Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 6, 1907, Page 2

By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. DIPHTHERIA ON RANGE. . Disease Starts in Lumber Camp and le Spread by Fleeing Employes. Northern Minnesota is in the grip of an epidemic of diphtheria, and in some of the smaller towns on the range practically one-fourth of the inhabi- tants are said to be ill with the dis- ease. Numerous deaths have been reported, and the health authorities have been making strenuous efforts to check the disease. They have succeed- ed to an extent, and although there still are many cases, conditions are re- ported to be greatly improved. The disease had its origin in one of the lumber camps, and as soon as the nature of the sickness was established the men at the camp scattered in all directions. Most of them had been exposed to the sickness, and they spread the disease throughout the camps in the northern woods. When the camps broke up in the spring the woodsmen again scattered, carrying the disease wherever they went. Cohasset, Grand Rapids, Eveleth and Bemidji are among the towns which have been most seriously affect- ed. In Cohasset practically a quarter of the entire population have the dis- ease in a more or less virulent form, and three or four deaths in a single family have been reported. GRADUATE AT NEW ULM. Five Students Leave Dr. Martin Lu- ther College. Commencement exercises of the class of 1907 of the Dr. Martin Luther college were held at New Ulm last week. The customary address was made by the president, Rev. Prof. Schaller, who described the impor- tance of the work of a Lutheran paro- chial teacher in reference to the fam- ily, the state and the church. Rev. A. Winter of Mankato addressed the graduates, taking his theme from the class motto, “Semper Fidelis.” Herman Diers was the valedictorian. Hymns were sung by the assembly between the various addresses, and the exercises were closed with a pray- er, the benediction and the doxology. Then followed a musical program with four numbers, rendered by the college orchestra, three by a male choir, one number each by a girls’ choir and a mixed choir, and two duets by two former students, Miss L. B. Sperling and A. Scaller. The graduates are Henry Mitzner, Fred Loebel, Edmund Winter, Herman Diers and Ernst Rusch. WANT TOO MUCH. Property Owners Near University Force Regents to Condemn. Property owners near the university in Minneapolis will force the board of regents to institute condemnation pro- ceedings, as they are holding their property at such high prices the board cannot secure the needed land for the extension of the campus without tak- ing legal steps. Since the passage of the appropriation by the last legisla- ture giving the regents power to pur- chase land, the property owners have been shoving uR their prices. The land wanted is between the campus and the river as far east as State street, and between the campus and Washington avenue as far east as Union, and ultimately Harvard street. Many people own their homes in that section and do not desire to move. The property comprises about ten blocks. It is planned to purchase it now and rent the houses until the land is needed for new buildings. FIND SIXTEEN SKELETONS. Headless Remains of Indians Are Un- covered in Mound. A total of sixteen headless skeletons has been removed from the small nat- ural mound on Arthur Mitchell’s farm in South Bend township, near Manka- to, and further excavation has ceased for the present. A flint arrowhead was found stick- ing between the vertebrae of one of the skeletons, thus revealing the man- ner of death of at least one of the men whose bones were found. The bones of this particular redskin will be presented to the state university for preservation. Thomas Hughes, a historian of local repute and well known in the state historical society, holds the theory that the bones found were those of Sioux Indians killed by enemies and buried by French miners more than a half century ago. St. Peter Factory Sold. The St. Peter Furniture company, one of the principal industries of St. Peter, has been sold to Charles Hand- ley of Crookston. The sum of $20,000 was involved in the transaction. The owners of the. factory received 640 acres of land in Polk county, Minne- sota, in exchange for their plant. There will be no change of manage- ment for the present, for as soon as the transfer was made the St. Peter Furniture company leased the plant for a period of six months. Seriously Hurt in Row. Dodge Center, Minn., June 30. — While some Dodge Center young men were spending the evening in Kasson, not long ago, they got into a fight with youths of that place, and Sherman Livingston, although not a party to the trouble, received a blow on the head which caused serious injury. In con- sequence Christ Rohrer has been bound over to the grand jury. Another Kasson man, it is said, has confessed to the county attorney that he dealt the blow. Rerald-Review. |" THE HAYWooD Denies Story Told by Orchard. Boise, Idaho, June 28.