Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 8, 1908, Page 3

| — 4 DISASTER AT SEA Captain of Cymric Tells of Burn- ing of St. Cuthbert and Loss of Fifteen Lives. FIGHT FOR FE AGAINST Fla Rescue of Survivors Is Accomplished With Great Difficulty by Crew of Cymric. - South Wellfleet, Mass., Feb. 6. — A wireless dispatch from Capt. Finch of the White Star line steamer Cymric last night told the thrilling story of the burning of the Phoenix line steam- ¢r St. Cuthbert, with the loss of fifteen souls and the rescue of survivors by a lifeboat from the Cymric. According to Capt. Finch’s dispatch eleven men were drowned by the capsizing of a ‘boat in which they had put off from the burning steamer, three others in another boat were drowned and a stowaway lost his life by falling through an open hatchway into the midst of the flames. Loaded With Combustibles. The wireless dispatch says that St. Cuthbert, bound from Antwerp for New York with a general cargo, in- cluding fusel oil, naphtholin, matches and rags, caught fire about 5 o’clock on Sunday morning. The second officer, Mr. Tuohy, no- ticed smoke coming from a ventilator and summoned Capt. Lewis. The lat- ter hurried to the deck, the flames which shot from the ventilators chok- ing him as he passed. Hardly had the captain reached the deck when a se- ries of explosions occurred in the for- ward part of the vessel and Nos. 1 and 2 hatches blew into the air. A call ‘was sounded for all hands, but some of the erew who were forward were unable to reach the after part of the steamer, as the bow seemed instantly to burst into flame. Fight Flames Desperately. ‘The flames, fed by the combustible materials in the hold, spread rapidly, giving out a tremendous heat. Throughout the remainder of the day (Sunday) the men fought untiringly to prevent the flames from reaching tthe stern of the vessel, where the maphtholin was stored. Had the flames communicated to this the steamer must have been blown to atoms and all on board have perished. Shortly after 9 o’clock Monday the ‘Cymric hove in sight. Her appear- ance was the signal for a great cheer from the sailors, who nearly went wild as they saw a prospect of rescue. Rescue Is Accomplished. The captain of the Cymric signaled that he would stand by and would send a lifeboat as soon as the sea moderated. By afternoon, the weather having moderated a little, the lifeboat was launched from the Cymric. The work of rescue was accomplished with great difficulty. Three lights were left burning on the St. Cuthbert as a warning of dan- ger to navigation. Her seacocks were also opened, and it was believed that she would founder within eight hours. ICEMEN BEGIN JAIL SENTENCE. Toledo Men Convivted of Conspiracy Given Six Months, Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 6—Roland Beard and Compton Lemman of the Hygia Ice company, and Joseph Miller, man- ager of the Toledo Ice and Coal com- pany, were yesterday sentenced to six months in the county jail and to pay osts of prosecution by Judge Kinkaid for conspiracy in restraint of trade. These men were found guilty last July and at that time Judge Kinkaid sentenced each of them to six months in the workhouse and $2,500 fine. The case was appealed and a few days ago the supreme court handed down a decision declaring the con- victed men could be sent to jail, but not to the workhouse. They were re- manded to the common pleas court for resentence, and while the fine was not assessed, the workhouse sentence was changed to the county jail. No further effort will be made in behalf ef the defendants, and they at once began their term of sentence. All the men are of prominent Toledo families. 10,000 MOORS SLAUGHTERED. Report From Tangier Tells of Bloody Battle Between French and Natives. London, Feb. 6. — A London news agency publishes a dispatch from ‘Tangier saying that there has been a battle between the French and Moors ‘in Morocco, in which 10,000 Moors were killed or wounded, and in which the French losses amounted to 160 ‘men, including four officers. The Moors, with intense bravery, charged to the mouths of the guns, until their forces lay in great piles on the ground. 1S KILLED BY ENGINE. ‘Man Who Crosses Tracks to Reach Passenger Train Meets Death. Clinton, Iowa, Feb. 6.