Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 8, 1908, Page 2

_________4.— | | | | i | Ferald-Review. | By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ON FOREIGN SHORES BRIEFLY TOLD. MINNESOTA. Washington, The senate has passed a bill giving leaves of absence to homesteaders on irrigation lands during periods when there is no water. A joint*resolution appointing a com- mittee to investigate recent mining disasters in the United States has been passed by the senate. Senator Hopkins has introduced a joint resolution proposing an amend- ment to the constitution prohibiting polygamy in the United States. The navy department is about to undertake’ a set of experiments to demonstrate the utility of the subma- rine as an adjunct in naval warfare. George P. Wetmore last week took oath of office as United States senator from Rhode Island for the term end- ing March 4, 1912. Mr. Wetmore’s en- trance increased the actual member- ship to ninety-two for the first time. The house committee on agriculture has received from Gifford Pinchot the following data as to the receipts and disbursements of the forestry bureau for the year 1907: Receipts, $1,467, 000; expenditures, $1,530,000. Excess of expenditures over receipts, $63,000. Recommendation of an average in- crease of one-third in the salaries of the commissioner of patents, his as- sistants, examiners and law clerks in the patent office, entailing an added expenditure of y= v,000 annually, has been agred upon by the house commit- tee on patents. Representative Keifer of Ohio, chairman of the subcommittee on pen- sions of the house committee on ap- propriations, announced informally that that committee had agreed to recommend a pension roll of $150,000,- 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. This will be about $7,000,000 in excess of the pension roll of the pres- ent fiscal year. People Talked About. Count Leopold, the reigning prince of Lippe, is dead. Franklin B. Lord of the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord of New York, is dead after a brief illness. The Order of the Legion of Honor has been conferred upon Bugene Meyer, the New York banker. Leopold Wallack, a lawyer and capi- talist of New York, died of an illness resulting from an attack of the grip. John Dove Wilson, emeritus profes- sor in Aberdeen university, died at San Remo, Italy. Prof. Wilson was born in Scotland in 1833. Prof. Parker of Yale has been ap- pointed judge of the Lord Grey musi- cal competitions which will take place at Ottawa, beginning Feb. 24, and last a week. On a salary of $15 a month, Charles D. Davol, a graduate of Harvard and a son of a Fall River (Mass.) million- aire wool manufacturer, has begun as night messenger at the Rock Island railway station at Topeka, Kan., to learn the railway business from the ground up. Charles G. Beidinger, an inventor, was found dead in his room in a cheap boarding house in Troy, N. Y. He had been in extreme want lately, but had just learned that the superior court of Cincinnati had decided a patent right claim in his favor, awarding him $93,000 and interest upoh it for several years, Army officers are much wrought up, as they believe the president intends to modify in an unexpected manner his original horsemanship test order. It provides for fifteen-mile rides. They understand it may be changed to require a ride of ninety miles in three days and to include stunts in tramping and leading the horse sever al miles daily. Accidental Happenrngs. At Christ hospital, an institution at Cincinnati conducted by the Protes- tant Episcopal church for poor women and children, a baby was scalded to death under peculiar circumstances. A nine-year-old child turned on the hot water, Five hundred pounds of dynamite in a box car at the mining town of Hock- ing, two miles from Albia, Iowa, ex- ploded during a fire which started in the company’s store and five men were injured and $60,000 worth of property destroyed. The Central hotel at Pontiac, Il, burned last week. The hundred or more guests in it had only time to make their escape in their night clothes. One woman jumped from the second-story and was bruised badly. Loss, $15,000. A sailboat with a party of twelve marines on a pleasure trip was cap- sized off Morro castle, San Juan, P. R. “Two of the party were drowned. Three men were killed instantly and five others seriously injured by a pre- mature explosion from an unknown cause of dynamite in the Bergen Hill section of the Pennsylvania tunnel at Homestead, N. J. P. Four cars of the fast New Orleans & Northeastern north-bound passenger train No. 4 toppled