—William F. Davis of Goldfield, Nev., one of the most important witnesses for the de- fense of William D. Haywood, accused of the murder of Frank Steunenberg, was called to the stand at noon yester- day, and his cross-examination had not been completed when court ad- journed. Harry Orchard testified that Davis led and commanded the mob that destroyed the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in 1899; inspired, as the agent of Haywood and Moyer, the Vin- dicator explosion and the train wreck- ing plot at Cripple Creek, and was an accomplice in the Independence sta- tion crime. Denies Orchard’s Story. On direct examination by Clarence Darrow he went over the story of his working life, including the pathetic story of the death of his wife and babe at Cripple Creek, at which he wept, and made positive denial of every statement of Orchard that in- volved him or his associates in any form of crime. He denied that he was even a member of the union when the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine was blown up, and at the con- clusion of his general story swore that at Cripple Creek, during the strike, Orchard told him of the Her- cules mine affair and threatened To Kill Steunenberg. Mrs. Lottie Day of Denver testified that in 1904 Orchard told her about the loss of the Hercules interest, and that he said he would kill Steunen- berg for the wrong done him, and John D. Elliott swore that Orchard told him in Idaho in 1905 that he was in the employ of the mine owners, and that there was a plot against the federation and its leaders. Judge Wood Rules Against Haywood. Boise, June 29. — A ruling made yesterday by Judge Wood while Ed- ward Boyce, for years the leader of the Western Federation of Miners and now a wealthy mine owner of the Coeur d’Alenes, was testifying in be- half of William D. Haywood, may ma- terially limit the showing of the de- fense as to the existence of the coun- ter conspiracy against Haywood and his associates which it alleges. Claims Same Latitude as State. James H. Hawley, for the state, ob- jected to a general question as to the policy and practice of mine owners throughout the West in blacklisting union miners, and in the argument that followed Clarence Darrow, for the defense, claimed the same latitude in proving counter-conspiracy that the state enjoyed in showing a conspiracy. Mr. Hawley contended that the state had directly shown the existence of a conspiracy by Harry Orchard, and by so doing had laid the foundation for and made the connection of all the evidence subsequently offered on the subject. He said the defense was try- ing to show a counter-conspiracy by proving various isolated instances and certain general conditions, none of which was connected with the case and for none of which a proper foun- dation had been laid. Court Sides With State. In ruling the court accepted in part the contention of the prosecution, and limited the proof of the defense along these lines to events in Colorado and the Coeur d’Alenes connected with the case as now established. Ed Boyce was the principal witness of the day, and his testimony was chiefly devoted to the history, pur- poses and work of the Western federa- tion. He denied the existence of an “inner circle” or that there had ever been a conspiracy in the organization or an illegal act. Still Try to Discredit Orchard’s Story. Boise, Idaho, June 30. — The attor- neys for Haywood continue to center their efforts on the discrediting of Harry Orchard and the establishment of their claim that Orchard killed Frank Steunenberg in revenge for the loss of his interest in the Hercules mine, Yesterday they directly attack- ed the story of the Vindicator explo- sion with the testimony of a witness who made it appear accidental rather than criminal. Vindicator Explosion. Thomas Wood, a non-unionist, who entered the Vindicator mine as a tim- ber man after the strike began, swore that the night before the explosion he placed a box containing twenty-five pounds of dynamite at the shaft of the eighth level. He saw the powder the next morning shortly after 10 o'clock, and a few minutes later Supt. McCor- mick and Foreman Beck came to the eighth level. They remained but a short time and left to go to the sixth level, where they were killed. Wood swore that when he reached the shaft, twenty minutes later, the powder was gone and