Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 6, 1908, Page 7

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME Important Events at Home and on Foreign Shores Briefly Told. Washington. The second annual meeting of the American Society of International Law was held in Washington. President Roosevelt has been pre- sented with a magnificent Turkish rug, the gift of the sultan of Turkey, by the Turkish minister, Mahmed Ali Bey. Most Rey. Diomede Falconio, the apostolic delegate at Washington, also is among those mentioned as likely to be created cardinals at the next consistory in June. The joint resolution to require the carrying of Panama canal material and equipment from the ‘United »s to the isthmus in American bot- toms has been reported favorably by the house committee. ent Roosevelt -has notified Straus of the department o: nmerce and labor that he had reap- ted him for another term of six s as one of the American mem- of the permanent court of arbi-, tion at The Hague. The house committee on public lands ordered a favorable report on senate bill providing that where proofs offered in contention of home- 1 entries have heretofore been re- »d they shall be reinstated and confirmed if the entrymen can show that he lived upon his land at least € t months out of the year prior to submission of proofs. ec Personal. Count Leo Tolstoi, it is announced, has written a new novel which, how- ever, will only be published after his ceath. It is entitled “Father Sergius.” David P. Alderson, secretary-treas- urer and general manager of the Brad- ley-Alderson Implement company and well known throughout the West, died at his home in Kansas City. John Edward Libbey, president, and Charles B. Church, vice president, respectively, of the Oldest Inhabi- tanis’ association of the District of Columbia, died in Washington, John Hayes Hammond, the eminent mining engineer of San Francisco, s made a new contract with the Guggenheims to be their expert for the next five years at a salary of $500,000 annually. David H. Haines, treasurer of the Kalamazoo Gas company, is dead at his home in Kalamazoo, Mich. Mr. Haines was a member of the Fourth Michigan cavalry, the regiment that captured Jefferson Davis. The prize of the National Municipal league for the best essay on munici- pal government prepared by students in American educational institutions, and known as the Baldwin prize, has been awarded to A. E. Pinanski, a senior in Harvard college. Isaac N. Coltrun, one of the four remaining charter members of the Grand Army of the Republic and vet- eran newspaper man of Central Illi- nois, is dead at Decatur, Ill. He was one of the Repulican editors who met in Decatur to organize the Republican rty, and is said to have been the man to suggest Lincoln as the y’s choice for the presidency. f pa Casualty. The damage by frost to the orch- ards in the Arkansas and Grand val- leys and other fruit growing regions of Colorado, is estimated at $1,000,000. The explosion of a boiler tube on the British battleship Britannia dur- ing a full speed trial at Portsmouth, ijured five men, four severely and one slightly. In a spectacular fire at Cleveland the candle and grease works of the Standard Oil company was destroyed. Officers of the company estimated the loss at $203,500. Dennis Courtney of Niagara Falls shocked to death by 12,000 volts if sure of an alternating current in the new station of the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power company. Four thousand dollars loss by fire resulted in the destruction of the big stock pavilion of the Farmers’ Ex- change at Laurel, Iowa. Nine head of horses and fifteen hogs were burn- ed. Miss Minnie Cox, a society girl at Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, died from a spider bite she received three days previously. The girl’s body became greatly swollen soon after she was bitten. wa: Bernard, the two-year-old son of Bailey B. Nagel of Erie, Pa., president of the Pennsylvania Boiler works, is dead as the result of taking medicine prescribed for his mother, believing it to be candy. The little town of Randall, Iowa, came near being wiped off the map the big L. M. Crossley drug when 4 store and several adjoining frame buildings were destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $6,000. The town was saved only by the heroic work of a volunteer company. