Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 17, 1907, Page 2

i { Bia ay « 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, People Talked About. F. A. Bridgman, an American artist, has been made an officer of the Legion of Honor. “Aunt Lucy” Williams, believed to be the oldest woman in Iowa, and one of the oldest in the United States, is dead at Davenport, Iowa, aged 120 years. Dr. George Young Salmon, a noted pioneer Missourian and former banker, died at his home in Clinton, Mo., as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Augustus St. Gaudens, one of the best known sculptors in the United States, died at his home in Concord, N. H. The artist had been failing for a year. Alonzo Greene Smith, former lieu- tenant governor and attorney general of Indiana and one of the best known Democrats in that state, died of heart disease at Indianapolis. Crimes and Criminals. Zimri Henry, aged seventy-eight, lung himself in a barn at Boone, Iowa. The act is attributed to despondency. A. H. Shaver, a commercial traveler of Des Moines, is in jail at Webster City, Iowa, charged with forging two checks, Edward Halsted, a laborer of Mount Pleasant, Mich., shot and killed his wife, who had started suit for divorce, and then committed suicile. Despondent over financial troubles, Louis M. Levy, a retired merchant and one of the most prominent Hebrews of Little Rock, Ark., blew out his brains. Joseph Knadel shot and probably fa- tally wounded Mrs.. Elsie Parsons at her home in Lincoln, Neb., and then committed suicide. Jealousy is sup- posed to have led to the shooting. Mr, and Mrs. Fred H. Magill, ac: cused of the murder of Magill’s first wife, were released on $5,000 bonds each at Clinton, Il. Mr. and Mrs. Ma- ill went at once to the home of Mrs. gill’s parents, Brooding over the recent death of her mother and the supposed unfaith- fulness of a lover, Hulda Jensen, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a farmer living six miles north of New- ton, Iowa, committed suicide by shoot- ing. ‘The warfare against saloons which started in Davenport, Iowa, has ex- tended throughout the entire county. Every saloonkeeper in Scott county, totaling about 250,-has been served with notice of injunctional proceed- ings. During a recurrence of insanity which has caused her to be thrice con- fined in an insane asylum, Mrs. Chris- tine Nenadal, aged twenty-four years, the wife of Joseph Nenadal of Balti- more, strangled her two small chil- dren. Accidental Happenings. George L. Judd was struck by light- ning at his father’s ranch, near Sedan, Mont. Guy Carpenter is dead as the result of injuries received in a runaway ac- cident at Des Moines, Iowa. Jesse Long, fifteen years old, of El- dora, Iowa, was kicked to death by a horse which he was driving. Charles Carlson of Ishpeming, Mich., was killed in a fall of ore in the Cleve- land Lake mine while engaged in tim- bering. Eight train hands were injured, three of them seriously, in the derail- ing of a freight train near Chester, Mass. Robert Orr of Dwight was killed and seven others were seriously injured in a collision of interurban cars near Bloomington, Ml. Ralph Berger and Horace, brothers, and Herman Volkman were instantly killed while walking on the railroad tracks in Chicago. Ona Laffon, son of a rancher living near Shields, Mont., is dead as the re- sult of injuries received in being run over by a hayrake. Roy Vanschaick, a Copper Range brakeman, fell from a moving train near Mill Mine Junction, Mich. His body was badly mangled. Mrs. A. T. Ferguson was killed and her sister, Miss Henrietta Shrake was seriously injured by falling from a street car at Long Beach, Cal. Chris Lund, a Dane living twelve miles south of Charles City, Iowa, fell from a hayrack, breaking his neck. Mr. Lund and two sons were unloading hay. A score of passengers were injured in New York by jumping from an Eighth avenue car in a panic, follow- ing an accident to the controller box of the car. James H. Banta, the oldest engineer on the Illinois Central railroad, was struck by an engine and instantly killed while crossing the tracks in Chicago. His foot caught in a stirrup, Clifford Finders, a nine-year-old boy of Fergu- son, Iowa, was dragged a hundred yards by a wildly running horse and fatally injured. While returning from the harvest field the twelve-year-old son of Dr. F. T. De Witt.of -Berea, Iowa, was in- stantly killed by the horse which he — was riding falling upon him. * A collision between local and inter urban street cars on the Waterloo, Ce- dar Rapids & Northern railway be- tween Waterloo and Cedar Falls, wrecked both cars and injured two persons, Fire starting in a