Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 21, 1907, Page 3

Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. Washington Notes. The official call for the Republican national convention, to be held in Chi- cago on June 16 next, has been issued. President Roosevelt entertained at dinner at the White House a number of bear hunters from the Louisiana canebrakes. Senator Hansbrough of North Da- kota proposes an increase in the max- imum salary allowed rural free deliv- ery carriers from $900 to $1,200. The department of agriculture has issued a report estimating that the to- tal production of cotton in the United States for the year 1907-08 will amount to 5,581,968,000 pounds. The Japanese government has chosen Kogoro Takahira to succeed Viscount Aoki as ambassador at Wash- ington, as it desires to send its best man. The Hochi states that the gov- ernment recalled Aoki for pledging Japan to restrictive legislation as to emigration. The senate committee on public lands ordered a favorable report on the Hansbrough bill providing for leayes of absence for homesteaders during winter months. The report also ordered a favorable report on the Gamble bill for adjustment of the 5 per cent account of public land states. Col. George W. Goethals, chairman and engineer-in-chief of the isthmian canal commission, has notified the au- thorities of his intention to come to Washington soon. Probably the most important matter which will come up for consideration will be that of in- creasing the width of the canal locks to 120 feet. Personal. Harold D. Haddock, for thirty years a prominent resident of Hancock, Mich., is dead of pneumonia. John Philip Sousa has fully recover- ed from an attack of ptomaine poison- ing and has rejoined his band. Judge George Baldwin, one of the wealthiest land owners of Wisconsin, died at Appleton, aged sixty-nine years. J. Marshall Williams, for two years soloist with Sousa’s band in New York, died at Chillicothe, Mo., after a long illness. : Maj. William L. Geary, U. 8. A., died at the army general hospital at San Francisco, where he has been ill with Bright’s disease. John Broadhead, a pioneer jeweler of Marshalltown, Iowa, and one of the earliest settlers of the town, died sud- denly of asthma and disease of the heart W. B. Thomas has been elected act- ing president of the American Sugar Refining company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. O. Have- meyer. J ph Armstrong, manager of the Christian Science publications and one of the most prominent leaders of the faith in this country, is dead at his home in Boston, Gen. Alexander Hamilton, grandson of Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury under George Washing- ton, died at his home in Tarrytown, N. Y. He had been ill from la grippe since Thanksgiving. George Olley, aged 110 years, lack- ing eighteen days, believed to be the oldest person in New York state, died at his home in Great Bend. Olley was born in Stanton, England, Dec. 25, 1797, Accidental Happenrngs. Three persons were burned to death and another injured during a fire in Boston. New Berlin, a town situated eigh- teen miles east of Jacksonville, Ill. was visited by fire. The loss is $75,- 000. James Siegeling, aged ten, of Shar- on Center, Iowa, was thrown by a skittish pony last night, and his neck was broken. He died instantly. Six buildings occupied py as many retail firms, comprising the most of the business district of Zearing, Story county, Iowa, was completely de- stroyed by fire. Three boys, Joseph and Floyd Ran- dall and Ernest Doutella, ranging in age from eight to twelve years, were drowned while crossing the Flint river on the ice at Flint, Mich. William Moless, a farmer, was killed while felling trees near Bessemer, Mich. A large elm lodged against a hemlock which Moless proceeded to eut down also. When partly cut the hmlock split and let the big elm fall upon him, The White Pigeon carbonite and gas plant at White Pigeon, Mich., was to- tally wrecked by an explosion last evening. Several persons were se- verely injured, and every window in town was cracked. The shock was felt for twelve miles The explosion is attributed to a leak in the gas tank. ¢ August Vickstrom was killed by falling ground in the Mesnard shaft of the Quincy Mining company at Houghton, Mich. Other workmen es- caped, but Vickstrom, who was the last of the party to leave the drift, mwas caught by tons of rock and earth. f Gibson on the night of Nov. 22, obtain- DEFECTIVE PAGE | ver at New Britain, Conn., Edwin Walker, ten years old, shot and killed Svea Eugena Anderson, eight years old, the bullet entering the girl’s heart. A Asleep