Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 27, 1907, Page 3

—————_}___ Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washington, An order of the interstate commerce commission promulgated on June 1 in the matter of posting tariffs has been suspended by the commission pending a hearing of the whole question on Oct. 11. , When asked if there was any truth in the report that Mr. Hitchock was going to give up the post of first as- sistant postmaster general, Mr. Meyer stated that there was no accuracy in the report. Secretary Taft has finally arranged to make a political speech at Oklaho- ma City Aug. 24, three weeks before the election for the adoption of the new constitution. He will stop there en route from the East to the Pacific coast, whence he sails from Seattle Sept 10, for the Philippines. Personal. Sigmund Rothschild, a millionaire tobacco merchant of Detroit and head of the firm of Rothschild & Sons, died suddenly in New York. Dr. Joseph Grancher, member of the academy of medicine and profes- sor of children’s diseases in the Uni- versity of Paris, died of pneumonia. Prof. W. F. Goss, professor of exper- imental engineering at Purdue univer- sity, has accepted the position of dean of the engineering college of the Uni- versity of Illinois. After being in the employ of the United States uninterruptedly for fifty years, James Delaney, said to be the oldest letter carrier in the coun- try, has retired from the service in New York. Theodore Chartrand, the painter, died in Paris. Among the portraits that he painted were those of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt, Pope Pius X. and Cardinal Gibbons. Foreign. A dispatch from Odessa says that seven persons were killed and many injured by an explosion in secret bomb factory in that place. _ A young merchant has been arrested at Constantinople in connection with the bomb explosion Sunday night in front of the summer quarters of the America embasssy at Therapia. The court at Paris has ordered that Leon Maille, the naval reservist who on Sunday, July 14, fired two shots at President Fallieres on the streets of Paris, be examined as to his sanity. The Milan correspondent of the London Tribune says that Miss Louise de la Ramee (Ouida), who has fallen into poverty, is dying at Massarosa. Shee needs medical care, but refuses it or any comfort. She will not see visitors. Crystal hall, a three-story brick building on Dundas street, London, Ont., and one of the landmarks of the city, collapsed, and a score of persous were buried under the avalanche of bricks, mortar and timbers. Nine per- sons are known to have been killec, two are missing and four are seriously injured. The appeal of Count Boni de Castel- lane from the decision of the court of Novy. 14 last, granting a divorce to the Countess Boni de Castellane, former- ly Miss Anna Gould of New York, was dismisssed, and a final decree of divorce duly entered. Mme. Gould is to settle the cases of the -reditors both against herself and the count out of court. Casualty. A fast passenger train collided head- on with an accommodation near the junction in Cincinnati, and five people were injured. Four persons were fatally and a number of other passengers badly in- jured when a passenger train jumped the track near Foraker, Ohio, the en- tire train turning over in the ditch. The club house and part of the grand stand at the American league baseball park was destroyed by fire, and a num- ber of small buildings in the vicinity were also damaged. The loss is about $20,000 damage. ‘ The infant son of Herman Hamann of Ida Grove, Iowa, got hold of fly poi- son, extracted we cork and proceeded to suck the sweet liquid. It require¥ the utmost exertions of a physician to save the child’s life. A section of seats gave way at a show in the circus grounds at Cleve land, precipitating 100 people to the ground. No one was killed, but fif teen to twenty persons sustained in- juries of a more or less serious na- ture. Frank Seelton, a young freighter, was struck by lightning and instantly killed near Ross Fork, ‘Mont., while driving a four-horse team attached to a wagon loaded with fence wire. The wire is supposed to have attracted the electricity, and the bolt not only killed Seelton, but all of the horses. Mrs. John Deevers, aged seventy- five years, living near Medora, Tl, used some lard while cooking potatoes. The fat had become infected with rat poison, and Mrs. Deever, her husband, and their son, were taken sick. Mrs. Deevers died. cover. The others will re HAYWOOD For Murder of Gov. Steunenberg. State Rests Its Case. Boise, Idaho, July 19.