Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 29, 1907, Page 3

| | | Seen eee See Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMRAIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washington, Joseph Ripley has resigned his posi- tion as one of the consulting engineers on the Panama canal commission to accept a more lucrative position in this country. The love of Americans for diamonds is indicated by advices to the state department showing that during the year 1906 the value of these stones sent from Amsterdam to the United States aggregated $12,433,163. The secretary of the interior order- ed patented to the State of North Da- kota 5,958 acres of land in the Bis- marck district on account of the pub- lic school grant, and to the State of South Dakota 7,453 acres in the Aber- deen district under a similar grant. The president has restored 43,880 acres of land now under temporary withdrawal for forestry purposes ad- joining the Little Belt national forest, Montana, in Cascade, Fergus and Meagher counties, which will become subject to settlement Sept. 25, but not to entry filing or selection until Oct. 28 next at the land offices at Great Falls, Helena and Lewistown. B- Personal. Richard Croker has recovered his health after suffering for a few days from a cold. Francis T. White, a well known New York banker, dropped dead of apoplexy while on a train near Pittsburg. Orange J. Salisbury, chairman of the Republican state committee of Utah, died in a hospital in New York of heart disease. Flora Bell Ginty, sixty-eight years, widow of Gen. G. C. Ginty, and one of Wisconsin’s most prominent women, died at Chippewa Falls. George H. Earle, one of the Lest known citizens of Philadelphia, is dead, aged eighty-four years. Mr. Earle was the oldest surviving dele gate of the first national Republican convention. The next professor to be sent to Harvard under the arrangement with the German government for the an- nual exchange of protessors will be Prof. Paul Clemen, widely known as a scholar in art and art history. Although he speaks excellent Eng- lish, Prince William of Sweden, who expects to visit America this year, has secured the services of a teacher ‘of languages in order to perfect himself in the American accent and expres- sion. Foreign. Herr Mathias Edzberger, a member of the German reichstag, has been sentenced to one week’s imprisonment for calumniating Former Governor Van Benningsen of New Guinea. A committee of the German Automo- bile club, acting on the initiative of the emperor, is considering a scheme for the construction of a track where the emperor’s prize may be decided. China is about to enter the world’s wine market for the first time. The cultivation of grapes has been going on experimentally for ten years on the shores of the Gulf of Chile, and have been satisfactory. It is reported from Bucharest that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, on his recent visit to the Roumanian court, became engaged to Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg, sister of the Rou- manian crown princess. The City of Hamburg has appropri- ated $14,375,000 for the extension of the port, which includes the develop. ment of the harbor of Harburg, situ: ated on the south arm of the river Elba, opposite Hamburg. The mining village of Malmborget, in Sweden, has been ruined by fire, more than a hundred families being made homeless. Eight blocks of houses were swept away. Great dis+ tress prevails among the victims. Alexander Stewart Herschel, the distinguished astronomer, died at the observatory house, Slough Bucks, Eng- land, where his grandfather, Sir Wil- liam Herschel, and Sir John Herschel] made most of their world-famous dis: coveries. The Olympic theater, cne of the largest vaudeville houses in the West, was destroyed by: fire in Chicago. Loss, $250,000. Redmond Prindicille, who for more than twenty years was a captain on the Great Lakes, was killed in Chica- go by being struck by an electric car. Thomas Trever and Alfred Trever were killed in an automobile accident at Cincinnati. The chauffeur, name unknown, is seriously injured and may die. Fire, which broke out in Marshall’s general store from a gasoline explo- sion has practically destroyed the vil- lage of Harlowtown, Mont. Loss, $128,000; insurance, $32,000. Samuel Wagner, who until his re- tirement was the oldest locomotive engineer in point of service employed by the Philadelphia & Reading com- pany, was struck and killed by a Reading train in PLiladelphia. The magnificent high school build- ing in Fort Dodge, Iowa, was de- stroyed by fire, the conflagration being caused, it