Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 1, 1908, Page 3

BRYAN CHOICE OF DEMOCRAT |BIG LOSS BY PRAIRIE North Dakota Convention Instructs Del- egates to Denver to Vote as a Unit for Nebraskan. The North Dakota Democratic con- vention met in Grand Forks Wednes- day and declared unanimously for William Jennings Bryan for the Dem- cratic nomination for president, After almost three hours of oratory the committee on resolutions reported resolutions, the chief purpose of which was the indorsement of Bryan. The resolutions instructed the North Da- kota delegates to the Denver conven- tion to vote as a unit for Mr. Bryan. After all the statements by Johnson men that an instructed delegation would be contested and that there would be a second choice candidate in the person of Goy. Johnson, the fact that there was not a dissenting votce raised when a vote was called for caused surprise even among the stanch Bryan men who, although they have all along said they had enough votes to carry through their resolu- tions, thought that possibly a. test might be made. Will Vote as a Unit. The resolutions declare for Bryan in the following words: “The Democracy of North Dakota, in convention assembled, believing that William Jennings Bryan repre- sents the truest type of American citizenship and is the natural leader of the reform forces of the United States of America, be it therefore “Resolved, That the delegates from this convention to the national Demo- cratic convention to be held at Denver be and théy are hereby instructed to yote as a unit for the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for president of the United States.” A separate set of resolutions was unanimously adopted indorsing Gov. Burke’s administration. Following the resolutions the nom- ination of national committeeman was in order. The names of William Col- lins of Bottineau, E. E. Cole of Fargo and Max Wipperman of Hankinson were placed in the field, and the roll call showed that Collins had won. The vote was made unanimous. ' Gov. Burke Heads Delegation, Gov. John Burke was chosen as del- egate-at-large by acclamation. Dele- gates to the national convention were elected from each of the eight judicial districts of the state, except in the Eighth, where Goy. John Burke lives. As he was elected to represent the state at large, no delegate was chosen to represent his judicial district. John Brugner was elected as alternate for the Eighth district for Gov. Burke. The district delegates: First, David Gorham; Second, E. B. Page; Third, M. A. Hildreth; Fourth, P. H. Perry; Fifth, G. W. Sweibel; Sixth, Frank Lish; Seventh, J. W. McLean. Alternates: First, A. B. Lamb; Sec- ond, Marion Aldrich; Third, John Car- mody:; Fourth, Jens Peterson; Fifth, Albert Larson; Sixth, C. R. True; Sev- enth, Gus Brekke. Presidential electors were chosen as follows: E. E. Cole, Cass county; John B. Fried, Stutsman county; Jo- seph Kelly, Ramsey county; Frank Mackey, McLean county. RUN DOWN BY POSSE. Man Who Killed Montana Sheriff Pre- fers Death to Surrender. Billings, Mont., March 27.—Wearied by his attempts to evade the posses which surrounded him and which sought to avenge the murder of Sher- iff James T. Webb, William C. Byck- ford yesterday afternoon evaded cap- ture by firing a bullet into his brain. Yesterday afternoon Jack Hereford of Billings and Deputy Sheriff Taylor of Musselshell approached the sheep wagon at the Rufus Thompson ranch where Byckford had been lying since daylight and found him dead with a bullet in his temple and a six-shooter in his hand. The rifle with which he had slain the sheriff lay at his side. But one shot had beeen fired from the revolver. FIRE SWEEPING PRAIRIES. Region Near Chamberlain, S. D., Is Being Devastated. Chamberlain, S. D., March 27.—The most disastrous prairie fire this sec- tion has known in many years started yesterday afternoon between Pukwaa and Kimball. A very high wind car- ried it over a large area and at last reports it was still traveling south- east. A number of farmers lost all their buildings. Another fire on American island, Chamberlain’s city park, did consid- erable damage, hundreds of ever- greens and other trees being destroy- ed before the fire was put out. ” Burglars Rob Postoffice. Aberdeen, Wash., March 27.— Bur- glars who entered the postoffice early yesterday broke into the safe and se- cured $250 in coin, $250 stamps anda number of registered letters. They failed to find $1,500 in gold contained in a small time lock compartment. Killed in a Mine, Marqueete, Mich., March 27. — Struck by a pump rod in the bottom of the Salisbury mine, Albert Argail, nineteen, was instantly killed. His neck was broken. Number of Setilers in South Dakota Are Burned Out—Loss, Several Titousand Dollars. Moorhead, Minn., March 29.