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stone and Boya Ward were drowned in Muske- gon lake at Muskegon, Mich., when their boat was overturned by the high waves. Miss Ethel Stewart clung to the boat and drifted a mile to the shore, IN HOTEL FIRE New Aviline Hotel at Fort Wayne Destroyed—Actual Loss of Life Unknown. GUESTS FIND ESCAPE CUT OFF Flames Discovered at 3 O'clock in the Morning Spread With Ap- palling Rapidity. Fort Wayne, Ind., May 5—An un- known number of persons, estimated at from twelve to twenty, lost their lives in a fire that desroyed the New Aveline hotel here early yesterday. The entire interior of the building is a smoldering heap of ruins and how many dead are concealed by the de- bris can only be conjectured. The hotel register was consumed by the fire and there are no accurate means of determining who is missing. Bodies Unrecognizable. The complete destruction of the in- terior of the hotel makes the work of recovering bodies a task of difficulty, A confused heap of charred wood, bricks and twisted girders is piled up between the bare walls to the second story. Piece by piece this must be removed before the roll of dead can be completed. Some of the bodies taken out are mangled and charred beyond recognition and the work of identification is in these’cases a task almost baffling. Infantry Company B and Battery B of the national guard are on duty and aiding the fire and police forces to clear away the debris. Escape Is Cut Off. The fire was discovered at 3:30 yes- terday morning in the elevator shaft by Night Clerk Ralph R. Hopkins. He rushed to the upper floors alarming the guests until flames which had spread with appalling rapidity, drove him back. His efforts, however saved many lives. The hotel was erected half a century ago and the woodwork was dry as tinder. It burn- ed like matchwood and within a few minutes from the time fire was dis- covered the whole interior of the ho- tel was a mass of flames that filled the corridors and rooms with suffocat- ing clouds of smoke and laid fiery bar- riers across all means of escape save by the windows. Many Thrilling Rescues. The fire department rescued many by means of ladders, but some, fren- zied by the onward rush of the flames, leaped from high windows to the paved street. As the fury of the flames increased men and women were seen in the win- dows of their rooms, where they wild- ly implored help. Some did not wait for the efforts of the firemen and leaped to the street. Several were seriously injured in this way. There were many thrilling escapes. The hotel and furnishings were val- ued at $80,000. Other losses will ag- gregate about $35,000. WATERWAYS FUND FIXED. Senate Committee Proposes $10,000,- 000 as a Starter. Washington, May 5. — The senate committee on commerce adopted the report of its subcommittee which re- vised the Newlands waterways bill. This report fixes the appropriation at $10,000,000 and authorizes the issu- ance of bonds when the “waterways fund” falls below $5,000,000 in order to keep the fund up to that amount. The full committee expects to hold frequent meetings with a view to re- porting the measure as early as pos- sible. SAGAN TO BE PROTESTANT. Catholit Body Doesn’t Recognize Di- vorce of Mmme. Gould. Rome, May 5.—One of the greatest difficulties in the way of a marriage between Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme. Anna Gould is the fact that the Catholic church, not recognizing di- vorce, has refused to .annul Mme. Gould’s first marriage. The prince is determined to marry Mme. Gould and to this end he has decided to turn Protestant. This will enable the cou- ple to be united both by a civil and re- ligious marriage ceremony. ANGRY MAN KILLS Two. Kills Girl and Shoots Man Who Tries to Prevent Escape. New York, May 5. — Enraged be- cause his long journey across the seas had ended in the refusal of his proposal of marriage, William Sekan- sky, a young Polander, shot and kill- ed Annie Keckoow, a twenty-year-old Polish girl, and then shot Michael Kir- sani, who sought to intercept him in his flight. Kirsani died later in a hos- pital. KILLED BY POP BOTTLE. Spectator at Ball Game Throws Mis. sile at Noisy Bleachers. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 5. — A thirteen-year-old boy, William Haver- kamp, died as a result of being struck on the head during yesterday’s local Central league ball game by a pop bottle, thrown from above him in the bleachers. Edward Parks is under ar- rest, charged with having thrown the bottle, intending it for a group of boys who sat in front of the bleachers, an- noying the spectators. Flames Spread Quickly, Hemming in Terror-Stricken Inmates— Family Wiped Out. New York, May5. —An early morn- ing fire in a four-story brick tenement at No. 17 Humboldt stret, a thickly populated district of Brooklyn, caused the death of six persons and the seri- ous injury of four others. Every member of one family, con- sisting of a mother and four children, are among the dead. There were many thrilling rescues by police and firemen. A half dozen or more per- sons who were trapped in the upper stories were saved by jumping into life nets. The fire started in the cellar of the building early Sunday morning, when the people comprising the eight fami- lies living in the house were asleep. It had gained much headway before it was discovered. When the firemen came the fire had spread through the entire rear of the house, where the fire escapes were, afid the terror- stricken inmates of the upper floors had been driven to the front rooms, where they were hanging from win- dows, shrieking for help. Ladders and life nets were quickly brought into use and most of the imperiled persons were thus rescued. BRITONS REPULSE AFGHANS. Big Force Attempts to Seize Block- house. London, May 5.—India is a source of considerable uneasiness to the British government at the present mo- ment. The difficulties with the Moh- mands seemed on the eve of settle- ment, when on Saturday, according to reports received here, a new danger threatened. An attempt was made by a large Afghan force, numbering from 13,000 to 20,000, which went across the border, divided into two bodies, to seize the blockhouse of Khyber pass, near Landikhotal. The attacking force was repulsed with trifling cas- ualties among the British, but the Af- ghans remained in front of Landikho- .tal and another body is reported to be moving into Bazaar valley by way of Lisote pass, Gen. Willcox, who is in command of the British forces recently dispatched to quell the troubles, has gone to Jam- rad, a few miles west of Peshawar, at the entrance of Khyber pass, and is hastening forward his troops to meet the new developments. All frontier telegrams are carefully censored at Simla. From Calcutta comes the news of the discovery of a plot to murder Europeans by means of bombs. The conspiracy appears to be of an extensive character and many arrests have been made. The responsibility for the plot is placed on the natives, a number of incrimi- nating documents having been seized, together with a supply of bombs and other explosives. CONVICT SHOT DEAD. Warden Fires at Murderer Who Flees and Throws Rocks. Wheeling, W. Va., May 5. — Jesse Briggs, a negro serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary at Mouns- ville, was shot and killed by Warden C. G, Dawson. Briggs broke from the lockstep and when ordered to get back in line he ran, throwing rocks at the Warden. Dawson then shot him through the breast, killing him in- stantly. Briggs had been sentenced to hang for murder. THIEF SLAYS OFFICER. Denver Policeman Instantly Killed in Store, Denver, Colo., May 5.—Making the last rounds of his watch, Charles M. Beck, a policeman, was shot through the heart and instantly killed in a store into which he had crawled in pursuit of a burglar. Beck had found a window pried from its fastenings and evidently followed through the opening into darkness and death. No arrests have been made. CLEVELAND IMPROVING. Physicians Say He Is Suffering From Acute Indigestion. Lakewood, N. J., May 5.—The condi- tion of Former President Grover Cleveland, whois said by his physi- cians to be suffering from acute indi- gestion, continues to show daily im- provement, according to Mrs. Cleve- land, who expresses the hope that the progress of her husband’s recovery may permit an early return to Prince- ton. PHILIPPINE TOWN WIPED OUT. Four Hundred Houses Burned and Hundreds Are Homeless. Manila, May 5.—The town of Anai- pole, in the province.of Moreng, has been practically destroyed by fire. Four hundred houses were burned and hundreds of people are homeless. The famous shrine was saved. The fire was caused by lightning. Antipole is a town of 3,500 inhabi- tants, Drops Dead in Pulpit. Philadelphia, May 5. — Rey. N. J Watson, pastor of the Holsey African Methodist Episcopal church in Ger. mantown, a suburb, dropped dead in the pulpit yesterday when about tc deliver a sermon. Rev. Mr. Watson was a graduate of Berlin college. More Flax This Year. Pierre, S. D., May 5.