is believed, by the explo- sion of chemicals in the laboratory of the building. The building was a three-story structure, and the loss will be in the neighborhood of $100,000. Criminal. Because he asked 50 cents for a shave Pat Brooks, aged sixty-five, a barber at Ten-mile house at Butte, was fatally stabbed by an Austrian la- borer, who escaped. Jules Lehmann and Emil Hartmann, former St. Louis councilmen convict- ed of boodling and sentenced to the penitentiary over three years ago, have been pardoned by Gov. Folk. Wilford McMillen, a prisoner, while being brought to Akron, Ohio, from Chicago, leaped through a car window on a swiftly moving train at Barber- ton in an attempt to escape. He fell under the wheels and his right leg was cut off. Thomas Johnson, a negro twenty- five years old, employed as a clerk in the department of agriculture in Washington, shot and fatally wounded Jennie Washington, a seventeen-year- old negress, and then committed sui- cide by shooting. Johnson’s act is at- tributed to jealousy. William Roulo, a carpenter aged thirty-five years cut his wife’s throat and then slashed his own with the same razor at Detroit. Both died where they fell in a bedroom, where their two children were sleeping. Rou- lo and his wife had quarreled and Mrs, Roulo had applied for a divorce. John P. Rosenheimer, a wealthy needle manufacturer of New York, was murdered while walking through his country estate at Polham. He was struck down by one of two men who were skulking along the path which Mr. Rosenheimer and his wife had taken for a stroll, His assailants escaped. Enraged because some playful school boys had tumbled her over while playing a street piano in New York, Philomena Castro, a young Syr- ian girl, drew a stiletto from the folds of her dress and fatally stabbed Charles McCarthy, a young man, in the breast. McCarthy will probably die. The girl was arrested. A dynamite bomb big, enough to wreck a building was found in a load of coal being delivered to an East end plant in Cleveland. The police are in- vestigating whether an attempt was made to blow up the mill or whether effort had been made to wreck a mine from where the coal came. Three hun- dred girls are employed in the knitting plant. General. Railroad accounting in the United States and Canada is to be identical, according to an arrangement entered into between the two governments. With only one negative vote in both houses, the Michigan legislature pass- ed a bill providing for a railroad com- mission of three members instead of the present single-headed commission. Dr. Franklin Slocum of Ludington, Mich., has been notified that the czar of Russia has decided that he is en- titled to the $1,000,000 fortune left by his father and confiscated by the Rus- sian government. According to a statement just made public the requests for gifts sent to Miss Helen Gould aggregate $2,000,- 000 a week. They range from the asking for $15 for a set of false teeth to $1,000,000 to start a colony in Cuba. For heroic service in saving a pri- vate in the marine corps from drown- i Casualty. Eighteen passengers were injured, three fatally, in a wreck of a passen: ger train near Trinidad, Colo. During a baseball game at Wells. ville, Ohio, a portion of a grandstand collapsed, injuring a dozen persons. A fire which for a time threatened Boston’s automobile district consumed forty automobiles and caused a loss of $100,000. While swimming in the Des Moines river at Ottumwa, Iowa, Patrick Mo Donald was seized with cramps and before his companions could rescu¢ him the swift current had carried him down to his death, ing, the president kas pardoned Ivan T. Barkirurst, an apprentice seaman, and Carl A. Gyber, an ordinary sea- man in the navy, who had been con. victed of desertion. Following a verdict declaring hai Uncle Sam Oil company, in making an assignment April 16, 1907, committed an act of bankruptcy, Judge Amidon. at Leavemworth, Kan., overruled a motion for a new trial and declared the Uncle Sam company bankrupt. Theodore H. Davis, the archaeolo- gist, has arrived in New York from Europe with one of the oldest relics in the world. It is an alabaster statue of Queen Teie, a famous Egyptian, whose tomb Dr. Davis discovered The statue dates from 1800 B. C. Ii VENGEANCE WAS — should be unforeseen delay in securing a couple of final pieces of evidence, the state will to-day close against William D. Haywood, whom it charges with the murder of Frank Steunenberg. This announcement was made yesterday afternoon by Senator Clarence Darrow of the defense took up the discussion of the arrangement of time he made it very clear that di- rectly the state closed he and his asso- ciates would move the court for an in- session will be devoted to argument of and if the court rules adversely on the Darrow on Saturday. ORCHARD’S MOTIVE WITNESSES SWEAR HE THREAT- ENED TO KILL GOV. STEU- NENBERG. DEFENSE BEGINS TESTIMONY ATTEMPT TO SHOW CRIMES WERE INSPIRED BY MINE OWNERS. — Boise, Idaho, June 22.