—This prairie fire season has started in this section of the state, with three devas- tating fires within a radius of fifty miles. While there has been more or less snow this winter, at the present time the grass is sufficiently dry to burn rapidly. A fire was started a short distance south of Kimball by a farmer who was attempting to burn a strawstack. The wind was blow- ing strong from the northwest and the fire got away and started a blaze in the grass, which was swept off to the south. A report received from there states that a number of houses and barns were burned in the pathway of the elements, but no lives were lost. Five miles northwest of this city another fire was started in the same way, but it did little damage other than to burn over an unoccupied section. A hundred men hurried to the scene of the fire and with plows they succeed- ed in plowing ‘sufficient breaks to turn the course of the fire until it burned into a large acreage of ground which had previously been burned a week ago. In Northwest Aurora county there was a disastrous fire on the same day and eight families were burned out of house and home, although all escaped, with their lives, getting away with what things that could be carried in wagons, The damage will extend into several thousand dollars, WOMAN ATTACKED IN DARK. Wife of Representative W. |. Nolan Brutally Beaten. Minneapoiis, March 29. — Attacked shortly after 10 o’clock at night by a powerfully built man who was crouch- ing in the shadows, Mrs. W. I. Nolan, wife of the humorist and state repre- sentative, was beaten into uncon- sciousness and left for dead, while her mysterious assailant disappeared in the dark. 5 His wife’s cries brought Mr. Nolan quickly to her side. The police were notified as soon as possible; but by the time they arrived at the Nolan residence the assailant had made good use of the delayed pursuit, and although detectives and uniformed officers are still at work on the case no trace of the man has been discov- ered. Although painful, Mrs. Nolan's in- juries are not serious, the attending physician being more alarmed at the nervous shock incident to the affair than the wounds. There is no known cause for the at- tack. WEDS HIS STEP-SISTER. Youth of Nineteen and Girl of Sixteen Reach Climax of Romance. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Marrch 29.—Fred Swanson, aged nineteen years, and Bertha Cope, aged sixteen, were given a marriage license in this city yester- day. The youth of the two young per- sons is not the only interesting thing about the case. They are step-broth- er and step-sister and gradually have Jearned to love each other while grow- ing up together and “playing house” during their childhood. FALLS AS HE DREAMED. Carpenter at Faribault Is Badly In- jured. Faribault, Minn., March 28.—Napo- leon St. Onge, while engaged in work- ing on a new building at the school for the blind, fell from the scaffold to the ground and was seriously injured. A strange coincidence in connection with the fall is that Mr. St. Onge dreamed a week previous that he fell from the place where the accident happened. He is badly injured about the head, but will recover. POKER PLAYERS PAY FINES. Hotel Is Raided and Gamblers Are Gathered In. Stanley, Wis., March 29.—Chief of Police McKale raided a poker game in the Hotel Royal, and the proprie- tors of the hotel, together with all the players, were arraigned before Judge Phillips yesterday. All paid fines and costs. TWO KILLED AT SIOUX CITY. Switch Engine Is Derailed and Foot- board Occupants Crushed. Sioux City, Iowa, March 28.—A de- fective switch was the cause of the derailment of an engine in the yards of the Omaha road, in which J. L. Gilfillan, night foreman of the yards, was stantly killed, and T. J. Blake- ly, a switchman, fatally injured. Fire tmperils Family. Bemidji, Minn., March 27. — The home of V. L. Ellis, together with its contents, was completely destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning, the occupants of the house barely escaping in time to save their lives. Town Wiped From Map by Fire. Grand Rapids, Mich., March 27, — Half the business section of Middle- ville, twenty miles southeast of here, was wiped out by fire. Loss estimat- ed at between $50,000 and $75,000. FIRES |TAUNT CAUSES. DUAL TRAGEDY Desperate Actor Fires Fatal Shots While Woman Reads Old Love Letter to Him. St. Paul, March 31.