it was a reasonable inference that McCormick and Beck took it with them. Contradicts Orchard. Wood testified that he had seen a revolver in Beck’s pocket; that the fragments of only one revolver were found in the sixth level, and that the bodies of McCormick and Beck were blown apart, indicating that the ex- plosion had,occurred between them. Orchard said that he fixed a revolver with a wire attachment, so that when the safety bar was raised it would send a bullet in the giant powder he had placed. One witness for the state has sworn that he found a wire attach- ed to the safety bar, but Wood, who was among the first to reach the sixth level after the explosion, said that he had carefully examined the safety bar and found nothing attached to it. William Easterly and D. C. Copley both swore that they heard Orchard tell of the loss of the Hercules mine and threaten to kill Steunenberg Says Detectives Spied on Union. Boise, Idaho, July 2.—Morris Fried- man, formerly an employe of the Finkerton detective ageucy at Denver, who published his adventures and many of the confilential reports that passed through his hands in an attack on the agency, was 2 witness Satur- day in behalf of William D. Haywood. He told how the Pinkettons J:ad sent spies into many of the important. unions of the West2rn Federatin of Miners. The call from the defense for Fried- man to take the staad produced one of the greatest sensatioas of the trial. By name and operating number Friedman identified a dozen detectives who succeeded in entering or getting very close to the miners’ union in Colorado, and he produced volumin- ous copies of the reports they made to the agency for transmission to the mine owners. Spies Are Consistent. Friedman was confidential stenog- rapher under Detective McPartland, and, so he testified, it was part of his duties to copy the reports of the opera- tives as they reached the office. Friedman swore that in several in- stances the detectives sent out by the agency in behalf of the mine owners managed to get themselves elected ta high office in the unions and that in a@ couple of instances they carried their roles to the extent of sharing all the hardships of the strikers and finally. being deported from the coun- try with them. Tried to Beggar Federation. Friedman said that one Pinkerton op- erative became chairman of the union strike relief committee at Globeville. and as such had charge of all the funds disbursed there by the local union and general federation. Friedman said that under instruc- tions from his superiors at the Pinker- ton agency this man first tried to beg- gar the federation by a lavish expen- diture in behalf of the strikers, and failing in this he cut the relief down to the lowest point in the hope that the members of the union might censure Haywood. Apache by Sub-Agent. Boise, Idaho, July 3.—Morris Fried- man, the stenographer who left the employ of the Pinkerton agency at Denver to write a book in which ke published certain correspondence of the agency that passed through his hands, was again yesterday the prin- cipal figure at the Steunenberg mur- der trial. More than half of the day was oceupied in reading to the jury copies of the documents that Fried- man took from the Pinkerton. records. They were chiefly the daily reports of secret agents operating as spies among the union men, and showed a Complete Surveillance of the Western Federation of Mine Workers of America during the labor troubles in Colorado in 1903-04. Pink- erton men sat in the Federation con- vention at Denver in 1904, reporting all proceedings. None of the reports that were read to the jury contained other than general references to the collateral issues of the trial, but they ‘ were offered in substantiation of the claim of the defense that the Pinker- ton agency conspired for the destruc- tion of the Western Federation of Miners and the lives of its leaders. State Attacks Friedman. The prosecution attacked Friedman on the ground that he had played the Pinkertons false, had violated his pledge to them and had stolen the documents which he produced, but the witness would not admit that he nad stolen the papers. He insisted that it was not stealing to take information that had been obtained by deceit. He said that if he had known this trial was coming up he would have taken many more letters and reports. Misuse of Militia. Another interesting witness was J. I. Wallace, an attorney of Cripple Creek, who served with the militia, first as a private and then as a lieutenant, dur- ing the strike of 1903-04. He related several instances as tending to show the misuse of the power of the militia by the mine owners; gave the criminal records of some of the gun fighters imported by the mine owners; told of the working of the card system; re- cited the circumstances connected with the looting of the union stores and a newspaper office, and swore that he saw K. C. Sterling, chief detective for the mine owners, fire the first shot in the Victor riot the day of the Inde- pendence station incident. wee ee ens PAPER PIPE LAW VOID. Chicago Judge Annuls New Illinois Statute. Chicaco, June 30.