over @ low trestle near Hattiesburg, Miss., and rolled) down an embankment without killing _ or fatally injuring a person. AND CROWN PRINCE ARE SLAIN ‘BY ASSASSINS Portuguese Royal Family At- tacked by Regicides While Driving in Street. MANUEL IS PROCLAIMED KING Second Son, Who Was Wounded by Assassins, Is Now Ruler; Country Overwhelmed. QUEEN TRIES TO SAVE SONS Heroic Act of Mother Is. Too Late; Three Regicides Killed; Rumor of a Republic. Lisbon, Feb. 4—King Carlos of Por- tugal and the crown prince, Luiz Phil- ippe, while driving in an open carriage. All Portugal is overwhelmed at the trag- edy. were assassinated Saturday A boy king, who henceforth will be known as Manuel Il., is now the ruler of the kingdom of Portugal, and the revolution into which the instigators of the bloody events of Saturday had hoped to plunge the country has, not yet at Franco, the dictator mander of the whom the moral and physical might of all parties and powerful interests has not succeeded in destroying, remains still the triumphant leader, not only unconquered and unaffrighted, but re- tained in power by the new king. least, engulfed the nation. and real com- country’s destinies, Rumor of a Republic. The only word of indication that unt- versal order in Portugal had possibly been broken came from Oporto in the form of a rumor that a republic had been proclaimed there, but this was not confirmed. Lisbon seems sincere- ly prostrated with grief. are silent and the people, wearing em- blems of mourning, pass slowly and sorrowfully. The streets The cowardly shooting of the king THE LATE KING CARLOS. in the back calls forth words of exe- cration upon the regicides, while the government declares that the murders will only strengthen the cause of the monarchy and insure the fidelity of the people. still loyal and no organized movement of lic is under way, so far as outward ap- pearances go. The army apparently is the republicans to launch a repub- Story of the Tragedy. No more beautiful day could be im- agined than that which hereafter will mark the date on which King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz met their death at the hands of assassins. turning from a sojourn at the king’s estate at Villa Vicosa, accompanied by the queen, the crown prince and the infant Manuel, seemingly was in a happy mood when he stepped into the carriage in wait- ing at the railroad station. Thousands of spectators, gayly attired, in combi- nation with the bright decorations, set out to welcome the royal family, made an animated scene. Re- the sovereign Take Escort by Surprise. It was because of the beautiful weather that an open carriage was in waiting for the royal family, and when they took their places they were greet- ed with some lifting of hats, but most- ly in silence. Then as the carriage sharply turned into the Rua do Arse- nal there was a cracking of guns and a shower of bullets tore their way into the bodies of the king and crown prince and the little prince, who proved to be an easy target. The as- sassins, numbering six in all, boldly the stupefied escort could The king and crown prince, half ris ing, fell back into the cushions, the blood gushing from their wounds. Tries to Shield Her Sons. Queen Amelie, uttering a “scream that could be heard by all who had not become frenzied by the attack, threw herself toward her sons, shield- ing their bodies with her own. She frantically struck at the murderers with a bouquet of roses which she had been carrying, but even in the face of this the men fired again und again. As he saw his father and his brother fall, Prince Manuel whipped out a revolver and dischargeg it at the men, but he was himself struck on the right arm by a bullet from 2 carbine. A footman in the carriage also was wounded, and it was stated that a bullet grazed the queen’s shoul- der, but did not do her harm. Three Regicides Killed. Only mounted police accompanied the carriage, as the king had refused military escort. The attack came frem the rear, for it was found afterwards that the king had been shot in the back of the neck, and it was so entire- ly unexpected that the murderers had employed their carbines and revoly2:s almost before the police knew what was going on and had turned to flee into the crowd that now, panic- stricken, had dropped back before their weapons. The guard charged upon them, pursuing them down the street and riddling three of them with bullets. Hundreds of the people join- ed in the pursuit and the others of the band of assassins were made rris- oners. Grief Is Heartrending. The royal carriage had by this time been driven into the