—Unless there its case Borah of the prosecution, and when struction directing a verdict of ac- quittal. Corroborates Orchard. It is now anticipated that the state will close by noon; that the afternoon the expected motion of the defense, motion, the opening statement in be- half of Haywood will be made by Mr. The prosecution succeeded yester- day in again showing a direct connec- tion with the store of George Petti- bone in Denver and Harry Orchard at WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD. work on the Bradley crime in San Francisco, and promised to make the connection with Pettibone personally by handwriting experts who will be} called to-day. Records Produced. Original records of the Pacific Post- al Telegraph company were produced, showing that in September and Octo- ber, 1904, remittances of $97.50 and | $48, respectively, were made, the first by “J. Wolff” and the second by “P. Bone,” from 1725 Stout street, in Den- ver—the address of Pettibone’s store —to “H. Green,” in care of Peter L. Huff, at 211 Taylor street San Fran- cisco. Quotes Haywood. The state also showed that while at Silver City, Idaho, in 1899, Haywood declared that Steunenberg was 2 ty- rant and should be exterminated. To practically every piece of evidence of- fered during the day the defense first offered objection and then made a mo- tion to strike out, and lastly took au exception on the record. Jury to Decide Haywood Case. Boise, June 23.—When the state yes- terday closed its case against William D. Haywood, charged with the murder of Frank Steunenberg, the defense made an unsuccessful attempt to se- cure from the court an order directing the jury to acquit the prisoner. Judge Woods’ ruling, which requires the de- fense to meet with evidence the case | that the state has presented, was made at 3:15 o'clock and it was then ar- ranged that Haywood’s counsel should make the opening statement and pre- sent their first testimony on Monday next. Makes Eloquent Plea. Attorney K. F, Richardson made the princips! argument in support of the motion in a long, carefully prepared and eloquent address. He took for his guide the Idaho stat- ute that forbids conviction upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accom- plice, and quoting authorities in sup- port of his contention that there must be convincing corroboration entirely independent of the testimony of the accomplice, made an analysis of all! the testimony offered. He declared that none of the testimony could stand | tion. without the support of Orchard’s story and that the statute specifically for- bade its acceptance under these cir cumstances. Statute Forbids Conviction. ‘ He also argued that the testimony of Orchard was the only showing that in any way connected Haywood with the crime and that the statute forbade conviction under these circumstances. Senator Borah, who “spoke for the state, argued with like force and elo- quence that Haywood’s connection has been independently shown, and that Orchard’s testimony has been corrobo- rated by independent circumstances and evidence. Haywood Will Take the Stand. Boise, Idaho, June 26. — In an ad- dress that occupied two sessions of the district court yesterday Clarence Darrow of Chicago outlined to the jury the detailed defense of William B. Haywood to the charge that he mur- dered Former Governor Steunenberg. In broad description it is to be a de- nial of every material count in the testimony of Orchard, with a showing that Orchard killed Steunenberg be- cause of a private grudge due to the loss of a rich share in the great Her- cules mine, and explanations of the independent circumstances that tend to connect the three co-defendants with Orchard’s life and operations. Will Deny Everything. Haywood will take the stand to make personal denial of Orchard’s ‘ac- cusations, Moyer may be called to tes- tify solely to events and circumstances affecting the Western Federation of Miners, but Pettibone will not be a witness in this case. Mr. Darrow denied the existence of the great conspiracy to murder allege] by the state with Orchard’s testimony as a basis; denies the intimacy with the three co-defendants that Orchard laid claims to; denied that Orchard had committed many of the crimes he had boasted of, and promised to prove