Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 29, 1908, Page 2

— 4 Necley was seriously injured at Do- ' In the pressnen of hts aged wife Charles W. Chapman, a Des Moines pi- oneer, was instantly killed by a Des Moines street car. Blinded by a snow storm, Mohamet Farh and Pieskali Ahias were struck by a fast Pennsylvania train near Wettmer, Pa., and instantly killed. Edward Whittier, a Waterloo boy who has been working at Eldora, Iowa, was killed at that place while endeav- Fine Imposed on Great oring to stop a team of runaway horses. Northern Railroad. Pierson, Iowa, was nearly wiped out ' by flames. A fire which started in the harness shop of George Hatfield burned an entire block of buildings. The loss is $30,000. Mrs. John Angus and her two small children were burned to death in their home at Tallyho, W. Va. The house is supposed to have caught fire follow- ing the explosion of a lamp. —_— Crimes and Criminals. Thomas Brayne was arrested in Pittsburg as a suspect. When search- ed 220 rings were found in his posses- sion. Two men were killed and six others seriously injured in a riot at Dunbar, Pa. The trouble is the outcome of rivalry between two boarding houses | qniteq States against the railroad conducted by foreigners. company and against the contention Oscar Kirby, son of a Colorado! of such appeal. Springs grocer, shot his bride of two] The case was instituted in the Unit- months and killed himself with the}ed States district court for the dis- same weapon. The couple had lived | trict of Minnesota, which court fined apart since the week after their mar- | the railroad $1,000 each for fifteen vio- riage. lations of the first section of the El- A. C. Tisdelle, the Chicago banker | kins law. who was arrested several days ago on Upholds the Fine. the charge of receiving deposits after| The decision.upholds the fine of $15,- he knew his bank was insolvent, was |000 against the Great Northern road arrested on a second charge of the | for granting rebates to the W. D. Dev- same kind. He was released on bail. ee ee oe atte and in effect sustains the Standard Oil’s Hae than public disgrace | ¢>9 900,000 fine, the Burlington road’s prison cell was chosen by An: 10,000. fi in| th horas drew Dupaquer, for several years $10, a eee ee * eases and strengthens the govern- rea Bape a antes aha me ment contentions in a ee number of arrested on charges preferred by lit- other cases, including the thousand or tle girls more counts against the Standard Oil, : making it liable to fines aggregating Trustees of the Tuscarora county | 60,000,000. (Ohio) children’s home, after investi- The company admitted the conces- gating the charges against Clara Ster-| sions and fought the prosecution on ling, accused of sticking a tack! the ground that by amending the El- through six-year-old Sampson Fowler's | king act so as to provide for punish- tongue, ordered Miss Sterling dismiss-| ment by imprisonment rather than by ed from the home. fines the Hepburn law had so modified David Heckert, aged about eighty- | the original law as to accomplish its five years, a well: citizen of York, | repeal and render.punishment under it Pa., ‘was found in bed with his | impracticable. skull crushed. All indications point to murder in hope of securing money. Yet there was no evidence of robbery when the body was found. ‘While one masked robber held up the cashier his two companions looted the vault of the bank at Granite Falls, N. C., secured all the cash in the in- stitution, $2,700, forced the cashier to enter the vault, and, after locking him in, made goog their escape. Berry By C. E. KILEY. IN REBATE. CASE} Supreme Court Upholds $15,000 MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS, - NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Con- densed for the Busy Reader. Washingten Notes. A bill has been introduced by Mr. Cale, delegate from Alaska, to estab- lish territorial government in Alaska. President Roosevelt has decided to admit members of the organized militia to competition for appoint- ments to the grade of second lieuten- ants in the army. A bill has been introduced in the house appropriating $100,000 for the survey of a ship canal to connect Ben- ton Harbor on Lake Michigan with Toledo on Lake Erie. After hearing Secretary Root in ex- planation of the proposed new French arbitration treaty, the senate commit- tee on foreign relations ordered a fa- forable report on the treaty. L, Allison Wilmer of Maryland has been appointed a special assistant to the attorney general in Washington to have charge of cases under the commodities clause of the Hepburn law. The state department has been offi- cially informed that the 28 cent