quadrangle and the gates of the arsenal were shut. The grief of the queen and Prince Manuel was heartbreaking. The news of the assassination spread like wildfire and thousands of people, bewildered and terrified, pour- ed into the streets. Soon the troops and police occupied all the prominent places and the people hurried to their homes and barricaded the doors and windows to await in fear the unknown future. The,strictest measures were taken by the officers in charge of the troops to suppress the slightest sign of disorder, but their work was light. There have been no disturbances in Lisbon in the last twenty-four hours, and Sunday passed off only in the deepest gloom, with the populace mourning on every hand. Queen Sits With Her Dead. The bodies of the king and crown prince rest in the royal palace, and beside them the queen sat throughout the night, sometimes with her hand pressing the forehead of King Carlos and sometimes stroking the face of the dead crown prince. The condition of the newly proclaimed king, Manuel, is satisfactory to the physicians in at- tendance. His wounds are not severe, and if there are no complications, of which there are no signs now, he is expected to make speedy recovery. He carries his arm in a sling and de clares that he suffers no pain. The bodies of King Carlos and) Prince Luiz were embalmed yester- day and will Jie in state, according to | the custom of the court. The funeral probably will be held on Feb. 10. Work of Revolutionaries. The republicans disclaim responsi- bjlity for the assassinations, which théy lay at the doors of the anarchists, | but the identification of a dead regi- cide as a cavalry sergeant is accepted by many officials as proof that the as- sassinations were the work of revolu- tionaries, who had successfully spread | the propaganda, smuggled in arms ang bombs, and who, headed by prominent republicans, plotted to proclaim a re- | public a fortnight ago. FIERCE BLIZZARD IN THE EAST. Severest Snow Storm in Years in New York State. Oswego, N. Y., Feb. 4—The most se- vere blizzard that has blown off Lake. Ontario in years has_ prevailed throughout this section for the past , twenty-four hours. Railroad traffic on this branch of the New York Central is already seri- ously impeded. Freight trains have been temporarily abandoned and pas- senger trains are several hours late. The temperature continues low. Boston, Feb. 4. — The gale which day, with a heavy fall of snow and rain, had passed northeast yesterday and was raging over Newfoundland with violence apparently undiminish- ed. No marine disasters accompanied by loss of life have been reported, though several vessels ashore. At St. John the gale is described as the worst in forty-five years. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 4. — Extensive damage was caused throughout the province this morning by a wild south- east storm, accompanied by rain, hail’ and lightning. The wind attaineg a velocity of sixty miles an hour. have gone Fire Loss, $100,000; Two Hurt. Louisville, Feb. 4. — The Second Presbyterian church was almost total- ly destroyed by fire.” The loss is about $100,000. Two firemen were injured. (RRR 8 iiOiRK—_C_LC_L(_OOOOOOOownwmnn nn DIE AGED OVER 100 YEARS. Oldest Couple in Marshall County Mar- ried Seventy-nine Years. Warren, Minn., Feb. 4. — Marshall county has lost its two oldest inhabit- ants, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zeijdlik having passed away. They were both born in Bohemia and came to this county many years ago, being the first settlers in the town of Tabor. Mr. Zeijdlik was 102 years old and Mrs. Zeijdlik was 105 years old. They had been married seventy-nine years. Woman Burned In Her Home. - Brainerd, Minn., Feb. 4. — Word reached here that Mrs. A. Stephens, living alone four miles north of Gull river in Cass county, was burned to death in her house. No particulars are known here. Negro Shot to Death. Quitman, Ga., Feb. 4.