Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 4, 1908, Page 3

eer Meee By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH TELLING CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS, Washington, The secretary of the interior sent to congress an estimate for an appro- priation, of $50,000 for the survey and preparation of plans for an irrigation system on the Flathead Indian reser- vation, 3 Senator Nelson has introduced a res- olution appropriating $75,000 for the reconstruction of the Sandy Lake dam at the headwaters of the Mississippi river, in accordance with the recom: mendations of the chief of engineers in his last annual report. People Talked About. Alonzo Wygant, general superintend- ent of the United States Express com- pany, died at Chicago after an illness of several months, Charles F. Wise, chief operator of the Western Union at Evansville, Ind., for many years, died after an illness of two years of tuberculosis. Mrs. Harley Lyon, one of theroldest residents of Grand Rapids, Mich., died suddenly of heart failure. She was prominent in society and club circles. Mrs. Ann Mulischer of West Liberty, Ohio, who celebrated her 106th birth- day last month, is dead of paralysis, She retained her faculties until a week before her death. John Paley, editor of the Jewish Daily News, was found dead in his home in Brooklyn, asphyxiated by gas which escaped from an open burned in the parlor. No motive for suicide has been established. Thomas Walhurst, widely known as , theatrical manager for nearly sixty s, died in New York from grip. He was eigrty-one years of age. Mr. Walhurst was the first manager to ex- ploit Artemus Ward. The will of the late Michael Gilleas, who was vice president of the Illinois Central railroad, disposing of property valued at $1,000,000, was probated at Los Angeles. A widdow and seven chil- dren receive the estate, -It is located in Iowa and other states. From Other Shores. Pierre Jules Caesar Janssen, the cel- ebrated French scientist and direqtor of the Meubon observatory, is dead. He was born in 2824, The late Queen Carola bequeathed to charitable organizations the larger part of her fortune, which in all is estimated at about $5,000,000. Delegates from all the British West Indian islands will meet at Bridge- town, Barbadoes, B, W. I., on Jan. 14 to hold an agricultural conference. The British admiralty has decided to establish, next May, a Pacific and North American squadron, the base of which will probably be at Esquimalt. Charles M. Skinner, author and playwright, is dead at Proctorville, Vi. He was fifty-five years old and a brother of Otis Skinner, the actor. M. Gudo, formerly minister of Nor- way and Sweden to Denmark, has been appointed to succeed the late H. Cc. Hauge as minister of Norway to the United States. Victorien Sardou and one of the the- aters of Paris have brought suit for $10,000 and $20,000, respectively, against the Matin for publishing a crit- icism of a play before its first produc- tion, Mrs. Joseph Nelson Patterson of Philadelphia, who was taken in charge by the Paris police because of eccen- trie behavior, has been taken to a pri- yate asylum, where she will be treated until she is in condition to be taken to the United States. Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimer, who renounced his rank upon his mar- riage to the widowed Countess Luc- chesini, the daughter of a Luebeck hotelkeeper, in 1891, is dead. After his marriage Prince Bernhard assum- ed the title of Count Grayenberg. Just at the moment when the agita- tion against the high price of coal is extending the coal syndicates, with headquarters at Dusseldorf, Germany, publishes its price schedule for twelve months, beginning April 1. By this the price of nearly every quality of coal will be increased 10 to 12 cents a ton. Crimes and Criminals. Frank Tsar, fifty-four years old, shot and probably fatally wounded his wife in their home at Chicago and then committed suicide. - The coroner’s jury which investigat ed the death of R. H. Harris, a com- mission broker of Kansas City, who was supposed to have been accidental- ly killed at Chicago by a North-West: ; ern elevated train, returned a verdict of suicide. The body of Lawrence Finley, a farmer living near Lemont, Ill., was recovered from the old Illinois and Michigan canal. At the time of his dis- appearance Finley is said to have had a large sum of money in his posses- sion. When the body was recovered the money and a watch were missing. Following elaborate experiments to - prevent the recurrence of accidents to submarine vessels, the French minis- ter of the navy has issued orders that all submarinés be fitted out with de-' tachable telephone buoys, which in case of accident