—Farmers in the country north of this city report a larger acreage of flax this year than at any time since the settlement of the country, TO DOWN CABRERA Relatives of Persons Put to Death Will Not Rest Until Cabrera Is Doomed. TROOPS MASSED ON FRONTIER Revolution Against Honduran Govern- ment Planned by Former Presi- dent Vesquez. Panama, May 3.—It is reported that Honduras is concentrating her forces on the Guatemalan frontier. Passen- gers who have arrived here recently from Guatemala say that a revolution was being planned against the Hondu- ran government by Gen. Domingo Ves- quez, ex-president of Honduras, who is supposed to have the support of Guat- emala. This they say was the reason why Senor Bustillos, finance minister of Honduras, was sent on a special confidential mission to President Ca- brera of Guatemala, and why Cabrera, instead of treating with Bustillos, practicaly imprisoned him in Guate- mala City. Neighbors Furnish Arms. After the latest war with Nicaragua Honduras was left entirely disarmed, and should the reports of the Hondu- ran military movements prove true it is supposed that Nicaraguans and Sal- vadoreans have furnished her with munitions of war. The situation in Guatemala is re- ported to be exceedingly critical. The passengers say that among the per- sons reported to have been executed there were Mrs. Castanedo and Mrs. Blanco and Messrs. Herrera, Trigue- ras, Edwardo Rubio and Antonio Ru- bio, all of whom belonged to promi- nent wealthy Central American fami- lies, Hunt Cabrera Down. During the past year all these per- sons had been incommunicado in the dungeon of the penitentiary in Guate- mala City, and the passengers say it was impossible for them to have par- ticipated in the recent attempt on the life of President Cabrera. They add that the executions were considered cruel and unnecessary and that the relatives of those persons put to death, who are rich and powerful, will not rest until they have succeeded in bringing about the downfall of Ca- brera. Rumorse Regarding Health of Grover Cleveland Are Denied. New York, May 3. — Considerable anxiety was occasioned yesterday by widely circulated rumors that the con- dition of Former President Grover Cleveland, who has been ill for sev- eral weeks at a hotel in Lakewood, N. J., has assumed a grave phase and that slight hopes were entertained for his recovery. The Evening World gave prominence to reports current at the office of the Equitable Life Assur- ance society, of which Mr. Cleveland is a voting trustee, that the former president’s physicians had diagnosed his illness as cancer of the stomach, and had decided that there was no hope of their distinguished patient’s recovery, Positive denial of these statements was not obtainable yesterday. Mr. Joseph D. Bryant, who has attended Mr. Cleveland for years, said that his patient was “all right,” and that all his reports from Lakewood were fa- vorable. In answer to a question as to whether Mr. ‘Cleveland was suffer- ing from cancer of the stomach, Dr. Bryant said that as a physician he could not make public the diagnosis in the case of any of his patients. Any information of such a subject, were it to be given to the public, should come from the family, he said. At the Lakewood hotel it was said yesterday that Mr. Cleveland was making very satisfactory progress, and it was denied that his case had assumed a serious aspect. ROBBERS GET ONLY $600. Big Squad of Officers on Express Rob- bery Case. Pittsburg, May 3. — Officials of the Pennsylvania Railway company and the Adams Express company have but little more accurate informatin on the daring robbery of the, express car on the fast New York-St. Louis express at Walker’s, Mills, just beyond the city limits of Pittsburg, Thursday night, than was given them in the first report of the theft telegraphed when the train reached Steubenville, Ohio. Pinkerton detectives were early put in charge of the case, and together with the secret service forces of the railroad company and the city and county detectives have been at work all day, but last night reported little progress. It is now pretty well established that the robbers did not get over $600. Harvard Defeats Yale. New Haven, Conn., May 3. — Har- vard last night won the twentieth an- nual debate with Yale. The judges were Rev. Henry Vandyke of Prince- ton, Dean Charles Franklin Emerson of Dartmouth and Prof. William G. Everett of Byown. Imperial Prince Dead. Tokio, May 3.