Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 7, 1907, Page 4

| | “600 PASSENGERS IN GRAVE PERIL STEAMER MOUNT TEMPLE GOES ON ROCKS IN BLINDING ~ SNOW STORM. IMMIGRANTS IN WILD PANIC ROUGH SEA MAKES RESCUE WORK HAZARDOUS — NO LIVES ARE LOST. Lunenburg, N. S., Dec. 4.—During a blinding snow storm yesterday the Canadian Pacific Railway company’s steamship Mount Temple, bound from Antwerp to St. John, N. B., with 600 passengers, struck La Have iron- bound ledges, fifteen miles south of Lunenburg, and may be a total loss. The passengers are being transferred on small steamers and tugs to Bridge- water and by morning it is expected that all hands will have been safely landed. When the steamer struck the rocks there was much excitement among the passengers, most of whom are immigrants, and it was.some time before Capt? Boothby and his officers could convince them that they were in no immediate danger. Crashed on the Rocks. The Mount Temple left Antwerp on Noy. 20 and on the run across expe- rienced much rough weather. Early yesterday the big vessel encountered a snow storm which made it impossi- ble to see a ship’s length ahead. The steamer ran too far to the westward and was fully thirty miles out of her course when she struck the ledges. The crash of the vessel on the rocks and the pounding of the surf caused consternation among the im- migrants, especially the women, many of whom, with babies in their arms, ran wildly about the steamer, hysteri- cally calling upon the officers and male passengers to save them. The sea was comparatively smooth at the time and when the weather cleared the excitement subsided. Work of Rscue Slow. Signals of distress were displayed and guns were fired for assistance, but several hours elapsed before the wreck was discovered. Yesterday afternoon a score of tugs and other craft were sent from this town, La Have, Bridgewater and other nearby places. The rescuing fleet had great diffi- culty in lying by close to the Mount Temple, as the seas, breaking over the ledges, made the position of the smaller craft hazardous. The re- moval of the immigrants from the decks of the steamer to the smaller craft was slow work, and it was thought that it would be well into the night before the last of the passen- gers could be landed. Another Steamer Wrecked. Sydney, N. S., Dec. 4. — During a strong southeasterly gale last night a steamer, supposed to be the Resti- gouche of the North American Trans- portation company of Quebec, struck off Cranberry Head while attempting to make a harbor here. Tugs have been sent to her assistance. It is thought that the steamer will be a total loss. The steamer carried a few passengers, and these, with the crew, were still on board late last aight. LOSES $1,000 A DAY. Brooklyn Trolley Officials Charges Conductors With Stealing, New York, Dec. 4.—Failures of con- ductors to properly ring up cash fares collected from passengers cost the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company at feast $1,000 a day, according to Vice President T. S. Williams of the com- pany. Mr. Williams was the principal wit- mess yesterday at the investigation into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit sys- tem which is being made by the pub- lic service commission. Mr. Williams says the transfer system is largely re- sponsible for the losses of the com- pany suffered at the hands of differ- ent conductors. LAWS ENSLAVE WORKERS. Remedy for Peonage in South Found . by Federal Agent. Washington, Dec. 4.—In a report to the attorney general concerning his findings relating to peonage in the Bouth, Assistant Attorney Generat Charles W. Russell makes a strong recommendation that the statute re- lating to slavery be amended in a manner which will destroy all doubt es to the meaning of “involuntary servitude” as set forth therein. He also suggests changes in state laws. Various state laws which practical- ly place a defaulting laborer in a po- BRILLIANT SCENE MARKS OPEN- ING OF CEREMONIES OF SIX- TIETH CONGRESS. Washington, Dec. 4. .. A brilliant scene eharacterized the meeting of the Sixtieth congress yesterday. In the senate and house of representa- tives there were notable gatherings in the galleries of representatives of the Official society of the capital. The call- ing together for the first time of the men who have been elected to the senate and the house, about a hundred of whom have not before served in congress, made the occasion of partic- ular interest. The striking scenes of the day were in the house of representatives, where the formal selection of Joseph G. Can- non again to be speaker of that body and