will permit communi- cation with the surface. : shot aid klled trom ambosh. ls‘ sailant escaped. In @ raid on moonshiners in Elliott county, Ky., three big illicit distiller les, fifteen fermenters and 1,000 gal- lons of liquor were captured. The dis- tilling apparatus was concealed in shocks of fodder in an open field. Pleas of guilty were made by the Rock Island Railroad in Ghicago to four cases charging violation of the law prohibiting the confinement of live stock in cars for longer than twenty-eight hours. Judge Landis of the United States district court, be- fore whom the pleas were entered, deferred sentence to allow the railroag to show cause for the delays. Two men were killed at a railway construction camp near Lothrop, Mont. George Morris, an Austrian, killed one of his countrymen in a knife duel, the cause of the trouble being unknown. Morris then started to Lo- throp and met Contractor Walter A. Arnold on the bridge, where he attack- ed Arnold with a knife and Arnold drew a revolver and shot him dead. Arnold gave himself up, claiming self- defense. \ P. C. Cain, convicted at Des Moines of murdering C. H. Morris, a well known and wealthy mine owner, be- cause the latter attempted to drive him out of an alleged liquor business at one of his mining camps, was sen- tenced to life imprisonment. “My life has been sworn away,” declared Cain to the court after sentence had been imposed. “I had no chance against the array of witnesses, who cared nothing for the truth and only to get me in state prison.” ENING STAGE IN COAST STATES. LUMBER MEN PLAN CAMPAIGN —_— NIES TRY TO REMOVE SIDE- TRACKS. operations as part of the projected points. Such information comes from Ever- ett, where is. is reported that the Great Northern railway has passed the word that sidetracks and spurs con- necting lumber and shingle mills with the main line will be ripped out unless the mills recede from their hostility. This has aroused great indignation among the manufacturers, and they are ready to protect their interests with guns on the slightest provoca- tion. Said one of the leading lumber- men of the state: Force Justified. “If the Great Northern carries out its threat to remove our sidetracks rather than lower its shipping rates to Eastern points, though I doubt that President J. J. Hill would resort to such an expedient, I feel that the lum- bermen would have just cause to arm their employes with guns to repel any such attempts. The removal of spur tracks would mean financial ruin to many mills, for it would be at least two years before connections with the main lines could or would be replaced by the railroads. In the eyes of. the law a shotgun course might not be the right one, but I am certain that the Great Northern’s removal of the spurs would be equally high-handed and wrong.” Are Thoroughly Aroused. Railroad men refuse to discuss the policy of intimidation reputed to them, put the lumber interests say the word was passed out straight, perhaps only as a feeler or to scare them, but they are thoroughly aroused and will not be caught napping. Secret meetings have been held to add defensive plans, and it is almost certain that bloodshed will follow any effort to tear up the tracks. Although little of this nature has been heard along the Northern Pacific, a similar warning has been received in a round- about way by some mills on that line. A few Everett mills will resume next month, but not because of the threat of the railroads, and all lumbermen say the fight for the old freight rate will be continued to the last ditch. Accidental Happenrngs. Three persons were drowned by breaking through the ice while skating on Onata lake, at Pittsfield, Mass. While milking a cow Mrs, Ole Olson, wife of a storekeeper of Gladstone, Mich., was trampled upon and hooked so badly that she died. Frank Ballmer, thirteen years old, and Frank Felix, twelve years of age, were drowned while skating in a slip along the river at Toledo. While trying to hide Christmas pres- ents from the younger members of the family Jackson Stilley fell down stairs and broke his neck at Pittsburg. Nine firemen were injured and dam- age to the extent of $250,000 was done by a fire which originated in the Globe dry goods store at Wilkesbarre, Pa. A passenger train ran into an open switch at Tallapoosa, Ga., killing the engineer and injuring two firemen. It is thought the switch had been tamp- ered with. One woman killed, one fatally and a third seriously injured is the result of a Chicago Great Western train back- ing into a buggy at Des Moines in which the women were seated. Painters at work on the dome of the main building of the University of Oklahoma accidentally set fire to the structure. Vigorous work by students confined