restaurant at Ax- tell, Neb., nearly’ wiped out the busi- ness buildings in the main street of the town. Eleven buildings, with their contents, were destroyed, involving a loss roughly estimated at $60,000. The nineteen-months-old daughter of Frank Cooper of Boone, Iowa, who pulled a plug from a washing machine, allowing gallons of scalding water to pour over her body, died at the hospi- tal from the effects of the burns. Five men were killed and two oth- ers mortally wounded near Bordeaux, France, by the collision of two auto- mobiles. One of the cars was compet- ing in the Criterion cup race. It collided while running at full speed with a touring car. ‘The “Cannon Ball” train on the Tex- as & Pacific railroad, east-bound, went into the ditch four miles east of Dallas, Tex. All the cars left the track ex- cept the diner, sleeper and engine. No one was killed. Several passengers were seriously injured. Leaning back too far while at work on top of a thirty-foot pole at Missoula, Mont., A. C. Clark, a lineman, came in contact with a live are light wire car- rying about 3,000 volts and received the full voltage through his body. Death was instantaneous. Foreign. Richard James Meade, fourth earl of Clan William, is dead in London. Thomas Symington, a member of the firm of Beauside & Co., is dead at Lima, Peru. Emperor William conducted divine services on board the royal yacht Ho- henzollern Sunday morning. Emperor Nicholas was present. The government of Peru has estab- lished bonded warehouses at Callao and installed the warrant system of putting merchandise in bond. Baron Edouard de Rothschild of the firm of De Rothschild Freres, bankers of Paris, has been decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor. For the first time.since the Franco- Prussian war a French musical society participated Sunday, with the approval of the German government, in musical fetes in Alsace. Leon Maille, the naval reservist, who fired two revolver shots at Presi- dent Fallieres on the streets of Paris July 14 last, has been declared insane and sent to an asylum. The king of Siam has a generous taste for jewelry. He is credited with having spent $2,500,000 for gems and baubles in the course of his European tour, which is now drawing to an end. It has been officially announced at St. Petersburg that the provinces of Astrakhan, Saratov, Simbirsk, Ufa, Kazan and © Nizhni-Novogorod are threatened with an outbreak of chol- era, Stories regarding the extravagances of the king of Siam, as far as the pur- chase of jewelry is concerned, con- tinue to crop out. Among his recent purchases, it is said, is a gold thimble, covered with diamonds and other gems, which is valued at $75,000. It is asserted that an American syn- dicate is about to establish a bank at Montevideo. Several American mer- chants and manufacturers have resolv- ed to open branches also to increase the number of steamships plying be- tween New York and Montevideo. Domestic. Thomas Morrison, at one time a part- ner with Gen. U. S. Grant in peddling firewood in St. Louis, is dead, aged 83 years. The Union Pacific railroad has or- dered the construction of 100 gasoline motor cars for use on the branch lines of the company. The great potato crop of Aroostock county, Maine, estimated this season at 15,000,000 bushels, is seriously men- aced by continued wet weather. Workmen excavating in Marysville, N. B., uncovered 102 Spanish gold coins of the eighteenth century. The money is worth about $2,000. Jefferson Scott, undoubtedly the old- est man in Ohio, is dead at the Seneca county infirmary, where he has been for three years. He was over 113 years of age. Judge Smith McPherson, in the Uni- ted States district court at Kansas City, has refused to grant a temporary restraining order to prevent the en- forcement of the Kansas stock food in- spection law. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is ill at his hotel in Portland, Or., and declines to see any one. Jasper Wil- son, the secretary’s son, said that his father contracted a severe cold on his trip from Puget sound to Portland. Postoffice Inspector James T. Cor- telyou, brother of Secretary George B. Cortelyou, will be called upon to ex- plain why he borrowed $200 from Postmaster James Freeman, the Re- publican boss of Kearney, N. J. Cor- telyou was in charge of the Jersey City | district when he borrowed the money from Freeman. The excavations along the line of the Panama canal during the month of July were as follows: At Culebra cut, 770,570 cubic yards; at Gatum, 74,765 cubic yards, and at Mindi, 731 cubic yards. The dredging of the ca- nal is estimated at 217,210 cubic yards, making in all a total of 1,058,776 cubic yards. Five generals will attend the eighth annual reunion of the National Socie- ty of the Army of the Philippines at Kansas City, Aug. 13, 14, 15 and 16. They are Gen. MacArthur, Gen. Hale, Gen. Smith, Gen. King and Gen. Met- calf. SPREADS RAPIDLY)’ ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE HAM. PERED BY WALKOUT OF OP. ERATORS. / 26 MORE CITIES JOIN STRIKE OFFER TO MEDIATE BY GOTHAM OFFICIAL TURNED DOWN BY COMPANIES. Chicago, Aug. 13.