—The State of Idaho rests, content with the evidence lt has introduced to prove that Wil- liam D. Haywood, the secretary-treas- urer of the Westean Federation of Miners, conspired to kill and therefore murdered Frank Steunenberg, a for- mer governor of the state. William D. Haywood, through his counsel, will rest his case with the jury, so far as evidence-is concerned. | Possibly some witnesses will be called in surrebuttal, but Haywood’s counsel announced that the case may close without further evidence. Defense Rests Its Case. Boise, Idaho, July 20.—A day of ar- guments on the admissibility of points of evidence followed the announce- ment from the defense that they had no further witnesses to offer in behalf of Haywood. The jury was not brought into court, Judge Wood hav- ing been informed bys counsel of their decision to rest without offer of sur- rebuttal. Clarence Darrow spoke for an hour and a_ half in the morning session. Senator Borah replied in the afte:noon and was followed by E. F. Richardson. Judge Wood will proba- bly announce his decision this morn- Ing. To Exclude Evidence. The point argued was the proposi- tion to exclude consideration of evi- dence offered by the defense to show by proof of the deportation of miners and the employment of detectives in Cripple Creek district of Colorado that a conspiracy was formed among the mine owners and the citizens. of the district to prevent the employment of members of the Western Federa- tion of Miners. The position taken by the Haywood defense was that Harry Orchard was employed by the Mine Owners’ association through detect- ives to commit crimes that were charged to the federation; that public opinion was aroused against the union miners, and that, if the Colorado evi- dence for the state was admitted the defense had the right to show a coun- ter conspiracy. State Replies. The reply of the state was that the defense had failed legally to connect their case in any of the particulars stated, and therefore their evidence merely confused the issue. J. M. Hawley will open the argu- ment for the state this morning. It is expected that he will take the entire day. Mr. Richardson, for the defense, will speak Saturday. Limits Field for Argument. Boise, Idaho, July 21.—The field for argument, both for the prosecution and defense of William D. Haywood, has been limited by Judge Wood, who in a decision handed down yesterday removed from the consideration of the jury all evidence bearing on the al- leged conspiracy by mine owners and others against the Western Federation of Miners. Immediately after the announce- ment of this decision argument com- menced. Hawley Addresses the Jury. Judge Hawley, leading counsel for the state, spoke for two hours and fif- ‘een minutes at the afternoon session. Mr. Hawley’s address was at times el- oquently impassioned, but yet a plain analysis of the case. He character- ized the case as the “most important ever given to a jury in the United States.” He denounced the defendant and his alleged co-conspirators as the “worst band of criminals that ever in- fested any section of this country.” Calls Orchard’s Story True. Mr. Hawley described Orchard’s story as truthful, not only because of the manner in which it was told, but because it had been corroborated in every important detail. Mr. Hawley zoncluded with the statement that al- ready he had shown enough to con- viet, and that any juryman not willing to convict on the evidence connecting the conspirators with the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan con- eentrator in 1899 and the explosion at the Vindicator mine in 1903 alone ‘sought only to rid himself of an un- pleasant duty to his state.” Mr. Hawley will continue his argu- ment to-day. Life Is Passed in Boise Court. Boise, Idaho, July 23. — Jomes H. Hawley, leading counsel for the State of Idaho, presenting the first of the ar- guments to the jury in the case against William D. Haywood, closed Saturday after speaking for nearly eight hours, distributed over three sessions of court From time to time Haywood took zopious notes in a smal] book and fre- quently made suggestions to one or other of his counsel, seven of whom were in court. Throughout the day Mr. Hawley used an almost conversational tone. The analysis of testimony in contra- diction of Orchard’s story concluded frequently with the denunciation of witness after witness as a willful per- jurer. Exonerates Rank ‘and File. Mr. Hawley’s peroration was impres- sive. He said he did not charge that a majorjty, or even that many of the Western Federation of Miners were criminals, but that the