the flames to the main build- Ing. Fire at Fort Smith, Ark., destroyed the Haglin, a six-story office building, the American National bank and two other buildings. Loss, $75,000. Two men are missing and are believed to have perished. The baggage car and first passenger coach of a train was blown from the track and overturned in the ditch near Marshall, Colo. Six persons were seriously injured and a number of oth- ers seriously hurt. O. J. Watkins, general manager of the California Fruit Growers’ associa- tion, who is under a federal grand jury indictment charging the use of the mails for fraudulent purposes, died at San Bernardino, Cal., of injuries re- ceived by being run over by a wagon loaded with household effects which he was shipping to Los Angeles. GOV. SPARKS CALLS LEGISLATURE Acts on President’s Notice That Other- wise Troops Will Be Removed. Reno, Nev., Dec. 31.—A special ses sion of the Nevada legislature will be called by Gov. John Sparks. The gov- ernor said last night that he will is- sue a proclamation in the morning, and that the date of convening will be in about two weeks. This call will be issued as the re- sult of a message received from Pres- ident Roosevelt Saturday, in which he notified the governor that it was his duty to call the legislature in extra session to deal with the miners’ strike and that if the call was not isssued within five days the troops would be withdrawn. Orders were issued by the war department suspending the or- der for withdrawal for five days. Notification of the decision to as- semble the legislature has been trans- mitted by Gov. Sparks to Washington. Puts New Aspect on Situation. Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 31. — The an- nouncement made here yesterday that Goy. Sparks has telegraphed word to President Rooosevelt that he will call the Nevada legislature together in special session as soon as possible, has put an entirely new aspect upon the labor situation here. At least a portion of the federal troops will, it is thought, remain in Goldfield for an in- definite period, and all fear of any se- rious disturbance growing out of the dispute has vanished. The Esmeralda county grand. jury General News Items. Capt. A. B. Logan, comrade and life- long friend of President McKinley, died at his home at Warrensburg, Mo. William Squires of Australia was knocked out in the sixth round at Bakersfield, Cal., by Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colo., The bout was scheduled to go twenty rounds. The jury in the case of C. L. and B. H. Talmage, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government out of pub- lic lands, brought in a verdict of not guilty at Roswell, N. M. Mrs. Kate Kloppenburg, wife of Adol Kloppenburg, a farmer living near Mel- bourne, Iowa, was suddenly stricken with hemorrhage of the brain while attending church. She died without regaining consciousness. Princess Teppi Pomare of the royal family of Tahita, daughter of Queen Maurau and niece of Prince Arli P. Asalmon, arrived in San Francisco from Papeete on the Oceanic liner Mariposa for a short stay. Mrs. Cyrus Johnson, aged twenty- two, whose stage name is Ruth Par- sons, of the Louis Morrison company, presenting “Faust,” died suddenly in | Webster City from an overdose of fluid extract of cotton ropt bark. A meeting of members of the Mis- sissippi State legislature adopted res- olutions calling for a constitutional convention to give Mississippi a new constitution. Changes in the quotas of representation in the state legisla- ture were demanded in the new consti- tution. The legislature meets in a few weeks. Two hundred and fifty-three boys , and girls of the Des Moines public schools were given corporal punish ment during the month of September | according to the report of Supt. Rid dle, made public recently. Twenty five of this number were girls. settlement of the strike. Two Perish in Fire. home, south of Seattle. Two children ers, escaped, clad only in their night clothes. MEETS IN SEATTLE. Association, will assemble Aug. 25. committee members present, decla: “innocent bystander.” FREIGHT WAR REACHES THREAT- BLOOD MAY BE SHED IF COMPA. Seattle, Dec. 31—Washington mill men are arming their employes to re- sist any attempts of the railroads to remove sidetracks in an effort to com- pel the lumber interests to resume campaign to enforce acceptance of the increased: freight tariff to Eastern has recommended the appointment of a board of arbitration to attempt a Seattle, Wash., Dee. 31. — Fire de- stroyed the Washington children’s were burned to death and the matron and a nurse were injured. The oth- Coast Town Chosen by Amerivan Bar Chicago, Dec. 31. — Seattle, Wash., was selected as the meeting place of the