tariff preferential granted to certain Ameri- can exports by the government of Bra- zil would be in effect to date from Jan. 1 Resolutions demanding the restora- tion to the army of the colored troops dismissed as a result of the Browns- ville affair were adopted at a mass meeting of colored people in Wash- ington. Fifteen states having a large The department of the interior’s bill’ to appropriate the receipts from sales of public Jands in a number of states to the construction of works for the drainage of swamp or overflowed lands belonging to the United States was or- dered favorably reported by the mete committee on public “ie A treaty providing for a joint com- mission to adjudicate what are termed minor claims between the American and English governments, as well as between citizens of each government, s been drafted, passed upon by the state department and delivered to Am- bassador Bryce for the consideration of his government. Representative Madden has intro- duced a bill appropriating $100,000 to be paid to the Lincoln Farm associa- tion to build on the Lincoln birthplace farm in Kentucky a national patriotic shrine which will consist of a memo- rial hall costing not more than $250,- 000, of which sum $150,000 shall be paid by the association. Some time ago President Dolan of the steam shovelers and dredgers’ union went to Panama to see how the shovel men were getting along under the new arrangement as to hours of duty and pay put in operation by Sec- retary Taft. In a letter to the presi- dent, dated Canal Zone, Feb, 7, just made public, Mr. Dolan says that as a practical man he feels that this is one of the best equipped and handled jobs that ever has been carried out in the world. That Hepburn Law Does Not Repeal Provisions of Elkins Act Is Decision of Court. Washington, Feb. 26.—The question whether the railroad rate law known as the Hepburn law repeals section 1 of the Elkins law, prohibiting rebates by railroads, was involved in the case of the Great Northern Railway vs. the United States, which was decided yes- terday by the supreme court of the BLACK HAND GROWING BOLDER. Bomb Wrecks Store of Italian Who Refused to Give Up Money. New York, Feb. 26. — An Italian bomb explosion similar in character to many which have taken place in this city wlihin a year occurred in Brook- lyn yesterday, when Peter Locato’s music store in Morgan avenue was wrecked. Locato had received many so-called Black Hand letters, but hav- ing refused to pay for ‘mmunity his store was first blown up last spring. In December last another bomb was left on the stoop and the doors and windows demolished. Since then he has received several letters demanding money, but has ig- nored them, resulting in the third mys- terious attack yesterday. Escape With Slight Injuries. The lives of Locato, his wife and three children, who occupied rooms in the rear of the store, were endanger- ed, but they escaped with slight in- juries. A few months ago the body of an Italian was'found in the street near Locato’s store There was a bomb in the pocket of the dead man and it was believed that he had been delegated to commit some outrage, had failed and had been murdered by his associ- ates for his failure to murder Girolamo Cella, a well known Italian merchant. — From Other Shores. A revolutionary movement at Mana- bi, Ecuador, has been nipped in the bud. The plotters were arrested. Gen. Tung Fuh Siang, the leader of the Chinese Boxers in the uprising of 1900, is dead. He had been banished to Kan Su. Senor Merry del Val, a brother of Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, pontifi- cal secretary of state, has been ap- pointed Spanish minister at Tangier. The Italian government publishes telegrams from the Italian consuls at New York and San Francisco discour- aging emigration to America for the present. Wireless messages from Magdalena Bay state that the cruiser Charleston, flagship of Admiral Swinburn’s squad- ron, has broken records previously made at target practice. The citizens of Vauvert, France, Personal. Wah Shun Gah, chief of the Kaw Indians, is dead at his home near Ar- kansas City, aged eighty-eight- years. J. A. Carothers died at Pontiac, Il., of Bright’s disease. Mr. Carothers | have started a subscription for the pur- Yesterday’s crime is regarded by was forty-five years of age and a mil-| pose of erecting at Quebec a statue to | the police as evidence that the black- lionaire. Gen. Montcalm, the French command-| mailers and murderers whose crimes er who was mortally wounded at the} have been aimed chiefly at Italians battle of Quebec in 1769. have been made bolder by the contin- To commemorate the visit of the | wed inability