—Forbidden love, mad jealousy and a taunting woman’s tongue that drove a furious man to kill both the woman and himself is the tragic tale of the two bodies lying upon adjoining slabs at the county morgue, William Dudley Trainer, a blackface artist who appeared at 10-cent vaude- ville shows throughout the country, in- stantly killed Mrs. William Pryor, who was traveling with him, at the Clar- endon hotel early Saturday morning. He inflicted a wound at the base of his. own skull which led to his death a few hours later. They had traveled together as man and _ wife, but how long is not known. William J. Pryor, the murdered woman’s husband, is also an actor, with his home at Provi- dence, R. L. She forsook a husband for a lover who promised all her heart desired. Misfortune came upon the two, as it always does when laws are broken. At the time Mrs. Pryor was shot she was reading a letter written to her some time ago by Trainer, in which he addressed her in the most endear- ing terms and made all sorts of prom- ises. It is thought that the woman, disgusted with the turn’ affairs had taken, was taunting Trainer by read- ing the letter aloud to him and threat- ening to return to her husband when he shot her and then turned the weap- on on himself. ST. PAUL BOAT IS DYNAMITED. Steamer C. W. Cowles Is Partly Wrecked at Foot of Sibley Street. St. Paul, March 31. — Dynamiters made an unsuccessful attempt to de- stroy the steamer C. W. Cowles, own- ed by Capt. George Winans of St. Paul, last night at the docks at the foot of Sibley street. A heavy charge damaged the craft to the extent of $300. Three of the afterport state- rooms were completely demolished, while the galley, located immediately at the rear, was badly damaged.. Four men employed aboard the craft getting it ready to go into commis- sion, as well as the watchman, John McCarthy, were not aboard at the time of the explosion. Capt. Winans is at a loss to explain the motive of the dynamiters, but leans: toward the theory that some vandals, with an understanding of the use of explosives, are at the bottom of the affair.- The matter will be closely investigated. FARMERS WANT NO SALOONS. Threaten to Boycott Village if Li- censes Are Granted. Fergus Falls, Minn., March 31.—The village of Garfield, south of here, vot- ed in favor of saloons at the recent village election, and the farmers of the locality are up in arms. A meet- ing of sixty of those living in the vi- cinity of the village has been held to protest against granting liquor li- censes, and it was intimated that a number of them would withdraw their trade if licenses were granted. QUARREL MAY BE FATAL. George Stevens of Des Moines Shot by His Timekeeper. Des Moines, Iowa, March 30, — George Stevens, manager of the Ma- son City Cement works, is near death’s door in that city, with two bul- let holes in his head, the result of a quarrel with T. A. McDonald, time- keeper for the company. The two men quarreled over money matters in the hotel this afternoon. Stevens followed McDonald upstairs, who turned and shot him. RUSH OF SETTLERS. More Than a Hundred Cars a Week Cross the Misouri. Pierre, S. D., March 31.—The record of emigrant cars going west of the Missouri has been better than a hun- dred a week all through March, and they are being unloaded at every sta- tion between Fort Pierre and Rapid City. The record at Wendte, twenty miles from Fort Pierre, has been thir- ty for the last twenty days, and at sta- tions farther out they are stopping in great numbers. ROAD PAYS $300 FINE. Marshalltown, Iowa, March 31.—The Chicago Great Western Railway com- pany, which was counts charging nuisance by the sal intoxicati: i any 129 ACR tuore oe Aue a that place, and all farmers in that vi- within the county last winter, an which pleaded guilty to one indict- ment Saturday, paid a fine of $300 in the district court. The other indict- ment was dismissed. SCHLEY TO BE GUEST. and instantly killed. indict ? cet On re ship and much capital to finance the Paul Peterson, an aged Ham Lake farmer, was struck by a south-bound passenger train at Andover station Miss Julia Sundae, who was seri- ously burned at Benson by an explo- sion of kerosene while pouring it into the stove, died Saturday afternoon. The home of V. L. Ellis, together with its contents, was completely de- stroyed by fire, the occupants of the house barely escaping in time to save their lives, Rev. James E. Smith of Everett, Wash., has accepted the call from the Congregational church of Crookston, and will take up pastoral