of the track with his head across the rail, Victor Scott was struck and inStantly killed at Mar- quette, Mich., by @ Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad train. He was decapitated. Three brothers were drowned at Tama, Iowa, while skating. The brothers were Bud, ck pi op ; Kenneth and Gerald Ca sons 0! N. E. Carnal, a member of the city IMPRESSIVE NAVAL DISPLAY council of Tama. FOR THE PACIFIC DENT DURING FIRST STAGE OF VOYAGE. PRESIDENT TENDERS OFFICERS .A RECEPTION ON BOARD THE MAYFLOWER. Crimes. John Martnick of Fort Atkinson, lowa, committed suicide by taking two ounces of carbolic acid. 3 Because he and his wife of two months quarreled over his desire to spend his evening at his bowling club, Jacob Victor killed himself in. New York. Detective Charles C. Jackson of Des Moines, Iowa, was slugged and severe- ly beaten with a blackjack as he was returning from the police station to his home. ‘For love of a neighbor’s wife who did not return the affection, D. H. Broese, a wealthy farmer of Jefferson, Iowa, forty-seven years old, sent a bul- let through his brain. 4 Frank Glick, a machinist of Nash- ville, twenty-five years old, shot his wife, Mrs. Ruth Glick, killing her in- stantly. He then shot himself through the head and is dying at the city hos- pital. T. Otway Saldier, manager of the West End branch of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company at San Francisco, committed suicide’ in the office of the branch bank by blow- ing off the top of his head with a shotgun. In an effort to drive from Pittsburg the concerns that advance money on furniture and other articles of the household, charging usurious rates, city detectivés raided the offices of nineteen of these money lenders and have warrants for eleven others. x Mrs. Mary Stell was murdered by a burglar at Altoona, Pa. She tried to stop her husband from attacking the marauder, whom they had discovered in their home and had thrown her arms about her husband, when the thief’s bullet struck her in the head. Te murderer escaped. Chief of Police John A. Suggs. and Night Policeman Lewis Wood of Fort Gibson, Okla., are under arrest, charg- ed with robbing the postoffice at Fort Old Point Comfort, Va., Dec. 18. — Sixteen hard-hitting, steel-belted American battleships, gun-bristling and burly of girth, but sparkling white in their immaculate dressings of peace, sailed away yesterday under the dazzling sun of a cloudless winter sky on their famous expedition of 14,- 000 miles along foreign shores and changing climes to the west of the United States. President Roosevelt, on the bridge of the Mayflower, per- sonally led the magnificent four-mile line of fighting vessels during the first stages of the voyage. From the an- chorage ground in Hampton Roads to the Horseshoe bend of Chesapeake bay his eagle-crested flag of. blue pointed the way to the fleet’s new home at the Golden Gate. Reviews Passing Pageant. Then, when the wide reaches of the sea were visible through the capes of Virginia, he turned aside and coming to anchorage reviewed the passing pageant. The blue of the sky, the stretch of green sea-miles, the glistening of spot- less hulls, the curl of foam-crested bow-waves, the cheering of sailors afloat and friends ashore, the breeze- blown strains of “Auld Lang Syne” floating across the waters, the blare of trumpets, the ruffle of drums, the flash of signals and the boom of salut- ing cannon marked the departure of the fleet, presenting to the people who watched a_ spectacle they will never forget and to the world at large the reality of the trimmest, snuggest, most homeogenous, most thoroughly equipped, most mobile and self-reliant assemblage of first-class battleships ever gathered in one command. Most Impressive Display. Attaches of foreign legations and embassies at Washington and many correspondents who have seen war service on foreign journals freely de- elared that yesterday’s naval display was the most impressive they had ever seen. The sailing of the fleet was pre- ceded by the reception on the quar terdeck of the Mayflower, which shortly after 8 o’clock yesterday morning steamed into the center of the anchored fleet. President Roose- velt warmly greeted the four rear ad- mirals and the sixteen commanding of- ficers of the fleet as they climbed from dancing launches up the starboard gangway of the yacht. He had a word of confidence and well wishing for all, but made no formal address. First Stop at Trinidad. Last night the sixteen ships of the massive fleet, continuing in single or- der and steaming at the uniform speed of ten knots an hour, according to or- ders, were well down the