherer rented one of her rooms to two unknown men. When last Wednesday the rent was not forthcoming, the lodgers, both Greeks, told her that she was amply secured by their well filled trunk. The follow- ing morning the men disappeared, and yesterday the trunk was broken open. To the horror of Mrs. Sherer it was found to contain the badly decomposed body of a man believed to have been priest of the Greek church. Later the body was identified as that of Rev. Father Kaspar of the Ar- menian Apostolic church of Hoboken, N. J. The police think it possible that the body was shipped here from Chicago by express, and the authorities of that city have been asked to follow one clue, based on a meal ticket also found in the trunk. Because of the condi- tion of the body, the manner of death was not immediately apparent. Fol- lowing an autopsy at the morgue two men were arrested on suspicion. Death Due to Suffocation. The autopsy developed that the neck had been broken, as had one arm. Coroner’s Physician Lehane declared, however, that death was due to suffo- cation: The internal organs were con- gested, and Dr. Lehane gave it as his opinion that the man was thrust into the trunk while alive and the cove? of the trunk held down until death en- sued. The condition of the organs was found to be similar to those in cases of asphyxiation. WRECKERS ARE FOILED. Motorman Sees Rock on Track and Flags Train. Booone, Iowa, May 28.—An attempt was made to wreck a fast train on the North-Western road near here. A rock weighing half a ton had been Joosened from a bluff and thrown di- rectly across the tracks. An interur- ban line runs parallel with the tracks TEXAS HAS TORNADO. Storm Causes Much Destruction of Property and Crops. Fort Worth, Tex., May 28.—A torna- do swept a portion of Texas yesterday, killing twelve persons and injuring scores. Many buildings were wrecked and great damage was done to crops. At Wills Point the tornado cut a path 200 yards in width through the entire town. Three persons were kill- ed and six seriously injured. The tor- nado came from the southwest, carry- ing with it portions of buildings and other debris as if it were whirling leaves. Dead horses, cattle and fowls are scattered through the path of the storm Devastates Wide Section. At Gibble Springs twenty or thirty houses were wrecked. Two persons were killed and a score injured, three of them fatally. The tornado devas- tated a section of growing land about two miles wide. At Emory four persons were killed and many were injured and crippled, some of whom will die. A large num- ber of negroes were hurt. The cdin and cotton crops in the path of the storm were completely pulled up. One of the most severe rain and electrical storms for many years swept over North Texas. causing much damage to property. Three persons were killed by lightning and several were injured, some of them fatally. Run Down In the Yards. Winona, Minn., May 28. — Andrew Gazell was run down while picking up coal droppings near the depot of the St. Paul railroad. One foot was badly crushed and‘cut. Amputation of the foot at the ankle may be necessary. Three Killed on a Bridge. Morristown, Ind., May 28. — Three men were caught on a railroad bridge over Blue river and killed. They were sitting on the bridge, looking down into the stream when a fast passenger train bore down on them. iowa Farmer Killed. Iowa City, Iowa, May 28. — Elmer Pratt, a prominent young farmer of at this point, and Charles Cheney, 4] johnson county, shot and killed W. F. motorman, discovered the obstacle. | Connell, also a farmer, whose land ad- He flagged the train in time to pre-) joins the Pratt farm. The murder is vent a disastrous collision. the result of an old feud. GREAT COMBINE MAKES HARRIMAN’S MANIPULA- LATIONS LOOK INSIGNIFI- CANT. PANAMA CANAL IS KEYSTONE COLOSSAL MERGER INCLUDES FOUR SYSTEMS—$1,000,000,000 CONCERNED IN DEAL. Washington, May 29. — While the eyes of the whole country have been centered on E. H. Harriman as the master manipulator of the railroad world, a greater and more extensive combination of railroad interests has been in progress of perfection until now the plans are matured for the public declaration of this gigantic merger. A Colossal Scheme. More than a thousand million dollars capital are involved