of the police to detect American ‘fleet to the city of Rio de | and punish them. Janeiro the president of Brazil has signed a decree authorizing the con- tinuation of rebates on tariff charges on articles of American merchandise during the fiscal year of 1908, Judge William T. Nice of Phillip, W. Va., one of the most prominent jurists and lawyers in Central West Virgiinia, is dead, aged sixty-eight years. Charles F. A. Young, grand chief ranger of the Foresters of America, died of typhoid pneumonia at Roches- ter, N. Y. He had been ill only a few days. Word has been received in New York of the death in Paris of Valerian Gribayedoff, writer, journalist and artist, the originator of newspaper il- lustrating in New York city. Rey. Dr. Samuel C. Barnes, pastor of the First Baptist church at Worces- ter, Mass., has announced his resigna- tion, to become field secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission so- ciety. Col. Clinton W. Ainsworth, sixty- seven years old, owner and editor of the Oak Park (Ill) Reporter-Argus, and well known throughout the United States in state reformatory work, is dead. His death was the result of plood poison which developed in a fracture of the right ankle. LIFE SAVED BY DOG. Hunter Who Fell Into Well Is Res- cued Through Efforts of His Canine. Lounsville, Neb., Feb. 26. — Byron MeNeally, after fifty-two hours in an old well, was savedgyesterday by the persistence of his dog. While hunting rabbits McNeally dropped through Domestic. By the will of the late Mrs. Amy Sheldon of Newport, L. I., a bequest of Aha At eee university iS |tne prush covering of a disused well ° ninety feet deep. The dog’s antics It is announced that when Ambassa- | finally attracted attention and the ani- dor Bryce visits Montreal, Feb. 24,|mal was followed to the well. A mir- McGill university will bestow the de-|ror’s reflecting revealed the huntsman gree of LL. D. on him. at the bottom. Barring infection due The Burnsville Veneer mills,-at|to the presence of dead rats, he will Burnsville, W. V., the only works of | recover. the kind in the United States, have been destroyed by fire. Loss, $85,- 000. It is reported that Theodore Shonts gave his daughter Theodora $50,000 as a wedding present, but gave nothing to her titled husband, the Duc de Chaulnes. The graft case against W. C. Stew- | art, superintendent of the lighting plan at St. Joseph, Mo., indicted for | certifying false pay rolis, has been dis- | missed on the ground of insufficient ev- idence. GOLD FEVER AT VANCOUVER. Stampede Expected to Equal Rush to the Klondike, Victoria, B. C., Feb. 25.—If news brought here yesterday proved to be correct, Vancouver island will see a stampede this summer unequaled | since the days of the Klondike gold rus. On the beaches of Wreck bay, at Sidney inlet, on the east coast, u bank of sand has been found won- drously rich in gold. Casualty. Property worth $75,000 was destroy- ed at Leechburg, Pa., by a fire which for a time menaced the entire business section of the town. Two buildings containing ten business establishments and living apartments of two families were destroyed. Rev. Andrew J. Sammon was killed and Rey. T. J. Murphy was seriously injured at South Bend, Ind., when a sleigh in which they were driving was struck by an interurban car. On account of the adverse weather and the stagnant condition of the lum- Mayfield, Ky., Feb. 26—A band ot ber market, the cut of lumber sawed | about fifty night riders visited the in the Menominee river district dur-|farm of Brandon Hurt, near Kirk’s ing the season of 1908 will be about | Hye, and burned his barn. Hurt is an one-half of the cut gf two years ago. extensive tobacco grower, and it is ihadnew. direct shake tions Chicago | said is not a member of the associa- to Duluth and Superior of the Wiscon- ote sin Central railway will open to sar soon after June 1, according to an an- nouncement made in Chicago. By | that date it is expected that work on | the line between Ladysmith, Wis., the - present terminus of the line, and Du- luth will be completed. Night Riders at It Again. An explosion of turpentine on the fourth floor of the Capital Trunk and Tag factory at Pittsburg started a fire which caused a $60,000 loss. The fac- tory was completely destroyed. Mrs. Steven Matava and her son Steven were killed and Mrs. Spencer ——————- Spree Ends in Death. Lakota, N. D., Feb. 26. — Arthur de Paris, a carpenter, resident of this place for years, who froze both feet as a result of a drunken spree in his shack, died in a Grand Forks hospital. nan, Pa., by coming in contact with ~ live wire carrying a heavy voltage DEFECTIVE PAGE VICTORY FOR THE GOVERNMENT]! Desperate and Hopeless Chance of Forced Public Test Is All That Is Left to Him. New York, Feb. 26.