Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 25, 1908, Page 2

By C. E. KILEY. } GRAND RAPIDS, + MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK “SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Con: densed for the Busy Reader. Washingten Notes. Under suspension of the rules the house passed the bill providing for the restoration of the motto “In Good We Trust” on gold and silver coins of the United States. The senate has which 1,000,000 acres of arid lands be- longing to the public domain will bej turned over to the State of Idaho for use under the Garey act. The purchase of three new steam colliers with a coal-carrying capacity of 7,000 tons, at a cost each of $525,- 000, has been agreed upon by the house committee on naval affairs. The house committee on naval af- fairs has recommended a bill author- izing 1,500 additional enlisted men for the marine corps and the necessary complement of officers, The bill raises the rank of the commanding officer of the marine corps from brigadier gen- eral to major general commandant. The claim of the Countess Buena Vista against Maj. Gen. Brooks for $250,000 damages on account of his revocation while military governor of Cuba of her license to slaughter all the cattle for Havana has been de- cided by the supreme court of the United States against the countess. A delegation of organized labor, consisting of the labor committee of the Southern railway, called on Speaker Cannon and expressed the hope that there would be no further railway legislation affecting the reve- nues of common carriers enacted, at this session of congress. Personal. Edwin H. Nevin, prominent in jour- nalistic and public affairs in Philadel- phia for many years, is dead. Edward L. Day, the millionaire head of a breakfast food manufacturing company at Cleveland, is dead at Los Angeles of uraemic poisoning. | Col. W. Q. Dallmeyer, president of the Exchange bank at Jefferson City, Mo., who was state treasurer in 1868, is dead at the age of seventy-nine years. Brig. Gen, Royal T. Frank, U. 8. A. retired, died in Washington in his seventy-sixth year. He graduated from the military academy in the class of 58 and fought throughout the Civil war. Rey. T. J. Orr, for fifty years a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church in Illinois, was found dead at the home of his son-in-law, Rev. J. B. Pawson, at Sidell, Ill. He was seven- ty-eight years of age. Gen. Oden Guitar, a veteran of two wars and famous as a lawyer and pol- an, died at his home in Columbia, aged eighty-one years. He ren- ed distinguished services in the Cc ivil and Mexican wars. Casualty. Three persons, composing all the male members of one family, were lit- erally blown to pieces by dynamite at Acme, Pa., while dynamiting stumps. Four men were badly burned, two probably fatally, as the result of an explosion of gas in the Iron Mountain tunnel mine in Missoula county, Mont. By the overturning of a rowboat during a sudden squall Peter and Andrew Lacroix, father and son, and Henry W. Ellison were drowned at Stratford, Conn. The steamer Pomona, plying be tween San Francisco and Eureka, Cal., was wrecked near Fort Ross. All her passengers were saved. The Po- mona is reported to be a total wreck. As a result of terrific storms in the puntains the streams are . swollen d landslides have been caused which have tied up the overland train service between Portland and East Pendleton. Lee Conklin, son of G. B. Conklin of Sioux City, was almost instantly killed while attempting to board. a Burlington train near the city ticket office at Council Bluffs, falling under the wheels. Fire destroyed the coke washer, tipple, engine house and chemical lab- oratory of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company’s mine at Sopris, Colo., en- tailing a loss of $150,000 and throwing 300 men out of employment, Three men were killed and four in- jured, two fatally, by the explosion of one of the ten wheelhouses of the Unitea States Powder company, near Coalmont, Ind. Nothing is known as to the cause. The force of the expl sion was heard and felt for miles. windows in Coalmont were destroyed and several buildings were damaged. “A baby, aged two and onehalf years, was scalded to death at the home of the parents at Waterloo, Iowa. The mother stepped from the room, leaving a tub half-filled with boiling water. Into this the child tumbled and was so badly burned that death came soon after. Feeley Lee, sixteen years old, of St. Charles, TIL, a student at the Chad- dock training school-for boys Quincy, Ill, during a sham battle last evening, in which forty cadets