Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 31, 1907, Page 2

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS, Washingten Notes. Attorney General Bonaparte has ruled that natives of British India cannot be classed as whites, and there- fore are ineligible to citizenship. President Roosevelt has approved the sentence of dismissal from the navy of Chaplain Jones, who was re cently tried by court-martial for finan- cial irregularities. The monthly statement of the col- lections of internal revenue shows that for July, 1907, the total receipts were $24,926,828, an increase over July, 1906, of $1,528,960. Two hundred of the latest machine guns are to be turned over by the ord- nance bureau of the army to the coast artillery as being specially adapted to the maneuvers of that branch of the service. The public health and marine hos- pital service has reeived advices con- firming the report of the appearance of cholera in China, but has had no details. Cholera is also reported to have broken out in Southern Japan. Naval guns for coast defense are @ new feature in the plans of the joint defense board which has been brought to make use of these guns by the fact that there are not available at present at the places where they are needed a sufficient number of high power guns of the coast defense type. People Talked About. Arthur A. Housman of the stock exchange firm of A. A. Housman & Co. of New York died at his summer home in Babylon, L. I. Prof. A. W. Starbuck of the college of dentistry, state university of Iowa, has resigned, to take a post in the Colorado Dental college at Denver. William F. Mosser, a millionaire tanner of Clearfield county, Pennsyl- vania, died at Spokane, Wash. He was interested in various tanneries throughout the United States. Rey. E. C. Applegarth, pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist church, Roches- ter, has been appointed secretary of the American Baptist Missionary so- ciety. Dr. Applegarth’s work will be in the northern states. Michael Dallett, for many years identified with the Red D steamship line, the founder of which was his father, the late John Dallett, died in Philadelphia of heart disease. He was sixty-three years old. Frau Frances von Bredow, daughter of Senator Newlands of Nevada and wife of Lieut. Leopold von Bredow of the Cuirassiers of the guard, formerly attache of the German embassy at Washington, died in Berlin after a long illness. Crimes and Criminals. A tramp who assaulted Alma White- head, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Rev. Whitehead, at Turnersville, Ohio, was captured in a swamp near Wick. Two men hired a horse and wagon from W. C. Irvine of Butte, Mont., say- ing they wanted it to haul some fur- niture. They were surprised by Offi- cer McMillan in the Northern Pacific yards, loading the wagoh with pota- toes from a freight car. They bolted. Robert R. Gill, cashier of the Staple ton National Bank of Stapleton, S. L, has been arrested, charged with being short in his accounts with the bank, according to an announcement made by directors of the bank Saturday. The shortage is said to amount to about $12,000. Criminal and civil suits against cap- itol contractors and former state of- ficials of Pennsylvania will be institu- ted in the Dauphin county court as soon as the legal papers can be pre- pared. The indictments will be pre- sented to the grand jury at the Sep- tember session. Ottavio Laprovitare, an _ Italian wanted at Des Moines on the charge of murdering his cousin Ottolio Scren- vino on Aug. 12, was captured at Mar- shalltown, Iowa, by the local police after an exciting chase. Officers from Des Moines positively identified La- provitare yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Des Moines. Accidental Happenings. Three persons were drowned at Sac- ramento, Cal., when a duck boat cap- sized in the Sacramento river. The Union hotel of Rainy River, Ont., burned down. No insurance was carried. Part of the household goods were saved. One man was killed and fourteen were injured on the Pennsylvania rail- road near Hagerstown, Ind., when a local freight crashed into a work train. Two workmen were killed and ten injured, one seriously, by the collapse of a scaffolding surrounding a gas tank in the course of construction in New York. Harry Freeburg is dead at Anacon- da, Mont., as the result of a horse’s kick, received in the livery barns of the Montgomery Meat company a few days ago. One woman was killed and two oth: tr persons were fatally injured by jumping from a trolley car that was in danger of colliding with another aj Mauch Chunk, Pa. — By the overturning of an elevator cage at the tipple of the Sonman Shaft Coal company, near