Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 25, 1908, Page 3

BOMB OUTRAGE : ON IRON RANGE Home of Mine Captain Is Wreck- ed and Six Persons Thrown From Their Beds. REIGN OF TERROR 1S FEARED Severe Suppressive Measures Will Be Taken—Search for Malefactors ; Is Pushed. Biwabik, Minn., Jan. 22. — Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning a bomb was thrown at the house occu- " pied by the family of Thomas Nicho- las, captain of the Mohawk mine, near Aurora, tore out one side of the build- ing and threw Nicholas and his wife and their four children from their beds. The youngest child, an infant that was sleeping with the parents, was seriously injured. Although scores of men poured out ‘of the mine to investigate the outrage, no definite clue. to the identity of the perpetrators was discovered. One man said he was certain that when he was coming upon the scene he saw two % shadowy forms disappearing in the t darkness. 1 Fear Reign of Terror. News of the outrage spread through- out the range towns like wildfire and | | in a number of cases superintendents % and mining captains made arrange- ‘ ments to have their dwellings guard- ed. One of the leading men said that he believed that the Nicholas outrage is the beginning of a reign of terror f that will precede a strike thatis being \ planned to begin early in the spring. ‘ That severe suppressive measures will ‘ be taken is certain. Since the out- rage every effort is being made to run down the criminals. One explanation of the outrage, say Nicholas’ friends is that some of the foreigners who have been employed at the mine, quite a number of whom were recently laid off, conceived the idea that Nicholas was, to blame for b their losing their jobs and decided to iM put him out of the way. i i Socialistic Influence Seen. + 4 Before daybreak the search for the if perpetrators of the outrage had begun. if Word was sent to all the neighboring i police departments to be on the look- it t out, and through Duluth other depart- i¢ ments will be asked to assist in hunt- | ing down a couple of Italians wha have been working at the Mohawk for } some time and were among those laid | off. | The two Italians have been regular | attendants at socialistic meetings that | have been held in Aurora for some time, and as they are missing it is be- lieved they know much about the at- tempted assassination. BEATING MAY KILL BOY. Schoolmates Are Under Arrest at Greenville, Wis. Appleton, Wis., Jan. 22. — While Lloyd Koehnke, aged thirteen years, lies between life and death at home in Greenville, James Cotter, fifteen, and Francis Farrel, sixteen, are held under arrest on the charge of assault and battery, having been arrested yes- terday afternoon. If Koehnke dies the charge will be changed to manslaugh- ‘ter. As the boys were coming from the Greenville school Friday evening, Cot- ter and Farrell, it is alleged, attacked . Koehnke, knocking him down and 4 beating him into unconsciousness. , ‘When finally rescued he was injured | internally. DAUGHTER IS MISSING. Police Are Asked to Seek Jessie Walk« er of Sioux Falls. Des Moines, Jan. 22.—Police of Des Moines are diligently searching for Jesse Walker of Sioux Falls, S. D., while an anxious mother awaits th¢ result. of their search. The girl left home last Wednesday after purchasing a ticket for Des Moines, Since that time her people have heard nothing from her. They fear she has met with foul play in this city. i i “RUSTLERS” PLEAD GUILTY. Two Cattle Thieves Are Sentenced to ; Five Years Each. f Miles City, Mont., Jan. 22—Fred H. Eggleston and Walter Williams, who | were arrested near Terry recently for cattle stealing, pleaded guilty in the district court and were sentenced to ‘five years each in the state prison. Boy Is Missing. Barnesville, Minn., Jan. 22. — Clar- ence Morben, son of R. Morben of this city left Saturday night and has not been heard from since. When he left home he had $30 in his pockets. The boy is fifteen years old. It is thought he is in Crookston. Top ef Head Blown Off te cits Elkader, Iowa, Jan: 22.—While Wil- } liam Reimer was hunting Sunday aft* if ernoon his gun was accidentally dis- i charged in crossing a. wire fence, —— i blowing the top of his head off. i WILL QUARANTINE. Lake Prairie Town Board to Fight Smallpox in Its Own Way. Nicollet, Minn., Jan. 21.