American Bar association at a meeting of the executive committee of the organization here. The convention Alton B. Parker, who was one of the himself out of politics and said that he will view all future campaigns as an NEW PROHIBTION LAW Goes IN-| TO EFFEGT NEW YEAR’S—10, 000 OUT OF sh ilaoay Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31—With the ad- vent of the new year the law pre venting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors passed by the last session of the legislature becomes ef- fective, making Georgia the first of the Southern states to be placed in the prohibition column. ‘The law prevents the keeping or giv- ing away of liquors in public places and imposes a tax of $500 on clubs whose members are allowed to keep drinks in their individual lockers. There is some agitation to have the law declared unconstitutional. The action may be brought in the United States court within a month. It was said that Atlanta alone would lose in license taxes $135,612 and that the property value of saloons and breweries here which will go out of business on Jan. 1 is from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. For the rest of the state the property values involved are about $5,000,000. It is estimated that 10,000 persons will lose their employment when Jan. 1 rings its bell on the sale of intoxi- cating liquors. That the prohibition law will be en- forced there is no question. Gov. Smith and the city court officials have been frank in their statements that they intend to enforce the laws. THOUSANDS WILL STARVE. . Only Four Days of Rain This Year in Parts of India. Hillsdale, Mich., Dec. 31.—Secretary H. S. Myers of the general conference of Free Baptists said yesterday: “According to advices just received by me from our missions in Bengal and Arissa, India, four months of rain is the usual allowance in Lucknow, India, in a year, but during 1907 it has rained only four days. “The result is famine everywhere. Thousands of the population are suf- fering and before relief comes next August in another crop hundreds of thousands must die unless relief comes from Christian lands.” BIG RIVER HARBOR. $5,000,000 Job at Pittsburg Is Nearly Finished, Pittsburg, Dec. 31. — Within a few days the large river interests of the Pittsburg district will have use of the greatest inland harbor in the world. Only two or three days’ work remains to complete the system of locks and dams built on the Upper Ohio river, between Pittsburg and the mouth of the Beaver river at Beaver, and by the time the low water season comes the entire chain of six dams will be ready for full operation. The improvement has cost the gov- ernment close to $5,000,000. BLACK HAND VICTIM. Home of Italian Is Blown tep by Dy- namite. Brownsville, Pa., Dec. 31. — The home of R. Frediani, an Italian, was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite. The entire front of the house was blown out, but neither Frediani nor members of his family were injured. Recently Frediani received letters from an alleged Black Hand society threatening death if money was not paid the society, and the authorities believe the Black Hand is responsible for the outrage. BACK BROKEN; WORKS. Illinois Miner Does Not Know of His Injury. St. Louis, Dec. 31—After working seven days with his back broken and being unaware all that time of serious injury, John Tintura, a coal miner of Bush, Il, fainted in the union station and was taken to the hospital, where physicians say he cannot recover. Tin- tura was struck with a lump of coal Dec. 21, but said he felt only numbing pains and had continued at his work. SPOTTED FEVER OUTBREAK. Two Cases Are Found at Naval Train- ing Station. Newport, R. I., Dec. 31—Two cases of spinal meningitis or “spotted fe- ver” were discovered at the naval training station. The victims were re- moved to the naval hospital. These are the first two cases at the naval training station since two years ago, when much concern was mani- fested over the prevalence of the mal- ady among the apprentices. FATHER STAMPS HIS FEET. Then the Coffee Pot Falls and Child Is Fatally Scalded. Springfield, Ohio, Dee. 31.—While J. D. Blackman, a rural mail carrier, was stamping his feet, trying to put on his aretics near the stove, he jarred the coffee pot from the top. It fell into the lap of his four-and-a-half-year-old child, which was sitting near, fatally scalding the little one. e EDDY HEIRS OBJECT.. “Next Friends” Will Now Attack Pro: posed $1,000,000 Fund. Boston, Mass., Dec. 31.