Johnstown, Pa., five miners are dead and six injured. The men killed fell 400 feet to the bottom of the shaft. John Worden of London, Hng., a grand opera baritone “roughing it” as a deck hand on the steamer John Harper, in port at Sandusky, Ohi, fell, through a hatchway into the hold, struck on his head and was instantly killed. ts From Other Shores. A mill which was in course of con- struction collapsed at Lille, France. Ten men were killed. John Goldie, a famous steeplejack, met death in London by a fall from the tow-end chimney, said to be the highest in the world. The chimney is 448 feet high. A dispatch from Shanghai says the situation, especially in Yank Tse val- ley, continues unsatisfactory. The rev- olutionary movement gains daily and secret organizations are growing. Great forest fires are blazing on all sides of Toulon, France, and two for- ests are threatened. Troops are mak- ing desperate efforts to control the fire, but thus far with little result. The directors of the Shantung Min- ing company received a cablegram from Tsingtau announcing that an ex- plosion of dynamite had occurred un- derground in the Fangtse mine, result- ing in two Germans and 103 Chinamen being killed. It is reported in Rome that the pa- pal secretary of state, Cardinal Merry del Val. whose health is failing. will be appointed vicar general of the pope, succeeding Cardinal Respighi, who will succeed the late Cardinal Svampa as archbishop of Bolonga. The German tariff agreement, it is now probable, will be taken into the courts for a judicial decision as to its validity because of a decision of the general appraisers at New York sus- taining the advanced value on an im- portation of chocolate from Germany. Domestic. It is reported on Wall street that E. H. Harriman’s loss in the present stock slump exceeds $32,000,000. Robert. A. Pinkerton, head of a de- tective agency, died on board the steamship Bremen on Aug. 12 at sea. He was on the way to Germany for his health. The Chautauqua closed at Webster City, Iowa,. A local association has been formed with a capitalization of $4,000, insuring the permanency of the movement. Francis Rea MacMillen, the Ameri- can violinist, whose genius has at- tracted attention both in this country and abroad, is reported in cable ad- vices to be lost in the Alps. S. H. Howard, a diemaker in the em- ploy of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine works at Waterloo, lowa, was found dead in bed, having doed suddenly during the night from no apparent ill- ness. Oscar Watkins has just brought to Atlantic, Iowa, what he considers the largest cucumber ever raised in that part of the state. It is 111-2 inches long, 9 inches in circumference and weighs 31 ounces. The left arm of Mrs. Osmond Tweed in a cyclone of a week or more ago, Petersburg farm. by means of a ring upon a finger of the left hand. Edward Cox of Williamstown, N. Y., months ago suffered a stroke of pa- ralysis that left him speechless. doctors thought a clot had formed on the brain and they said Mr. Cox would never recover the use of his speech. Yesterday Mr. Cox sat on a carpet tack. He swore and was cured. Overseer Wilbur ‘Glenn Voliva at last has turned his back upon Zion City, the scene of so many of his troubles. The leader of the Zionists, without announcing his started for the new home of his faith- ful followers. This new home, the faithful admitted, is near Las Vegas, San Miguel county, N. Mex. It is proposed to erect a million- bushel grain elevator at Lewiston,’ Mont. It is estimated that 25,000 acres are growing grain in the Judith basin this season, promising an aver- age yield of forty bushels to the acre. This is about 50 per cent increase over the acreage last year, and it is anticipated another 50 per cent in. crease will be made next year. Announcement is made by the Can. ton, Ohio, citizens’ committee having in charge the final arrangements for the dedication of the McKinley mon- ument that the ceremonies positively will be held Sept. 30 and that Presi- dent Roosevelt will be there. A fund of $10,000 is being raised by Canton citizens to entertain the city’s guests on that occasion, A Friendly Hint. “Look at the beautiful engagement ring George gave me.” “Why don’t you do as Belle did?” “What was that?” “She made him have the stones re set when he gave it to her.” Name Didn’t Matter. “Johnny,” said a friend of the fam- ily, “what is the matter with your sis. ter, Emmeline?” “Nothin’ ‘at I knew of,” returned the young hopeful. “Why, I noticed her going around with a handkerchief held in front of her mouth all the time.” _ “Well,” said the wise young man spreading his legs, “sis is one o' these Cherristyun » yer know She says she