—Dissatis- fied with the action of the state board of health in partially removing the quarantine on smallpox, the board of health of Lake Prairie township has taken steps to segregate patients suf: fering with the disease, forbidding persons in any household where small- pox has appeared from attending school, church services or other public gatherings. WILD ANIMAL DRIVE. Montana Stockmen Plan Great Drive Save Their Cattle. Butte, Mont., Jan. 21—Stockmen in the southern part of the state are or ganizing a gigantic coyote and moun- tain lion drive as a means of saving the stock interests from depredations of wild animals. Despite increased bounties wild animals have multiplied so fast that stockmen are suffering heavy losses. One hundred men wil) join in the hunt. TWINS ARE ASPHYXIATED. Parents Smell Gas and Find Children Dead, Chippewa Falls., Wis., Jan. 21. — When Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Marotta awoke at their home in Spooner they smelled coal gas, and hurrying to the cradle found that the three-monhs-old twins had expired during the night The babies had been placed in the cra dle near the stove ‘and had been over come by the gas. . CROWE FOUND GUILTY. Brother of Pat Recommended for Five Years in Prison. Billings, Mont., Jan. 21, — The jury in the case of the State vs. Anthony J. Crowe, charged with assault in the first degree on Charles Moe, returned a verdict of guilty in the second de gree and recommended that he be sent to the penitentiary for five years and pay a fine of $2,000. PROBE TARRING BEE. Special Grand Jury Is Called at Farm ington, lowa. Farmington, Jan. 21. — A special grand jury has been called to investi. gate the action of the masked mob which tarred and feathered Editor Ed- ward Rockwell of the Farmington Her- ald. Many prominert witnesses have been subpoenaed. HASTINGS STORES ROBBED. Clothing and Tray of Rings Stolen From Merchants. Hastings, Minn., Jan. 21—Two bur- glaries took place here yesterday, goods and clothing valued at $50 be. ing taken from the tailoring establish- ment of Charles Knocke and a tray of gold rings from I. M. Radabaugh’s store, SALOONKEEPER IS HELD UP. Thomas Andrews at South Range, Wis., It Put Out by Blow With Ax. Duluth, Jan. 21—Thomas Andrews, a saloonkeeper at South Range, Wis., was twice shot and then hit over the head with and ax, and robbed. of $80 in his place of business at about 7:30 last evening. He is seriously hurt, but he is expected to recover. Three Trainmen Killed, Corydon Junction, Ind., Jan. 21. — Three trainmen were killed and two perhaps fatally injured here yesterday when an engine plunged from a nine- ty-foot trestle, turning a complete somersault in the air and dragging down with it two freight cars and a caboose, Fine Stock Condemned. ‘Waseca, Minn., Jan. 21. — Twenty- one head of pure-bred Shorthorns out of a herd of forty-three belonging to A. S, Hakes, residing just north of this city, were found to be infected with tuberculosis and condemned by Dr. Holton of this city. Tree Kills Woodsman. Thorp, Wis., Jan. 21.—Steven Las. kawski, employed in one of John S. Owen’s lumber company camps north of here, was killed by a falling tree yesterday afternoon. Train Kills Little Girl. Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 21—Elva Bab- cock, aged seven, daughter of Eugene Babcock, a merchant, was struck by a Rock Island passenger train and killed. Killed by Falling Shotgun. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. 21. — John S. Zimmerman of Springbrook was accidentally killed by falling upon his shotgun while on his way home. PRAIRIE FIRE IN SOUTH DAKOTA, $1,000 Worth of Hay and Other Prop- erty Burned Near Marion. - Marion, S. D., Jan. 22. — A prairie fire started by an engine on the Mil- waukee road destroyed about $1,000 worth of hay and farm property, north of this town. Several farmers narrow: ly escaped losing their buildings. Rey. Charles H. Paisley, M. A., D. D., dean of Mount Allison university at Sackville, N. B., died suddenly of heart trouble. eg PR OEE A SEF PRRBBE YS WAS TEMPTED, SAYS WITNESS Hammond Files New Affidavit in Wood). Sensation—Says Smith Sug- gested $10,000. St. Paul, Jan. 22.