—Ollie Rocka- ‘brand, a Clinton barber, was struck by a freight locomotive at the Sterling (Il) passenger depot as he was in the act of crossing the tracks to get on board a passenger train for Clinton, and was hurled sixty feet from the right of way, receiving a broken thigh nd arm and internal injuries which resulted in his death in less than an shour. a aA PE Se Abolition of Repressive Measures. Lisbon, Feb. 6—Lisbon is beginning to recover from the shock and horror of Saturday’s bloody tragedy, but a strong undercurrent of popular and governmental nervousness remains. though the progressists refuse to join in the concentration of the cabinet which Admiral Ferreira do Amaral is forming from all the monarchical groups because the conservatives are in predominance. The hitch, however, is likely to be straightened out and a temporary union of all the monarchi- cal elements attained for the purpose of getting the country back on a con- stitutional basis, “ending agitation and restoring tranquillity,” as expressed by the leaders. Franco’s Downfall Complete. Admiral do Amaral, a devoted friend of the queen, who assumes power, is committed to the reversal of the en- tire policy of the dictatorship, the abo- lition of repressive measures and the restoration of “the old liberal mon- archy.” On Saturday government by decree will be withdrawn, amnesty ac- corded political offenders not impli- cated in deeds of violence, and the em- bargo on the press raised. Franco’s downfall is complete. Practically no headway has been made in unraveling the plot of which the murder of the king and crown prince was but one step. The police now admit that the three men arrested were not involved. Every one of the desperate band ex- cept the three men killed escaped in the confusion. Prostrated With Grief. Most of. the European states are sending special missions to attend the funeral on Saturday. These include the prince of Wales and the duke of Aosta. The two queens remain in their palace, prostrated with grief. In an interview the new premier said that he had accepted power in order to pacify the disturbed public spirit and re-establish normal life, be- cause he believed that the Portuguese people were devotedly attached to the monarchy. If revolution was ever pos- sible, he said, the terrible crime which has overwhelmed the nation would prevent its realization. - NO FOOD; ALL THREE DIE. Man Out of Work Kills Himself and Family. New York, Feb. 6. — For three months Max Sackman, twenty-six years old and by trade a paperhanger, had tramped the streets in a futile ef- fort to find work. His daily goings and comings were noted by the neigh- bors, who, when the man failed to ap- pear as usual yesterday, forced an en- trance to his home and found the fam- ily of three dead. The bodies of Sackman and his wife, Goetling, were stretched upon their bed, and in the arms of the father was nestling the lifeless form of their fourteen months old baby, Rose. A gas tube, extended from the chandelier to the bed, told the manner of death, and an empty cupboard explained the motive. SUICIDE FOLLOWS MUTINY. Captain of Br ish Steamer Drinks Poison. Mobile, Ala., Feb. 6.—Capt. Smith, master of the British steamer Ashfield, clearing this port Dec. 19 last for Nipa, Cuba, committed suicide by drinking poison in his stateroom following a thutiny of the crew while on the high seas. The first mate took command of the vessel and landed her at Ma- nila on Jan. 2, at which point the sec- ond mate was called to the command by the mutinous crew, landing his ves- sel at Cienfuegos on Jan. 15, from which point one of the sailors mailed the letter to this port that arrived yesterday with meager details. EXPLOSION STARTS FIRE. Severai Persons Have Narrow Escapes —One Fatally Injured. Chicago, Feb. 6. — Fire, which originated from an explosion of chem- icals, swept through the three upper stories of the Wolff building, an eight- story structure, yesterday. The fire spread with great rapidity and by the time the first engines ar- rived the three upper floors were burning furiously. Several persons in the upper part of the building were trapped by the flames and escaped with great difficulty. One person was fatally injured. OLD SOLDIER IN PRISON. Civil War Veteran Confesses to a Charge of Horse Stealing. Colville, Wash., Feb. 6—S. Thomp- son, aged sixty-five, a veteran of the Civil war, has been sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for horse stealing. He confessed. Old soldiers of the state, however, will make an effort to have Gov. Mead’ pardon Thompson. 1OWAN HAS “BRAIN STORM.” —_—+ Des Moines, Feb. 6. — The most striking defense ever presented in a Polk county criminal case is that of- fered by Sam Flint, an amateur de- tective, who was placed on. trial here yesterday, charged with assault with ‘ntent to kill, Flint says God told hi: to kill a negro, so he loaded his army revolver and went out in front of his home. He shot at Ben Taylor, the first negro who happened along. His law- yer claims it was a case of brain storm. The political tension is slackening, al-|- FATHER FREE; SON 1S GUILTY Jury at Hastings Brings in Verdict in Brennan Case—Decision ‘a Surprise. Hastings, Minn., Feb. 4—‘Guilty ¢= manslaughter in the first degree” for the son and “not guilty” for the father | was the double verdict rendered by | the jury here Saturday night in the Brennan murder trial, which occupied all week in the local court. The ver- dict was rendered at 10:15 o’clock, the! jury having been out almost twelve) hours. No notice of appeal has. been given, but the citizens generally were surprised at the findings, as_ their sympathies seemed to be with the, prisoners. Anthony Brennan, the murdered; man, was shot while in a field on his farm on Aug. 27, 1907. At the time of the shooting he was engaged in a quarrel with Michael Nolan Brennan and the latter’s son, Michael Brennan, ZJr., over the boundary lines of their farms, which adjoin each other. Both father and son were arrested, and on the death of the wounded man a day or two later were charged with | murder. NEW LAW DECLARED VOID. North Dakota Attorney General Rules on Indeterminate Sentence Act. Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 4.—The attor- ney general has addressed an opinion to the warden of the penitentiary that’ the indeterminate sentence law pass- ed by the last session of the legisla- ture is void. Judges over the state have sentenced a number of prisoners under the new law, but the attorney general holds there is no authority for the enactment of such a law, and that} only the maximum sentence will stand unless a pardon is granted by the par- don board. WAS WORSE THAN REPORTED. Tornado Killed Eight, Injured 100 and Caused $500,000 Damage. ‘Wesson, Miss., Feb. 4. — Extending forty miles from west to east, the path of destruction made by the torna- do just north of here was found to be a scene of worse disaster than at first reported. In the tornado zone the dead numbered eight, the fatally injured four and at least 100 other persons were more or less seriously hurt. The damage is estimated at $500,000. In the wreckage lie four churches, six cotton gins and several] country stores. THREE-YOLKED EGG EVERY DAY. Wisconsin Man Has Fowl That Lays Over ’Em All. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 4—se lim Smith of the town of New Auburn claims to have the champion hen which lays the golden eggs.” During the past week the hen has laid a three-yolked egg daily and Mr. Smith thinks that with proper nourishment she will continue to perform the feat. The eggs were as large as goose eggs. One of the eggs contained two sepa- rate yolks and a smaller egg which had a perfectly formed shell around it. GIRL KILLED IS TO BLAME. Railroad’s Defense in Suit Results in Dismissal of Case. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 4. — Judge Fruit, in the circuit court here, has non-suited the claim of the heirs of Miss Maimie Nessler for $5,000 from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road. The young woman was killed at a crossing, and the defendant road’s attorneys proved it was due to her own negligence. ACQUITTED OF BURGLARY. Owen Ball, Charged With Robbing Hardware Store, Is Not Guilty. Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 4.—Owen Ball, who was arrested early last fall for the alleged robbing of the Abbott & Co. hardware store of a quantity of guns, revolvers and ammunition, was acquitted of burglary in the disthict court. The evidence was circumstan- tial. SHERIFF SUES PAPER. Crawford County (Wis.) Officer Asks $2,000 for Alleged Libel. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 4.—Peter J. Sims, sheriff of Crawford county, is suing Wallace and Herbert Beach, publishers of the Prairie du Chien Press, for $2,000 libel. He charges that the editors attacked him unwar- rantedly. Name Game Warden. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 4—Gov. Crawford has named William Born of Presho as game warden for Lyman county. Newspaper Burned Out. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 4.—The four story brick building containing the mechanical department of the Plain Dealer Publishing company was prac- tically destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss oa building and contents is estimated at $200,000. Five People Killed. Kansas City,’ Mo., Feb. 4.—Five per- sons were burned to death and twelve others were injured in a fire in a three-story rooming house near the business section. :of here, was destroyed by fire. WEDS HIS STEPMOTHER. lowan Espouses Father’s Relict Soon After Funeral. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 5.—While on their way to Hugo, Colo., from the funeral of Nicholas Greiveldinger, pio- neer merchant here, the son and wife were married at Omaha, wearing deep mourning, Arthur, the groom, is twenty-three and his stepmother-wife is forty-five. They both own claims at Hugo, where they will live. The groom will now be husband to his stepmother and father to his own sister. They waited until they reach- ed Omaha, as such a marriage is ille- gal in Iowa, PERISHED IN FLAMES. Boy Who Rescued His Brother and Sis- ter Overcome by Smoke. Northome, Minn., Feb. 5.—The resi- dence of S. H. Cook, one mile north Clif- ford, the oldest son, rescued his little brother and sister by throwing them ;out of the second-story window, but. was himself overcome by smoke and perished in the flames. Mrs. Cook jumped from a window in the upper floor and was badly cut by glass about the face and hands and limbs. Mr. Cook attempted to enter the building and was terribly burned about. the face and hands. Both are in a pre- carious condition. GOVERNOR RESIGNS. Gov. Toole Hands in Resignation—Iil! Health the Cause. Helena, Mont., Feb. 5.