pagtici- | pated, was shot through thehead and! died shortly afterward. “Herald Reoiew, ADO WTES Pe passed a bill by; SEENS HINGS CONSTAT/ MANY FARMERS. QUIT Kt KENTUCKY Conditions aide Worse Than ‘ at any Time Since To- bacco War Began. NIGHT RIDER SCARE GROWS Farmers in White Burley District Are Busy Destroying Their To= bacco Beds. bruzzi Rushes Back to Italy to Secure Permission to Marry Miss Elkins. THE “BIG SIXTEEN” Secretary Root Accepts Invita- tion for Battleship Fleet to Visit Japan. [COUCHED IN CORDIAL TERMS Regarded as Demonstration of Good | Feeling Existing Between Two | Countries. Rome, March 22. — The duke of Abruzzi is returning to Rome, accord- ing to a report in wide circulation, here last night, to obtain the full con- sent of King Victor Emmanuel to his marriage with Miss Katherine Elkins. ‘daughter of Senator Stephen B, El- kins of West Virginia. Although con- firmation of ‘the report is lacking, the fact that there has been no official, denial given out in Rome, and tho statement made in Washington that the duke would again visit America in the near future seems to lend con- siderable weight to it. Washington, March 21.—After a fly- ing visit of three days to Washington, the duke of Abruzzi left at 10 o'clock yesterday as unceremoniously and as mysteriously as he came to the city. It is safd that he will depart from New York to-day en route to Italy. Practically all the information obtain- able at the Italian embassy regarding the duke’s future movements is that he will return to the United States in the near-future. His leave of ab- sence from command of the warship Regina Elena has expired and he is returning home to again assume charge of the vessel. Whether an engagement between the duke and Miss Katherine Elkins, the daughter of Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, has resulted from the royal visitor’s trip to Ameri- ca, no one at the embassy is willing to say. Lexington, Ky., March 24.—Becausé of warning letters and visits from night riders, farmers in nearly all of the forty-two counties in the white burley tobacco district are busily en- gaged in destroying their tobacco beds, and at the present time less than one. third of. the number usually planted have been started. In many counties huge signs have been erected on build- ings andin high places nearby,declar- ing the intention of the farmers not to raise a crop this season. Realizing the difficulty of making a living for their families in case the decision to raise no tobacco is adhered to, many farm- ers are preparing to move to other states, while many farm owners have placed their property on the market with the avowed purpose of leaving Kentucky. Alarm Is Increased. The murder of Farmer Hedges in Nicholas county yesterday and the raids in Woodford and other counties last week have increased the alarm. In announcing their determination to go elsewhere the tenants declare that it will be impossible fo subsist from the proceeds of crops of hemp, wheat and corn. In the neighborhood of Mount Ster- ling many farmers have received threatening letters, with which were matches, powder and\ poison, and in both farm districts and tobacco towns armed guards have been placed at threatened points. Conditions through- ou the state are declared to be now worse than at any time since the to- bacco war began. Washington, March 22.—The Amer- lean battleship fleet is to visit Japan. The desire of the emperor of the isl- and kingdom to play host of the “big sixteen” was laid before Secretary Roct Thursday by Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador. The invi- tation, which was couched in most cordial terms, was made the subject of extended consideration by Presi- dent Roosevelt and his entire cabi- net yesterday. Secretary Root was directed to accept the invitation and the acceptance was laid before the Japanese ambassador late yesterday. Next Bid From China, It is regarded in official circles here as more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the fleet, and that should this be the case the invitation would be accepted. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pillsbury, chief of navigation, are ar- ranging the details of the new itinera- ty. With the exception of China, it is believed to have been determined that all other invitations, should any be re- ceived, will be declined, for at best the fleet will not now be able to reach the Atlantic seaboard before the first of next March. Itinerary of the Fleet. The itinerary which seems to be the most direct includes stops at the Hawaiian islands, Samoa, Melbourne. Sydney, Manila, Yokohama—should that point be selected as the stopping point in Japan—possibly a Chinese port, back to the Philippines, and then home by way of the Suez canal, with only such stops as are neces- sary for coaling. The acceptance of the Japanese in- vitation is regarded in official circles as of considerable importance in the way of a demonstration of the cor- diality existing between the American and Japanese governments. The add- ed trip is nearly equal in distance to a voyage from New York to Europe. DEATH CLAIMS NOTED BISHOP. Charles H. Fowler of the Methodist Church Passes Away. New York, March 22.—Rev. Charles H. Fowler, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, died at his home here yesterday. Bishop Fowler has been critically ill only since last Wednesday. His death was due to heart failure, result- ing from a complication of diseases. He had been in ill health for two years, but during nearly all that time he took a more or less active part in the affairs of the church. As late as two months ago he felt able to make a journey to Minneapo- lis, where he presided at the dedica- tion of the Fowler Memorial Metho- dist Episcopal church. His last public appearance was at Metropolitan tem- ple on Sunday following Washing- ton’s birthday, when he took part in a Washington memorial service. His last visit to his office in the Metho- dist building in Fifth avenue was made last Monday. On Wednesday he was stricken with the illness which resulted in his death early yesterday. Bishop Fowler's long life was filled with activity for the church ang the cause of education. le CHINESE WILD OVER BACKDOWN. Fifty Thousand Attend Meeting. Canton, March 24.—The greatest in- dignation prevails here against the government for yielding to the Japa- nese demands in the Tatsu Maru case, it befng considered that the govern- ment’s action in this matter has brought disgrace upon this province. The Self-government society of Can. ton has organized several monster in- dignation meetings, at which resolu- tions were adopted that the anniver- sary of the release of the Tatsu Maru be observed as a day of public mourn- ing. The resolutions also declared a boycott against Japanese goods. More than 50,000 persons attended the mass meetings held yesterday; buildings were draped in, mourning ahd twenty or more orators delivered denunciatory speeches. A great num- ber among those who had assembled thereupon divested themselves of Jap- anese-made garments, including caps and handkerchiefs, and made a huge bonfire of them. One dealer in Japa- nese goods offered to sacrifice his en- tire stock. LID ON OPIUM. Indignation BIG FLOOD CHECKED BY FROST. Except for Cleaning Up, Pittsburg Is Through With Second Flood. Pittsburg, Pa., March 22. — Except. for the cleaning up process, Pittsburg is through with its second flood this spring. A sudden change to colder weather at the headwaters of the rivers and in the Pittsburg district Thursday night froze up the small streams and stopped the torrents that were pour- ing into the lower Allegheny and low- er Monongahela rivers. The crest of the flood reached the city shortly before daylight, at 27.3 feet. At 10 o’clock yesterday the wa- ters began to recede and by night the stage was below twenty-two feet, the danger line. Many manufacturing plants were shut down yesterday, but the flood did not inflict great damage upon indus- trial interests. Most of the resi- dences surrounded by water Thursday night are again upon terra firma. Steam and electric railroads have returned to practically normal sched- ules. CATCH ALLEGED SMUGGLER. Special Agent Finds Him at Detroit and Will Take Him to Dultuh. Duluth, March 22.—Official informa- tion has been received here that Har- ry Manuel, formerly a waiter on the steamer Huronic, has just been ar- rested in Detroit, charged with having attempted to smuggle furs and laces into Duluth last August for a woman residing here. A Duluth woman passenger on the Huronic, from Canadian ports, is said to have purchased the goods across the border, and while debating how to get them in free of duty is said to have given Mamnuel charge of the goods. Manuel will be brought here. China Decides on Experimental De- crease in Importation, Pekin, March 24. — The throne has given its sanction to an experimental decrease in the importation of opium, which has been agreed to by Great Britain. The experiment will extend over three years, and its purpose is to de- termine the effect this will have on domestic cultivation and the use of opium. If it proves successful meas- ures will be taken to continue the reg- ulation. The throne orders further regulation of the opium evil and appeals to the nation at large to abandon its use en- tirely. PORTUGUESE AT WAR. Troops Attack Natives in Guinea and Destroy a Town. Lisbon, March 22.