the designation by the Democrats of Mr. John Sharp Williams as their leader were occasions for ovations for those gentlemen. Leaders Cheered. : The vast hall of the house of repre- sentatives rang with the cheers of Republicans and Democrats for their leaders, and the speaker received as warm a reception from the members of the minority as he did from his own party. The appearance of Hon. William Jennings Bryan on the floor of the house also was the occasion for enthusiastic cheering by the Demo- erats. When the adoption of rules for the government of the house during the Sixtieth congress came up the rules of the last congress were opposed by John Sharp Williams, and he was joined in the opposition by Democrats and by a single Republican, Mr. Coop- er of Wisconsin. Old Rules Adopted, The old rules were declared to be too autocratic, placing too much pow- ed in the hands of the speaker, but after a somewhat acrimonious discus- sion they were adopted by a party vote. Committeés were appointed by both houses to inform the president that congress had met and was ready to receive any message he might wish to communicate. New senators and representatives were sworn in and both houses ad- journed out of respect to the meniory of members who have died during the recess of congress. FORTY-NINE LIVES LOST. No Hope That Any of the Men En- tombed in Coal Mine Are Alive. Pittsburg, Dec. 4.—The fate of five American and forty-two foreign min- ers, while not definitely known, was pretty well established late yesterday by the finding of the body of a mine pumper near the twenty-second en- try of the Naomi mine of the United Coal company at Fayette City, thirty- five miles from this city. The man had died from suffocation. Judging from the two fatalities thus far known, both having been caused by poisonous gas fumes, it is almost certain that the forty-seven miners still entombed in the mine have suc- cumbed to the deadly after-damp. Rescuers Labor Constantly. There is also a possibility that the explosion of Sunday night occurred so close to the men that they were kill- ed by its force or the resultant fall of tons of rock and earth. Since shortly after 8 o’clock Sunday night a large force of rescuers have labored almost constantly in an effort to reach the imprisoned men. The work has been necessarily slow on account of the wreckage and the after-damp. Not: withstanding the fact that the rescue parties have worked in fifteen-minute relays, a score or more of their mem- bers have been compelled to go to their homes, suffering from the poi- sonous gas. Two of the rescuers are in a critical condition. Believe All Are Dead.. The rescuers are divided in opinion as to when they will reach the impris- oned men. Some believe the end of their search will not come until this morning. In the meantime it is the opinion of all that the men are dead. Thirteen Bodies Found. Up to midnight thirteen bodies had been recovered from the mine. The bodies were horribly charred by the fire following the explosion. THAW TRIAL JAN. 6. Second Hearing of Stanford White Murder Case Postponed. New York, Dec. 4. — The second trial of Harry K. Thaw on the charge of killing Stanford White was yester- day postponed until Jan. 6. The court ordered that a special panel of 250 talesmen be summoned for the selec- tion of the jury. HITCH IN WALSH TRIAL, — Case Adjourned Until Dec. 9, Owing to Juror’s Illness. Chicago, Dec. 4.—The trial of J. R. Walsh on the charge of having misap- propriated funds of the Chicago Na- tional bank was yesterday postponed sition of involutary servitude when , Util Dec. 9, owing to the illness of a overtaken by the law are quoted. WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS, juror. LAYS ALL TO HEINZE. Passenger Train Hits Broken Rail | F, Augustus Sole Cause of Stringency, and Turns O ver, Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 4.—An east- bound passenger train on the South- ern railway turned over when it struck a_ broken rail near Marion, Ala., late last night, and Engineer Frank Little was caught under the engine and killed. His fireman was fatally injured. No passengers were hurt. There were evidences of train wreckers and bloodhounds have been put on the trail. Declares Roberts. Chicago, Dec. 4. — F. Augustus Heinze was made the sole and only first cause for the “unreasonable, ri- diculous and unnecessary financial crisis which this country has just passed through” by George E. Rob- erts, former director of the United -States mint, and now president of the Commercial National bank, in an ad- dress delivered before the City club. GEN. YOUNG'S CASE IS ARGUED SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGU- MENTS RELATIVE TO CON- TEMPT CHARGE. e ‘ Washington, Dec. 4.