—The strike of the union commercial telegraph operators will be universal throughout — the United States and Canada within twenty-four hours, according to Na- tional Secretary Russell of the teleg- raphers’ organization. This _ state- ment was made by Mr. Russell after he had been informed of the action taken by the men in New York, who at a meeting there yesterday decided to hold a walkout in abeyance until the latter part of the week, Pending a Conference in Chicago early this week in which United States Labor Commissiontr Charles P. Neill, Samuel J. Small, president of the telegraphers’ union; Samuel Gompers, president of the, American Federation of Labor, and Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the National Civic Federation, will endeavor to ef- fect an adjustment of the trouble. About 500 men were added to the ranks of the strikers yesterday. The new recruits come from various sec- tions throughout the country, in each cease the strikes being precipitated by the men refusing to work with non- union men in other cities. Approximately 4,500 telegraphers are now on strike, divided among thirty-eight of the larger cities of the country, including Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Fargo. TWin Cities Join Fight. St. Paul, Aug. 12. — St. Paul and Minneapolis union telegraph operators employed by the Western Union went on a strike Saturday. About 100 walked out of the main office in St. Paul and about sixty quit work in Minneapolis. The action was taken without instruction from the national officers. Operators Walk Out. Chicago, Aug. 14.—The operators in the office in this city and on the South and Western circuits of the Aséoci- ated Press leased wires stopped work last night at 7:30 o'clock. The strike was made against the wishes and ad- vice of Grand Secretary Russell of the telegraphers’ union, who tried to keep them at work for another twenty-four hours, or until satisfactory arrange- mers could be made for a conference between M. E. Stone, the general manager of the Associated Press, and a committee of the operators. Strike Spreads Rapidly. Chicago, Aug. 13.—The strike of the telegraphers spread rapidly yester- day, the men walking out in many cities in the East and West. The chief strike of the day was in New York, where the operators of both the West- ern Union and Postal companies left their keys., Other strikes during the day were as follows: Western Union—Montgomery, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; Augusta, Ga.; Des Moines, Iowa; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Cleyeland, Buffalo, Baltimore, Toledo, Columbia, S. C.; Pittsburg, Washing- ton, D. C. Postal—Columbus, O.; Des Moines, Iowa; Denver, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Baltimore, Columbia,, S. C.; Washing- ton, D. C.; Minneapolis. Both Sides Claim to Be Satisfied. New York, Aug. 15.—From the view- point of the employers of telegraph op- erators the strike situation last night was declared to be improving hourly, and the officials of both the Western Union and the Postal companies an- ‘|mounced themselves to be more than satisfied with the progress that had been made during the day and the early hours of the night toward the restoration of wire communication throughout the country. Can Handle Business. “Enough men have remained in every office,” they said, “to enable us to handle all ordinary traffic and to at- , tend to the technical and administra- tive ends of the business.” These statements on behalf of the companies were declared to be based on reports from all over the country and were not confined to the situation in the general offices in New York. The officials of the telegraphers’ union, on the other hand, expressed satisfaction with the progress of the strike. Ask President to Mediate. Chicago, Aug. 14.