is got ‘errors’ on the morth, but I calls ‘em fever blistars.” The, destination, | STOP TRAIN AND LYNCH: MURDERER 18 TAKEN FROM SHERIFF BY EN- RAGED NEBRASKANS AND HANGED. THREATS 10 SHOOT FUTILE MAN WHO WANTONLY KILLED FARMER AND WIFE FORFEITS LIFE. Omaha, Aug. 28. — Lorie Higgins, who murdered W. L. Copple and wife, farmers, near Rosalie, Neb., May 12, was lynched at Bancroft yesterday. Sheriff Young of Thurston county came to Omaha Sunday night to get his prisoner, who had been in the Douglas county jail-here since his cap- ture, and took him to Bancroft on a train which arrived there about 8 o'clock in the morning. Twenty men took Higgins from the sheriff, hauled him off in a dray and hanged him to a tree. Sheriff Had Warning. When the sheriff left for Omaha Sunday night he was accosted by citi- zens at Bancroft, who asked him what he would do if they should attempt to lynch Higgins. “Shoot the first man who tries it,” he said. “Well, we just wanted to know. Chances are that you will’ have some shooting to do.” . Higgins’ crime was wanton. He had worked on the Copple farm and had some trivial dispute with Mr. Copple. Anger over this is the only suggestion of a reason for the murder. He shot and killed both in the barn yard. Higgins was a young man, and after his arrest became radically religious, participating in every service held in the jail. DATE OF SAILING NOT FIXED. Projected Tour of Battleship Fleet to the Pacific Mapped Out. Washington, Aug. 28.—Acting Secre- tary of the Navy Newberry returned to Washington yesterday, bringing word of the conclusions reached at the Oyster Bay conference last week, rel- ative to the projected cruise of the battleship fleet from the eastern to the western coasts of the United States. ty It has been impossible to fix precise- ly the date of the departure of the At- lantic fleet. Naval regulations require that each vessel should carry out the established order as to target practice every quarter, and no naval officer is willing that this important practice be dispensed with even for this cruise. To Sail in December. Everything will be in readiness for the fleet to sail on Dec. 1, and the date of departure will be between Dec. 1 and 15. As arranged, the itinerary provides for ten knots an hour, which of Hanlontown, Iowa, who lost her life | is regarded as the most economical r | speed for the fleet, allowing the col- has been located in a grove at the, It was identified” liers to be with the fleet on the At- lantic side part of the time. Starting with full bunkers of coal, the ships will require an additional 100,504 tons, not counting the coal that will be burned by the torpedo boats, which will be provided. by merchants en route. This great supply of coal must be provided by colliers. Four small col- liers will accompany the fleet to Trini- dad and five large colliers will go as far as Rio Janeiro. Need Extra Colliers. It will be necessary to charter twelve additional colliers and four of those will meet the fleet at Sandy Point, Magellan straits; four at Gali- ca, Peru, and four at Magdalena bay. Magdalena bay will be reached about March 9, according to plans, but the itinerary at this point gives ten days additional. Target practice there ,will continue for about a month. Some of the battleships will then go to Pu- get sound and part to San Francisco. Nothing has been settled concerning | the return of a part or all the fleet. ITS FIRST DRY SUNDAY. The Lid Is Kept on Securely at New UIm. New Ulm, Minn., Aug. 28. — New Ulm passed the first dry Sunday since the town was founded, over fifty years ago. Most of the citizens were on the qui vive as to how this thoroughly German city would take to the new in- novation, and considering that there were excusions from the Twin Cities and St. Peter and Mankato, which brought about 2,000 strangers here, no arrest was made on account of drunk- enness. The breweries were unable to meet the demand for bottled beer last Saturday, and privates residences in most cases had a private stock on hand. So > REDMOND QUITS FRAY, Government Says it Will Acsept Part of Tenant Bill Amendments. London, Aug. 28.—The chief secre- tary for Ireland, Mr. Birrell, announc- ed in the house of commons yesterday afternoon that the government was prepared to accept some, but not all, of the amendments of the house of lords to the Irish: evicted tenants bill, whereupon John Redmond, chairman of the Irish parliamentary party, said he declined to take any further part in the discussion of the measure. SPANISH CABINET CAN'T AGREE WOMAN SNATCHED STATE MUST “STAND ASIDE CHANCELLOR VON BUELOW AND JULES CAMBON TALK ABOUT MOROCCO. Berlin, Aug. 28.