—There is to be no delay in reopening the litigation over the property and mental compe tency of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, leader of the Christian Science church. Suits are to be instituted by “next friends” in New Hampshire. An injunction will be sought restraining her proposed $1,000,000 gift to endow]. a Christian Science paererinel insti- tution. iS FLEE IN STORM |REV. COOKE, ONCE PASTOR OF FASHIONABLE LONG ISLAND CHURCH, IS FOUND. “MURDER OF CHUN YOUNG O'BRIEN BREAKS DOWN AND ADMITS HE KILLED LE CLAIRE. San Francisco, Jan. 1. — mm a pelt- ing rain before daybreak yesterday, Rey. Jere Knode Cooke, formerly pas- tor of the fashionable St. George's church at Hempstead, Long Island, and Floretta Whaley, the seventeen- year- -old heiress with whom he eloped eight months ago, deserting a wife to whom he had been married for nine years, stole away from the little flat which they had occupied at 1199 Green street in this city. They were discovered here Sunday, living under the name of Mr. and Mrs. « HATCHET THE WEAPON USED MURDERER CLAIMS VICTIM HIT HIM WHILE BOTH WERE DRUNK. Gerald Balcom. They took with them their baby boy, Balcom, born two months ago. Pembina, N B., Jan. 1. — James Did Manual: Labor. Whither they went has not been as- certained. The police declare that no request has been made to them to ap- prehend the couple and that no effort is being made to locate or detain then * Sunday afternoon a reporter called | at the home of the unfrocked minister and his companion, where they had lived quietly under their assumed names. Cooke, a Yale graduate, work- ed at painting and decorating, and when hard pinched for funds did any manual work he could get. Begs for Chance to Flee. When the interviewer called Bal- com, or Cooke, admitted his identity, but sent the frail mother and the baby into another room, asking the reporter to lower his voice that she might not learn that their identity had been dis- covered. “My God! What an awakening from our happiness!” exclaimed he. Then he burst out passionately: Look here; give me a chance to get away. You're human—just as human as Iam. I don’t mind Sing Sing or hell, but it’s she. The child was born two months ago, and this will kill the mother.” Tells His Life Story. Cooke told of the death of his father when the son was six years old; his adoption by an uncle, learning the rade of paperhanging and decorating; ow he worked his way through Yale und finally entered the ministry; he ouched upon his marriage and unhap- vy married life. X “Then I awoke to love and every hing els4 was worthless. You know he end. On the one hand was a love- ess life, with honor and position and wealth, and on the other hand love vith poverty. I chose this.” He pointed to the scantily furnished room. O’Brien of Neche has made a complete confession of the murder of Arthur Le Claire, the Great Northern fireman. The sixteen-year-old slayer finally gave up the details of his crime to J. C. Crawford, a Pinkerton detective, who has been working on the case. The confession came after he had been confronted with his bloody cloth- ing, hatchet with which the crime was committed, a bloody scarf and other evidences of his guilt. When the news was broken to the father of O’Brien, for years a resident of Neche and custom officer there, he broke down completely. Fred Le Claire, the father of the murdered boy, called on him in an endeavor to con- sole him. The Pinkerton detective, who has been working on the case, was em- ployed through the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Firemen, of which Le Claire was a member. Confession of O’Brien. The confession, written by O’Brien’s own hand, is as follows: “We got a rig and went to Gretna and both got drunk. Coming back we got to fighting over who was the best man, and he said he could lick three O’Briens, and I got mad. When we left Cook’s shop I made an excuse to go out to the closet, and I got a hatch- et and we started for the rink. We got down there and he made a remark about fighting me, and he got behind me and threw me over. I got up and he hit me, and I hit him with the hatchet, and after I saw what I had done I hit him again, took his pocket- book and threw him in the river, Aft- er I realized what I had done I threw him in the river and went home. “I got the hatchet behind the house, where the ice is kept. I threw him over the bank and followed the body down the bank. I think I had hold of him by the collar, and dropped him right in at the head of the dam in the river.” Begs to Be Let Alone. “I am doing a man’s work. I have inned, but I have suffered. Now, I , seg the world to let me alone with ny wife and child. I can live the life of a good Christian. They say I am . good decorator. I ask the world to let ne be a painter, nothing more; to do 1 man’s work and enjoy the average society “and happiness of the average man.” = LOST SCRIPTURE IS REVEALED. New Saying of Christ, Lost for 1,300 