—The case of Attorney General Edward T. Young of Minnesota, involving a fine of $1,000 on the charge of contempt of court, was argued in the supreme court of the United States yesterday: The case deals with the rights of states to prescribe railroad rates, and the im- portance of the matter was indicated by the effort to intervene which was made in behalf of the corporations do- ing business in other parts of the country, which involve the same ques- tions. The case against Mr. Young grew out of an effort by the Northern Pacific Railway company to prevent Young as attorney general from en- forcing the state law of 1907. The United States court for the district of Minnesota, Judge Lochyen presid- ing, granted a temporary injunction, in accordance with the prayer of the railroad company, but notwithstand- ing this order Mr. Young instituted proceedings in the state district court for Ramsey county, asking for a writ of mandamus compelling the railroad company to comply with the law. He was promptly summoned before Judge Lochren, who imposed a fine for con- tempt. . The attorney general sought relief by applying in an- original action to the supreme court for a writ of ha- beas corpus, on the ground that the Minnesota federal court was without jurisdiction. The case involves the constitutional question whether an action like this is not a suit against a state, which is prohibited by the eleventh amend- ment to the constitution. The Young case was argued by At- torney Thomas D. O’Brien of Minne- sota and Attorney General Hadley of Missouri for Mr. Young and Chief Counsel C. M. Bunn of the Northern Pacific against that official. IOWAN IN FOREIGN JAIL. Frank Polakovic Is Punished for Dis- play of Patriotism. Des Moines, Dec. 4. — Friends of Frank Polakovic of Iowa Falls have organized themselves and will appeal to the state department at Washing- ton for his release from a Hungary prison, where he was placed last June for a display of American enthusiasm. Polakovic was sent by the United States Gymnasium association in June to compete at the tournament at Sokal. For displaying the Stars and Stripes the American party was or- 'News of the Northwest! ENGLISH PIANIST AT ST. PAUL. > Katherine Goodson Secured for the Second Symphony Concert. St. Paul, Dec. 3.—Katherine Good- son, the celebrated English pianist, will be the soloist at the second con- cert of the St. Paul Symphony orches- tra Dec, 10. Her coming is heralded as one of the biggest musical events in the Northwest this season. Miss Goodson will play the famous concer- to for piano and orchestra in A minor by the late lamented Greig. She will also be heard in a group of piano solos. Miss Gobodson’s first appearance in this country this season was with the Worcester festival, where she scored a tremendous success. The symphony orchestra will render the following program: Symphony No. .5, “Leo- nore,” op: 177, Raff; Waldweben, from “Siegfried,” Wagner; overture- fantasie, “Romeo and Juliet,” Tschai- kowsky. STEEN BANK ROBBED. Safe Is Blown Open and Nearly $3,000 Taken. Luverne, Minn., Dee. 3—The bank at Steen, a small village in this coun- ty, twelve miles south of this city, was robbed Saturday night. Five men did the job and secured in the neighborhood of $3,000. Both the vault doors and safe door were blown open and the peple living near the bank were awakened by the first explosion and saw the robbers in the street, but kept to their homes for fear of being shot. Two of the robbers made their es- cape on a railroad tricycle and: the others in a carriage in which they came, LOSES $3,000 IN THEATER. Charles Frank of Williston Says He Lost Money in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Dec. 3. — Charles Frank, a business man of Williston, N. D., reported to the police last even- ing that he had been robbed of a pocketbook containing $3,000. Frank attended the Metropolitan theater in the afternoon, and says that the robbery was committed in the corridor when he was coming out. LANDMARK !S BURNED. Sioux Falls District Is Threatened by ; Fire. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 3.—In a fire Saturday morning which threatened the entire northern portion of the business district of Sioux Falls, the barn of E. B. Smith & Co., one of the oldest srructures in Sioux Falls, was destroyed. It was built in the fall of 1871, a short distance from the site dered to disperse by the gendarmes, which is occupied when destroyed. All complied but Polakovic, who. is said to. have uttered contempt for the treatment accorded, him. For this and his American enthusiasm he was imprisoned and has remained in cus- tody ever since. WOMAN KILLS AGED FATHER. Old Man’s Throat Cut From Ear to Ear by Weak Minded Daughter, Delano, Minn., Dec. 4.