evil deeds of the officers and the scum of the organi- zation had brought discredit on the rank and file. With the utmost deliberation the leading counsel for the state charged willful perjury against several wit- nesses. He argued the truth of Or- chard’s story and said that two men in particular might have been brought to contradict him, but that the defense was afraid to produce either Pettibone or Adams, and he said Adams had been brought to’ Boise from jail in Shoshone county in order that the de- fense might use him as a witness. White to the lips, Clarence Darrow sprang into action. “The statement is false and counsel knows it,” he shouted. Hawley took a step closer to the de- fense table and sook his finger close to Darrow’s face, and said: “When counsel says that, he utters a deliberate falsehood.” The atmosphere here was charged with danger. Sheriff Hodgins stood up alert, and his deputies drew in closer, but Judge Wood, with a sharp command and insistent warning, patcb- ed up a temporary peace. Strong Plea for Life of Haywood. Boise, Idaho, July 24. — For four hours and a half yesterday E. F, Rich- ardson pleaded with the jury for the life of William D. Haywood. Under order of the court the hours for the day’s sessions were changed and court met at 6 o’clock last evening. Mr. Richardson plunged directly into the death of Gov. Steunenberg in his opening sentence. “When the death of Gov. Steunen- berg was flashed to the world there was the immediate conclusion in near- ly all quarters that there was some connection between the Coeur d’Alene troubles and the bomb which was placed at his gate.” Reviews Events. Mr. Richardson then reviewed the events following the death of Former Governor Steunenberg, saying Harry Orchard was caught almost red-hand- ed in the act. A Pinkerton detective came to Idaho and soon had a confes- sion from a man who, to save his own worthless neck was ready to place the blame upon others. The matter was taken up by that portion of the press which depends upon the prosperous and capitalistic classes, and the lead- ers of the Western Federation of Min- ers were adjudged guilty without a hearing. The attorney begged the jurors to lay aside any impression they may have formed from reading the news- papers during the last year and to start with him at the beginning of the case and go through the various events one by one, without feeling or preju- dice. Not Connected With Orchard. The contention of the defense, Mr. Richardson declared, was that no con- nection has been shown between Or- chard and the defendant. Mr. Richardson, as he proceeded with his argument, reviewed all the principal points in the case, and de- clared that neither the defendant nor any of his associates was connected in any way with the crimes with which they are charged. Perjury Hearing Held. The preliminary hearing of Dr. I. T. McGee, one of the witnesses for the defense, charged with perjury, came up yesterda yafternoon and _ will be continued to-day. Orchard was on the stand for over an hour and was given a severe grilling in the cross-examina- tion by McGee's counsel. The prison- er-witness, however, maintained his characteristic calm throughout. He denied that he was in the Coeur d’Alenes at the time McGee swore to a meeting with him at Wallace. MAD DOG AT RUSHFORD. After, Biting Several Other Canines the Rabid Brute Takes to the Woods. Rushford, Minn., July 24—A yalua- ble bird dog has gone mad and is caus- ing a great deal of excitement. It has bitten several dogs and owners of the same have killed their dogs. The board of health warned owners of dogs to have them muzzled at once. This is the second dog scare in the last year. At the latest reports the dog is running loose west of the city. RAR eee een ens ST. PAUL MAN KILLED BY CARS. Cd Charles McKissick Meets With Acci- dent at Frazee. St. Paul, July 21—Charles McKis- sick of the live stock firm of McKis- sick Bros., South St. Paul, was in- stantly killed by a train at Frazee at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. From information received at South St. Paul he was on the way to catch a local train for Detroit and was struck by the flyer, coming in an opposite direc- tion, Death was instantaneous. Set of Tools in His Leg. Deadwood, S. D., July 21.—Henry Anderson has for many months been troubled with his leg. Finally he be- came unable to walk and consulted doctors, who decided to perform an operation. - The leg was cut open and the doctors took out a chisel, a couple of nails, a screwdriver, some chunks of wood and a piece of tin. Anderson recalled that several years ago he was the victim of a premature explosion while digging a ditch, but he was igno- rant of what his leg was carrying. MARINE DISASTER STEAMER COLUMBIA SUNK IN COLLISION OFF CALIFORNIA COAST. 