—President Hiram NN. Sager of the Chicago board of trade yesterday sent a telegram to President Roosevelt, asking him to use his per- sonal influence toward affecting a set- tlement of the telegraphers’ strike. Situation in St. Paul. St. Paul, Aug. 14——The local man- agement claims to have fifty operators at the keys in the main office here. They say that business is moving on practically a normal basis. The Postal men are all at work as usual. Officers of the union say they are perfectly sat- isfied with the situation. ~ FIGHTING AT CASABLANCA IS NOT AT AN END—TWO ATTACKS BY NATIVES. Tangier, Aug. 11. — The fighting at Casablanca is not at an end. Two con- certed movements have been made on the French and Spanish/forces, but in spite of this the local situation would appear to be improving. The presence of a large detachment of French troops encamped in the outskirts of the town is serving to restore confidence, and a number of Buropean residents who sought refuge on the ships in the har- bor and at the consulates are return- mg to their homes. Fears of a general uprising, however, have by no means subsided. Attacked by Tribesmen. Gen. Drude’s camp outside Casablan ca was attacked twice Thursday after- noon by tribesmen; who were success- fully repulsed, the warships aiding with their artillery. Thursday night the Arabs made another attempt to get into Casablanca, but were driven back. All the consulates are now heavily guarded. French and Spanish trooys are in complete possession of the town. The Kmass tribesmen have secured possession of Caid Sir Harry Mac- Lean from Raisuli, his bandit captor. and are negotiating with Mahammed El Torres, a representative of the sul- tan, for his release. More Men and Ships. Both Spain and France are prepar- ing to send more men and ships to Mo- rocco. Germany is showing deep in- terest in the proceedings, but there are no signs of European complica- tions. France and Spain are acting in complete harmony, and the powers are leaving them a free hand. The Moorish losses in the first forty- eight hours of fighting are placed at 2,000 men. The French and Spanish forces had twelve or fifteen men killed or wounded, Eight hundred bodies of Moors and Jews, more or less decomposed, al- ceady have been removed from the na- tive dwellings. Bodies Dragged Through Town. After the sacking of the Jewish quar- ters the bodies of the dead Jews were dragged around the town by natives with shouts. of derision. The French commander has had many wealthy Moors arrested and placed in prison because stores of arms and ammuni- tion were discovered in their houses. STANDARD STOCK IN SLUMP. Shares Reach New Low Record — Shrinkage in Capital of $300,000,000. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 11.—After a conference of six hours with President Rooosevelt at Sagamore Hill yester- day, Attorney General Bonaparte said on leaving that while many matters with which his department had to do had been thoroughly considered, none of them could be discussed for publica- tion. “Yes, we talked about the Standard Oil,” he replied in answer to a ques- tion. “No one has sent me a check yet for the $29,000,000 fine. However, the litigation seems to be progressing satisfactorily. “The Southern railroad situation was also gone over, but that also is in a state of progression.” Standard’s Attorneys Active. Chicago, Aug. 19.—Attorneys for the Standard Oil company yesterday filed the company’s assignment of errors in the United States court. They then went before Judge Grosscup, in the United States circuit court of appeals and made application for an appeal, a writ of error and supersedas. The Standard Oil attorneys contend- ed that the supersedas should be grant- ed upon a bond not larger than suffi- cient to cover the costs. It was claim- ed by the government, however, that the bond should be fixed at $29,240,- 00, the amount of the fine imposed by Judge Landis, in order to secure the government, pending a stay of execu- tion in the judgment. The writ of supersedas sought was not granted, but Judge Grosscup allow- ed the writ of error. Action was de- layed on the writ of supersedas pend- ing the determination of the amount of the bond the company is required to file. Standard in Slump. New York, Aug. 10.—Several stocks quoted in New York fell to new low levels yesterday. Notable among them was Standard Oil, which at one time during the day reached 466, the lowest point touched in many years. A little later the stock was offered at 475, with no bidders. Several years ago Standard Oil sold above $800 per share, and yesterday’s price indicates a shrinkage in value, computed on the total capital stock ‘of more than $300,000,000. The general stock market was weak yesterday. There was no news to ac- count for the falling away of prices, and no excitement on the stock ex- change. MICHAEL M’DONALD DEAD. Wife’s Arrest for Murder Hastens His End. Chicago, Aug. 11.