—Charles Pit- man, a negro barber who was arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of Miss Lorena Allen, at Greenville, Fla., was shot to death last night. | | * | of the anger and terror which our pub- jhave been given wide circulation | their misstatements by telling the | pays the country to have hurt. Hl doers only so swept the New England coast Satur- | pecite 40: pimcah Woe i! | CONGRESS 10 ACT Time to Wrest Control of Coun- try From Greedy Corpora- ‘tions—Plea for Labor. CONTROL LAW-DEFYING WEALTH Sees Grave Menace in Reactionary Work of Representatives of Preda- tory Wealth. Washington, Feb. 2. — President Roosevelt yesterday sent to congress one of his most powerful messages. He makes a plea for a new and stronger employer’s liability law, more power for the interstate commerce commission, a law against speculation in stocks and futures, and appealing for careful use by the courts of the power of injunction. The president inclosed in his mes- sage statements by government offi- cers in answer to allegations by the agents of the Standard Oil company and by the president of the Santa Fe road, in which these two corporations denounced the verdicts rendered against them, with heavy fines, for criminal misconduct. The president gays these pleas of innocence are without foundation, and he includes a letter from Francis J. Heney in: sup- port of his contention. Attacks on Administration. Of the attacks of these companies on the administration the president gays: “The attacks by these great corpo- rations on the administration’s actions throughout the country, in the news papers and otherwise, by those writers and speakers, who, consciously or un- consciously, act as the representa- tives of predatory wealth—of wealth accumulated on a giant scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppression of wageworkers to unfair and unwholesome methods of competi- tion, and to defrauding the public by stockjobbing and the manipulation of securities. Work for Reaction. “Certain wealthy men of this stamp, whose conduct should be abhorrent to every man of ordinarily decent con- science, have during the last few months made it apparent that they have banded together to work for a reaction. Their endeavor is to over- throw and discredit all who honestly administer the law, to prevent any ad- ditional legislation which would check { and restrain them, and to secure if possible a freedom from all restraint which will permit every unscrupulous wrongdoer to do what he wishes un- checked provided he has enough mon- ey. The only way to counteract the movement in which these men are engaged is to make clear to the public just what they have done in the past and just what they are seeking to ac- complish in the present. Clamor Against Truth. “The apologists of successful dis- honesty always declaim against any effort to punish or prevent it, on the ground that any such effort will ‘un- settle business.’ It is they who by their acts have unsettled business; and the very men raising this cry! spend hundreds of thousands of dol- Jars in securing, by speech, editorial, book or pamphlet, the defense of mis- statements of what they have done, and yet when public servants correct truth they declaim against them for breaking silence, lest ‘values be de- preciated’ They have hurt honest pbusiness men, honest workingmen, honest farmers; and now they clamor against the truth being told. “The business which is hurt by the movement for honesty is the kind of business which, in the long run, it Punish Only Wrongdoers. “We are in no vindictive spirit and we are no respecter of persons. a We seek to stop wrongdoing and we far as it is necessary to achieve this | end. “The extraordinary violence of the! assaults upon our policy and | the enormous sums spent in various ways, give a fairly accurate measure | lic actions have caused the corrupt men of vast wealth to feel in the very marrow of their being. “The methods by which the Stand- ard Oil people and others, Fi have achieved great fortunes can only be justified by the advocacy of a sys- tem of morals which would also justfy every form of criminality on the part its doing dire evil to the republic, and in the next place to avoid thé vindic- tive and dreadful radicalism which, if left uncontrolled, it is certain in the end to arouse. “In my judgment, thoroughgoing and satisfactory control can in the end only be obtained by the action of the national government, for almost all corporations of enormous wealth—that is, the corporations which it is espe- cially desirable to control — are en- gaged in interstate commerce.” Must Not Persecute Labor. Some action in connection with the abuse of the power of injunction is recommended. The president says that it is all. wrong to use the injunction to prevent the entirely proper and le- gitimate actions of labor organizations in their struggle for industrial better- ment, or under the guise of protecting property rights unwarrantably to in- INSANE ASYLUM IS THAW’S PRISON Not Guilty of Murder, by Reason of Insanity, Is the Verdict of the Jury. IS RUSHED TO THE MADHOUSE Court Rules Prisoner Dangerous Persom and Commits Him to Mat- of a labor union and every form of violence, corruption and fraud, from murder to bribery and ballot box stuff- ing