duties there on May 1 next. Smallpox has broken out in Cham- plin, Hennepin county, and the schools have been closed. It is in light form and the town authorities are using quarantine measures, E. L. Fisher, a prominent citizen of Duluth, who had been postmaster for eight years, has been adjudged of un- sound mind and taken to Fergus Falls for treatment. Nellie Rusfener, aged two years, died at Ferris from drinking several ounces of kerosene oil. Doctors, were summoned, but the child died before their arrival. The Minnesota Loan and Trust ¢om- pany has instituted proceedings at Faribault for the foreclosure of the mortgage on the plant of the Polar Star Electric company. Lots in Gilbert townsite, near Ev- eleth, have been secured by a Presby- terian church. The lots were donated by the townsite company. Immediate steps will be taken to erect a tem- porary ‘building for worship, which later will be supplanted by a more im- posing edifice. : Peter Manley, arrested in Minneap- olis for stealing a case of shoes from the Northern Pacific freight depot at Anoka, took advantage of the new law and pleaded guilty. He went to St. Cloud for a year. He had a pair of new shoes on and six pairs in a grip when arrested. Dr. O. W. Sterner was seriously hurt in a runaway accident at Cambridge. In making a sharp turn he lost con- trol of his horse, which swung the bug- gy against a telephone pole, throwing the doctor out, breaking his right leg abeve the knee and demolishing the bugey- Lester T. Flemming of Vernon Cen- ter was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of stealing two tons of hay from the barn of Frank and Geo. Pierce, neighbors. His brother and son, who were arrested at the same time, were discharged upon a prelim- inary examination. The entire teaching force of the Bird Island schools was re-elected by the board of education. They are as follows: G. H. Sanberg, superintend- ent; Ella D. Crouse, principal; Edith M. Putnam, assistant principal; Dora Paddock, Mary T. McCarthy, Adeline Koehler and Clara Olsen, the grades. The claims committee of the Albert Lea city council succeeded in settling the $5,000 damage suit against the city recently instituted by Fred Nel- son, for the sum of $140, and P. A. Nelson, who had the building in the street that is alleged to have caused the accident, came to the front with his check for the amount. Andrew Broding of Lake Benton ac- cidentally shot himself with a 22-cali- ber rifle while hunting. He had lean- ed on the muzz’e of the gun to tie his shoe, when the gun went off, the bul- Jet entering the stomach and passing through the stomach and passing through the right lung and lodging just under the skin on his back. He will recover. In the debate at Albert Lea between the Albert Lea and Faribault high school teams Albert Lea won. The question was the subsidization of schools in the South for the negroes. The judges were Superintendent of Schools Dills of Janesville, Hon. J. L. Higgins of Blue Earth and Prof. J. L. Ingraham of Owatonna. — : Business men of Shevlin have or- ganized a creamery associatioa, which tarts out with an excellent member- cting of a first-class creamery at cinity are more or less directly ‘inter- ested in the organization. H. V. Lyon was made president of the association and James Gordon secretary. Company H, Second regiment, of Mankato, has elected First Lieut. Geo. Will Attend. Consistory Meeting at} P. Rodman captain to succeed Capt. Yankton in May. H. W. Maltby, who has removed from Yankton, S. D., March 31.—It is just | the city; Robert C. Erwin first lieuten- announced here in * Masonic circles | ant. and E. R. Brown, second lieuten- that at the big consistory meeting to} 2t- be held here the middle of May Rear Admiral Schley (retired), U. S. N., William Costello, -a retired farmer will be present. The occasion will be:| of Eggleston, an early settler in Good- the signal for a general public demon- hue county, was seriously hurt in a stration for which arrangements now | Tunaway .accident in St. Paul. Mr. are being made. The distinguished | Costello is seventy-nine years old, and visitor will be the guest of the Ma-} the outcome of his injuries is uncer- sonic fraternity while in the city. tain. suddenly. from his injuries. Burglars and vandals looted five stores in Fisher, and secured about $500 in cash, $500 in goods and did about $1,000 damage. : Winnipeg Train No, 23 was derailed three miles east of Royalton. The engine tank broke down and the train ran twenty rail-lengths on the ties. No one was hurt. sft 5 8 Jcseph Schroeder, a section fore- man at Morris, was knocked down by an engine and run over, cutting off both legs just below the knees. By amputation the physicians hope to save his life. 4 Fire at Winona caused a loss ot about $5,000 to the store and contents of the Winona Housefurnishing com- pany, of which Louis Goldish is the proprietor. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Frank Lord, a young boy, while rid- ing on the freight elevator of the Itasca Paper company at Grand Rap- ids, became frightened, leaped from the car and fell in such a way that his neck was broken. He died instantly. Arthur Stengel and Julius Hallich, young men, have been bound over at New Ulm under bonds of $500 each for stealing eighteen hens and a rooster, all prize stock, belonging to J. J. Green, editor-chicken fancier of that city. Three boys were arrested at Tracy on the charge of committing minor burglaries and carrying concealed weapons. One was found with a 38- ealiber revolver on his person. They will undoubtedly be sent to the re- formétory. The Fergus Falls board of education has adopted a resolution declaring it to be the policy of the city to employ no Fergus Falls teachers in the schools there until they have had at least two years’ experience in success- ful teaching in other places. Melvin Peterson, a member of a gang Of wood choppers in the employ ef C. M. Buck near Rosemount, died suddenly at the camp of heart trouble. The coroner deemed an inquest un- necessary. Peterson's remains will be sent to Fond du Lac, Wis., for burial. A special committee has drafted the by-laws for the “Olmsted County Rat- ing association,” an organization to serve as a reporting bureau, collect- ing, compiling and distributing to those engaged in mercantile pursuits data concerning the financial stand- ing of business men of the county. In broad daylight, almost in the heart of the busy down-town district in Minneapolis, James Norton, a lum- berjack, was held up, beaten into un- consciousness with a piece of gas pipe and then robbed of $45 in bills by two masked robbers, who divided the money and: then made good their es- cape. A rural telephone line is being built _by farmers through the townships of Nesbit, Fanny, Lowell and _ Fisher. The line will extend forty miles, run- ning from the Minnesota state experi- mental farm into the northwest. The telephone line will be built and opera- ted in demonstration work by the students of the Minnesota farm. Harriet Basset, fifty years old, a professional nurse, pleaded guilty to forgery in the second degree in Minne- apolis, after having occupied a cell in the county jail for several days, where she steadfastly maintained her inno- cence. She broke down under the strain and decided to admit the charge and go to prison. She will be sentenc- ed later, Carl Samuelson, the thirteen-year old son of Mr. Samuelson of Crom- well township, near Barnesville, fell on the ice the other day and struck on the back of his head. He paid | very little attention to it at the time, and the next day went to school. The following evening he was taken worse and before a doctor could be sum- moned he died. The postoffice department store of E. P. Bacon at Pillager was broken into and robbed of stamps and cash, the amount of which is not yet known. The robbers broke into the car house of the railroad company and secured tools with which to effect an entrance into the store. This is the second time that Bacon’s store and the post- office has been robbed in the last four years. The body of Benjamin Habein, « young man well known in the vicinity of Morristown, was found beside the Chicago Great Western tracks about two and one-half miles west of that place. When found the body lay face downward, about four feet from the rails, with the head toward the track. His empty pocketbook was found sev- eral feet away, along the track, but whether he carried any money when he left the village is not known. Vegetarians. Italians of the poorer class are noted for their general good health. This is to some extent attributed to the fact that the working people of Italy eat less meat than those of any other European nation. A Curious Barometer. A curious barometer used in Ger many and Switzerland consists of a jar of water with a frog and a little stepladder in it. When the frog comes out of the water and sits on the steps it is said infallibly to foretell rain. Monday. Washington, March 24. — A scene somewhat out of the ordinary was en- acted in the house of representatives yesterday because of a charge made by Mr. Mann of Illinois that