—Gov. Joseph Toole has tendered his resignation to Secretary of State Yoder, to take ef- fect April 1 next. He will be suc- eeeded by Edwin Norris of Dillon, lieu- tenant governor. Gov. Toole has thrice been elected governor of Mon- tana on the Democratic ticket. For some time his health has been any- thing but satisfactory, anditis for this reason that he has resigned from the term, which will expire March 4, 1909. BANK MUST STAND LOSS. Directors Must Pay $3,070 Alleged to Have Been Loaned Illegally. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 5.—Re- ceiver P. R. Earling has notified the directors of the defunct First National Bank of Ladysmith that they must pay $3,070, the whole amount the bank lost through the bankruptcy of the Ladysmith Light and Power company, because the loan from the bank to the company was in excess of the per- centage of its capital. stock permitted by law to be loaned to any one per- son. ORDERED TO SUE HEINZE. Receiver of Failed Butte Bank Gets Mandate From Judge. Butte, Mont., Feb. 5—By an order signed by Judge Lynch of the state district court yesterday, Robert M. Lyons, receiver in charge of the Aetna bank, which failed .in October, 1907, is directed to bring suit against F. Augustus Heinze, former director, and A. B. Clements, former treasurer, for $97,500, the amount of cash due for stock held by Heinze in the bank, and which, it was developed, Heinze never paid for. MAN SEEKS AWFUL DEATH. Sets Fire to Clothes and Is Burned to a Crisp. Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 5.—Leaving their bed without disturbing his wife, Abraham Laudnicht yesterday went to the kitchen of their home here, where he soaked his clothes in kero- sene and then applied a match. Be- fore aid could be summoned the man died in terrible agony, his body being burned to a crisp. JUMP TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. Devils Lake Couple Leap From Second Btory of Burning Buildign. Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 5.—Attired in their night clothes Mr. and Mrs. J. Green were oblige@ to jump from the window of their apartments in the sec- ond story when a fire started early yesterday in a draying office below. The building was completely destroy- ed. 1S CREMATED IN HIS HOME. Sheepman Is Burned to Death at His Ranch. Miles City, Mont., Feb. 5. — Word has been brought to town that Pat Cunningham, a sheepman near the Sheep mountains, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his house a few nights ago. Cunningham’s bones were all that remained of him. Famous Abdolitionist Dead. Alton, Ill, Feb. 5.—Joseph C. Bur- ton, the dast survivor of the meeting in Alton in 1834, at which the first abolitionist organization in Illinois was formed, died here yesterday, aged ninety-three years. Lewis Heads Mine Workers. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 5——Thomas L. Lewis of Bridgeport, Ohio, was de- clared elected president of the United Mine Workers of America at yester- day’s closing session of the annual convention. WOULD DAM THE RED RIVER Business Men of Red River Valley Plan Big Electric Plant—Power for Three Cities. Crookston, Minn., Feb. 6. —A num- ber of prominent men of the Red river valley have formed a company which has as its object the erection of a big dam on the Red river near Halsted, Minn., at the junction of the Red river and the Wild Rice river, and if they will be allowed to carry out the project it will mean the construction of the biggest power plant in this sec- tion of the country. There is a possibility that the erec- tion of the dam will be frowned upon by the United States government, as it is not clearly demonstrated that this stream is not navigable to that point. However, such is the interest taken in the project by those who have taken it up that they will send a man to Wash- ington at once to ascertain the govern- ment’s attitude. The banks of the river at this point are high and the river is narrow, form- ing something of a rapids, and a com- petent engineer reports that enough power can be developed from this one dam to supply all power needed in the cities of Fargo, Crookston and Grand Forks. One of the plans of the business men who are behind the deal is to put in an electric railroad between Fargo, Crookston and Grand Forks, the power to be supplied by this dam, and it is fully expected that if such a line is put in it will be in time extended to Duluth and the Twin Cities. BOY ASKS FOR SENTENCE. Wants to Go to Reform School to Learn Trade. Madison, Wis., Feb. 6.