—Michael McDon- ald, for many years a leading politi- cian and a prominent gambler in this city, died yesterday in the hospital. McDonald has not been prominent in local affairs during the last ten years. The murder of Webster S. Guerin by ‘his wife recently had a strong effect in breaking him down physically. He was wealthy and left an estate valued a’ det, TO ALTON ROAD WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED FOR ITS PART IN. GRANTING RE- BATES. STANDARD OIL ALONE GUILTY IMMUNITY GRANTED CHICAGO & ALTON FOR INFORMATION GIVEN. Chicago, Aug. 15. — Immunity has been granted to the Chicago & Alton for its part in connection with the ille- gal rebates for which the Standard Oil Company of Indiana recently was fined $29,240,000 by Judge Landis at Chica- go. This fact has become known co- incident with the return to Washing- ton of Attorney General Bonaparte, who is about to start proceedings in the direction of criminal prosecution of anti-trust law offenders, if a victim worthy of conviction can be found. It appears that Former Attorney General Moody, under whose direction the Standard Oil cases recently reach- ing a climax at Chicago were institut- ed, used the Chicago & Alton to gain the information upon which indct- ments originally were returned. Spe- cial Counsel Morrison, formerly Unit- ed States district attorney for the dis- trict of Chicago, it is understood, promised the Alton immunity from prosecution in return for the informa- tion furnished. MOORS REPULSED; LOSS HEAVY. Another Assault Made on Casablanca by 4,000 Tribesmen. Tangier, Aug. 15. — A report from Casablanca says that that city was suddenly attacked by four thousand Moorish tribesmen Sunday night, who were driven back with terrible loss by the French after several hours of fighting. The tribesmen displayed dauntless courage, charging repeatedly almost to the French guns, but a_ hail of shrapnel finally drove them back with heavy losses. The fire of the warships in'the roadstead was terribly effective on the masses of native horsemen, The French losses were inconsider: able. Will Not Grab Morocco. Paris, Aug. 14.—Minister of Foreign Affairs Pichon has given an interview to the Matin, in which he says: “The government will send no more troops into Morocco. On no account do we intend to embark upon a work of conquest.” 5 The Matin publishes a dispatch from its correspondent at Casablanca say- ing the fighting between the natives and the men of Gen. Drude’s command lasted all day Saturday, but quieted down Saturday night and Sunday morning. A renewal of the attack, however, is feared, as another kaid, with numerous reinforcements, has arrived. The warships continue to shell the Arab positions. Virtually Destroyed. Washington, Aug. 14.—The state de- partment has received the following cablegram relative to the disturbance in Morocco from American Minister Gummere, dated at Tangier yesterday: “I have been informed by the con- sular agent at Casablanca, under date of the 10th inst., that the town has been virtually destroyed and that nat- uralized American citizens lost every- thing. He also says that the foreign- ers have left Alcazar for Larache for security. The situation is considered very threatening. There is a French cruiser at Tangier, but in case of at- tack the Moorish soldiers at that point would join the tribesmen. Many peo- ple are leaving for Spain.” OIL STOCK LOWEST IN YEARS. Wall Street Struck by Another Decline —Rail Paper Goes Down, Too. New York, Aug. 15.—For a time yes- terday there was a recession in the wave of liquidation which, for several days had been depressing ‘the price of securities, but before midday the pres- sure had been renewed and quotations in some instances were a point below Monday’s close. Prominent among those were Read- ing, Canadian Pacific and Great North- ern preferred, while, exceptionally, St. Louis Southwestern preferred declined 6 3-4. In the early trading Standard Oil sold down to 423, a decline of 77 in a week. This is the low record price in many years. Fall in Tub Breaks Ribs. Appleton, Wis., Aug. 15.—So,weak- ened from the effects of a bath that he could not stand, Nicholas Dohr fell as he was about to leave the tub and fractured three ribs. Virginia Town Burned Out. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 15.