—Jules Cambon, the French ambassador to Germany, re- turned here yesterday from Norderney satisfied with the results of his visit to Chancellor von Buelow. The am- bassador had three long conversations with the chancellor, covering the en- tire field of international-politics. Possibly the most interesting sub- ject to the French government at pres- ent was tNe Moroccan situation, upon which the chancellor talked freely, re- peating and elaborating what had al- ready been communicated to France through the foreign office at Berlin, namely, Germany’s willingness that France should use her own discretion at Casablanca, with the knowledge that Germany will not raise embar- rassing questions or seek in any way to place difficulties in her way or hin- der the French work of restoring or- der and securing the future safety of Europeans in Morocco. Considered a Rebel. Paris, Aug. 27. — France’s attitude towards Mulai Hafig, the sultan’s brother, who recently was proclaimed sultan, is for the moment at least one of complete non-recognition of his au- thority as sultan. It is officially point- ed out that although Mulai’s power seems to be growing in the south, the people in the north appear to be loyal to the reigning sultan, and until de- cisive events demonstrate that Mulai is actually the choice of the people, France is forced to regard him as a pretender and revolutionist. Can’t Agree on Morocco. Madrid, Aug. 27.—The newspapers have agreed that there is a divergence of views in’ the cabinet as to the Span- ish government’s attitude in Morocco. While certain ministers indorse the course that is being pursued, others, it is alleged, claim that the role cre- ated by the Algeciras conference dif- fers from that actually being played by Spain. FINED MANY MILLION DOLLARS. The New York & Bermudez Company Is Convicted of Treachery. Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 28. — Three years after the beginning of the sensational trial of the New York & Bermudez company for complicity in the Matos revolution, judgment was rendered against the defendant com- pany, it being condemned to pay not only $5,000,000 damages, the calculat- ed cost to the government of subduing the revolution, but to pay other sums to be fixed by a commission of experts and which may very likely amount to $10,000,000 more. The present judg- meut is appealable to the supreme court: and from there to the court of cessation. The sentence, announced by Judge Juan Liacano of the civil court of first instance, closes with these words: “For these reasons, and administer- ing justice in the name of the republic and by authority of the law, this com- plaint is declared to be well founded, and in consequence the New York & Bermudez company is condemned to pay the sum of 24,178,638.47 bolivars, which is the amount of the erroga- tions made by the national treasury for the purpose of suppressing the rev- olution, as has been proven in the rec- ords, and also to reimburse the nation according to just assessments by ex- perts for the damages and injuries sustained because of the war. TO START NEW OIL CONCERN. Company to Compete With Standard Will Buy Land in Mexico. New York, Aug. 28.—Arrangements have been completed for the organiza- tion of a $50,000,000 American syndi- cate, according to an announcement published: yesterday, which plans to develop several million acres of oil lands in Mexico. It is purposed not only to supply the Mexican market, but to ship the product to Central and South America and to Europe and South Africa, in competition with the Standard Oil company. The syndicate will take over the Mexican Petroleum company, limited, which now operates extensively in the southern republic. The concern was organized in 1902, under California laws. It is capitalized at $10,000,000. The company, it is stated, owns ap- proximately 1,000,000 acres of land in the states of ‘Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi. More than a hundred flowing wells are reported to be on the property. All the wells are of the gusher variety. The oil is said to be of the same grade as that of the Sour Lakes and other Southeast Texas fields. CRAMP DRAGS DOWN LAD. Boy While Swimming Has Fatal Seiz- ure. Arlington, S. D., Aug. 28. — H. B. Griffith, son of D. D. Griffith, a promi- nent farmer living north of this city, was drowned in Lake Poinsett. He was swimming with a number of other young men when he was taken with a cramp and sank. TORN FROM MOTHER'S ARMS. Child Is Killed by Tornado That Does Much Damage in Ohio. ‘Wheeling, W. V., Aug. 28.