—Judge Chytraus yesterday declared that the law pass- ed-by the last legislature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in Illinois is in- valid. He held that the body of the act did not conform to the title. The judge declared that though the law was declared to be an act to “regu- late,” in fact it was an act to pro hibit. FIVE CHINKS KILLED. Misunderstanding of Orders Causes Railroad Wreck. Winnipeg, Man., June 30.—A Cana- dian Pacific railway express and a ,Chinese special going east collided at Butler, 275 miles east of here. The ac- cident resulted in the death of five Chinamen on board the special and the serious injury of E. U. Connor of St. John’s, N. B., a guard on the spe- cial. The wreck was due to misunder- stood orders, ‘ STORY TO TATTERS MEN IMPLICATED IN ALEEGES MISCONDUCT DENY HIS TES- TIMONY. ALSO TELL OF THREATS MADE SAY ORCHARD SAID HE INTENDED TO KILL GOV. STEUNEN- BERG. EEK Boise, Idaho, July 3.—Max Malich, Joe Mehelick and Billy Aikman, three of the men variously implicated in al- leged misconduct at Globeville, Den- ver and Cripple Creek, on the work of Harry Orchard, went on the stand yesterday as witnesses for William D. Haywood and made denial of Or- chard’s testimony. Malich swore ‘that Orchard and not he, suggested the plot of dynamit- ing a boarding house full of non-union men at Globeville, and that Orchard originated the idea of killing William McDonald, one of Malich’s business rivals. Not “Pettibone Dope.” He said that he had been burned by some mysterious acid thrown into his house by ar unknown hand, but denied that this acid was really ‘Pettibone dope” that had been left in his room by Steve and Annie Adams. He also denied that “Pettibone dope” had been used in burning his store and said that he was at his ranch when the fire oc- curred. He also swore that Orchard had told him that but for Gov. Steu- nenberg he would be rich and that he intended to kill Steunenberg. Deny Orchard’s Story. Mehelich and Aikman, who followed Malich, also made circumstantial de- nial of all the things that Orchard swore they did with him. The cross- examination of all three witnesses showed a purpose on the part of the state further to deal with their testi- mony when the case in rebuttal is reached. Eugene Engles, formerly attorney general of Colorado, avers that Or- chard told of a loss of a rich share in the Hercules mine, and of his inten- tion to kill Steunenberg. Engles told at great length how the military au- thorities at Cripple Creek defied the processes of the civil ¢ourts. HAIL KILLS TEN SHEEP. alee os Chunks of Ice Reported to Have Fall- en in Le Sueur County. St. Peter, Minn., July 3. — Late re- ports of the terrific hail storm at Cleveland village, Le Sueur county, show that it was without precedent in this part of the state. Sheep and hogs were beaten to death by the huge hail- stones and crops in the vicinity of the village were damaged to the extent of many thousands of dollars. The storm was particularly remarka- ble for the unusual size of the hail- stones. Eyewitnesses of the downpour declare that several were picked up which measured ten and one-half inches in circumference. At the farm of Orange Lloyd ten sheep were killed by the enormous chunks of ice, and Milton Hill had three pigs pounded to death in their pen, .ROB FOUR BY DAYLIGHT. Burglaries in La Crosse Homes Are Laid to Boys. La Crosse, Wis., July 3—Four homes in La Crosse have been robbed in the last forty-eight hours in broad daylight. Small articles of jewelry, cash and other valuables were stolen. Police have found no clue to the rob- bers. They are inclined to believe it is the work of boys. Farmer Killed by Train. Iron River, Mich., July 3. — While in tlie act of throwing a stone at his cows in an attempt to force them to cross the roadbed more quickly, Wil- liam Rupp, a farmer, stumbled over a rail, fell across the track and before he could regain his feet was struck by the engine of an approaching ore train | and hurled to one side, and died within fifteen minutes. —— et Several Lives Lost. Lewistown, Mont., July 3—Conflict- ing reports have been received here of the drowning of five persons near Yale by the sudden rise of the waters | in Swimming Woman creek. It is said that two graders were drowned and also that Mrs. Waddell and three chil- dren perished. i ed a ES Parole Retaken Convict. Jackson, Mich., July 3—John Alli- son, the Richland (Mich.) safe blower, who was recently captured at Moline, Ill, after having escaped from prison, probably will be paroled. After escap- ing he led a model life for two years. etn ERAS RNS WAS Ht LR Storm Does Damage. Albert Lea, Minn., July 3.