Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 1, 1908, Page 4

+ ANOTHER DYNAMITE OUTRAGE Attempt Made to Blow Up a Boarding House Near Hibbing—Suspect Under Arrest. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 28.—Another dy- famite outrage was discovered and made public yesterday, and Nick Brickirch was arrested at Hibbing, ac- cused of having attempted to blow up a boarding house conducted by Matt _Kronic, near Hibbing. Kronic stated that the attempt was made Thursday night. Friday morning he says he found the banking about the house torn up and a space under the house large enough for a man to get through. Upon investigation he found a fuse,partly burned leading to a bag in which were four sticks of dynamite, and beside it were unburned matches. Kronic suspects Brickirch of the deed for two reasons. For some time prior to last October Brickirch had been employed under Kronic, but had been discharged. Since then Kronic says he has been having trouble with him. A few days prior to the outrage Brickirch had a suit of underwear, identical with that wrapped about the dynamite, washed at the Kronic house, according to the latter. A hearing in the case will be held at Hibbing to- day. BABE STARVES TO DEATH. Tragic Case in Destitute Family Re- ported at Deadwood. Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 28.—One of the most tragic cases with which the city has ever had to deal came to light with the discovery of the dead body of the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murchaa, ignorant Polanders, who but recently came here from the old country. The Murchaas were des titute and without friends when Mrs. Murchaa gave birth to a child, which soon died from impoverishment, while the father was away hunting for work, The woman was given care just in time to save her life and that of another young child, FIFTY YEARS FOR MURDERER. Italian Sentenced to Montana Peniten- tiary. Billings, Mont., Jan. 28. — Robert Vanella, convicted of murder in the second degree, was sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary by Judge Fox. VWanella was convicted of killing Raffael Orisio in a house in South Billings several weks ago. Both Va+ nella and his victims were Italians. HUNT FOR FIREBUG. Attempts to Destroy Blind Man’s Prop- erty Arouses Residents. La Crosse, Wis., Jan 28.—Two at- tempts in three days of incendiaries io destroy the stable and property of Herbert Coolidge, a blind man, has aroused residents of the North side until an organized hunt for the fire- bug has been started. Other fires are rged to the incendiary, BIG BLAST IN IOWA. Car With 500 Pounds of Dynamite Blows Up. Des Moines, Jan. 28.—Five hundred pounds of dynamite in a box car at the mining town of Hocking, two miles from Albia, exploded during a fire which started in the company’s store and five men were injured and $60,000 worth of property destroyed. NICE FOR TRAMPS. City Lockup Has No Bed and Not Much to Eat. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. 28.—To teach the tramp fraternity a lesson to stay away from this city, Judge Jen- kins has sentenced Manley Lindsay to thirty days in the city lockup. The lockup contains no bed or bedclothing and is provided with very little heat, The meals are meager. DISMEMBERED BY TRAIN. Man Believed to Be Olaf Anderson Killed Near Fargo. Fargo, N. D., Jan. 28.—A man sup- posed to be Olaf Anderson was horri- bly mangled on the Northern Pacific railroad, between Fargo and Dilworth, Minn. The body was entirely dismem- bered, every limb being cut off. It is claimed he had been stealing a ride. GIRL KILLS HERSELF. High School Student Sends Bullet Into Her Brain. Minneapolis, Jan. 28.—With appar- ently no motive for taking her own aife, Eleanor Priebe, a sixteen-year-old student of the North side high school, sent a bullet crashing into her brain at the home of her parents, dying al- most instantly. Burns to Death in Well. North Platte, Neb., Jan. 28.—James Thomas, a farmer near here, descend. ed a shallow well to thaw out some pipes. His clothing caught from the blaze. He could not reach the top, and was burned to death. i Thieves Take Furs. Tyler, Minn., Jan. 28.—Magandy & Rasmussen, butchers, were robbed oj $75 worth of furs, consisting of 200 muskrat skins and eight mink. The burglar is believed to have been hid ing under a counter, a Be ARE EARLY IN THE FIELD. Public Ownership Party Files List of Nominees for State Offices. St. Paul, Jan. 29.