—John Much- enhirm, eighty-six years old, was mur- dered here last night by his daughter Frances, fifty years of age. The crime was most brutal. The woman struck the old man over the head with a heavy knife, knocking him senseless. She then procured a pail, laid her father’s head across it and cut his throat, permitting the blood to flow into the pail. The woman has been afflicted with a mild form of insanity since child- hood, but was able to keep house for her father, which she had been doing since her mother died, several years ago. She had never shown any vio- lent tendencies, The coroner is investigating the cause which prompted the tragedy. Poison in Candy Box. Owatonna, Minn., Dec. 4. — As the result of eating from a box of candy sent to one of the members of the faculty of the Sacred Heart academy Saturday, several teachers and stu- dents of that school were made very ill, ptomaine poisoning probably hav- ing occurred. How the candy could have become affected with ptomaine poisoning, sealed and prepared as carefully ag it was, is a mystery. Utes to Be Ousted. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 4. — The latest reports from Cheyenne agency are to the effect that the Ute Indians’ lease to two townships in the vicinity of Thunder Butte is declared to be ended on account of the refusal of the Utes to abide by the provisions of the lease and that all of the Utes will be transferred to the camp near Rapid City, where a number of them are al- ready located and working on the Mil- waukee road. Market for Flax Straw. Barnesville, Minn., Dec. 4. — Farm- ers in this vicinity have been receiy- ing letters the past week from an Eastern firm telling them to save their flax straw and not burn it, as they are paying big prices for this material. Child Accidentaly Killed. Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. 4. — Paulina Ott was accidentally shot and killed by her eight-year-old brother on a farm near Fairbank. The girl was thirteen years old, COAL ON THEIR CLAIMS. Discovery Reported on Crow Reser- vation in Montana. Billings, Mont., Dec. 3—Three men who recently made filings on the ced- ed portion of Crow reservations were in the city yesterday and reported discoveries of coal on their claims. Fuel, they say, exists in large quanti- ties and veins are so close to the sur- face that the work of taking it out was comparatively easy. STABBED WITH KNIFE, Wausaukee Tiemaker Found Dying in Bed—Says He Was Attacked. Marinette, Wis., Dec. 3. — Herman Schultz, a tiemaker of Wausaukee, was found in his bed at the Norway house, mortally wounded. The theory is that Schultz commit- ted suicide. He lived four hours and before he died he claimed that he had been stabbed by two men. The cor. oner is investigating. SOLDIER KILLS WOMAN. Shoots Because of Jealousy and Hits Sweetheart’s Sister. Des Moines, Dec. 3.—Crazed with jealousy, Ray Howard, a Fort Des Moines soldier, fired a bullet at his former sweetheart, Miss Mabel Adair, who had jilted him, but missed his aim and killed her sister, Mrs. Mar- tha Pickering. Howard is under ar. rest. TWO DROWNED IN SAUK LAKE. Roydon Hoopes and Companion Lose Lives While Skating. Sauk Center, Minn., Dec. 3.—Roy- don Hoopes of this city and a young boy companion were drowned in Sauk lake. They were skating and the ice gave way. Found Hanging to a Tree. Baraboo, Wis., Dec. 3—While some boys were hunting near Kilbourn they found the lifeless body of O. M. Wharry hanging to a tree. He had been missing since Thursday. Poison for Pain. . Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 3—While suf. fering intense pain, John Ziegler, a pioneer, aged fifty-eight, drank car bolic acié. He took the drug Satur. day night and died after sixteen hours of torture. : Killed by an Explosion. Adrian, Mich., Dec. 3—Dr. Artemis G. Wetring, aged forty years, was in- stantly killed and several others were injured by the explosion of a gas plant at his home in Ogden Center last night, State News RAILROADS HAVE A GOOD YEAR. Gross Earnings in Minnesota Show In- crease of More Than $7,000,000 Over Prececina Year. The gross increase of the railroads during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1907, on business credited to Min- nesota show an increase of more than $7,000,000 over the same figures for the preceding fiscal year, according to the railroad reports to the railroad and