in politics. : Control Law-defying Wealth. “We seek to control law-defying wealth; in the first place to prevent vade the fundamental rights of the in- dividual. It is futile, he says, to concede, as we do, the right and the necessity of organized effort on the part of wage- earners and yet by injunctive process to forbid peaceable action to accom- plish the lawful objects for which they are organized and upon which their success depends. Additional powers for the interstate commerce commission in ‘regulating concerns engaged merce are also urged in the dent’s message, Legislation to prevent gambling in securities and commodities is strong- ly recommended. Outlook Bright. In conclusion, the president’ poincs out that the country has just passed through two months of acute financial stress. At such a time there is a nat- ural tendency on the part of many men to feel gloomy and frightened at the outlook, but there is no justifica- tion for this feeling. There is no na- tion so absolutely sure of ultimate success. Ours is a nation of master- ful energy, with a continent for its do- main. We are upheld by the confident hope of ultimate triumph. presi- VIOLENT STORM FATAL TO TEN. Wide Strip of Farming Country in Mis- sissippi Is Laid Waste. Wesson, Miss., Feb. 2.—Six persons were killed outright by a tornado which laid waste a strip of farming country three-quarters of a mile wide and several miles long just north of here yesterday. Four persons were fatally injured and many others were slightly hurt when their homes were blown down. A negro who arrived here about dark brought news of the storm. Three physicians started in carriages for the stricken district. The dead and injured are all white, excepting one unidentified victim. The tornado struck about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It came from the south west and disappeared into the norteast. At least a dozen homes of white families were blown down. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Maddox was blown almost completely off the prem- ises, and Mrs, Maddox’s spinal column was broken. Wide Swath Is Cut. The path of the tornado was un- usually wide and was left littered with hundreds of dollars’ worth of dead farm animals an strewn with many thousands of dollars’ worth of proper- ty. Surrounding towns not in the direct path of the storm suffered damage during the few minutes of the torna- do’s duration. At Georgetown buildings were blown down and at Hazelhurst two sawmills were destroyed and many fences and several small buildings were blown over. Center Point reported much damage but no loss of life. Darkness settled down so quickly after the storm that only an incom- plete estimate of the destruction, both to life and to property, was ob- tained. INDICT SPEAKER OF HOUSE. Massachusetts Legislator Accused of Seeking Reduced Fare. Salem, Mass., Feb. 2.—Speaker John N. Cole of the Massachusetts house of representatives, whose home is at An- dover and who has represented the Eighth Essex district for seven years, was indicted yesterday by the Essex county grand jury on a charge of vio- lating the public statutes in request- ing reduced rate of fare on the Bos- ton & Maine railroad for a large num- ber of persons. The indictment is in 123 counts and the statute provides a penalty in each case of a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. Certain sections in the public stat- utes forbid public officers, including members of the state legislature, from soliciting for themselves or any one else free passes or reduced fares on any railroad. Fire Loss Is $150,000. Bluefield, W. Va., Feb. 2.—A disas- trous fire broke out in the Christie building, on Pulaski street, yesterday and spread rapidly. On account of a delay in turning in an alarm the de- partment did not arrive until the building was in flames and had spread to adjoining buildings. The total dam- age will exceed $150,000. RRR RRR mrmwrerwroweoow O30 Orrmorrorr™™ CZARINA IS WORSE AGAIN. PLAN PIONEER M2VEMENT. May Have to Undergo Operation on| Old Settlers Have Large Part of $10,- Her Eyes. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2.—After a pe- riod of slight gains, the condition of the Empress Alexandra again has! taken a turn for the worse. The ner- yous debility, which is baffling the skill of the specialists, is now compli- 000 Fund Subscribed. Winona, Minn., Feb. 1. — The Old | Settlers’ Association of Winona Coun- ty has begun a movement to have ide Park-here a mon- settlers of this coun- cated by an affliction of the eyes | ty and vicinity. They intend to raise which is of such a painful character | $10,000, and they already have assur- that an operation probably will be re-{ ances of a large portion of that erected in Riv ument to the ol amount. in interstate com- haughtily, teawan Asylum. New York, Feb. 4.