—Harry K. Thaw is doomed to spend the rest of his life in an asylum for the insane. Alienists who have examined and observed him since he was committed to Matteawan asylum are convinced that he is a Pp oic, and as paranoi is a progres- ‘e disease it would appear that noth- ing short of a miricle can intervene to secure his freedom. In the present state of Thaw’s case his future is entirely in the hands of the state board of lunacy and the staff of alienists at Matteawan. Custom provides that when a man is commit- ted to the state hospital for the crimi- nal insane the doctors there shall ob- serve him for sixty days and then make a report upon his mental condi- tion if they see fit. No Hope for Thaw. Should such a report be forced by will certainly be adverse to him. Dr. Ferris, head of the state board of lunacy, on whose judgment Thaw’s chances of liberty largely depends, ion that Thaw was a dangerous luna- tic.. Dr. Ferris still holds that opinion. Up to State Board. Whether Thaw shall remain at Mat- teawan after his sixty days’ probation, or observation period, rests with the state board of lunacy. The board may agree to his transfer to some private institution, where he will be kept un- der surveillance, but there is little likelihood that they will agree to any such transfer. SPEEDY TRIAL FOR MURDERER. Man Who Killed Denver Priest Is Sarongly Guarded. Denver, Feb. 26. — St. Elizabeth’s Catholic church, desecrated by the murder of Father Leo Sunday morn- ing, was rededicated with solemn cere- monies yesterday afternoon, The serv- ices were conducted by Rev. Percy A. Phillips, diocese chancellor, having heen authorized in a telegram from Bishop Matz, who is now in Los An- geles. The blessing yesterday will be followed by re-consecration services upon the return of the bishop to the city. District Atttorney George A. Stidger is arranging for a speedy trial of the man who killed Father Leo and who is now confined in jail at Colorado Springs under a strong guard. It is likely that he will be brought back to Denver the latter part of this week or the first of next week and immedi- ately arraigned on an information of murder in the first degree. ° BEATEN LUNATIC MAY DIE. Patient of Illinois Insane Asylum Is Paralyzed by Assault. Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 26—A crimi- nal charge will be brought against three attendants employed at the Illi- nois hopital for the insane in this city who are alleged to have brutally beat- en William Menezes, a patient fifty- four years old, who is thought to be dying, treatment at the asylum. Relatives of the victim yesterday took steps to- ward this end. Whether the charge shall be one of murder or assault depends on the out- come of Menezes’ injuries. Members of the legislative asylum committee, who are making a preliminary investi- gation, plan drastic action. As a result of his injuries Menezes, who was at the institution only two days, is paralyzed and has lost the faculty of speech. PRUSSIAN LAWS OPPRESS. Wisconsin Poles Appeal to President Roosevelt to Protest. Stevens Point, Wis., Feb. 26. — Six hundred delegates, representing 1,200 Polish people in Portage, Wood and Marathon counties, held a mass meet- ing here Sunday night to protest against new legislation in Prussia re- garding land ownership, said to be op- pressive to the Polish people. The convention telegraphed President Roosevelt and the Wisconsin senators and representatives to use their good offices in an appeal to the Prussian government to ameliorate the condi- tions due to said laws. LAST HITCHCOCK DELAY. Case Against Comedian Is Postponed for Week by Court. New York, Feb. 26. — The trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, on charges preferred by a little girl, yes- terday was postponed for one week Justice Dowling in announcing the postponement said no further delays would be permitted. Cubans Celebrate. Havana, Feb. 26.—The thirteenth an- niversary of the uprising that initiated the war of Cuban independence was celebrated yesterday by a total suspen- sion of business, by fetes and extensive jlluminations. Kills Sister; Wounds Self. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 26. — Louis Rarher killed his sister, Mrs. Jerome Lewis yesterday and then inflicted probably fatal wounds to himself. Te quarreled with his sister over a trivial matter. Thaw’s attorneys at the expiration of his first sixty days in Matteawan it was one of the alienists engaged by District Attorney Jerome to testify at the first trial of the young millionaire for the murder of Stanford White. At that time Dr. Ferris was of the opin- as the result of outrageous |“ FORMALLY OPENED lhousands Transported by Sub- terranean Route From New York to Jersey. PRESIDENT GIVES THE SIGNAL Jovernors of. Two States Join in Cele- bzating Completion of Hudson River Tunnel. New York, Feb. 27. — “Over to Jer tey” gave way to “Under to Jersey” ast night, and while the ferry boats vended their laborious way overhead housands of persons were being trans- yorted by a subterranean route from shore to shore in about the time that t takes the surface craft to warp into heir slips. The Hudson river 'tunnel connecting New York city and Hoboken, N. J., by \ passage made far below the river yottom .was formally opened yesterday when President Roosevelt pressed a yutton and the governors of New York md New Jersey made speeches, but t got its real christening last night, when on the stroke of midnight the unnel was opened to the public and a ‘egular service of cight-car trains, ‘unning under five-minute headway, was installed. Thousands Take Ride. The public opening was in time to vatch the theater crowds bound for yome in the sister state, but there vere thousands of other passengers yent on having an early ride under vovel conditions. The early trains Ni operated without a hitch. From Nineteenth street, under Sixth ave- que, the present Manhattan terminal, o Hoboken, was made in about ten ninuies, the under-the-water section ‘eing covered in three minutes. While the first nighters were paying he Hudson Tunnel company its first return on the $60,000,000 investment, che promoters of the enterprise were lining the executives of New York and New Jersey at Sherry’s and lrinking toasts to the everlasting suc- sess of the interstate - all-under-the- civer route. Governors Make Speeches. The engineers and officers of the zonstructing and financial companies were present, as well as the heads of the different departments and officers of the various New Jersey towns af- fected by the new connecting link. Members of the state and national governments were also present. The toastmaster was Walter G. Oakman, president of the Hudson company which did the actual construction work, The governors of the two states made the principal speeches. DID BROWNSVILLE SHOOTING. Majority of Senate Committee Hoids Negro Soldiers Responsible for Affray. Washington, Feb. 27. — That the shooting in the affray at Brownsville, Tex., on the night of Aug. 13-14, 1906, was done by some of the negro sol- liers of the Twenty-fifth United States infantry, and that the testimony taken before the senate committee on mili- affairs fails to identify the guilty parties, is the opinion of eight mem- oers of the committee. Four members of the committee voted against this Jecision and one member did not vote. The resolution declaring the guilt of she negroes was submitted by Senator Lodge and was adopted after five reso- lutions by Senator Foraker, one by Senator Dupont and one by Senator Scott, all of which were offered as sub- stitutes, had been yoted down. The vote’ yesterday was reached after prolonged investigation, extend- ing over two sessions of congress, and svidence had been taken covering thousands of pages. Throughout the entire controversy the anti-administra: tion campaign has been directed by Senator Foraker. In the final vote ir ‘he committee a majority of the Ro publican members came to his sup sort. The Ohio senator expressed him self,as gratified at this, and it was apparent from the outset that all of the Democratic members were con- vinced that the negroes did the shoot- ing. The fight will be carried to the floor of the senate. The reports of the com- mittee will not be made for about ten days. CARRIERS MEET AT GLENCOE. Rura! Organization Is Formed by Post- al Employes. “ Langdon, Minn., Feb. 27.—The rural letter carriers of McLeod county held a meeting in the Hibernian hall at Glencoe and organized with eighteen eharter members. Prospects aré good ‘or ten more in the near future. State president Crippen of Langdon, Minn., explained the benefits derived from as- sociation to the carriers, the depart. ment and the rural patrons. Farm Elevator and Flax Burn. Cando, N. D., Feb. 26.