warehouse commission. The gross earnings for last year were $88,- 666,374.56, as compared with $81,584,- 237.05 for 1906, a gain of $7,082,137.51 in spite of the fact that the reduced merchandise rates were in effect for the greater part of last year and the 2-cent passenger fare rate was in effect for two months of that period. The gross earnings of the railroad operating in Minnesota on the busi- ness of their entire lines also shows a large increase over the preceding year. The gross earnings for the year just ended were $480,423,972.06, while for 1906 they were $433,355,- 683.33. a gain of $47,068,288.73. While th gross earnings tax is based on the earnings for the calendar year and not the fiscal year, if this increase is maintained for the rest of this year the increase in the gross earnings tax paid by the railroads for this year will be about $280,000, based on an in- crease cf $7,000,000 . That the increase in earnings was general on all of the roads with hard- ly any exceptions is shown by the fol- lowing table of the comparative Min- nesota earnings of the roads for the last two years: Two Years Compared. 5 1 8,171,484.00 7,7: Duluth, Misabe & Northern ... 10,981,803.61 Great Northern. 21,246,369.54 20, Northern Pacific 14,551,116.47 Soo . 5,131,831 Minne: Louis . 713,869.30 Chicago Great Western System— Chicago Great ‘Western 1,556,762.02 1,455,433.56 na eOn ice. 181,755.98 124,813.15 Pacific ~~ 681,861.51 738,810.20 Willmar & R5"~ 4,080,624.90 1,125,902.08 Ming iP) 644,218.44" 614,453.37 DRAINAGE LAW VALID. Decision in Case Where Owner of Land Enjoins Digging of Ditch. The constitutionality of chapter 230 of the Laws of 1905, the general drain- age law, was upheld by the supreme court in the case of M. J. and W. 8S. Miller against Jorgen Jensen and oth- ers, appealed from Clay county. This was an action to restrain the defend- ants from digging a ditch through the plaintiff's land. An injunction against the defendants was issued by a court commission, and the district court or- dered the injunction dissolved, from which order the plaintiffs appealed, the supreme court affirming the low- er court. The defendants had entered into a contract with the county commission- ers of Clay county to construct this ditch which ran through the plaintiff’s land diagonally. The plaintiffs allege that to farm their Iand to the best ad- vantage all parts of it must be readily accessible to the buildings, a condi- tion not possible with the ditch as planned. They asserted that the pur- pose of the ditch was not to benefit the public health, but to drain agricul- tural land bordering on their land. The defendants alleged that the ditch had been established in accord- ance with chapter 230 of the Laws of 1905, by the county commissioners on a finding that its construction would be of public utility and con- ducive to the public health. The con- demnation proceedings were tried in the lower court, and the damages to the plaintiffs were assessed by a jury, and the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was still pending when the in- junction was granted. The supreme court holds that it was within the discretion of the lower court to dissolve the injunction and affirmed the order of the lower court. NEW TAX FORMS. Commission Asks County Auditors for Suggestions, The state tax commission has issued some new forms for applications for abatement: of real and personal prop- erty taxes. They are being sent out to the county auditors for examina- tion with a request that the auditors criticise them and make such com- ments and suggestions as they feel proper. The forms are of those appli- cations which wil be submitted to the tax commission after the tax lists have been passed upon by the town or city boards of review. The new forms are arranged with a view to getting all of the necessary information in con- cise form without any unnecessary de-_ tail. . Mrs. A. Banhoft, residing on a farm two miles east of Trosky, hanged her- self. She was a widow with a family of children. The family arose as usual and the children went out to do the chores. They returned soon after daylight to find no breakfast, but their mother hanging from a bedpost. David T. Lambertz, fifty years old, a laborer, committed suicide on the old Fort Snelling reservation at St. Paul. Capt. Day found the body hang- ing from the limb of a tree. of Interest MACALESTER TO ENTERTAIN. State Oratorical Association Meeting Will Be Held in St. Paul. Macalester college at St. Paul has been selected by the State Oratorical association to entertain the association when the annual contest is held this year. J. Todd