—The big storm of Sunday did great damage, as it not only knocked down some of the heavy grain, but also the floods that followed washed out bridges and roads in a destructive manner. Storm Takes Bridges. Mondovi, Wis., July 3—Rain came down in torrents, accompanied by a high wind and thunder and lightning, ‘yesterday Many -small bridges are, gone, especially in the town of Albany, mosh of here: PART OF TEXAS TOWN IS DE- STROYED — MANY INJURED BUT NONE KILLED. Rochester, Tex., July 3.—Early yes- terday morning a tornado destroyed the greater part of this town. No deaths have been reported, but a num- ber of persons are hurt. Farm houses in this locality have been demolished. As yet reports are meager from the outlying districts. At Munday the tornado destroyed several buildings and one church. Bus- iness buildings were badly damaged. Several persons were hurt. A lumber yard was wrecked and lumber scatter- ed over the country for miles. At Wichita Falls the wind caused considerable damage. At Olney, ip Young county, a num- ber of buildings were wrecked and the Ikleberger cotton gin destroyed. MAIL IS DESTROYED. Contents of Mail Car on Illinois Cen- tral Burned. Sioux City, lowa, July 3. — Fire in the mail car of the Illinois Central Chicago flyer destroyed practically the entire contents two miles west of Cherokee last night. Nearly 300 pounds of letter mail, 1,500 pounds of newspapers and all the registered mail was destroyed. Mail clerk Cleave was painfully burned about the face and hands. The fire originated in the vestibule between the mail and baggage cars, and is supposed to have been caused by sparks from the engine. IS BLOWN OUT OF CAR. Dynamite Cap Explosion Strips Man of Clothes, but Doesn’t Kill. Hill City, S. D., July 3—J. S. An- derson, foreman of the Burlington bridge gang, had an almost miraculous escape from death in an explosion. He was riding in a supply car when a quantity of dynamite caps exploded. Anderson was blown out of the car, across the railroad tracks to the banks of a creek. He was picked up uncon- scious, every strip of his clothing having been blown off and his body se- riously burned and bruised. He is ex- pected to recover. INDIANS TO MEET JULY 15. Mille Lac Band Is Summoned to Grand Council. Detroit, Minn., July 3.—Notice has been issued from the agency office to the effect that the grand council of the Mille Lac band will convene at the White Earth agency on Monday, July 15, to determine what Indians are en- titled to participate in the distribution of the $5,000 depoited by Gus H. Beau- lieu in the Merchants National bank at St. Cloud, Minn., following the set- tlement of the suit between himself and the Mille Lac Indians. DOOR SLAMS; KILLS BABY. Glass Is Shattered and Piece Pierces Infant’s Brain. Park Rapids, Minn., July 3. — The three-month-old child of Martin Col- grove lost its life in a peculiar man- ner. The mother was sitting on the porch with the child in her lap. A back door of the house was open and this caused a‘draft which slammed the front door shut, breaking the glass in it. A sharp piece of glass struck the child on the head, penetrating its brain and causing death. JUDGE LOVELY BETTER. Jurist Is Able to Leave Hotel for Drives. Albert Lea, Minn., July 3. — Judge John A. Lovely, who was stricken with partial mental and physical paralysis several months ago, has improved, but is still unable to look after business. He went to his old home in the out- skirts of the city, but only remained a few days and is back again in his apartments in a local hotel. His improvement is slow, but he is able to ride out and enjoy the fine weather. FIRE IN HARWARE STORE. W. K. Morison of Minneapolis Suffers Loss of $150,000. Minneapolis, July 3. — Fire gutted the building occupied. by W. K. Mori- son & Co.’s hardware store early yes- terday morning, doing damage to con- tents and building to the amount of $150,000. Damage to the amount of about $50,000 was done to the stock of the Leader department store adjoining. The blaze is supposed to have start- SEES NO OFFENSE IN NAVAL MOVE JAPAN WOULD NOT REGARD IN- CREASE OF PACIFIC FLEET AS MENACE. LOEB PUNCTURES THE RUMOR TRANSFER OF FIFTEEN BATTLE- SHIPS TO PACIFIC NOT CON- TEMPLATED. Washington, July 3. — “No, Japan would not regard it as an unfriendly act if