—The government sprung a new sensation yesterday in the hearing on the contempt charges against Sherman S. Smith, a well known Minneapolis politician; Lyman Bacheller of Madelia and E. C. Bene- dict of Sabin, Clay county, when it filed an amended and supplementary affidavit of George J. Hammond of Nelson, B. C., which. charges that Smith approached the affiant just be- fore he testified in’ the Wood case with the question, “How would $10,000 look to you?” to which Hammond de- poses that he replied “It would look like thirty cents.” It is now practicaly certain that the charges against Mr, Benedict will be dismissed. C. A. Nye of Moorhead, who appeared for Mr. Benedict, asked for his discharge last evening. Judge Morris declared that the case against Benedict was weaker than the case against the two other respondents, but decided that inasmuch as Mr. Benedict is wanted as a witness he would not pass on the motion until to-day. Ham- mond was one of the principal wit- nesses in the Wood case, in which al- leged officers of the Wisconsin Grain and Stock company were charged with illegal use of the mails. The case came to a sudden end when the charges against Mr. Smith and the two jurors were made. TWO BANKS CLOSE DOORS. State Bank of St. Paul and Citizens’|» Savings Bank. St. Paul, Jan. 24—The State Bank of St. Paul and the Citizens’ Savings bank, both of which are located on Wabasha stret, near Rice, failed to open for business yesterday morning. The two banks are now in the hands of Public Examiner Anton ‘Schaeffer, while the dircetors and officers are en- deavoring to straighten out affairs so that both may be reorganized and bus- iness continued. It was stated yesterday at the office of the public examiner that this is the first failure of a state bank in Minne- sota in seven years, BADGER BANKS’ CONDITION. Resources and Liabilities Increase $5,000.000 During Year. Madison, Jan. 22. — The annual re- port of Commissioner of Banking M. C. Bergh, transmitted to Gov. David- son yesterday, shows the business of the state banks increased approxi- mately $5,000,000 in volume as repre- sented in totals of resources and lia- bilities. Between Jan. 26, 1907, and Dec. 3, 1907, each successive report from the banks showed an increase throughout the year until the Decem- ber report, which showed a falling off of over $300,000 from the August report, This was the resut of the financial stringency. MANY ARE INJURED. Railroad Employes Suffer Broken Limbs by Fall of Water Pipe. Minot, N. D., Jan. 22—Jerry Laduc, traveling engineer, had his ankle brok- en, William McIntyre had his leg broken, A. S. Duff’s arm and shoulder were broken; Paguildo, a Jap, had a leg broken, two others were badly bruised and six Great Northern em- ployes were injured in the local round- house by the falling of a water pipe. Several other workmen were knocked to the ground, but were not hurt. The cause of the accident cannot be ascer- tained. - POLICEMAN ARRESTED. First Case in Which Indian Officer Is Accused of Assaulting Superior. Wakpala, S. D., Jan. 22. — Deputy Marshal Kock arrested an Indian po- liceman named Brush Horns and took him to Aberdeen for a preliminary hearing. The alleged offense is as- saulting Supt. Squiers of the agency boarding school with a cane. The ar- rest has caused much comment, as this is the first time an Indian police- man has assaulted a superior. REWARDED FOR BRAVERY. lowan Gets $10,000 for Saving Two Lives Nineteen Years Ago. Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 22. — For an act of bravery at Melbourne, this county, nineteen years ago, by which W. E. Gearhart saved Mrs. C. C. Thompson and daughter of Chicago from being run over by a train, Gear- hart has been notified that Mrs. Thompson’s husband has willed him $10,000. BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS. Merchants of Grafton, N. D., Suffer Se- vere Fire Losses. Grafton, N. D., Jan. 22.—Fire start- ed in Mrs. Catherine Palmer’s milli- nery store at 7:15 Sunday evening, and by the time the firemen respond- ed the fir? had spread to nearly every room in the second story, but by hard work the fire was confined to the one building, which is almost a complete loss. The total loss is estimated at $9,000. MINNESOTA. ! John Holmes of Douglas was in- stantly killed by a fall from a tree that broke his neck. James Ray, a bridge carpenter in the employ of the Omaha road, fell off a trestle bridge at St. Paul and was instantly killed. William Durkie, fifty years old, liv- ing hear St. Charles, was run down by a Great Western train at that place and instantly kilied. William Russell, a farmer living near Rosemount, committed suicidé by taking strychnine. His mind had been unbalanced for some time. Mr. L, L. Shane, a prominent farm, er and old settler living on his farm, in Concord, about seven miles north of! Mantorville, committed suicide. John .Oltean, a laborer, was yi down by a Northern Pacific passenge: train at St. Paul. His skull was frac- tured and he died almost instantly. Chicken stealing has been carried on in Young America and vicinity to a large extent the past few weeks, and there ig considerable angry feeling stirred up over it. ¢ B. Beselves was killed in the Minne- sota Transfer railway yards at St. Paul while switching. He was knock- ed down and the wheels of two cars passed over him. Ms A large number of men were dis- covered catching fish contrary to the state game and fish law by a game warden at Cedar lake, about eight miles west of Faribault. 