—A tor- nado struck the towns of Woodsfield and Newcastle, Ohio, yesterday. wrecking a number of buildings and doing other damage. The home of Samuel Bartemus, near Woodsfield, was entirely destroyed, and a two-year- old child killed. The child was torn from its mother’s arms and carried nearly a quarter of a mile -passenger train at Bowman. FROM JAWS OF LION VISITOR TO SUMMER RESORT TORN BRUISED BY BLOOD-CRAZED BEAST. FALLS UNDER RAIN OF LEAD LION RIDDLED WITH BULLETS ‘WHILE TEARING AT WOM- AN’S BODY. AND Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 29.—Torn, bruised and suffering from shock, Mrs. Anna A. Hucke, fifty-five years old, this city, lies at her home in a precarious condition as the result of an attack by a lion at Luna Park, a summer resort in this city, late yes- terday. Mrs. Hucke was rescued al- most from the jaws of death while she lay on the ground where the ani- mal had thrown her, and while scores of rescuers were firing a fusillade of bullets into the blood-crazed beast who, meanwhile, was biting and claw- ing at the woman’s body. Springs on Woman, Without warning the lion appeared from behind one of the buildings, and with a roar sprang for Mrs. Hucke, who was nearest to him. The woman screamed and attracted the at- tention of the crowd. W. A. Downing, chief of the park police, who came to the rescue, found the lion tearing away at the woman’s clothing, and having drawn his re- volver, immediately emptied all the chambers into the beast. Repeatedly Downing reloaded his gun and fired with but little effect. Other rescuers secured Flobert rifles from the shoot- ing galleries and Remington’s from the concessionaries and soon a score were pumping lead at the lion. Riddled With Bullets, Still standing over the prostrate woman, flashing his teeth and lashing his tail, the lion stood with the ground about him literally plowed up by the hundreds of shots that were fired at him. Soon with the noise of the firearms and shouts of the woman’s rescuers, the lion turned and walked a few feet away and, sinking down upon the ground, he turned over on his back, and with a few kicks and gasps he died. His skin was completely rid- dled with the small caliber bullets that had been fired at him and took effect. POSTAL CARD DEALER IN JAIL. Postoffice Authorities After Purveyors of Obscene Cards. Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—Charged by United States postal inspectors with the wholesale selling of obscene postal cards, Gustave P. Lang of this city, who traded under the name of The P. C. Novelty company, was ar- rested to-day and held in bail for trial. The arrest of Lang is regarded as the most important capture yet made in the crusade against the objection- able cards. The case was brought to the attention of the authorities by a resident of Rome, N. Y.. who received a sample series of postals. It is said the nature of the cards led him to complain, and the arrest of Lang fol- lowed. After he had been taken into cus- tody Lang’s place of business was searched. The officials claim that in addition to hundreds of the obscene cards, abundant evidence in the way of orders shipped to individuals and firms throughout the country was dis- covered. The postal authorities say Lang is a wholesaler and has agents in many cities. It is expected several other arrests will be made within a few days. CANADIAN FAIR STARTS. Earl Grey Officiates at Opening of Ex- hibition at Toronto. Toronto, Ont., Aug. 29.—Earl Grey, assisted by a number of other nota- bles, officiated at the formal opening of the annual Canadian national ex- hibition. The exhibition, which will continue till Sept. 9, far eclipses the exhibitions of previous years. Nearly half a million dollars’ worth of new buildings were erected during the past year. SETTLEMENT NOT IN SIGHT. Prospects of Amicable Settlement of Wire Strike Still Small. New York, Aug. 29.—Prospects of a mutually satisfactory settlement of the telegraphers’ strike appear to be no more promising than they were a week ago. “We are going to keep up the struggle until the business inter- ests of the country force congress to act,” said President Small of the telegraphers’ union. Prince in Auto Wreck. Hanover, Prussia, Aug. 29.—Crown Prince Wilhelm, while riding in an automobile near Brunswick collided with an empty wagon, slightly damag- ing the prince’s car. Nobody, how- ever, was injured. Man Killed in Wreck, Charleston, Il]., Aug. 29.—One man was killed and seven passengers dan- gerously injured in the wreck of a Two cars jumped a switch and crashed intc a box car. FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS NORTH CAROLINA RAILWAY INJUNCTION. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 29.