74 PASSENGERS ARE DROWNED CRASH COMES WHILE PEOPLE SLEEP — COLUMBIA’S OFFI- CERS ARE BLAMED. Eureka, Cal., July 24.—In one of the worst marine disasters In the history of the California coast the steamer Co- lumbia was rammed and sunk in a col- lision with the steam lumber schooner San Pedro off the Mendocino county coast shrinks, about 1 o’clock Sunday morning. The best advices are that 177 of the 249 souls on board the steamer Colum- bia escaped death when the vessel went to the bottom. One hundred and seven of the Columbia’s passengers and fifty-seven of her crew have been brought to this port by the steamer George W. Elder, which towed the col- liding schooner San Pedro from the scene of the disaster to Eureka. A late message from Shelter Cove says that three more lifeboats have been picked up, one of them containing eighteen persons, another fifteen and the third not reported. Sunk in Eight Minutes. Eight minutes after the San Pedro struck the Columbia the latter vessel had filled full of water and sunk. The night saloon watchmen notified all the passergers to go to the upper decks. Without clothing they climbed out of their berths and rushed out. It was only two or three minutes before the decks were awash. Six boats and three life rafts were cut loose, and as many passengers as possible were crowded into them. There was scarce- ly any evidence of a panic, the women acting with heroism. The crew of the San Pedro immediately lowered a boat and picked up a large number of survivors, while the boats from the Columbia lay to by the San Pedro. Seventy-four Lives Are Lost. When the Columbia sank she carried down with her about seventy-four pas- sengers. This estimate is not accurate and the number cannot be definitely determined until full particulars are received from Shelter Cove, where four boats are said to have been land- ed. Just as the Columbia was sinking her boilers exploded. This counter- acted the suction and saved many lives. Husbands and wives were sep- arated, and fathers and mothers and children became lost to each other in the excitement when the boats collid- ed. Two hours after the wreck the fog filled and a cold wind commenced to blow. The people in the boats suffered greatly. Blames the Columbia. G. Swanson, a sailor of the San Pe- dro, was at the wheel when the fatal collision occurred. In his report to Sailors’ Agent John Erickson the blame is laid upon the Columbia’s offi- cers. Other members ‘om the crew of the San Pedro substantiate the story of Swanson. He says that the order was given to him when the lookout sighted the Columbia to put the wheel hard aport. The Columbia was on the coast side, the San Pedro on the sea side. Apparently both vessels were proceeding at full speed. Somebody Blundered. If all had gone well the San Pedro would have cleared the Columbia, but it is evident that an order, “Put the wheel hard a-starboard” was given on the Columbia. This sent her directly across the bow of the steam schooner. Whether the speed of each vessel was slacked is immaterial, for the crash of the vessels was terrific. Passengers say that the collision oc curred at half past 12 or thereabouts, that it had been misty and foggy, but that the weather had cleared up some- what and that after the collision the steamer San Pedro could be seen where she had drifted away a quarter of a mile. That some poor navigation was made is generally conceded. Arrested for Threatening. Grand Forks, N. D., Jluy 24.—Oscar Anderson, a buyer of old scrap iron, was arrested at Mekinock and brought to Grand Forks to answer to a charge of threatening the lives of residents. Besides threatening murder, Anderson is alleged to have promised to burn up houses. Find Body in Lake. Fergus Falls, Minn., July 24.