Guy of Macalester is the president of the state association, and will preside at the contest. A committee composed of W. M. Fisk, chairman, and John McEwen and Robert S. Wallace, with W. M, Hobart, president of the local association, and Mr. Guy, as president of the state as- sociation as members ex officio, will have immediate charge of the contest. The colleges represented by the | State Oratorical association are St. Olaf, Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline and Macalester. Each col lege will send a representative select- ed by its local oratorical association. The committee will endeavor to se- cure the St. Paul Auditorium for the occasion, and thus give the speakers the benefit of the largest building in the Northwest. A special train will ba arranged from Northfield to accommo ‘date students from Carleton and Gus: ‘tavus Adolphus. Bands and glee clubs from the colleges will furnish the mu | Sic. CROP YIELD GREATER. Insane Hospital Farm Productions Is Reported. The crops on the insane hospital farm at Fergus Falls have generally fallen below last year’s average, al though some lines show an increase. The farm, which is the largest in the state, raises practically everything in the garden line required by the 1,550 patients, supplies them with milk and furnishes a partial supply of beef and other articles. The report of the year’s products has just been filed with the superintendent and shows | the following amounts of the various lines of produce: Asparagus, 550 bunches; beets, table 955 bushels; cab: bage, 7,400 heads; ceiery, 1,200 bunch es; sweet corn, 360 bushels; field corn 1,200 bushels; cucumbers, 200 bushels; peas, 90 bushels; parsnips, 540 bush els; rhubarb, 14,225 pounds; tomatoes. 220 bushels; onions, 725 bushels; pota toes, 9,000 bushels; ensilage, 300 tons; hay, 312 tons; pumpkins, 300; horse radish, 300 gallons; barley 2,000 bush els; oats, 4,400 bushels; pork, 38,006 pounds; veal, 870 pounds; beef, live weight, 41,700 pounds; milk, 49,600 gallons. SPOUSE DEMANDS MONEY. Wife Says Husband Threatened Her Life When She Refused. Becaus¢ his wife would not consent to put a little money she had left te her in the bank in her husband's name, Albert Glaser was: in court at Winona on the charge of threatening to kill her. He was compelled to fur nish bonds in the sum of $100 to keey the peace for six months. He is 3 bricklayer and earns good wages, and Mrs. Glaser thinks she should keep her own money in her own name. Be cause she held to this opinion, she al leges, he beat her severely and then threatened to kill her. Mrs. Glasei said she did not want her husband punished, but wanted such action tak en as would assure her safety. FIND JOBS FOR MANY. State Free Employment Bureaus All De Big Business. The three state free employment bu reaus are all doing a big business, ac cording to Labor Commissioner W. H Williams. They placed 3,300 people during the.month of October. Since Aug. 1, when the St. Paul and Duluth bureaus were started, the three place: have found work for over 19,000 peo ple. Conditions now are the reverse otf what they were a short time ago. Up to Nov i the demand for labor exceed ed the supply. Now the supply is in excess, and the bureaus are accumulat ing waiting lists. Owing to the labor {demand on the iron range and on the j lakes, the Duluth bureau bids fair te do the bigger business of the three be ing operated. MANY STUDENTS BELOW. First Warnings Are Sent to Those Who Are Deficient. Warnings have been sent to the university students who have been bo low in their studies so far this year The first three months of the collegs | year has been completed and several students have failedin such large per centage of their work that unless they brace up by the end of the semester they will be dropped from the rolls In the academic department thirty seven students have failed in three on more subjects, which is enough te }eause them to be dropped. In the same department 135 more have faile¢ in two subjects. In the engineering de partment 14 out of 137 students have failed in the physic classes. State Loans Funds. The state board of investments met at the capitol and approved loans te | school districts aggregating $35,025 One loan of $12,000 to a Crow Wing county school district was for refund ing a loan made some years ao, and the others were all for school pur poses. The loans authorizes were as follows: Beltrami, $500; Aitkin, $1, 600; Wright, $175; Marshall, $1,000; Mille Lacs, $1,000; Clay, $1,600; Doug las, $500; Yellow Medicine, $1,000 Murray, $12,000; Red Lake, $1,050; Stearns, $2,000; Crow Wing, $12,000. cea RRND