—The Public Own. ership party is the first to file with the secretary of state its nominations for state officers to be voted upon at the state election next November. The nominees are: , For Governor—Beecher Moore, Min- neapolis. For Lieutenant Governor — J. E. Nash, Robbinsdale. For Secretary of State—John Le Fevre, Grand Rapids. For State Treasurer—John Kolu, Hibbing. For Attorney General—A. W. Uhl, St. Paul. The nominations were made at a convention of the party held in Min-, neapolis Jan. 13, and they were filed yesterday afternoon, CANDY LANDS BOY IN TOILS. Lad Is So Fond of Sweets He Steals Repeatedly to Indulge. Lead, S. D., Jan, 29.—His fondness for candy and sweetmeats has finally brought nine-year-old Larkham Col- lins to the reform school. The boy lived at home with his parents, but for some time past has been incorri- gible. Whenever opportunity present- ed he would steal any money he could find and use it in treating himself and friends to candy. So many times has he committed the offense that his fa- ther brought him before Judge Ben- nett in the county court and had him committed to Plankinton. LIE CRACKS LIBERTY BELL. Woman Suffragist’ Says Equality of Sexes at Polls Wasn’t Assured. Des Moines, Jan. 29. — That the American liberty bell was cracked by a lie is the sensational statement made by Mrs. Mary Coggshall of this city in an address before the Business Women’s Professional league here. She says the bell, when it purported to ring out liberty throughout the land was-untrue; that it only assured liberty and protection to men and not women. She said its assurance would never be fulfilled until women are permitted to help govern the country. FREDERICK BUSCH IS NO MORE. Wealthiest Citizen of Red Wing Dies After Long Illness. Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 29.—Freder- ick Busch, One of the early settlers of this county and the wealthiest citizen of Red Wing, a leader in banking, business and manufacturing enter- prises and well.known for his benefi- cences in Catholic church circles, died yesterday after an illness of several months’ duration. Death was due to an. affection of the liver, which gradu- ally sapped his vitality and caused life gently to ebb away. He was sixty- nine years old. FORTUNE FOR OLD LOVE. Man Bequeahts $30,000 to Pretty Widow Who Rejected Him. Des Moines, Jan. 29. — Mrs. J. E. Watts, a pretty and ‘accomplished wid- ow here, has just received a bequest of $30,000 from the estate of .H. C. Hendricks, who committed suicide at Chattanooga. He fell in love with her at Hampton years ago, but because she was more than:twenty years his junior she refused to become his wife. OVER 400 CONVERTED. Three Weeks’ Revival Meetings Close at Lake’ Preston. Arlington, S. D., Jan. 29. — Lake Preston closed last night the greatest series of revival meetings in her his- tory. Rey. Joseph Lowrey has been preaching to great crowds in the largest hall in the city every night for three weeks, and during that time more than 400 people have professed conversion. HORSE JERKS OFF THUMB. While Man Leads Animal, Dog Snaps at and Frightens It. Ivanhoe, Minn., Jan. 29. — Joseph Helvige, a resident of Ivanhoe, lost a thumb in an unusual manner. He was leading a horse and had the rope partly wrapped around one thumb. A dog snapped at the horse's heels and the animal plunged forward, jerking the thumb entirely from the man’s hand. : IS SUICIDE AT EIGHTY. Aged Farmer Blows Off His Head With a Shotgun. é Webster, S. D., Jan. 29.—J. J. Wil- liams, a farmer eighty years old; liv- ing a few miles south of Webster, committed suicide by shooting’ his head off with a shotgun. He recently had an attack of grip which deranged his mind. . 2 ICE HOOK TEARS THROAT. Merchant Is Seriously Injured by Ac. cident. Fergus Falls, Minn, Jan. 29. — James Elliott of the firm of Elliott & Whitson was severely injured by be- ing struck by an ice hook while put- ting up ice at the firm’s icehouses here. The heavy hook swung around and struck him aérogs the face, break- ing his nose, and the hook caught him under the jaw and tore a terrible gasb in his throat, narowly missing the jug- ular vein. ROCKEFELLER WAS HIS SON. “Dr. Livingston” of North Dakota Is Said to Have Been John’s Father. Grand Forks, N. D., Jan, 30. — Ac cording to advices rfom Grafton, N. D., M. McDonald of St. Louis, repre- senting the Standard Oil company, spent a day in Grafton, investigating the estate of Farmer Dr. Livingston (Rockefeller), who owned and oper- ated a farm near the city of Park River until a few years ago. Dr. Liv- ingston, according to residents of the section in which he lived for years, was father of John D. Rockefeller and was one of the leading pioneers of Walsh county. He left for Illinois and lived there until his death last year. The farm owned by Dr. Liv- ingston is now the property and home of Robert Arnot. QUARANTINE !S RAISED. Records of Biwabik Township Again May Be Opened, Biwabik, Minn., Jan. 30.