Years, Now Given to World. Chicago, Jan. 1—A new saying of Christ, lost to the world for thirteen centuries and found in Egypt, was given to the world for the first time yesterday by Prof. Henry A. Sanders of the University of Michigan, address- ing the members of the Archeological institute now in session at the Uni- versity of Chicago. The fragment is part of an old Bible dating back to the VISCOUNT AOKI SAYS GOOD-BYE ‘ap Ambassador Deeply Affected by Evidences of Friendship. Washington, Jan. 1. . “We shall ake back home with us to Japan only he kindliest feeing for America anc Moslem conquest of Egypt and on its| ‘or her people and the highest regar: face is so authentic as to disarm hos-|{or her institutions,” said Viscoun tile criticism. Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, ye terday, just prior to his departure f San Francisco with Viscountess Aoh from which place they sail on Jan. for home. The ambassador returns t Japan at the instance of his govert: ment, which desires to consult with The long-lost fragment belongs in the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark, and follows the fourteenth verse. It relates to the story of Christ’s appearance, following his death, to eleven of his apostles in Jeru- salem. uim freely regarding conditions af- With the new verse the Bible reads | ecting Japanese interests in Ameti- thus: ca, notably relating to the question Mark xvi., 14—“And they answered |of Japanese emigration to the United States. He said that his relations with the American government always had —————+ been of a most agreeable and pleas- ant character, and that his treatment by the Washington government had been uniformly courteous and consid- erate. “I am confident that an amicable un- derstanding will be reached on this emigration question—the only one of any consequence that is now agitating the people of the two countries,” said Ambassador Aoki. Official and diplomatic Washington was well represented at the station to bid Viscount Aoki and wife good-by. fvery member of the cabinet in Wash ington able to be there was present——— Viscount Aoki and his wife were vis’ bly affected over the evidences friendship displayed. saying that this age of unrighteous- ness and unbelief is under the power of Satan, who does not permit the things which are made impure by the (evil) spirits to comprehend the truth of God and his power. For this rea- son, reveal thy righteousness now, they said to Christ. And Christ said to them: “The limit of the years of the power of Satan has been fulfilled, but other terrible things are at hand. And I was delivered unto death in be- half of those who sinned in order that they may return to the truth and sin no more, to the end that they may inherit the spiritual, indestructible glory of righteousness which -is in heaven.” Prof. Sanders declared that the new found manuscript also contains what is known as the liturgical ending of the Lord's prayer. The text was found, he said, by Charles L. Freer of Detroit, who was traveling in Egypt and searching for additions to his art collection. BUNNY SAFE; MAN SHOT. Nimrod Aims at Rabbit, but Hits His Brother. Chippewa Falls, Wis. Jan. 1. While hunting rabbits near Spring- brook, Henry Warner was accidentally shot in the leg by his brother Edward. A rabbit was passing between the two brothers and Edward, not seeing Hen- ry, blazed away, the bullet striking Henry in the leg and missing the rab- Predicts Suicide; Dies. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Jan. 1. — Joseph Hazen, a Philippine veteran, died suddenly in this city. He ate a hearty supper and then told his folks he was going up stairs to die. They Jaughed at him, but shortly after they found him dying, and before a physi- cian could be summoned he was dead BURNED ALIVE BY ROBBERS. Warned; Pays No Heed. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 1.—Eugene Perrault, aged twenty-five, was drown- ed in Torch lake by breaking through the ice while skating. He had been warned not to approach the spot where he broke through. Burglars Rifle Railway Station, Then Burn It and the Agent. Clarington, Ohio, Jan. 1. — Edward Hutchinson, the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road agent here, was robbed and mur. dered at an early hour yesterday and the station burned over his head. It is said that the murderers got a large sum of money. The burglars evident- ly decided to burn Hutchinson as he lay bound, in order to conceal their identity. Bishop Andrews at Death’s Door. New York, Jan. 1—Bishop Edward G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church, lies at the point of death in his home in Brooklyn. Late last night his physician said he had only a few hours to live. _