—Judge Pritchard in the United States circuit court, in a long-expected opinion, an- nounced yesterday in the rate case of the Southern railway against the corporation commission and the at- torney general of North Carolina, up- holding the jurisdiction of his court in the issuance of ‘the recent :injunc- tions against officials during the rail- road rate controversy, and declares that the suit is not one against the state within the meaning of the eleventh amendment to the federal constitution. That amendment holds the judicial power of the United States shall not extend to any suit against a state by citizens of another state. Can’t Take Away Rights. The decision says that a state leg- islature cannot so frame an act as to deprive a citizen of a right vouch- safed him by the federal constitution. It does not possess the power “to de- prive this court of its jurisdiction, and the sooner those questions are definitely determined the better it will be for all parties concerned.” The decision holds that the corpora- tion commission is still charged with making rates, the only limitation up on their power being “that they shall not make a maximum rate in North Carolina in excess of 21-4 cents per mile. The corporation com- mission and the attorney general are specially charged with the duty of se- curing the enforcement of section 4 of the passenger rate act, which pro- vides heavy penalties and fines for a failure of railroads and their offi- cials to comply with that act.” Law Silent on Passenger Fare. The opinion shows that the laws of North Carolina especially provide upon what terms an injunction shall be granted to suspend rates, pending litigation, or involving the confisca- tory nature of such rates; that the statutes of North Carolina expressly authorize the course pursued by the courts when freight rates are in- voled, but do not even require a bond for such injunction when passenger fares are in litigation. MAILS BOMB TO CORTELYOU. Package Addressed to Secretary Ex- plodes in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 29.—The ex- plosion of what appeared to have been a large percusion cap in a pack- age addressed to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou created excite- ment in the Nicetown substation of the Philadelphia postofiice yesterday. The package, which was collected from a box in the northern section of the city, was received by Clerk Rob- erts, who says it was about four inches long by two inches wide and three-quarters of an inch thick. When Roberts brought his street cancella- tion die down upon the stamp the package exploded and was torn to pieces. Roberts was unhurt. The pieces of paper were put together and the package was found to have been addressed to Secretary Cortelyou, Washington, D. C., the address hav- ing been cut from a newspaper and pasted on the package. Chief Postal Inspector James B. Cortelyou, a brother of the secretary, is trying to solve the mystery sur- rounding the explosion, though most of the authorities think the package was mailed as a joke. sufficient explosive matter in it to in- jure any one. What was in the pack- age aside from the explosive cap the officials will not say. SOLDIERS GUARD TELEGRAPH. Strikers Accused of Interfering With Uncle Sam’s Business. Camp Perry, Ohio, Aug. 29.—Strik- ing telegraphers are charged with having interfered with business of the government, and as a result sol- diers are patrolling the telegraph lines between Camp Perry and La Carne, a distance of three miles. Any one caught interfering with the line or with the wires at La Carne will be brought to Camp Perry and later turned over to the civil authorities. This action was made necessary be- cause strikers and their sympathizers destroyed communication between Camp Perry and the outside world about 8:30 o'clock Sunday evening, when an operator broke in on the Camp Perry operators and called them “scabs.” From that hour there was constant breaking and interrup- tions until the camp operators were forced to close up at midnight with thousands of words unsent, much of which was government matter from army and national guard officers to their superiors. Yesterday afternoon a detachment of signal corps men sent over the line between Camp Perry and La Carne found that a loop of heavy wire had been tied about the four wires midway on the line with one end grounded, completely de- stroying the service. U. S. and Mexico to Act. City of Mexico, Aug. 29.—It is an- nounced here that peace in Central America is now assured through the intervention of the United States and Mexico. Formal statements giving details probably will be issued within a few days. Falls 2,000 Feet; Is Unhurt. Greenville, Ohio, Aug. 29.—Knaben- shue’s airship while 2,000 feet above the fair grounds here burst last night and dropped like a rocket. The aero naut escaped unhurt. There was not | +—