—An official dis- pateh has been received here to the effect that Portuguese troops made an attack upon the revolting natives at Jafuneo and Egine, in Portuguese Guinea and destroyed the town of Va- rella. SLEUTHS FIGHT FATAL DUEL. Customs Inspectors Kill One Another in Dry Bed of the Rio Grande. El Paso, Tex., March 22.—Mounted Customs Inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry bed of the Rio Grande river in this city Thursday night and both were killed. Their bodies were found yesterday morning. It is supposed that each mistook the other for a smuggler. At first it was believed that the two officers had been killed by smug- glers, but this theory is discredited, as tracks around where the bodies lay all fit the shoes of the dead men. Three shots were heard by the people living in the neighborhood. The pis- tol of one of\the officers held two empty shells and that of the other one empty shell. Fire Drives Guests Out. Chicago, March 22.—Fire resulting from crossed electric light wires dam- aged the Grand Pacific hotel yester- day to the extent of $100,000, and for a time threatened the entire destruc- tion of the building. No lives were lost, although many of the guests were compelled to make hasty exits by the fire escapes and but three peo- ple were injured. JOBS FOR PRESIDENTS. Bill to Make Them Honorary Members of the Senate. Washington, March 24. — Mr. Cou- drey of Missouri has introduced a bill providing that all ex-presidents of the United States shall become honorary members of the United States senate for life and as such shall receive a compensation of $25,000 per annum. . Flood Causes Much Distress. Wheeling; W. Va., March 22.—The fourth flood in the Wheeling district within five weeks reached its crest last night with 39 feet 6 inches. After remaining stationary for three hours a,slight drop was shown and the flood will rapidly recede. There is much distress among the poor of the city and vicinity. DOCTOR WINS $400 SUIT. “SET” GUN KILLS WIFE. Weapon Placed to Shoot Chicken Thieves Discharged by Woman. Kenton, Ohio, March 24. — When Mrs. S. O. Burdette went to gather eggs in the hen coop yesterday she was killed by the discharge of a gun which her husband had set to kill thieves who had been bothering the chickens. Winona Physician Gets Money for ' Caring for Pauper. Winona, Minn., March 22.—Dr. C. P. Robbins yesterday received from the town of Homer a claim of over $400 as fees for taking care of a pauper nine years ago. The case has been in the courts ever since and has Laie to the supreme court twice. Pleaded Guilty and Fined. Milwaukee, March 22. — Joseph J. Galewski, a former supervisor, plead- ed guilty to an indictment charging conspiracy in connection with a coun- ty coal contract and was fined $100. Gems Stolen on Train. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24.—David Webber of Chicago was robbed of five diamond rings, valued at $2,500, while returning from Jacksonville, Fla., with his wife on the Queen & Crescent rail- TO JOIN WATERWAYS TALK. FUNERAL OVER, WIDOW DIES. Burlington, Iowa, March 22.—Thom- as Wilkinson of Burlington, president of the Upper Mississippi -River Im- provement association, yesterday re- ceived a personal invitation from President Roosevelt to come to Wash- [ington and meet with him and others in a conference on the waterways of the country and their improvement. The conference will be held in May and will supplement that in which the ! governors of various states partici- ‘ pated some time ago. Logan, Iowa, March. 22. — Within twenty minutes after the family had returned from the cemtery, where it had buried the venerable Christian Ehrhardt, the wife of the deceased ex- pired and a second grief was visited upon the household. Christian Ehr- hardt died Sunday at the advanced age of eighty. The funeral was held yesterday and it was followed imme- diately by Mrs. Ehrhardt’s death. Both were long reSidents here. They ‘had a family of five children. Pepper Used as Weapon. Springfield, Ohio, March 24. — Be- cause'of a quarrel, George Weigel] was almost blinded yesterday by Ross Moses, a fellow student at a local busi- ness college, who threw pepper in his ILLS MOTHER THEN ROBS HER Indiana Young Man Confesses to Strike ing His Mother Down With a Hammer. , Fort Wayne, Ind., March 24.