—After for- ty days under quarantine the records of Biwabik township yesterday were released and official business can re- sume its natural channel. While Clerk D. C. Camperon was on a visit to Canada a diphtheria patient was placed in the township hall, and when he returned he found it impossible to get his books. and papers. The pa- tient has recovered and _ been dis- charged, and the books will be ready for use at the regular Saturday even: ing session of the supervisors. GAME LAW WELL ENFORCED. Thirty Violators Are Punished in Few Months for Offenses. Marshfield, Wis.,. Jan. 30: — Game wardens are busy this winter bring- ing to justice hunters of deer out of season. John and Matt Husky and Sam Wenerick, residents of this coun- ty, have been arraigned for this of- fense and were fined $30 each, with costs. Thirty arrests and convictions for this and lesser violations of the game laws were made in this county since last October. TOWN SWEPT BY FLAMES. Several Stores Destroyed at Cole Har- bor, N. D. Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 30.—Fire at Cole Harbor, McLean county, on the Soo line, last night, destroyed Figurd- son & Thorgrinson’s clothing store, Heston’s hardware and furniture store and several small buildings, with a total loss. The fire originated from unknown causes in the furniture store and spread quickly to the other places, the town having only a bucket brigade. NEW ULM MAYOR RESIGNS. Gets Married in St. Paul and at Once Drops His Office. New Ulm, Minn., Jan. 30. — Mayor Charles Silverson, who was married last evening to Miss Katherine M. Tanry at St. Paul, mailed his resigna- tion as mayor of the city of New Ulm to Acting Mayor W. Eibner on his wedding day. The latter will now be- come mayor and hold the office until the annual election next April. -FEAR WOLVES ATE FARMER. Wisconsin People Have Not Seen Pe- ter Nelson Since November. Washburn, Wis., Jan. 30.—Although searching parties have been scouring the woods for two months, no tra has been found of Peter Nelson, who mysteriously disappeared from his home near the town of Mason last November. It is feared by relatives that he either died in the woods or was eaten by wild beasts. ENDS COUNTY SEAT WAR. Judge Smith of Yankton Orders Elec- tion to Be Held. Yankton, S. D., Jan. 30.—The bitter county seat war in Gregory county was decided yesterday. Judge Smith holds for the town of Herrick, and or- dered the county commissioners to act on the petition and call for a vote between the towns of Fairfax and Herrick. ,Cremated in His Shanty. Hawarden, Iowa, Jan. 30.—Richard Millet, who lived in a shanty on the outskirts of the town, was burned to death in his shanty. He left for the shanty the evening before, being in an intoxicated condition. Early next morn- ing the neighbors discovered the place on fire. They. succeeded in carrying the body out of the burning shack, but life was extinct. To Prison for Fifteen Years. Kimball, S. D., Jan. 30. — Found guilty of committing rape upon his seventeen-year-old step daughter, Ma- bel Burger, Sherwood Sysinger was sentenced to fifteen years in the pen- itentiary by Judge Frank B. Smith. Convulsions Are Fatal.” Cass Lake, Minn., Jan. 30. — Dell Morrissey, a lumberjack, who has been working at one of the logging camps near this place, walked into the postoffice yesterday, went into con- vulsions and expired within a few minutes. ~ ; Mayor Assaulted; Three Arrests. Blue Earth; Minn., Jan. 30.—E G. Pratt, Fred Snyder and Lewis Hille- stad were arrested for an assault upon Mayor Andrew Conrad.on the even- ing of Jan. 22. At-the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Halstad Lumber com- pany it was decided to sell the yards at Halstad. Burglars cracked the safe in Knute Anderson’s meat market at Lamberton and secured notes to the value of $7,- 000. There is no clue.’ George Q. Erskine, for whom the town of Erskine was named and a pioneer financier of Crookston and Fargo, is dead, aged eighty years. Arthur Rose, a fireman, was killed by falling off an engine while on his way to a fire at Duluth. He was not missed immediately and was discov- ered by a motorman, The large hardware store of Louis Gewalt of Breckenridge was broken into. The thief forced two doors in the rear to gain entrance. The cash in the till, amounting to little more than $3, a number of razors and pock- et knives was the extent of the booty. Fire did damage to the extent of probably $50,000 at Hibbing when a freight house of the Duluth, Misabe & Northern railway, together with the contents, was consumed. An explo- sion of gasoline stored in the freight house injured two or three persons during the conflagration. The origin of the fire is unknown. The affairs of the Filmore County bank, which failed at Preston in 1898, and for the looting of which Joseph R. Clements served a long term at Still- water, have been wound up by paying the depositors a dividend of 21 per cent. The bank’s liabilities were over $80,000, and one of the first men accused, M, R. Todd, died while await- ing trial. Register of Deeds J. C. Harris of Beltrami county says that the trans- actions in real estate during the year 1907 were heavier and far in advance of those of 1906, and that the prices of land throughout Beltrami county show a decided rise in value. Numerous transfers and increased valuation show a healthy condition for Beltrami county real estate. Alexandria, which is perhaps one of the largest, if not the largest, village corporation in the state, soon will pass upon a new charter with the view of incorporating as a city. On a petition of citizens, submitted two weeks ago, the judges of the district court’ have appointed a new charter commission. A new charter may be submitted be- fore the spring election. Seer ate ‘ A party of prospectors have begun operations for installing a diamond drill to prospect for iron ore fifteen miles north of Perham. The drill will be located on the Clifford farm, in the township of Spruce Grove. There is another drill at work a few miles west of Perham. About $20,000 was paid out to the farmers around that country for iron options last year. The chief of police of Faribault has made his annual report to the council. The arrests for drunkenness during the year 1907 numbered 154, against 68 in 1906. Mayor Smith has kept the lid on tight after 11 o'clock and on Sundays, yet there were more than twice as many arrests made. The to- tal arrests for 1907 numbered 261, while the total for the preceding year was only 96. Congressman Nye has introduced in the house his bill for the erection of a postoffice building at Minneapolis. After consideration Mr. Nye decided to ask for the full amount necessary for the completion of the building, and the limit of cost is fixed at $1,000,- 000. The bill provides that the build- ing shall be fireproof and_ that it shall be erected on the site already purchased. Supt. V. L. Jones of the Faribault schools has taken a census of the boys from the third grade through to the high school to find who were users of tobacco. Of 240 boys above the fourth grade 24 admitted being habitu- al users of tobacco, 74 had used it within the last six months and 132 ad- mitted having used it at some time. Four out of sixteen in a third grade also had used it. The annual meeting of the South- ern Minnesota Horticultural society closed at Albert Lea. The report of the committee on awards was a feature of the day. The election of officers resulted as follows: Presi- dent, L. P. H. Hingby, Albert Lea; vice presidents, O. W. Moore, Spring Valley; C. W. Hawkins, Austin; P. Clausen, Albert Lea; secretary, O. M. Peterson, Albert Lea; treasurer, L..W. Prosser, Leroy. N. G. Bolton, proprietor of a porta- ble saw mill located in the timber west of Perham, had his right hand mearly severed at the wrist while at work. The hand will be saved, but it will be badly crippled. Part of the same hand was cut off in an accident in the same mill five years ago. James A. Gerrie is appointed post- master at Cedar Bend, Roseau county, Minn., vice Mary Pratty, resigned, ‘and Henry W. Keyes at Ray, Koochi- cking county, Minn., vice Peter Gib- 1 bons, resigned. | thrown carriage in a runa- way. Both were slightly bruised ang tI cut, ‘ Andrew Carnegie has written Mayor Ferguson of Northfield that he will give $10,000 for a library, provided the city will secure a site and raise $1,- 000 per year for maintenance. Two burglaries took place at Hast- ings recently, goods and clothing val- ued at $50 being taken from the tailor- ing establishment of Charles Knocke