—The large elevator on the Ben Lembke farm, near Cando, together with 3,500 bush- els of flax, was destroyed by fire. The flax was fully insured and the eleva- ‘or was insured for about one-half. Farmer Kills Himself. Windom, Minn., Feb. 25. — Coroner Weiser and Sheriff Severson recetved word that Mike Schoneman, a farmer living in Delton township, about fif- teen miles north -of here had commit- ted suiciGe. Experts Appear efore Senate Committee to Answer Charges ia Magazine. Washington, Feb. 27. — Experts in naval consiruction — Rear Admiral Converse, retired, president of the board of construction, and Rear Ad- miral Capps, chief of the bureau of construction and repairs—were before the senate committee on naval affairs yesterday in the investigation of charges made against the navy by Henry Reuterdah! in a recent maga- zine article. The charges were taken up in the or- der they appeared in the article, and at the conclusion of the extended refu- tations by Admiral Converse, Senator Perkins said to the naval officers: Apology Due Officers. “We ought to apologize to you for calling on you to refute such articles as these.” “That is true,” said Chairman Hale, “but it’s written in such a vein that a layman could not understand how ab- surd the charges are. It attracted the attention of the whole country and we had to investigate.” Senators Martin, Perkins and Gal- linger laughingly su ed that Mr. Reuterdah!, who is now with the bat- Ueship fieet in the Pacific, should be set off the fieet if a gonvenient barren island could be found. Development of Interest. -The development of principal inter- est in the testimony of Admiral Con- verse was that two of the charges made by Mr. Reuterdah! were in lan- guage similar to that used by Lieuten- ant Commander Sims, naval aid to the f the navy, in articles v epared and submitted to the secre- of the navy at his reques ned any purpose to indicate se articles or statements of had been the in bs the Reuterdahl attack upon the navy. Nevertheless, these offic are to be called before the committee in the near future. Secretary Metcalf also will be a witness. Sims and Hill Explain. At the navy department during the day Lieutenant Commander Hill sub- mitted to Secretary Metcalf his reply to the questions addressed to him and Lieutenant Commander Sims as to their knowledge of the source of infor- mation alleged to have been furnished writers who criticised the construc- tive features of the navy. Command- er Hill declined to di his reply. WILL NOT LIFT PAPER TARIFF. Congressmen Reply to Vigorous Pro- tests Coming From Publishers. Washington, Feb. 27. — Vigorous protests are coming here from leadin; publishers in the Northwest again: the decision given by Chai an Payne of the ways and r commit- fee against taking up the measures proposing the free admission of print paper and wood pulp and other paper materials during the present session of congress. The claim is made by some publish- ers that congress should take the same action with pect to the paper and wood pulp duties ¢ s taken by congress s 1 yea o in placing coal on the free list. The reply made py members of the house who have been urged to support the policy is thet a much different condition of af- fairs exists with respect to the paper nnd wood pulp matter than obtained during the session of congress when coal was placed on the free list. It is asserted that in the case of coal a general famine of this necessary fuel existed, owing to a strike, and that so urgent was the demand for bringing in coal from foreign countries that President Roosevelt urged in a mes- sage to congress that relief be given through the free admission of coal. It is pointed out that President Roose- velt does not take this position with reference to paper and wood pulp, and that there is no general demand either through public meetings, or even, numerous letters to senators and representatives, urging action by con- in favor of placing paper and pulp on the free list. 4 In this situation it is claimed by the Northwestern representatives that it would be futile to expect congress to act at present. WOMAN COOK IS BURNED. Dress Takes Fire and in Fright She Dashes Lard Over Self. Waterloo, Iowa, Feb. 27. — Miss Maude Wilson is lying at the point cf death at Independence, where she badly burned. Miss Wilson is emplo: ed as second cook in the Gedney hotel, and while carrying a bucket of grease nesr the big range her apron was drawn into the firebox. In her fright ske threw up her arms and the melted lerd was dashed over her. The flames quickly spread and she became a liv- ing torch. The woman's nose and mouth were burned from her face and her body was charred so badly as to be almost unrecognizable. Traffic Paralyzed by Storms. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27—Raiiroad trafic in Central Russia is almost completely paralyzed by a succession of heavy snow storms, which still con- tine. Many towns are cut off from all communcation. Jurors Fined $50 Each. New York, Feb, 27.—Justice Gug, in the New York supreme court, set aside the verdict of a jury yesterday ond fined the twelve jurymen $50 zach for deciding the verdict by the lip ef a coin.