—Grover C. Blake and Orsel Reynolds’ of An- derson, Ind., were arrested here yes- terday on the charge of murdering Blake’s mother Saturday at Anderson. Young Blake made a confession’ after his arrest, implicating Reynolds. He said he had been drinking with Reyn- olds and they both needed money He went home and entered the kitchen, where his mother was cooking dinner, according to the confession, and Reyn- oxle yas standing guard outside. Blak3 says his mother accused him of hav- ing been drinking, and he went into another room and got a hammer. He returned noiselessly, crept up behind her and struck her on the back of the head. She fell insensible. Accuses His Pal. He says he then opened her dress and grabbed a bag she had fastened around her neck, which contained money and jewelry. While he was up- stairs changing his clothes he heard a scream. He returned to the kitchen and found Reynolds standing over his mother’s body, hammer in hand. He says Reynolds admitted having struck her when she moved. The two young men then camé to Fort Wayne, spent the night in carousing and were arres;¢” ed just as they were about to board a train for Michigan yesterday. Blake says he secured $160 in money and some diamond rings. KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF. Husband Awakes to Find Children Dead. Fall. River, Mass., March 24.—With a crucifix clasped in her right hand and with a rosary hanging from her arm, Mrs. Florida Terrion, aged twen- ty-five years; her four-year-old daugh- ter Mary and two months old son Jo- seph were found dead in the kitchen of their home yesterday by the wom- an’s husband, Joseph Terrion. The cor- oner said after an examination that the woman had killed herself and the two children with illuminating gas. Two gas jets and the cocks of the gas stove in the room were turned on. According to Mr, Terrion, he and wife, with the children, had passed the evening with friends, returning home at 1 o’clock yesterday morning. He went to bed immediately, taking with him his daughter Mary. According to Terrion’s story, he left his wife and the little boy, who slept together in another room, in the kitch- en. At about 7 o’clock yesterday morn- ing Terrion said he was awakened by a choking sensation and detected the odor of ‘gas. His daughter Mary was not at his side. Fushing into the kitchen, he found his wife in a chair, clasping a crucifix, with the children wrapped in blankets lying at her feet. All three were dead. Mrs. Terrion had been in good health, but it is thought that family cares had unbalanced her mind. Wife and DEATH’S BIG HARVEST. Total of 350 Lives Lost on North At- lantic Coast. Boston, March 24.—A review of the marine casualties of the coast of New England and British North America during the fall and winter season just ended shows that about 350 lives were lost. Of this number 251 persons perished in the wrecks of ten vessels belonging to the French fishing fleet of St. Pierre, Miquelon, last fall These ves- sels foundered in heavy gales which swept the Grand Banks. About twen- ty-five Newfoundland fishermen were also lost in these storms. LITTLEFIELD RESIGNS. Congressman From Maine Wilt Re- sume Practice of Law. Rockland, Me., March 24.—A sensa- tion was caused in political circles here yesterday by the receipt by Gov. William T. Cobb of a letter from Cen- gressman Charles B. Littlefield, ten- dering his resignation as a member of congress, to take effect on Sept. 30 next. In the same mail was a communica- tion to the chairman of the Second district Republican congressional com- mittee from Mr. Littlefield, in which the latter gave as the reason for his resignation his desire to resume his law practice. NO TAN SHOES; KILLS SELF. Wouldn’t Be Barber Without Yellow Footwear. Springfield, Ohio, March 24. — Step- ping in front of a mirror, John F. Burk, who recently quit the saloon pusiness because of the heavy Hcense, decreasing trade and unpromising out- Jook, cut his throat, dying almost in- stantly. Burk has been acting strange- ly. He was told that employment had been offered him in a barber shop, but said he could not work there because he did not have any tan shoes. He Jeaves a widow and three children, one of whom is critically ill, AGED MAN MURDERED. Lived Alone With His Wife on Farm Near Oclwein, lowa. Oelwein, Iowa, March 22. — Otto Whiebeck, a farmer living in Auburn township, Fayette county, was mur- dered on Thursday night. He was seventy years of age. He had been living in the village of Auburn, but moved to his farm, as his children had all grown up and gone out in the world, leaving Lim and his aged wife alone. The cause.of the crime has not been learned. _ Monday. Washington, March 17.