and atray of gold rings from I. M. Radabaugh’s store. Clarence Morben, son of R. Morben of Barnesville, 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. Twenty-one head of pure-bred Short- horns out of a herd of forty-three be- longing to A. S. Hakes, residing just north of Waseca, were found to be in- fected with tuberculosis and condemn- ed by Dr. Holton of Waseca. Stepping into a trap laid by Officer Craig and a Twin City detective, How- ard Marshall and Edward Briggs of Sauk Rapids, crooks, it is alleged, were caught in the act of highway rob- bery at St. Cloud, and are now in cus- tody. \ Despondent because he had been or- dered to discontinue his attentions to Miss Nellie Coning by her father, James Schildberger of Duluth left his sweetheart’s home, and, walking across the street to a vacant lot, put two bullets through his head. S. H. Wolford, a farmer living near ‘Wabasso, was nearly killed by a pas- senger train. Wolford was driving across the track when the train crash- ed into the rear end of the wagon, shattering it and throwing him into the air. One of his legs was broken. Twenty-six Mille Lac Indians recent- ly removed to White Earth, where homes will be built for them. It is probable that the most of those Indians who still remain in the neighborhood of Mille Lacs lake will remove to White Earth during the coming year. State Veterinarian Robert. Coffeen, after examining all of William Mc- Laughlin’s horses for glanders at Tyler, condemned seven of them to be shot, leaving the owner but one, a stallion, which stood the test without showing any infection. This same man lost two horses from the disease last fall. Dissatisfied with the action of the state board of health in partially re- moving the quarantine on smallpox, the board of health of Lake Prairie township, Nicollet county, has taken steps to segregate patients suffering with the disease, forbidding persons in any household where smallpox has appeared from attending school, church services or other public gath- erings. Mrs, Carrie Barney of East Grand Forks wishes she had not become flurried by the financial panic. It cost her just $700 to find out that banks are the safest places for money. When her building and furniture were burn- ed the money, which she had with- drawn from the banks and secreted in a mattress, was lost. In the excite- ment Mrs. Barney forgot to look for it until too late. Fire did damage estimated at $10, 000 to the stock in the Stack & Co. department store at Duluth. One of the clerks, Miss Barbara Dramer, came near losing her life. She was found on the basement stairs unconscious from smoke and was revived with dif- ficulty. The fire originated in the basement in a large quantity of cotton batting and was caused by a boy step- ping on a match and igniting it. Peter Neilsen Mathiasen will not be hanged for the murder of his friend, Johan Johansen. The pardon board has commuted his death sentence to one of life imprisonment. The princi- pal argument in Mathiasen’s favor was made by Former Gov. John Lind of Minneapolis, who insisted that the ev- idence showed quite conclusively that the shooting was accidental. The trag- edy occurred in Beltrami county, “Guilty of murder in the second de- gree” was the verdict returned by the jury in the Matthews case at Minne apolis. William E. Matthews, colored, was tried on the charge of murder in the first degree for the killing of Gal- enous Jones, also colored, on Noy. 6, 1907. An epidemic of scarlet fever has broken out at Preston. and several fam- ilies have been quarantined. The dis- ease is, of a mild form, fortunately, The school board held a meeting to consider the advisability of closing the schools. It was determined to continue school but to enforce a strict quaran- tine. The pardon board has granted a pe- tition for the commutation of the sen- tence of Livingston Quackenbush, sentenced from Le Sueur county Sept. 27, 1906, to the state prison for four years. He was convicted on a charge of receiving deposits as a private bank- er when he knew he was unsafe and insolvent. Owing to his advanced age the commutation was asked in order that he would soon be eligible to pa- role. 4 : Wednesday. Washington, Jan. 23—The senate spent over an hour yesterday in dis- cussing a resolution offered by Senator Hanxbrough of North Dakota directing the department of commerce and labor to suspend its investigation into the af- fairs of the International Harvester company which was ordered by a reso- lution