—A large por- tion, if not the entire business section tionof Princess Anne, on the eastern shore of Maryland, was burned out early yesterday. The fire was not of an incendiary origin, but was acciden- tal, it is declared. - Departure Regretted. Tokio, Aug. 15—Luke E. Wright, the retiring American ambassador to Ja- pan, started yesterday morning on his return to the United States. His de- parture is generally regretted. STRIKE OF ify MEN m0 MORE MEN 1ND sitPs|GRANTS IMMUNITY [16 TWINE PLANT BURNED MILLION-DOLLAR PLANT AT ST. PAUL THREATENED WITH TOTAL DESTRUCTION. St. Paul, Aug. 15. — The $1,000,000 International Flax Twine plant at Ha- zel Park was threatened with total de- struction by a fire that started in the south warehouse was a mass of ruins, morning. The western end of the south warehause was a mass of ruins, entailing a loss of $30,000, the remain- der of the warehouse emitting huge clouds of smoke, threatened to blaze up any moment. Fanned by the heavy south wind the flames swept above the entire plant and only prompt work upon the part of the firemen prevented a gen- eral conflagration. The real check to the fire was a two-foot brick firewall built about midway into the south warehouse. The flames were unable to leap this wall, and, driven into a corner, were partially subdued after a fight of six hours. Owing to the inflammable stuff, raw flax, stored in the warehouse, it was almost impossible to make any head way against the flames, which, fanned by the rising wind, swept over the building, jumping from section to sec tion of the warehouse. Several times it seemed as though the fire wall would give way or that the flame would leap it and jump to the north side, where a clean sweep awaited. But the heroic work of the firemen, coupled with the strength of the wall held the blaze back and at 3 o'clock there was a good chance of saving the rest of the plant. RUN ROAD TO FARIBAULT. Traction Company Officials Confer With Citizens. Faribault, Minn., Aug. 15.—The offi- cials of the Minneapolis, Rochester & Dubuque Traction company met yes- terday with the members of the Fari- bault Commercial club to see what could be done for the building of their line through this city. They ask the citizens to secure the right of way from Northfield to Faribault, the ri of way through the city and also sev- eral acres of land within the city lim- its for terminal purposes. There is some talk of the company purchasing the old Scott mill water power on Can non river, about four miles north of this city, which would be developed for furnishing power. At first the pro- moters intended to run west of Fari- bault, touching the lakes, and then running a spur track to Faribault, but they now intend to run directly through the city- MAIL BOX THIEF CAUGHT. John Peffer of St. Cloud Is Arrested’ and Admits Guilt. Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 15.—Johr P. Peffer was brought to the county jail here by Deputy Marshal Rider to answer to a charge of taking a letter that did not belong to him from the St. Cloud postoffice. Nick Lambert of that city had missed a number of val- uable letters and suspected that some one had a key to his postoffice box. He accordingly secured a new box and a decoy letter was placed in the one he had been using. The box was then watched, and when young Peffer step- ped up and opened it he was taken into custody. He admits his guilt an@ expresses a wish to be taken before the federal judge and sentenced at once. SAND MARL ON HIS FARM. Farmer Near Fergus Falls Makes @ Good Find. Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 15. — A vein of sand marl has been discovered by Frank Sundberg, who resides close to this town. A sample has been sent to the chemistry department of the state university, and Mr. Sundberg has been notified that the sample looks like marl and that its value depends entirely upon the composition, which ean only be determined by chemical analysis. Marl can be used for a num- ‘ber of purposes, among them putty and polishing manufacture. SEEK SALARY RAISE. Fourth-class Mail Postmasters Are Or- ganizing. Winona, Minn., Aug. 15.—A call has been issued to the fourth-class post- masters of Winona county to meet at the postoffice in Winona on Aug. 26 for the purpose of forming a county Jeague of fourth-classy pestmasters to work in connection with the state and aational leagues. The aim in view is to secure increase of pay for fourth- class postmasters commensurate with increases higher up in the department. CUT FARE TO CHICAGO. Wisconsin 2-Cent Law Makes Rate From St. Paul $8. St. Paul, Aug. 15. — The passenger rate from St. Paul to Chicago will come down another notch to-morrow. [t will be $8, as against the rate of $8.75 which has been in effect since the first of last month. From present indications $8 will be as far as the rate will go down. The rate will be $8 on account of the 2-cent rate becoming effective in Wisconsin to-morrow. Stove Explodes. St. Paul, Aug. 15.—Mrs. J. B. Wil- liams was painfully burned yesterday by the explosion of a stove. Burning oil from the stove fell on’ Mrs. Wil- liams’ chest and shoulders. The inju- ries are not thought to be dangerous. a a