coast toward the treacherous waters of Hat- teras. The first lap of their journey will bring them to Trinidad on Christ- mas eve, and there amid the heat of the tropics the Christmas celebrations will be held. The president, after the review at the horseshoe was completed, return- ed to Washington. The fleet got un- der way just after 10 o’clock in the morning and less than two hours later ing $400 in cash. The arrest was made by Mayor Rand Lee, after an in- vestigation of the crime. William Stewart, proprietor of a restaurant in East Iola, Kan., was brutally murdered’ near his place of business. The body, which was found at daylight, bore evidence of several wounds, any one of which would have produced death. Stewart's partner, W. D. Cresison, confessed to the mur: der. Foreign. Dinilulu, the Zulu king who has been held responsible for the threatening situation in Natal, has surrendered. Insurgents from Yunchow have pen- etrated into the province of Kwang Si and have captured three strongholds between Lungchau and Langson. Mar tial law has been proclaimed in the disturbed locality. The Brazilian coasting steamer Guasca, 55,000 tons, Capt. Ramos, has gone down off Panagua, Brazil, as a result of a collision with an unknown vessel. Thirty persons on board the Guasca were drowned. Gen. Liautey, commanding the French flying column in Algeria, re- ported that he had destroyed the camp of the Matrahout Bouthick, one of the leaders of the revolt and who pro- a had cleared the capes and had begun claimed a holy war on the frontier. |i camest the most notable practice The condition of Dowager Queen cruise in all naval history. Sophia of Sweden. is occasioning anx- jety. The strain upon the queen inci- dent to the illness and death of King Oscar was very severe, and since his death she has been almost constantly eigen ces on ae perores confined to her bed. Preston, Minn., Dec. 18.—This vil- One of Vandyke’s masterpieces,|jage is experiencing a reform move- “The Erection of the Cross,” has been| ment. J. M. Turck, a saloonkeeper, stolen from the Church of Notre Dame} has paid a fine of $50 and costs for at Courtrai, Belgium. The thieves|selling liquor on Sunday, and will be carefully cut the canvas from the/trjeq on a charge of selling to a mi- frame and carried it away. They aré/noy. This prosecution is a result of believed to have been experts, as spe-|an astonishing amount of drunkenness cial watchmen employed in guarding/on recent Sundays. A mass meeting the treasures of the church observed/has been called for Wednesday even- nothing. ing to take action looking to the bet- terment of moral conditions. TOWN GETS TOO “OPEN.” General News Items. Joseph Hensley, aged 102 years, a prominent farmer of Helena, Mo., near St. Joseph, died suddenly of heart dis- ease, With the opening of navigation of 1908 the Northern Navigation com- pany will put into commission a new passenger vessel of the same type and dimensions as the Huronic. The an- nouncement was made at Port Arthur, Ont., by C. H. Nicholson, the general traffic manager of Sarnia. With all the records in the history of the Great Lakes broken, traffic on the Soo canal practically came to a close last week. Complete figures are not obtainable from the government, put in round numbers the total freight tonnage will be 58,000,000, about 7,000, 000 greater than last year. All but one of the twelve troops of cavalry sent to the Cheyenne river reservation have been ordered back ta their former post, Fort Des Moines, The two companies of the Sixteenth infantry which has been guarding the base of supplies at Gettysburg have been ordered to Fort Cook. AGED JUDGE UNDER KNIFE. Chief Justice Cassoday of Wisconsin Undergoes Surgical Operation. Madison, Wis., Dec. 18.—Chief Jus- tice Cassoday of the supreme court un- derwent ‘a serious operation Sunday afternoon at his home for gallstones, His condition yesterday was much im- proved, and in spite of his age, seven- ty-seven years, his physicians hope his recovery will be very speedy, bar- ring complications. BLOODY RIOT IN HAVANA, Five Men Shot and Twelve Others Wounded in Various Ways. Havana, Dec. 18.—After a meeting yesterday in which fiery speeches were made, the striking masons at- tacked the men who had taken their places and a serious riot ensued. Five men were shot and twelve others were wounded in various ways. The police reserves were hastily summon- ed to quell the riot and used their pis- tols freely. They made a large num- ber of arrests. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OCCURS IN A MINE AT YOLANDE, ‘ALABAMA. Yolande, Ala., Dec. 18.