3 Deputy Labor Inspector Paul B. Friedlander has been adjudged insane in the probate court in St. Cloud and sent to Fergus Falls. Friedlander was appointed labor inspector last August. Three hundred farmers attended the institute at Dundee. William Sutler, A. Brackett and L. A. Sweet were the principal speakers, The business men furnished dinner free of charge to the farmers, Gretchen Krueger, a school girl of thirteen years, was instantly killed at Stillwater by being run over by a pair of sleds loaded with mill edgings. Her back was broken and she did not speak after the accident. The bank at Lasalle, a small station on the Minneapolis & St. Louis road, six miles north of St. James, was blown one night last week, but evi- dently the noise scared the robbers before they were able to secure any- thing. : George Benz, sixty-nine years old, president of the firm of George Benz & Sons, wholesale liquor dealers of St. Paul, died at Mercy hospital, Chi- cago. Death resulted from pneumonia and complications, following an opera- tion on the throat. The annual report of County Attor- ney. A. B, Childress shows 180 crim- inal cases were prosecuted in Rice county during the last year. There were 43 convictions, 98 pleas of guilty, 6 acquittals, 19 dismissals, 12 cases pending and 2 nolled by the county at- torney. The total cost to the county, amounted to $920.89, and $1,914 was collected ‘in fines. Elias Matson, aged about forty, was murdered at Chisholm as he was sleeping beside his wife. The mur- derer used a double-bladed ax, which the woman found when she awoke still buried in the head of her hus- band. She says she heard no noise and was not aroused during the night. The bedclothes were saturated with plood. Several suspects are under ar- rest. One of the most dastardly and horri- ble acts ever committed in the annals of Cass county occurred last week when two Finlanders cut one of their chums in a frightful manner. After cutting his face right and left with a sharp knife, they cut out.part of his tongue and then fled, pursued by an angry mob. The injured man was taken to a hospital at Cass Lake in a critical condition. The two men werd later captured and barely escaped being lynched. The lid was discussed at the meet- ings of the Mapleton council week, and the statement was madq that the law was being violated. The councilmen were of the opinion that it would not be exactly a square deal to single out the saloonkeepers for minor violations when other citizens violated other ordinances, such as keeping stock within the corporate limits, stacking hay and straw con- trary to the ordinance, throwing ashes into the streets, etc. * At the home of Pat Mulcathy, in the northern part of Barnesville, there lies sick in bed six children with ty- phoid fever. The disease is in bad form, and the doctors are doing all in their power to keep it from spreading. Dr. L. C. Gray, a veterinary surgeon who came to Paynesville from Kerk- hoven about a month ago, drank a large dose of carbolic acid while in bed, dying from the effects of the ‘poison. No reason is given for the act, save that the deceased was per- 4 CAmenian on Whi 5 GUE. Plans Are Adopted by State Board of a Health. | A campaign of education on the pre- vention of tuberculosis and the care of tuberculosis patients will be start- ed by the state board of health, the plans having been adopted at a meet- ing of the board in St. Paul. It has engaged Christopher Easton, who has had an extended experience in this work in Newport, R. I., and Pittsburg, to take active charge of the work in the field. The dissemination of knowledge with reference to this disease will be accom- plished through the medium of a trav- eling exhibit and lectures. The ex- hibit will stay in a place one or two weeks, the people of the locality to furnish the hall, while the state board will pay the salary and traveling ex- penses of te exhibitor and the freight on the exhibit; lectures in connection with