—Coro- ner Haugen was called to the vicinity of Dalton to investigate the death of Mrs. Erick Nelson, whose body had beeen found in a small lake there. It is supposed she committed suicide while mentally deranged. Brakeman’s Fatal Misstep. Annandale, Minn., July 24. — Ace Sturdvant, a brakeman on the west- bound freight, was instantly killed while stepping from one car to an- other. His right arm was cut off, back broken and body bruised. Grand Forks Store Burglarized. Grand Forks, N. D., July 24—The store of Mrs. A. T. Stinson, dry goods and notions, was burglarized some time Sunday night, About $300 worth of silks, jewelry and other goods was taken. MANY LIVES LOSTIN /##¥ Wirt Ax RUNS AMUCK'S 4 LIVES LOST MURDERS HIS INVALID SON, HIS WIFE AND HER FOSTER FATHER. Nuncia, Mich., July 23. — Henry Scutcheon, a farmer about fifty years old, living near this village, yesterday ran amuck with an ax, killing his in- valid son, his wife and her foster father. Scutcheon was later shot by Henry McClellan, a neighbor, whom the crazed man had also attacked. The Scutcheon farm house had ap- parently always been a happy home, except for the cloud which the son’s in- validism cast over the family. Madman Wields Ax. Yesterday, with no warning, so far as known, Scutcheon suddenly attack- ed his son with an ax. He crushed the boy’s head frightfully. When his wife interfered he turned on her and pur- sued the screaming woman from their house to the road, where he, knocked her down with his weapon. He then rushed back to the house and murder- ed his foster father-in-law. Next he tried to kill himself. He gashed his throat and wrists with a razor and took some paris green. : To Finish Bloody Work. His wounds did not weaken him and the poison did not take immediate ef- fect. With ax in hand he returned to the road where he felled his wife a few moments before. The first blow had not killed her, and she had been carried into the house of Henry Mc- Clellan, near by. McClellan rushed to another neighbor’s for help. When Scutcheon found that his wife was in the McClellan home alive, he smashed a window with an ax, jumped through it and again attacked her. This time he crushed her skull. Murderer Shot Down. He then left the McClellan home and returned to his own house, but when Mr. McClellan returned from his search for help the crazed man came out and started toward him, saying, “I want you, too.” “I will shoot if you come across the road,” replied McCellan, who had arm- ed himself with a shotgun. Despite the warning, Scutcheon came across. Mc- Clellan shot him dead. QUIETER IN KOREAN CAPITAL. Jap Troops Have Situation Well in) Hand—Ex-Emperor Makes Trouble. Seoul, July 23. — There was some outward improvement in the situation yesterday, and Gen. Hazegawa, com- mander of the Japanese troops in Ko- rea, withdrew one of the machine guns from Palace Square. He regards the situation as well in hand. The two government arsenals are guarded by Japanese soldiers, although the num- ber is not large, and they are under orders to explode the magazines if they find themselves unable to defend them. The Korean troops are frequently harangued by civilian agitators, who take up their stand at the entrance to the barracks. The Japanese commander is not yet able to assure safety in the streets, but is making the best possible use of his men while awaiting reinforce- ments that are now on their way from Shimonosoki. The Japanese are agitated by a mul- tiplicity of reports of the ex-emperor’s intrigues since his abdication, July 19. Military anxiety has been, therefore, revived by the aggravation of the po- litical situation. ANGRY MAN SHOOTS THEE. Enraged Over Suspected Unfaithful- ness of Wife. Harrodsburg, Ky., July 23. — “Bust- er” Phillips shot his wife four times. He then turned the weapon on Mrs. Kyle Watkins, his sister-in-law. He next shot Thomas Sille, aged eighteen. Phillips is forty years old and has suspected that his eighteen-year- old wife of being too intimate with Sillee. It is thought he shot Mrs. Watkins for allowing his wife and Sil- lee to meet at her house. Both Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Watkins are in a se. rious condition. FIND COPPER IN AFRICA. Rich Strike of Ore Found on German Possessions. Berlin, July 23.—The Lokal Anzeiger has received a report from German Southwest Africa of the discovery near the coast of Leuderitz bay of rich de- posits of copper ore. An expedition will soon leave Leuderitz to continue prospecting. The newly found ore lies in a waterless region. The coast is without harbors, and there are but few places where ore could be transship- ped out to steamers in barges. Auto Wreck Fatal to Two. Pittsburg, July 23. — Mrs. Margaret of this city is dead with a broken neck, his wife is dying, and J. S. Hen- ner and wife are in a serious condition as a result of an accident to their mo- tor car, which plunged over a 150-foot embankment on the road to Butler last night. BLOWN THROUGH SMELTER. Man Carried Through Blast Furnace and Cooling Tunnel. Butte, Mont., July 23.