his contentions by many of the men named by Orchard when on the stand. Plot to Destroy Uniun. Mr. Darrow charged that agents of the Mine Owners’ Associatiun of Ccl- orado and the Pinkerton detectives had joined hands in a conspiracy to destroy the Western Federation of Miners. Agents of the mine owners had, -he asserted, committed mary minor crimes to discredit the federa- He asserted tbat this trial w the culmination of the conspiracy to kill the organization by killing the leaders; that the organizition and rot “Bill” Haywood was oa trial, and that Harry Orchard, under tke maniyula- tion of Detective McParland, was try- ing to kill Moyer, Haywood and Petti bone that he might save his own life. Financial Relations Explained. As to the financial relations between Orchard and Pettibone, Mr. Darrow said that when Orchard left Denver for Wyoming he gave Pettibone his money, his Masonic badge and other trinkets and some _ papers for safe- | keeping. From time to time Pettibone forwarded parts of the money to Or- chard. Vengeance Was Orchard’s Motive. Boise, Idaho, June 2 The first di- rect testimony in det of William D. Haywood was offered yesterday, and it was chiefly directed toward showing that Harry Orchard, blaming Frank Steunenberg for the loss of his interest in the Hercules mine, had threatened to have revenge by killing him, and that the conduct of Orchard and K. C. Stirling, both before the In- dependence explosion, when they were frequently seen together, and after- wards when Sterling called off a blood- hound that was following Orchard’s trail, justified ‘the inference that the mine owners inspired the crime. Orchard on the Stand. The calling of the first witness for the defense was preceded by a further examination of Orchard to permit the defense to complete its formal im- peaching questions. These questions were nearly all in connection with the claim that Orchard killed Steunen- berg because of an alleged grudge growing out of the sale of his interest in the Hercules mine. Orchard again denied that he ever threatened to kill Steunenberg because of the Hercules mine, and again asserted that he had sold his interest in the mine two years before the trouble that drove him out of Northern Idaho. . Two witnesses called later in the day swore that Orchard threatened to kill Steunenberg because of the Her- cules mine matter, and the defense has prepared the way for such testi- mony from a dozen more witnesses. Several witnesses. located Orchard at various conferences with Sterling, the detective for the mine owners’ as- sociation, prior to the Independence explosion. Tracked by Dog. Another witness told of the effort to locate the men guilty of the Inde- pendence station outrage by starting a bloodhound from the chair rung used in pulling off the mine explosion. He said the dog took the road to Col- orado Springs, the one over which Or- chard fled in the night, and that when he reported to Sterling he got orders to call the dog off. Sterling said he knew who blew up the station and later said that Steve Adams had done so. ARR RR ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeerreowoO—_ OOOOror>*" TROUBLE SURROUNDS IOWA MAN Accidents, Illness, Death and Murder Visits Nevins of lowa City. Iowa City, Iowa; June 23.—Misfor- tunes “come not singly, but in battal- DRUNKARD’S AWFUL WORK. Shoots Two Children, Tries to Kill Wife and Then Kills Self. Wilmington, Del, June 22.—John Zenne, aged thirty-eight years,. late STEAMER SINKS; 89 LIVES LOST COASTING STEAMER SANTIAGO IS WRECKED IN A HEAVY SQUALL. ALL ON BOARD LOST BUT TWO STEAMER LEFT PORT WITH EN: GINES OUT OF ORDER AS RE- SULT OF STORMS. Santiago, Chile, June 26.—The Pa- cific Steam Navigation company’s coasting steamer Santiago, a vessel of 1,364 tons, trading between Panama and the south coast of South America, has been wrecked in a heavy squall fifty miles north of Corral. One pas- senger and one officer are known to have been saved. The remainder of the passengers and crew are reported to have perished. The Santiago left Corral with her engines out of order as a result of storms and instead of proceeding to Ancud she started to run to Valpa- raiso, a Much greater distance. She varried four passengers and eighty- seven in her crew. It is feared that all except two persons perished. A sister ship, the Arequipa, sunk during a terrific storm at Valparaiso about four years ago, when many lost their lives. ASKS PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE Union Men Charge That Telegraph Companies Are In Conspiracy. Washington, June 26.