over a year ago. During this discussion Senator Hansbrough de- clared that the “harvester trust” is at- tempting to control the selection of delegates to the next Republican na- tional convention, and is especially plotting to defeat him for re-election to the senate. The resolution finally was referred to a commitee. The criminal code bill was again considered for over two hours. Rapid progress was made in the house yesterday in the consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal laws of the United States. Thursday. Washington, Jan. 24. — Senator Stone of Missouri yesterday present- ed statistics of government deposits in national banks to show that the distribution of money during the re- cent currency stringency was not “equitable,” as contemplated by the law governing the treasury depart- ment. He declared that the West and South were discriminated against, while New York and Boston were fa- vored. His speech was on his resolution pending in the senate directing a com- mittee to investigate and report the facts in these transactions. * Senator Teller followed. with brief comment upon the action of the secre- tary of the treasury, declaring that the placing of money in New York city during the panic was fully justified. He paid a high tribute to the rich men who he said had promptly offered prac- tically their entire capital in order to stem the tide of disaster in that city, which threatened the entire country. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill occupied the attention of the house yesterday to the exclusion of all other business, Friday. Washington, Jan. 25.—Although the urgent deficiency bill was technically up for consideration in the house of representatives yesterday, not a word pertinent to the bill was spoken. Un- der the privilege of general debate several members addressed the house on a variety of subjects. Monday. Washington, Jan. 28. — Greatly to the surprise of every one, the subject of slavery was introduced in the sen- ate yesterday. Secretary Taft was di- rectly charged with having a knowl- edge) of slavery in the islands. The debate was made pertinent by the sections of the bill revising the crimi- nal code of the United States, which provides penalties for dealing in slaves. Mr. Hale asserted that such provi- sions should be stricken out, as he regarded slavery as obsolete in the United states and he could see no reason for referring to it. Senator Heyburn, in charge of the bill, de- clared that not only is there immoral traffic in white slaves, but that coolie labor in the form of practical slavery does exist, and added that actual hu- man slavery is still maintained in the Philippine islands. Mr. Lodge made an attempt ‘to dis- prove the charge of slavery in the isl- ands. At 4:50 p. m. the senate adjourned. The street railway systems of the District of Columbia and the financial question occupied the time of the house of representatives yesterday. Tuesday. Washington, Jan. 29. — The senate disposed of a large number of minor bills on the calendar and resumed consideration of the bill to revise the constitution of the United States. Ad- journment was taken at 4:16 p. m. National politics,-international mar- riages and government expenditures formed the themes of discussion in the house of representatives yester- day. Incidentally it was the longest sitting of the house this session. The urgent deficiency bill was up for con- sideration, but in several instances it was ignored under the license of gen- eral debate. JUDGE LOVELY IS DEAD. Former Associate Justice of Supreme Court Passes Away. Albert Lea, Jan. 30.—After a strug- gle of many months, Hon. John A. Lovely, formerly a member of the su- preme court of the state, passed quiet- ly away a few minutes before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, surround- ed by his wife, son and daughter and near friends. Judge Lovely was six- ty-four years old on Noy. 18 last, and had resided here since 1867, except during the time he was in St. Paul serving as an associate justice of the supreme court. FIRE ENDANGERS HOARD. Man Who Buries Gold in Cellar Loses His Home in Flames. Biwabik, Minn., Jan. 30. — Isaac Arentti’s dwelling was destroyed by fire last night, and the claim that there is more than a million dollars in old socks on the range would seem to be verified. Arentti had $800 in gold buried in the cellar and was more worried about the ready cash than for the house and furniture. The loss was $1,000. iain Cert se ene |