and the mileage of the new system will extend practi- cally from the most northern part of the Atlantio coast to the gul fports, with a network of tracks gridironing New England, the East and Middle West and tapping the greatest freight producing territory in the world. This colossal merger when perfected will be known as the greater Pennsyl- vania system. Tt will include four great systems, embracing practically all the railroad mileage in New Eng- land, together with the present Penn- sylvania lines east and west of Pitts- burg, with through connections to New Orleans and Mobile on the gulf. Panama Is Keystone. Instead of projecting a transcont'- nental line from ocean to ocean, the keystone of the new system will be the Panama canal. Traversing as it does the most congested sections of the United States and reaching every great industrial and manufacturing center east of the Mississippi, it will afford an outlet to the products of this vast section to all the ports of the At- lantic north of the Potomac, and also give them a direct route to the Orient, via the gulf and the new isthmian ca- nal when completed. Mellen Is the Master. Charles S. Mellen is credited with being the master mind that conceived this vast project. Mellen and his as- sociates in this great project feel as- sured, according to the best informa- tion at their command, that there will be no opposition to or criticism of their venture on the part of the admin- istration, as no competing parallel lines will be merged except in the case of a few unimportant branches. DENY MERGER REPORT. No Agreement Between New Haven and Pennsylvania Roads. New Haven, Conn., May 29.—Owing to the fact that President C. S. Mellen ‘is absent from New Haven, no state- jment could be had from him yesterday jrelative to the reported formation of a merger or working agreement between the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Pennsylavania railroads, which would give the Pennsylvania control of lines from the Central West and the gulf to St. John, N. B. In an- other high official source, however, an absolute and unqualified denial of the report was made. The denial can be regarded as authoritative. 85.000 MEN GET ADVANCE. New England Cotton Mill Operatives Get a 10 Per Cent Raise. Boston, Mass., May 29.—The general upward movement in the wages of |New England cotton mill operatives ‘yesterday affected about 85,000 opera- tives in Rhode Island, Southeastern and Western Massachusetts, Ames- bury, Mass., Pownavale and other places in Southern New England. The advances in the sections named amount to about 10 per cent. SYMPATHY FOR EMBEZZLER. Bloomington Girl Who Stole Church Funds May Escape Penitentiary. Bloomington, Ill., May 29. — Helen Dixon may escape the penitentiary despite her sentence for embezzling the Christian church organ fund. Al- most the entire population is behind a movement to secure a modification to a jail sentence instead. Dead Shriner Was Robbed. Allentown, Pa., May 29.—Gems val- ued at about $2,000 and accident insur- ance policies aggregating about $50,000 are missing from the effects of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Ellenbogen of this city, a member of Rajah temple, who were killed in the wreck of the Mystic Shriners’ train at Honda, Cal. It is supposed that the gems and policies were stolen. Small Fruit Ruined. Vermillion, S. D., May 29. — Fruit growers fear that the crop was killed by the heavy white frost last night. It is certain that early strawberries are ruined. Plums and apples have also suffered. © Electric Current Burns. Menominee, Mich., May 29. — Jack Miller, foreman of the electric light company of this city, was severely burned about his face, arms and hands by an electric current while repairing a motor. ORDERS YOLIVA TO VACATE OVERSEER TO GIVE UP ZION BUILDINGS. Chicago, May 29. — General Over- seer Voliva, who succeeded in ousting John Alexander Dowie from control of Zion City, has been ordered by Receiv- er John C. Hately to vacate all leases of buildings May 31. This action was taken yesterday by. Mr. Hately as a climax to a_ bitter quarrel between Voliva and the presi- dent of the Zion City bank. Voliva presented his check at the bank for $1,800 and demanded payment at once. The bank official declined to comply until he had some advice from Re- ceiver Hately in the matter. When in- formed of Voliva’s actions Receiver Hately ordered the cashier of the bank to withhold all moneys from Voliva, and then notified Voliva that, com- mencing June 1, the leases held by him on the tabernacle, administration building and public schools would ex- pire and that Voliva must relinquish his control of them. KILL TERRORISM RESOLUTION. Whole Discussion Is Tabled Indefinite- ly by the Duma. St. Petersburg, May 29.