—Not since _|the disastrous Virginia City mine ex- plosion, eight miles north of here, two years ago, has there occurred another such as took place in No. 1 of the Yolande Coal and Coke company at 1:25 yesterday morning. It is impos- sible to tell at this hour how many are dead as a result of the explosion, the estimates varying all the way from forty to sixty. The work of rescue has been extremely slow because of the debris in the mines and the large crowd of women, children and sight- seers at the opening. The explosion is now known to have occurred in either the fifth or sixth right entrance. Horribly Mutilated, All of the bodies have been recov- ered from these entries and some of them were so horribly mutilated that identification is almost impossible. Nineteen of the bodies have been identified. According to Supt. T. C. Huckabee, the explosion was undoubtedly due to “windy shots.” Mr. Huckabee had just made a tour of inspection and congratulated some of the men on the condition of their rooms. A few minutes after reaching the top he saddled his horse and was about to go for a day’s hunt when the explosion occurred, Rescuers at Work. Parties of miners from Aberate, Searles, Davis Creek and Brookwood are here ready to help in the recovery of those who are still entombed. It will be several hours before all of the dead’ are recovered, Under the supervision of Chief Mine Inspector, J. M. Gray and his assistant, James Hillhouse, forces are at work in the slope clearing away the wreckage and recovering the deag from the lower cross entrance. The inspectors have made no statement of the cause of the disaster. SAY UNION IS ILLEGAL. Not. a Labor Organization, but Com- bine in Restraint of Trade, Goldfield, Nev., Dec, 18.—The Gold- field Mine Owners’ association yester- day submitted a statement to the com- mission which President Roosevelt has sent to Goldfield, which declares that the Western Federation of Miners. is not a labor organization, but a com: bination in restraint of trade; that it is in fact a treasonable organization, and in the statement are quotations from the preamble, constitution and by-laws of the Western Federation of Miners in support of the contention. This statement has been officially re- ceived by the commission and the con- sideration of it will be begun at 9 o’clock to-day. Yesterday was spent by the commission in going over the information obtained by'Gen. Funston and Goy. Sparks. Gen. Funston and Gov. Sparks will leave Goldfield on Wednesday morn- ing. Last night President McKinnon of the Goldfield miners’ union was called before the commission and asked to give his version of the trouble. No intimation of what passed during the session is given out, but after the meeting it was learned that President McKinnon stated to the members of the commission that the members of the Western Federation of Miners have been peaceably inclined at all times and was emphatic in his decla- ration that no necessity has existed for the presence of federal troops. He has promised to prepare a comprehen- sive statement of the Western Federa- tion side of the controversy to be pre- sented later. é ORCHARD IS CORROBORATED. Documentary Evidence Presented by State in Pettibone Trial. Boise, Idaho, Dec. 18.—Documentary eyidence in corroboration of Harry Orchard’s testimony was introduced at the Pettibone trial yesterday by the prosecution. Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, was taken sick Sunday night and was not pres- ent in court during the day, Edgar Wilson taking his place. On account of Darrow’s absence Orchard was not asked impeaching questions, and the state postponed its redirect examina- tion. Judge Luther M. Goddard was the most important witness for the state, being on the witness stand most of the afternoon session. He told of the finding of the bomb which Orchard testified had been planted near his gate for the purpose of killing him. The testimony of Former Sheriff Nichols of Caldwell proved disastrous to the state. After he had told of re- ceiving a letter addressed to Thomas Hogan, copying it and giving the origi- nal to Orchard, he testified on cross- examination that the letter was not in the handwriting of George A. Petti- bone, the defendant. He said he be- came familiar with Pettibone’s writ- ing while he was in jail in Caldwell. Orchard had testified that this letter was written by Pettibone. STORMS DELAY TAFT. Weather Retards Liner on Which the Secretary Is a Passenger. On*+ Board Steamship President Grant, by Wireless, via Cape Race, N. F., Dec, 18. — The President Grant which has among its passengers Sec§ retary of War William H. Taft, Mrs. Taft and their son Charles, has en- countered disagreeable weather, whith has retarded its progress and will probably make the steamer a day or two uate in reaching New York. SIXTY. LIVES “LST N “aE UNFAIR LIST 1 HELD IN CHECK DECISICN OF GREAT \iMPOR- TANCE TO LABOR AND BUSI- NESS INTERESTS. FEDERATION 1S RESTRAINED COURT’S DECISION ARRAIGNS BOYCOTT AS AN ILLEGAL CONSPIRACY. Washington, Dec, 19.