—Adjudged not Builty of the murder of Stanford White by reason of insanity at the time the fatal shots were fired, Harry Kendall Thaw Saturday was held by the court to be a dangerous lunatic and was whirled away to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan. The verdict came after twenty-five hours of waiting and when every one: connected with the case had abandon- ed all hope of an agreement ever be- ing reached in this or any other trial. To Asylum in Four Hours. Four hours after the foreman’s lips: had framed the words “not guilty,” with the accompanying insanity clause, Thaw, protesting that he was sane, was on his way to Matteawan. A little after nightfall he had been re- ceived in the institution under com mitment papers which directed his de- tention “until discharged by due course of law.” No more unwilling patient ever made a journey to a state institution. Bows Haughty Thanks. The first thrill of the words of ac- quittal brought Thaw to his feet in the court room, and with that lack of grace which always has characterized his movements he awkwardly, almost bowed his acknowledg- ments to the twelve jurymen as they were discharged by the court. A smile played about his pallid features and there was every reason to believe that he was €ntirely pleused with the out- come, It was after he had heard the words of Justice Dowling committing him tc Matteawan on the ground that his re- lease, in the opinion of the court, would endanger the public safety, and after the elation of the verdict hag died away, that Thaw rebelled. In Fear of Madhouse. He commanded his attorneys imme. diately to swear out a writ of habeas corpus to have his sanity tested before he was sent away to the up-state insti tution where the insane of criminaj tendency are confined. Under promise that some action speedily will be taken looking to the appointment of a comm on to in. quire into his present sanity or for his transfer to a private institution, where his wife and other members of the family might reside with him, Thaw consented to go without further pro test. MERGER SUIT IS FILED IN UTAH Direction of Attorney General. United States Attorney Acts Under Washington, Feb. 4.—United States Attorney Hiram E. Booth, acting un der the direction of the attorney gen eral, Saturday filed in the circuit court of the United States for the dis trict of Utah, sitting at Salt Lake City, a petition or bill in equity, in which the United States is made com plainant and the Union Pacific Rail- road company, the Oregon Short Line Railroad company, the Oregon Rail- road and Navigation company, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company, the Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fe Railway company, the Southern Pacific Railway compa: ny, the Northern Pacific Railway com- pany, the Great Northern Railway company, Farmers’ Loan and Trust company, Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H. Kahn, James Still- man, Henry H. Rogers, Henry C. Frick and William A. Clark, defendants. In Restraint of Trade. The bill sets out in detail the sever- al agreements, contracts and opera- tions by which the several defendants, Harriman, Schiff, Kahn, Stillman, Rogers, Frick and Clark, at various times since Jan. 1, 1901, are alleged to have secured for themselves and others the management and contro) of the various defendant roads, their branches and steamship lines, and to have ever since operated them in re- straint of trade and commerce among the states and with foreign nations, in violation of the act of congress ap proved July 2, 1890, entitled “An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopolies.” The bill alleges combination and conspiracy among the defendants in derogation of the common rights of all people of the United States, and asks that a permanent injunction be issued restraining them from carrying out the unlawful combination or conspira cy alleged. ANNIE A FIREBUG, Brooklyn Woman Gets Fourteen Years for Arson. New York, Feb. 4. — Mrs. Annie Ackerly, the first woman ever convict: ed of arson in Brooklyn, has been sen- tenced to serve fourteen years ip prison. According to the evidence in the case Mrs. Ackerly, in order to col lect on a $1,000 fire insurance policy, set fire to the contents of her apart- ment in a crowded Broowlyn tenement house, endangering the lives of scores of people living in the same building.