the exhibit will be given by the exhibitor and by outsiders chosen by some local body interested in the ex- hibit and by the executive officer of the state board of health, The ex- pense of providing the other lecturers must be borne by the lecalities in which the lectures are given. The plan is to give one special lecture daily during the exhibit. ‘ The state board will also provide a lantern slide exhibit which will be the property of the state and a part of the traveling exhibit. When desired these may be supplemented by Jgcal or special slides. Looking to future results, the plan is to get some local organization inter- ested in the control of tuberculosis and the distribution of literature which will be furnished by the state board of health. This literature will include information with reference to state regulations for the suppression of tuberculosis. An effort will. be made to have all cases reported and to increase the use of sputum cups as & preventive of the spread of the dis- ease. Provision will also be made for visiting nurses for both city and country districts. The lectures will cover all phases of the subject, as well as other sanitary methods. % FARM EXPERTS NEEDED. Big Demand for Men Scientifically Trained. The state college of agriculture finds a shortage of men trained in ru- ral affairs in this country. At present the demand for those who are well; trained in this line is perhaps greater than ever before, and the outlook for the future is that calls for such men will come faster than they can be de- veloped. It is something of a surprise to those who are closely connected with agricultural education that more bright, practical young men do not avail themselves of the facilities of- fered in the college of agriculture. An idea of the number of openings in these lines may be obtained from the fact that the Minnesota college has on! hand now calis for a professor of for estry, two men in the government service in general agriculture and hor: ticulture, one for the care of an exper iment station in Montana, one as an assistant in agriculture in Louisiana, one to introduce live stock and pro mote the live stock interests of Bra- zil, South America, besides a large number of calls for young men to take charge of farms and for positions as teachers in the rural schools. None of these calls can be met because of lack of material. The outlook for the future is that there will be a very great demand for men with this training in many of the Northern states for schools supported by state funds, and if the so-called Da: vis secondary education bill passes there will be an overwhelming de mand. BLACK BEAR NUMEROUS, Mild Weather Has Fooled Them Into Belief That Spring Is at Hand, Bear hunting is good this ‘spring in Northern Minnesota. The calendar may not yet say it is spring, but the weather man and the bears have a different idea of the subject. The mild, springlike. weather which has prevailed since the first of December has fooled the bears into the belief that winter is over, and they are wak: ing and stretching their weary legs. There is just enough snow to enable the trappers to track the animals, and their stupid, semi-torpid conditions makes them an easy mark for a gun or atrap. The result is that the set- tlers in the northern part of the state are reaping a harvest from the bear- skins. This same condition applies to the skunks, which also hibernate during the winter. A good bearskin is worth about $30 and a skunk pelt is worth about $2.50. Bears have been frequently seen within the immediate vicinity of Du- luth during the last week or two. A cold snap would doubtless drive them back ‘to their burrows, but they are enjoying the warm sunshine-now. At a conference of the leading pro- hibitionists of Texas it was decided to ask the next legislature for a prohi- bition amendment prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the state. A campaign will be started at once with a view of electing members to the leg- islatyre friendly to prohibition. Mrs, T. J.