—Acvantage was taken yesterday of the absence of the Conservative leaders from the lower house of parliament to bring up the resolution condemning terrorism, and the house decided by 219 to 146 votes to table indefinitely the whole discussion, which is one of the most burning questions before parliament. The Constitutional Democrats, Poles, members of the Group of Toil and Cos- sacks voted against the discussion, and the Monarchists, Octoberists, So- cial Democrats and Social Revolution- ists voted in its favor. Deprived of their leading orators, the Monarchists made a feeble show- ing, and the debate, which was short, ended without stormy incident. The Constitutional Democrats did not participate in the debate. LIGHTNING SINKS SCHOONER. Clothing Torn From Man While Hurl- ing Dynamite Overboard, Pensacola, Fla., May 29. — Informa- tion has just reached here from the navy yard of the sinking there early Monday during an _ electrical storm of the schooner William Smith. The vessel was struck by lightning, which threw one of the masts to the deck, tore the clothing from a mem- ber of the crew as he was hurling a box of dynamite overboard and splin- tered the bottom of the vessel. The schooner sank at once, the crew escaping in lifeboats. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 29.— Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.01 1- No. 2 Northern, 99@991-2c: No. 3, 96@97c. Corn— No. 3 yellow. 523-4c. Oats — No. 2 white, 39 7-8@41 3-8c. Minneapolis, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.021-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.01 1-2; No. 2 Northern, 99@99 1-2c; durum, 77 3-4c. Qats—No. 2 white, 39 7-8@413-8c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 52 3-4e. Duluth, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.023-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.01 3-8; No. 2 Northern, 99c. Oats— No. 2 white, 44c. Chicago, May 29. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 981-2@99c; No. 2 hard, 97@ 981-2c; No. 3 spring, 95c@1.03 1-2. Oats—No. 2 white, 431-2c. Corn—No, 2, 54 1-2@54 3-4c. Milwaukee, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, $1.03@1.04; No. 2 North- ern, $1@1.02. Rye—No. 1, 87@87 1-2c. Barley—No. 2, 80c. Chicago, May 29. — Cattle—Beeves, $4.25@6.50; stockers and _ feeders, $2.90@5.20; calves, $4.50@6.75. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $5.95@6.20; bulk, $6.05@6.15. Sheep—$4.40@6.80; lambs, $6.50@8.60. Sioux City, Iowa, May 29.— Cattle— Beeves, $4.50@5.50; cows, bulls and mixed, $3.50@4.75; stockers and feed- ers, $4@4.60; calves and yearlings, $3.50@4.50. Hogs—$5.90@5.92 1-2. South St. Paul, May 29. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50 @4.75. Hogs — Price range, $6.30@ 6.42 1-2; bulk, $6.40. Sheep—Wethers, $5.50@6; good to choice ewes, $5.55@ 6; good to choice lambs, $7.25@8; fair, $5.50@7.25. Looks Like Suicide. Sauk Center, Minn., May 29. — Bert Rice, twenty-two years old, was found dead in his brother’s barn this morn- ing. He had been dead several hours. Circumstances indicate suicide, but no cause has been suggested. Rice was in perfect health. Violate Fish Law. Fergus Falls, Minn., May 29.—Soren Field. Sr., of the town of Elizabeth stood trial in the justice court in this city on the charge of selling whitefish. He was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $15 and costs. Celebrates 102d Birthday. Pana, Ill., May 29.—Dr. W. T. Lynn, who has been a prominent physician here for years, celebrated the 102d an- niversary of his birth yesterday by en- tertaining 500 guests at dinner. He is apparently hale and hearty. Insane Girl Shoots and Burns. Chicago, May 29. — Miss Philaner Swinnen, thirty years old, believed to be demented. shot and killed her moth- er, attempted to kill her father and then set fire to her garments and was burned to death. ASKS PRESIDENT _ TO APOLOGIZE THE AUTHOR OF ANIMAL BOOK CHARGES ROOSEVELT WITH : INJUSTICE. fa THE ISSUE 1S ONE OF TRUTH DR. LONG RESENTS ATTACK ON STATEMENTS IN HIS ANIMAL BOOK. Stamford, Conn., May 29.