—The specta- cle of an orphan boy asking a judge to sentence him to the reform school was presented yesterday before Judge Donovan in the municipal.court, when William Winrich of Morrisonville, this county, charged with incorrigibliity, declared to the judge that he was tired of knocking about the world and being knocked about, and desired to be sent to some place where he would have a chance to learn a useful trade and get some education. The request was granted and the boy, who is fourteen years old, was committed to the state reformatory for boys at Waukesha. MAY HAVE SHOT BROTHER. Man Walks Four Miles Bare Headed to Give Himself Up. Mandan, N. D., Feb. 6. — Joseph Egermayer of. Twin Brooks came to this city yesterday morning and gave himself up to Sheriff Murray. He said his brother George and John Peshow attacked him in his room. A scuffle ensued, a revolver was discharged and George cried out. He did not know whether he had shot his brother or not. The prisoner walked to the town, four miles, bare headed. He was near- ly frozen. He is badly bruised from the encounter. GETS M. N. G. COMPANY. Bemidji Is to Be Station for One of New Militia Organizations. Bemidji, Minn., Feb. 6.—Bemidji is to have a company of the Minnesota national guard. P. J. Russell will have charge of the recruiting of the compa- ny and Dr. Morrison will be the com- pany physician. Already there have been. many young men of the city who have signified a desire to join the mili- tia company, and Mr. Otto says he be. lieves he will have no difficulty in keeping the company recruited to at least sixty men at all times. MAY MAKE MARINETTE DRY. Pastors Circulate Petition for Vote on Saloons. Marinette, Wis., Feb. 6.—The Prot- estant ministers of the city are obtain- ing signatures to a_ petition which asks that the people be given an op- portunity to vote for or against the saloons at the coming spring election in Marinette. SENATOR IMPROVES. H. C. Hansbrough Expects to Leave Hospital in Few Days. St. Paul, Feb. 6. — Senator H. C. Hansbrough of North Dakota, who is at St. Joseph’s hospital suffeirng from ear trouble, is said to be getting along nicely and will be able to leave for Washington, D. C., in a day or two. Assaulting Old Man Charged. Milbank, S. D., Feb. 6. — Joseph Buckley and Joseph Conture, both from Fort Rice, N. D., were bound over to the district court here before Judge Connolly on a charge of assault with rifles on an old man named Kass, living near Fort Rice. Woman Burned to Death. Brainerd, Minn., Feb. 6.—Mrs. Mary Stevens was burned to death in her home four miles north of Sylvan, in Cass county, in a fire which consumed the residence. She was alone at the time, and the cause of the fire is un- known. Fire at Crookston. Crookston, Minn., Feb. 6. — H. A Schaff’s residence was burned yester- day morning. The family had a nar. row escape. Loss, $3,000; no insur ance. i Two. ambitious ‘but: inexperienced golfers were recently battling over the Commonwealth Country club links. All went fairly well, although bogey remained practically intact, un- til they reached a tee overlooking a pond. Each drove furiously, then cau- tiously, half a dozen balls into the murky depths of the pool. Standing near by was a little girl, stupid but curious. - After the twelfth ball had plunged in to rise no more, she queri- ed blankly, but sincerely, of the golf- er: “Say, mister, what is the fun in this game?” Hydrophobia Plus. A‘ little girl came running to tell about a mad dog she had seen. “We saw a mad dog!” she gasped, but the words seemed too tame to do justice to the situation. “Oh, he was mad! mad!” she added, frowning and pump- ing her fists. “He was furious!” Vabitual Constipation May bepermanentt ri mn tillers e ie neh Rene i icoeofSermny eee tes capes regular te daly sill fo nae with wise oe edly fcr aa wired, areto assist nd not to supplant the nature ro eva raust depend end alle er nouri shmen a reat ee Begeek hae mare st Ws benefi cial S, always buy the ae Syrup$FigsF:liir4 Sema CALIFORNIA Fic Syrup Co. oy SDD BUA LEANING BRUCEI Unfortunate Name for a Doctor. “Down in the little town of Franklin, in the southern part of this state,” re- marked a guest at a Cleveland hotel, “I saw on a sign in front of his office the name of a doctor who must have had some unusual share of human courage to take up the medical pro- fession without changing his name. “Just listen to the mortuary cog- nomen of the doctor—‘Dr. H. J. Death’ —that’s the name that appeared on a plate at the front of his house. I sup- pose a man can’t help his name, but it must take a whole lot of courage to start out to be a physician handi- capped by such a name.” ny a PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul, Minn.: D. W. Al len, Osakis, Minn., thill coupling; E. J, Anderson and S. Hanson, Houston, Minn., pipe lifter; B. A. Cole, Fergus Falls, Minn., envelope; B. H. Farrell, Deadwood, S. D., waiter’s cabinet; L. S. Hackney, St. Paul, Minn., ventilat- ing device; T, O. Helgerson, Minneap- olis, Minn., fanning mill; J. D. Lewis, St. Paul, meat roaster. Cool. Towne—I see Gailey had to pay $20,- 000 damages to that girl he jilted. Browne—Yes; and now he wants to marry her for her money. 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