the American government saw fit to increase her naval representation in her territorial waters on the Pacific coast, or even if she sent additional men of war to the Asiatic station. She would not look upon it as a menace or regard it with regret.” ‘These were the words of Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, when his attention was called yesterday to published reports that the general board of the navy had recommended to the president that the battleships of the American fleet be sent around to the Pacific coast. Frisco Fuss for Courts. For the moment the embassy offi- cials are not contemplating any action in the matter of the denial of the in- telligence office privileges to the Jap- anese at San Francisco. Mr. Aoki reiterated that that ques- tion can be taken up in the courts by the persons affected by the police board’s decision, and if the decision of the judge is such as to leave room to believe that the treaty rights of the Japanese have been denied, then the embassy will take the matter up with the state department. The ques- tion for the time being is one for the courts, he added. Uncle Sam Not “Skeered.” Published reports that sixteen bat- tleships of the Atlantic fleet of the United States navy are to Be trans- ferred tothe Pacific coast because of anti-American feeling in Japan were denied yesterday at Oyster Bay by William Loeb, President Roosevelt's secretary. Mr. Loeb said the report was without foundation; in fact, that such a movement has never been con- sidered by the president and that its consideration is not contemplated. REBELS ARE REPULSED. Band Attacks Important Ecuador. Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 3. — The town of Quevedo, an important center in the province of Los Rios, again has been attacked by a band of rebels, who were repulsed by the government forces. The rebels had eight men killed and several wounded, while the government forces lost six killed and two wounded. Town in THREE TRAINMEN KILLED. Open Switch Causes Wreck in Yards at Sunbury, Pa. Sunbury, Pa., July 3—Three train- men were killed, one fatally inju and twelve passengers hurt by sion between an express train freight train in the yards in this city. The accident was caused by an open switch. Young Fisherman Drowned. Michigamme, Mich., July 3. — Fis ing from a small pier at Three Lakes Marquette county, the small son of Ole Lund, section foreman at that place, fell into the water and was drowned. Swimmer Loses Life. Bozeman, Mont., July 3. — While swimming in a small creek on his fa- ther’s ranch near Big Timber, John Widdlecomb, twelve years old, got be- yond his depth and was drowned. Wounded Soldier Dies. Havana, July Corporal P. J. Green of the Eleventh United States infantry, who was shot at Holguin, Santiago province, June 28. while re- sisting arrest, died yesterday. ee Crushed to Death. Crookston, Minn. July 3. — Robert Scribner, son of H. C. Scribner of this city, was instantly killed at Noyes. He was caught between two cars while braking on a freight train. ed from spontaneous combustion. BLAST KILLS WORKMAN. Minneapolis Man Dies in Dynamite Explosion in Wisconsin. Hawthorne, Wis., July 3. — Erick Lund, thirty-five years old, of Minne- apolis, was instantly killed while blasting stumps on the Wisconsin Cen- tral right of way at Arsneau, a grad- ing camp just west of this place. He was using dynamite in the work. Bather Is Drowned. Tabor, lowa, July 3.—Stanley Boone, sixteen years old, was drowned in a pond near here last night. The boy, who could not swim, went in bathing in the pond. He was alone and it is not known how the accident fastened. Convicted of Swindling. Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 3—Ira Dex- ter of Algona, indicted by the federal grand jury for the fraudulent use of the mails was found guilty and sen- tenced.‘to three years. at- Leavenworth penitentiary and fined $500. Accidentally Killed. Spring Valley, Minn., July 3—Har- vey Britton, formerly a high school student here, shot and killed himself while handling a gun at Bilby, N. D., where he had a claim. Thrown From Buggy and Killed. Marquette, Mich., July 3. — Thrown from his rig while driving a spirited horse too rapidly in rounding a street corner, John Kupala was instantly killed. Horse Kicks Boy. Eau Claire, Wis., July 3.—Willie Hin- terberg, eleven years old, probably was fatally injured yesterday by being kicked by a horse. Ate Pills and Died. Waterloo, Ja., July 4—Helen Kohler, eighteen months old, ate eighteen of the chocolate-coated cold cure tablets commonly sold as a remedy for that ailment last night, and shortly after- wards went into convulsions. Her ae followed two hours of agonizing eee