—The Central Labor union of Washington last night sent a telegram to President Roose- velt requesting that he institute an in vestigation to determine if the tele- graph companies have entered into a conspiracy in restraint of trade, in violation of the Sherman anti-trist law. At the request of the American Federation of Labor similar action, it is said, will be taken by all the leading labor organizations in the United States. Ask Roosevelt’s Aid. Oakland, Cal., June 25.— President Small of the telegraphers’ union an- nounced yesterday afternoon that he would ask the aid of the Unitéd States government in the settlement of the strike. He said he would appeal to Presi- dent Roosevelt and members of the cabinet to intervene on the ground that the transaction of business of na- tional in rtance is being interfered with because of the strike. President Small asserts that when intervention is made by the president and cabinet officials it will be learned that. the striking telegraphers are in nowise to blame for the strike. Take Hopeful View, San Francisco, June 25. — General Superintendent Storer of the Postal Telegraph company said yesterday that there was not a message an hour old in the main office, and the com. pany was satisfied with the situation. Supt. May of the Western Union said that business was disposed of yes: terday quite promptly. He anticipated a steady increase in the force of the office until all men required are at work. No word indicating an early settle. ment of the local telegraphers’ strike came from the New York offices of the Western Union and Postal companies yesterday. Officiais of both companies in this city say they have been in- structed to have no dealings with the telegraphers’ union looking toward a settlement, but the former employes will be recived as individuals: POPE WILL GIVE J. J. HILL TITLE. Pius X. to Reward Railroad Builder for Donations to the Church. Rome, Italy, June 26.—James J. Hill of St. Paul will be honored by the pope with a title of the Roman Catho lie church in recognition of Mr. Hill's many acts of magnificence toward the church. Although Mr. Hill for many years has held very close and friendly relations with Archbishop John Ire. land, his megnificent gifts to the church have been donated in the name of Mrs. Hill, and it is understood that his interest has been influenced by oer. OUST GOULD DETECTIVE. Peabody Loses Place on Police Force i of New York. New York, June 26.—Detective Wil- liam BE. Peabody was dismissed frem the New York police force yesterday after a trial on a charge of giving false testimony, being absent withoui leave and disobedience. All the charges grew out of the investigation of Peabocy’s work in securing evi dence in the divorce suit of Mrs. How ard Gould against her husband. Slays in View of Child. Pittsburg, June 26.—Joseph Motcu vick, aged thirty-eight years, a coai miner, shot and killed his wife, an¢é then ended his own life. The only wit ness was the two-year-old son of the woman. PITIFUL STORY OF RUIN TELLS OF FATEFUL BUGGY RIDE. Houston, Va., June 27. — Between stifling sobs, with tears streaming from her eyes, and while striving to hold back the lump in her throat, Miss Elizabeth Loving, who has occupied the center of the stage in the trial of her father, Judge William G. Loving, for the murder of Theodore Estes, told on the witness stand here yester- day her story of her alleged ruin by the young man whom her parent shot. Fateful Buggy Ride. It was the same story she said she told her father the morning of the tragedy. Estes, she said, gave her a drink of whisky while they were out buggy riding on the afternoon prior to the killing. After taking the drink, she declared, she began to feel dizzy, he head spinning around as if she had been given some powerful drug. In this condition and despite her protests, she declared, her escort drove her over an unfrequented road and de- spite her screams outraged her. Told Father of Ruin. Exhausted by the struggle and her mental faculties rendered incapahle from the stimulant, the witness de clared she recalled nothing more until she regained her senses while in bed late that night at the home of County Clerk Kidd, where she had been visit- ing Miss Kidd. She testified that on the following morning when her father asked her for the cause of her being brought to the house of Mr. Kidd in an unconscious condition, she related to him the same statement she made to-day. Murder Resulted. It was this recital, declared the de- fense, that so affected the mind of Judge Loving that it impelled him to commit a crime, which, according to his statement, could have been pre- vented by no power “except God Al- mighty.” BIG WARSHIP