\Molen, wife of a farmer living in the town of Burns, in Anoka county, was accidentally shot dead by her son, aged fifteen, who was examin-| ing a new automatic rifle. The boy is threatened -with insanity because of the accident. eons RIT ESE REA BEE ERNE Wednesday. Washington, Jan. 16. — The senate did not receive a reply yesterday from the secretary of the treasury to its resolution calling for information con- cerning the financial situation, as had been promised, and in its absence Senator Aldrich assented to the pas- sage of Senator Culberson’s resolution on the same subject. Without further comment the resolution was adopted. The senate passed a joint resolution resolution reducing from $24,000,000 to $11,000,000 the war indemnity of the United States from China. So persistent have been the efforts made in the house of representatives to amend the bill codifying the penal laws of the United States that the committee on the revision of the laws yesterday consented to let down the bars and as a result the measure was changed in some important partieu- lars. The portions of the bill which attracted the most attention were \those covering the giving and accept- ing of bribes by senators and mem- bers and the sale and endorsements or support for appointive public of- fices, Thursday. ‘ Washington, Jan. 17. — The senate calendar was cleared of nearly every bill upon it yesterday, and the bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States was taken up and discussed un- til adjournment, which was taken at 4:30 o’clock until Monday. A complete change of front was ex- hibited by the majority in the house yesterday in the consideration of the bill to codify and revise.the penal ate of the United States. The pacific spirit displayed by the committee on revision of laws toward the close of Wednesday’s session, when it appear- ‘ed as though the several amendments strengthening certain provisions of the bill regarding corruption in the ap- pointment of persons to public offices would be adopted, had vanished yes- terday, and instead every inch of ground was fought over to keep amendments out of the bill. Friday. Washington, Jan. 18. — After pass- Ing a large number of pension bills 'yesterday the house at 1:25 p. m. ad- journed until Monday. The penal vode bill was not taken up. Monday. ;Washington, Jan. 21. — Just before the senate adjourned yesterday Sena- tor Aldrich received a letter from Sec- ,tetary Cortelyou explaining the delay i{n replying to the resolution calling on him for information concerning the re- ;cent Panama canal bond issue, and the jletter was laid before the senate. Barlier in the day Senator Tillman in- dulged in caustic comment upon what he characterized as the secretary's ap- parent “disobedienge” to a senate res- olution. In his letter to Senator Aldrich Mr. Cortelyou said: “I am sorry that there should have been any misunderstanding as to the time when my answer to the senate resolution regarding the treasury op- erations would be sent in. It is my de- sire, of course, that all business of this kind shall be disposed of prompt-, ly, but this matter is so important that I have felt it desirable that every teature of the report should be clearly stated, both for the information of the senate and in justice to the depart- ment. It is my desire and intention to submit a complete response to the resolution, and I hope to have it ready In the course of the next few days, in all probability about the beginning of next week.” Unrestrained opportunity to express views on the immigration question was afforded members of the house yesterday by the decision, soon after convening, to take up and consider a bill appropriating $250,000 for an im- migration station in Philadelphia, and 80 many took advantage of it that the code of laws bill was sidetracked for the day. HEINZE GETS MORE TIME. Montana Man’s Hearing on ments Is Postponed. New York, Jan. 21.—The hearing in the case against F. Augustus Heinze, tormer president of the Mercantile Na- tional bank, who is charged with over- certifying checks drawn on that insti- tution was to have been held in the United States circuit court yesterday, but was postponed until Jan. 27. Mr. Heinze pleaded not guilty when ar- rested. He is under $50,000 bail. Indict- Wagon Struck by Train. Wabasso, Minn., Jan. 22.—S. H. Wol- ford, a farmer living near here, was nearly killed by a passenger train. Wolford was‘‘driving across the track when the train crashed into the rear end of the wagon, shattering it and throwing him into the air. One of his legs was broken. Successful Child Book. “What beautiful children’s books they are getting-out!” said the shop- per. “Yes,” answered the Salesman; “the best way to sell a child’s book is to get up something that will interest and amuse parents.” Various Methods, Hewitt—I have been pinched for money lately. : Jewett—Well, women have different Ways of getting it. My wife kisses me when she wants any. |