—Of far-reach- ing importance to labor and business interests throughout the country was the decision announced yesterday by Justice Gould of the equity court of the District of Columbia, enjoining the American Federation of Labor, with its membership of 2,000,000 or more, from boycotting the Buck Stove and Range company of St. Louis and of printing in its official organ the com- pany’s name in “Unfair” and “We don’t patronize” lists, and the deci- sion arraigns the action of the federa- tion as an illegal conspiracy. Would Limit Order. To-day there will ‘be an argument before Judge Gould over a proposition of counsel for the federation that the court’s order putting the injunction decision into effect limiting, in ex- press terms, its application to the Dis- trict of Columbia and counsel for the plaintiff company will oppose this. The injunction granted yesterday, while of a temporary character, was allowed in a decision in which Judge Gould exhaustively reviewed the case, made copious citations of authorities, quoted precedents as to boycott defini- tions and said there was no room for argument as to the conspiracy alleged being established. Go to Supreme Court. The question of a permanent in- junction will come up probably next spring, and which ever side wins in the final settlement, the case, it is be- lieved will be appeaied to the supreme court of the United States. Judge Gould pointed out from the bench yesterday that he had not in his decision taken ‘up the question of inhibition of the boycott under the Sherman anti-trust law or the inter. state commerce commission act. SERIOUS CRISIS IN PERSIA. Armed Partisans Erect Barricades and Hold Public Places. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 19.—The sit- uation here has become more threat- ening. The reactionaries have taken possession of and are now holding the gun square and open places ia the vi- cinity of the palace, while the Consti- tutionalists to the number of about 10,000 have erected barricades extend: ing for miles around the parliament buildings. The latter are acting sole- ly on the defensive and in an orderly manner. The rough elements are aid ing the reactionaries, and several mut ders and some looting have occurred. On behalf of the nation, the Persian parliament has issued a manifesto to the world, explaining the present con~ stitutional crisis and appealing. for as- sistance. The negotiations between the shah and parliament have up to the present time been without result. The post- office and all shops in Teheran are closed and no newspapers have been published to-day. ‘ Decide on Joint Action. The British and Russian foreign of- fices already have decided upon joint action to settle the differences be- tween the shah and parliament and to prevent the trouble which is threat- ening to break out throughout the country. Germany claims that her interests are purely commercial. be called upon to move troops across the frontier, but only in extreme ne- cessity, such as for the protection of foreigners or their property. Within her sphere of influence Great Britain would land troops, relying upon the presence of her warships in the Per- sian gulf to overawe any body. MINE VICTIMS, SIXTY-ONE Rescue Parties Toil in Mines Against Fearful Odds. Yolande, Ala., Dec. 19.—Last night forty-two bodies had been taken from the ill-fated Yolande mines, in which an explosion occurred Monday. Nine- teen more are reported in the mines, making a total of sixty-one victims. | All day long the rescue parties have toiled in the mines here against fear- ful odds. The hot air and smoke from the explosion have made it difficult to get into the lower entries, and several of the rescue parties. have been over- come at different times and have had to be brought to the surface for fresh air. $8,000,000 CITY BUILDING. Plans Being Prepared for Twenty- story Structure in New York. New York, Dec. 19. — Architects have begun work on plans which are to be submitted in competition for New York’s proposed twenty-story office building, to be built upon the ground recently secured opposite the Brooklyn bridge entrance. It is esti- Russia might ! ASK FUNSTON TO TAKE HOLU MANY RUMORS AFLOAT—BREAK IN WIRES IS CHARGED TO VANDALS. Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 19.