—Under the guise of discussing legislation the ses sion of the senate yesterday was de voted to a_ political discussion, in which Senator Tillman of South Caru lina and Senator Beveridge of Indianz were the chief participants. The senate considered the confer ence report on the Indian appropria tion bill and the report was disagree¢ to and another conference asked. The house bill appropriating $403, 030 to pay the archbishop of Manila as representative of the Roman Catho lic church, for damages to church property during the Spanish-American war also passed_ Tuesday. Washington, March 18. — After speaking for two and a half hours iy the senate yesterday on the pending currency bill Senator La Follette ask ed permission to suspend his remarks and conclude to-day, as he was unable to continue longer. Senator Aldrich reported to the sen ate from the committee on finance amendments to the currency bill ex empting railroad bonds from classes of bonds to be used to secure emer gency currency, limiting the retire ment of the such currency and pro viding that such issues should be per mitted up to the par value of bonds used to secure them. Praise of President Rooosevelt, Sec retary Taft and William J. Bryan war heard in the house of representatives yesterday during general debate or the pension appropriation bill. Wednesday. Washington, March 19.—General de bate on the pension appropriation bil) continued for over four hours in the house of representatives to-day. The subjects discussed took a wide range~ polities, finance, the trusts and the president's last special message all re ceiving attention. At 4:24 the house adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late United States Senator . William Pinckney Whyte of Maryland. The senate was in session but ten minutes, adjourning in respect tc Mr. Whyte. Thursday. Washington, March 20. — Continu ing his speech begun in the senate last Tuesday, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin yesterday devoted consid erable time to discussing a proposi tion for the physical valuation of rail roads. The blind senator from Okla- homa, Mr. Gore, attempted to draw Mr. La Follette into a criticism of the actions of the president and Secre- tary Cortelyou in connection with the recent financial disturbance, but fail- ed. The Wisconsin senator expressed opinion that the president had acted in a way which he believed at the time to be in the interest of the country. After several hours of spirited dis- cussion over the proposition to abol- ish seventeen of the elghteen existing pension agencies and consolidate pension disbursements in Washing- ton, the house of representatives yes- terday passed the pension appropria- tion bill, carrying $150,869,000, the largest sum ever authorized by that measure. Friday. Washington, March 21.—Nearly the entire session of the senate yesterday was consumed by the consideration and final vote on the ship subsidy bill, which was passed without a division of the senate being called for. A bill was also passed increasing the salaries of men employed in the life-saving service. More criticism of President Roose- velt was indulged in the house of rep- resentatives yesterday, when he was roundly denounced by Mr. Hardwick of Georgia for failing to send to con- gress all information regarding cor- porations which had come into his possession. The presjdent, however, found a ready and vigorous defender in Mr. Mann of Illinois, who asserted that the president had acted with the utmost good faith in sending to con- gress all the information that had come to him. Saturday. Washington, March 23.—Without be- ing materially amended in any form, the fortification appropriation bill was passed by the house Saturday. Dur- Ing the closing debate the war depart- ment was criticised by several mem- bers regarding the money spent on fortifications at Subig bay, which it was charged was wasted in view of a later recommendation that the de- fenses at Cavite be strengthened. California Shakes Again. Imperial, Cal., March 24.—Three dis- tinct earthquake shocks were felt through Imperial valley yesterday morning. No damage is reported oth- er than the breaking of a few dishes. Girls’ Schoo! Ruined by Fire. St. Louis, March 24.—Forest Park university, the first woman’s college . ever chartered in the United States, was gutted by fire Saturday. All the students escaped without injury. The damage is about $60,000, fully covered vy insurance. Clark Smelter Burns. Butte, Mont., March 24—Fire at the Butte reduction works, formerly Sen- ator W. A, Clark’s smelters, resulted in damage estimated approximately at $50,000.