—Edward Con- nelly met death at Washoe smelter in a most unique accident. Connelly missed his footing and fell into a flume, through which he was forced with terrific power to the blast fur- IN TRAIN CRAS EXCURSION TRAIN GOING DOWN GRADE AT HIGH SPEED HITS FREIGHT. FREIGHT CREW FORGOT ORDERS | | ONE JURED, SOME OF WHOM MAY NOT RECOVER. Salem, Mich., July 23. —Thirty-one people are dead, a hundred injured, eight of whom are in a serious condi- tion and not out of danger, as the re- sult of a head-on collision Saturday, when a Pere Marquette excursion train, bound from Ionia for Detroit, with 800 people aboard, crashed into a west-bound freight in a cut located at a sharp curve of the Marquette rail- road, about a mile east of Salem. The passenger train of eleven cars, carrying the Pere Marquette shop em- ployes of Ionia and their families to the Michigan metropolis for their an- nual excursion, was running about fifty miles an hour, down a steep grade. It struck the locomotive of the freight train with stich force as to turn the freight engine completely around. Freight Crew Blamed. Responsibility for the wreck #s put squarely on the crew of the freight train by officials of the road, who se- cured from the crew of the freight the orders under which it was running and which clearly showed that the freight had encroached upon the other train's running time. The special train was due at Salem at 9:10 a. m. and at Plymouth at 9:20 a.m. It passed Sa- | lem on time. The time card of the special was tel- egraphed to the freight crew in the form of a train order, and this order, with the signature of the freight train crew attached, was recovered by the officials of the road. The freight crew left the scene early, but railroad offi- cials said that they explained that they had simply forgotten. Day of Mourning. Yesterday was a day of grief and mourning in the little city of Ionia. Mayor John N. Bible says he estimates that one in every five of the city’s in- habitants was either killed or injured in the wreck. All of the city’s normal activities have practically been sus- pended and every one is devoting at- tention to the wreck victims. One of the most pathetic cases of suffering is the Hass family, which lost its father and two sons. They were breadwin- ners, and a widow and six small chil- dren are left nearly destitute. Another Fatal Wreck. Sebewaing, Mich., July 22.—In the second wreck on the Pere Marquette railroad in twenty-four hours two trainmen were killed near here early yesterday. The engine drawing an ex- one car, was ditched by running through an open interlocking derailing device, and the conductor and engi- neer were buried under the coal from the overturned tender and suffocated. BIG OCEAN LINER KEELS OVER, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Fills With Water While Being Coaled. Bremerhaven, Germany, July 23. — The North German Lloyd steamer Kai- ser Wilhelm II., while loading coal last evening, suddenly listed. The water poured into her bunkers and boiler compartments through the open coal ports, and the vessel careened and lay on her side on the bottom. When the tide was low her bow rested on a bank, but with the rising of the tide she slipped from that position and keeled over. After some delay the steam pumps were set to work to free the vessel of water. The cabins do not appear to be much damaged, as little water reached them, but the ship cannot be ready to sail, the company announces, for sev- eral days. In explanation of the accident, it is said that the inspectors of coal stow- ing had not been notified that the ves- se] was not properly trimmed, because as she was partially aground she kept her equilibrium. When, however, she began to refioat with the rising tide she suddenly went over on her side ave hundreds of tons of water rushed $$ SLIGHT INJURY KILLS. Hand Hurt, Young Woman Dies of Blood Poisoning, Marquette, Mich., July 23—As the result of an insignificant injury to a finger, Miss Evelyn Bengry, one of the most popular young women of the city, is dead at her home in Ishpeming. Blood poisoning caused her demise at ‘the age of twenty years. Lightning at Faribault. Faribault, Minn., July 28. — One of the worst electrical stoms of the sea- son occurred here. Much damage was done to the crops. Lightning struck and seriously injured Napoleon Carron while he was walking along the street. He is in a critical condition. $100,000 Blaze. nace. The man was swept off his feet and blown through the tunnel where the slag cooled and out into the long flume leading to a pond. Connelly was dead when picked up. Philadelphia, July 23.— The stables on John Wanamaker’s estate, Lynden- hurst, near Jenkintown, a suburb, were destroyed by fire yesterday, entailing a lo&> ectimated at $100,000. HUNDRED PERSONS IN- | tra freight train, with its tender and ' 4 i