ORDERED SOUTH. Milwaukee Ordered to Proceed to Cen- tral American Waters. Washington, June —The possibil- ity of serious trouble in Central Ameri- ca growing out of the disturbed con- ditions existing there incidental to the alleged ambition of President Zelaya of Nicaragua to form a union of Cen- tral American states, has. caused the administration to dispatch the fine new cruiser Milwaukee to that locali- ty. Orders for her to proceed forth- with from the Mare Island navy yard (California) went forward from the navy department yesterday. The vessel is in command of Com- mander Char! A. Gove and will go to La Union, Salvador. The collier Sat- urn also has been directed to proceed to La Union, and from this vessel the Milwaukee and the gunboat Yorktown, which is now in Acajutla, will coal. Protect American Interests. The stay of the Milwaukee in Cen- tral American waters is problemati- cal and will in a measure depend upon the conditions that develop in that section of the world. She goes osten- sibly “for the protection of American interests,” which are threatened be- cause of the situation as it now exists. The cruiser St. Louis, now on her way to a Brazilian port, is en route to the Pacific coast and will arrive in Central American waters in about two months. FAMILY DIES IN TENEMENT. Seven Persons Lose Their Collapse of Building. New York, June 27.—Seven persons, six of them members of one Italian family, were killed early yesterday in the collapse of a ramshackle tenement in the down-town Italian quarter. Three other members of the same fam- ily, including the father and mother, are in a hospital, painfully injured, but will recover. There were some excit- ing scenes immediately following tke accident, one of which was the rescue of an old man from a two-foot lkdge forty feet from the ground, this por- tion of the fallen building having ad- hered to the adjoining structure lorg enough to permit the firemen to get to the scene and raise a iadder and Lives in take the man, Joseph Reigier, saiely to the ground. Then it ulso feil into the ruins. The collapsed building was a four- story affair, built over fifty years ago, and was located at the corner of Walker and Lafayette streets, GEN. GREELY GOES TO OREGON. Chicago Ceases to Be Division Head- quarters. Chicago, June 27.—With the official dissolution of the divisional organiza- tion of the United States army set for July 1, Chicago will lose on Monday its position as division headquarters of the Northern division. Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, who has been in command of this division, with head- quarters here, will relinquish that post and will at once leave for Vancouver barracks at Portland, Or., where he will assume command of the depart- ment of Columbia. See AS 4 Rater a mae Arrest Sixty Officers. London, June 27.—A dispatch from Odessa says it is authoritatively re ported that sixty officers of the south- ern military district, several of them connected with the Odessa garrison, have been arrested. bit Saal will be presented to the Metropolitan i John W. Yerkes of Danville, Ky. who recently resigned as commission er of internal revenue, fell as he wat descending the marble stairway of the Sinton hotel at Cincinnati. He suf fered intense pain until put under the influence of opiates. His injuries while painful, are not of a seriou: character. Museum of Art. Owing to the scarcity of help, farm. ers in the Yakima valley in Washing ton, have induced their wives and daughters to aid them in gathering the first crop of alfalfa. Men can get $i a day, but none are available at thai figure. ions,” according to the belief of Si-| last night shot his daughter Ros:, mon Nevins of Iowa City. Nevins, rid. | aged two years, his son John, aged six ing a bicycle, fell and broke his leg. | months, attempted to kill his wife and When he recovered consciousness his ; then turned the revolver on himself, wife became ill and her life is now in| blowing out his brains. The two chil- peril. Recently his father was burn-| dren, the physicians say, cannot re- ed alive and his brother was murder- | cover. Zenne, it is sat, had been ed or drowned in the river. drinking heavily. Heat Causes Eleven Deaths, Pittsburg, June 26.—Eleven persuns are dead and many prostrated as « re rect or indirect result of the warm weather experienced in the Pittsburg district within the last twenty-four hours. Lover Is Murderer. Milwaukee, June 27. — Because an enraged lover could not bring about a reconciliation between himself and his sweetheart he shot and killed the girl and her father and then himself late last night. DEFECTIVE PAGE