Mr. Sul- zer of New York had put in the Con- gressional Record what purported to be a speech delivered by him last Saturday, but which Mr. Mann charged was not the one delivered. It all had to do with Mr. Sulzer’s claim that he and not Mr. Mann was the author of the legislation which brought the department of commerce and labor into being. A resolution of- fered by Mr. Mann to expunge the printed speech from the record was adopted by a strict party vote, but not until after the house had been treated to a bitter denunciation of Mr. Mann by Mr. Sulzer and several lively tilts between the latter and the speaker. The senate after a brief session ad- journed out of respect to the memory of Senator Bryan of Florida, who died Sunday. Tuesday. Washington, March 25.—Determina tion to conduct ‘a filibuster on all ac- casions where opportunity presented itself in order to force the Republic- ans to action on an employers’ liability bill and other measures deemed nec- essary of enactment was announced by Mr. Williams of Mississippi in the house of representatives yesterday during the consideration of the agri- cultural bill. He said he had waited to see some evidences of an intention to transact business which the people were demanding, but finding none had reached the conclusion that the time was ripe to force the hand of the Re- publican party. The Democrats cheer- ed the announcement. General debate on the agriculture appropriation bill continued through- out the day. The currency bill was practically given exclusive right of way in the senate yesterday until it is disposed of by an announcement by Senator Al- drich that he would move to-day to give it that status in the senate. Sen- ator La Follette concluded the third installment of his speech on the cur- rency Dill. Wednesday. Washington, March 26.—Voting on amendments to the currency bill con- sumed nearly the entire session of the senate yesterday. All of the commit- tee amendments were accepted and in- corporated in the bill and all other amendments, except one, were disa- greed to, the voting showing conclu- sively that only with the sanction of the committee could any change be made in the bill. In the course of a bitter denuncia- tion of President Rooosevelt on the floor of the house of representatives yesterday, Mr. Stanley of Kentucky compared him with Alexander Hamil- ton, whom he designated as an “ob- secure adventurer,” and both of whom he said had profound contempt for the constitution and displayed ever- lasting impatience with its restraints. Apparently ignoring Mr. Stanley’s remarks, Mr. Cocks of New York, rep- resenting the president’s district, de- fended the president against the re- cent attack of Mr. Willett. Thursday. Washington, March 27.—Although senators, went to the capitol yester- day expecting to devote their time to considering the currency bill, their attention was diverted to the creden- tials of Senator-elect John Walter Smith of Maryland. The result of a long debate was the admission of Mr. Smith to his seat. The currency bill was then taken up and amendments. were considered, More shafts of sarcasm and invec- tive were aimed at President Roose- velt in the house of representatives yesterday. In one of the most scath- ing arraignments of a public officer ever heard in that chamber Mr. Beall of Texas charged the president with having been guilty of a “disgusting usurpation of power,” not only toward the national legislature, but the judi ciary as well. NEW JUDGES ON BENCH. Gov. Johnson Fills Vacancies in Sixth and Fifteenth Districts. St, Paul, March 29.—Two vacancies on the district bench, one in the Sixth and the other in the Fifteenth dis- trict, were filled yesterday by ap- pointment by Gov. Johnson. C. W. Stanton of International Falls was ap- pointed to the Fifteenth district, suc- ceeding Judge Marshall A. Spooner, and A. R. Pfau of Mankato was ap- pointed to the Sixth district bench, succeeding Judge Lorin Cray, also of Mankato. The latter appointment came as a surprise, as it was not generally known that Judge Cray contemplated retiring from the bench. FIERCE FIGHT WITH ROBERS. Attempt to Murder Man So They Can Rob Bank Unmolested. Danville, Il., March 27. — Robbers last night broke into the State bank at Chrisman, and fearing to dynamite the bank safe because of the presence upstairs of J. W. Daily, who lives over the bank, attempted to murder him in his room. He fought a duel with the robbers and wounded one after about twenty shots had been fired. The men escaped and Daily is at the head of a posse which is pursuing them.