—The power wires of the Nevada-California Power company went down at 5 o’clock yes terday afterncon and Goldfield was without electric light or power last night: Many rumors are afloat, the most reliable being that the wires have been cut at Palmetto, twenty-five miles distant. Many people are alarm- ed and an effort is now being made to have Gen, Funston take charge of the camp and patrol it with troops. Three Mines Operated. Three mines were operated yester- day with the men brought in from other points and those who have sign: ed the agreement of the Goldfield Mine Owners’ association. The mill of the Consolidated company and the Nevada-Goldfield Reduction works also were in operation all day. The commission sent by President Roosevelt to investigate labor condi tions here has been busy all day with statements from the Mine Owners’ asociation, and is receiving visitors who have information bearing on the situation. The commissioners would make no statement last night. Funston May Stay. Gen. Funston was to leave for San Francisco to-day, and Gov. Sparks al- so had intended leaving Goldfield to- day for his ranch near Reno. i It is hardly probable, however, that either will’ leave the camp to-day if the break in the power wires proves to be an act of vandalism. ; HAYWOOD WILL TESTIFY. To Give Evidence for the Defense in Pettibone Trial. Boise, Idaho, Dec. 19.—The prosecu- tion in the Pettibone case yesterday traced the Peabody bomb from the time Harry Orchard said he and Jack Simpkins threw it in a creek at Wal- lace to its appearance in the court, room here at the Haywood trial. Cor- roborative evidence of the testimony of Orchard in reference to the Vindi- cator mine explosion was’ presented, and the state proved that the regis- tered letter and telegraphic money or- der received by Orchard while at San Francisco were sent by Pettibone, facts admitted by the defense. William D. Haywood, secretary- treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, arrived in Boise yesterday and sat with the spectators at the aft- ernoon session of the court. He will take the stand as a witness for the defense. TRAIN HOLD-UP FOILED. Posse With Bloodhounds Chases Men and Captures One. Spokane, Wash., Dec. 19.—An at- tempt was made to hold up the west- bound Northern Pacific train eleven miles east of Spokane early yesterday. Three men attempted to flag the train but the engineer refused to stop. Harry Draper, with a posse and bloodhounds, hurried to Trent in a special train. A freight train was stopped and three men started to flee from it. One man, D. H. Murphy, was caught by Draper and it is believed one robber was wounded. The bloodhounds followed the men five miles. Under a bridge near Trent the officers found five dynamite bombs, some fuses and safe-cracking appliances. R®UGH HOUSE IN COURT. District Attorney Hurls Inkstand anc} Spectator May Die. San Jose, Cal., Dec. 19.— District Attorney James S. Sex and Attorney A. H. Gorman of defense called each other a liar and threw books and ink- stands at each other’s heads yester- day during a bribery trial. A missile hurled by Sex missed its mark and struck an aged spectator, Zacharius Tucker, on the head. Tucker fell in- sensible and it is announced b?% his physician that his skull is fractured and he may not recover from the wound. The combatants were arrest- |ed and ordered into the custody of the | sheriff. DROWNS IN BATHTUB. | Cashier of Bank Found Dead by His w Wife. North Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 19.— Frederick E. Sargent, vice president and cashier of the Jewelers National bank of this town, was found dead in the bathtub at his apartments by his wife last night. According to the med- ical examiner death was due to acci- dental drowning. CUT IN WAGES RECALLED. Steel Trust Decides Not to Reduce Pay of Employes. New York, Dec. 19. — It became known yesterday that the finance com- mittee of the United States Steel cor- ! poration has decided to send out no- tices recalling the recent order to cut wages, which was to have taken effect ! Jan. 1, 1908. DENIED BY CORTELYOU. Rumors of Undue Political Activity of His Friends Are False. Washington, Dec. 19. — Secretary Cortelyou, in a signed statement giy- en out last night, pronounces unquali- fiedly false the current rumors of un- due political activity of his friends in mated that the building will hold all|forwarding a movement in his inter- the offices of the city’s departments | St. and that it will $8,000,000. cost approximately The secretary declares that neither he nor his friends have used their influence in behalf of a can- didate for the presidency.