—Dr. Wil- liam J. Long yesterday made public a letter sent by him to President Roose- velt. The letter says in part: “To His Excellency Theodore Roose- velt, President of the United States— Dear Sir: The issue between you and me is no longer of animals but of men. It is not chiefly a matter of natural his, tory but of truth and personal honor. In a recent magazine article you de- liberately attack me as well as my book. Vouches for Accuracy. “In my book I have given the result of long years of watching animals in the wilderness, with no other object than to study their habits, and so far as man can, to understand the my 7 of their dumb life. “Tf 1 have spoken falsely, if in book or work of mine, 1 have intentionally deceived any child or man regarding animal life, I promise publicly to re- tract every such word, and promise never to write another animal book. On the other hand, if I show to any disinterested person that you have ac- cused me falsely you must publicly withdraw your acc ion and apolo- gize. Wolf Kills Caribou. 4 “You base your recent charges chiefly on the matter of a big white wolf killing a young caribou by a bite in the chest, described by me in ‘Northern Trails.’ “You declare the thing to be a math- ematical impossibility, and declare ‘not possibly could a wolf perform the act.’” Dr. Long declares he knows from his own observation and from the testi- money of Indians that wolves do some- times kill in this way, and quotes from signed statements to support his con- tention. Asks Square Deal. Continuing Dr. Long said: “If your talk of asquare deal is not all a sham, if your frequent moral preach- ing is not hypocrisy, I call upon you as president and as a man to come Out and admit the error and injustice of your charge in the same public way in which you made it.” BIG LOTTERY SURRENDERS. Honduras Company Wil! Plead Guilty and Pay $300,000. Wilmington, Del., May 29.—The sud- den dismissal of the federal grand jury, assembled especially to probe into the affairs of the Honduras Na- tional Lottery company, and the notice to hundreds of witnesses under sub- poena that their attendance will not be required corroborated the news from New Orleans that the gigantic gambling enterprise has surrendered. The principals in the game will plead guilty on June 4 and will pay a fine ag- gregating $300,000. BULL ATTACKS GIRL. Three of Child’s Ribs and One of Her Legs Are Broken. Huron, S. D., May 29.—While herd- ing cattle a few days since, during the absence of her father, the thirteen- year-old daughter of Herman Koplin, was attacked by a vicious bull and se- verely injured. Three ribs were frac- tured and one leg was broken above the knee. Foul Play Suspected. Fargo, N. D., May 29. — The floater found in the river Sunday has been identified as Gust M. Thorne, a ma- chinist of the Northern Pacific, who had been missing three weeks. There are many injuries on the body, but the coroner’s jury has not determined the cause of his death. Foul play is sus- pected. Prying Costs Finger. Manchester, Iowa, May 29.—Curios- ity proved disastrous to Charles Fur- man, a traveling salesman. Furman found a dynamite cap and thinking it was a rifle shell he picked at it with a toothpick. An explosion followed which cost Furman one finger and bad- ly shaattered his hand. No Political Significance. Berlin, May 29.—The foreign office regards the destruction of the German mission station at Lienchow, near Pak- hoi, China, as being without political significance and as only due to a local “outbreak of mob violence. Sultan’s Forces Lose Heavily. Madrid, May 29. — Dispatches re ceived here from Melilla, Morocco, say that the rebels, under the command of the pretender, recently attacked and after a severe battle routed the sultan’s troops with great loss. Twenty-one Break Jail. Warsaw, May 29. — News was re- ceived here last night of a jail deliv- ery at Lublin, twenty-one political pris- oners and twenty ordinary prisoners making their escape from the jaik through a sewer. «