—The death of Impe- rial Prince Kikumaro Yamashimaw will be officially announced to-day. His highness, who was thirty-five years of age, was a captain in the navy. IPLAN CIVIL WAR [FRIST OWEGAMS COMTUCTS| CHARGES. MORE TO Publisher Tells How Price of Paper Was Raised on Him Regardless — of Contract. OIL INSPECTORS Final Report on Oil Inspector’s Office Is Made by Public Examiner Schaefer. GIVEN TO. ATTORNEY GENERAL St. Paul, May 3, — An additional shortage of $4,755.20 in the accounts of John A. McDermott, former state oil inspector, and of $3,526.92 in the accounts of F. G. Warner, his prede- Washington, May 3. — Testifying yesterday before the house select committee on wood pulp and paper in- vestigation, Medill McCormick, pub- lisher of the Chicago Tribune, explain- ed his several paper contracts of the Jast ten yéars and said that although he had a five-year contract, with one year yet to run, with the International Paper company, the price had been raised from $1.85 per hundred to $2.20. Further evidence was submitted by John Morris, representing the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishers’ associa- tion, in support of the association’s claim that there is a combination or agreement in restraint of trade among the several groups of papermakers. The hearing will be continued to- day. ARMOUR SQUEEZES SHORTS. Burst of Speculative Fireworks in Chi- cago Wheat Pit. Chicago, May 3.—Delivery day on May contracts was marked by a burst of speculative fireworks in the Chica- May wheat soared to $1.04, an advance of 45-8 cents over Then a slight re-’ price back to $1.02. The current delivery was boost- ed 33-8 cents, to $1.04, finally closing go wheat pit. the previous close. action dropped the at $1.02. There is much sensational talk of a corner in wheat by J. Ogden Armour. This Armour’s grain manager, George E. Marcy, denies, but nevertheless the fact seems to remain that Armour owns all the Chicago wheat in sight, and bear traders caught short in the squeeze yesterday owed their dilem- ma to this fact. Armour is cago elevators. yesterday’s squeeze. MASQUERADED AS MAN. Dressed as Woman She Had Been Ac- cused of Being a Man in Disguise. Spokane, Wash., May 3.—Nellie Al- len, twenty-three years of age, who de- clared afterward she has posed as a arrested here recently, but as there is no law in Washington under which she could masquerading, Chief of Police Rice released her. Miss Allen said the reason she dress- ed as a man is because she was often suspected of being a man masquerad- She has large feet man for eight years, was be prosecuted for ing as a woman. and hands and a voice like a man. BIG FLEET AT MONTEREY. Great Variety of Entertainment Pro- vided for Sailors. Monterey, Cal., May 3.—The Atlan- battleships steamed in here yesterday to give Monterey pe- ninsula a place in the history of the record-breaking Residents of Monterey and Pacific Grove and all the other settlements of the vicinity made the occasion of the arrival a hol- A great variety of entertain- ments ashore both for the men and the officers of the fleet marked the tic fleet of American navy’s cruise around the world. iday. first day of the battleships. JULIAN BAKK IS SUICIDE. Jewish Publisher in Russian Capital Hangs Himself. St. Petersburg, Bakk was a self-made man. sums to the Jewish cause. tion of the Rech. SHOOTS AND CUTS WOMAN. Servian at Canadian Works Murders Former Landlady. Lethbridge, Alta., May 3. — Melia Zagaly, a Servian miner, shot Mrs. Mike Barcedi, an Italian woman, yes- terday on the road between town and the coal mine. He shot her three times and cut her throat, severing the jugular vein. He then shot him- self three times, Zagaly used to board with the woman and had given her money to keep for him. She refused to give it back when asked for it on the road. 3 ARRAYS HIMSELF FOR DEATH. St. Louis Crowd on Eads Bridge Sees Man Commit Suicide. ~ St. Louis, May 3. — Watched by a crowd which thronged the Eads bridge, a well dressed unknown man leaped from the bridge into the Mis- sissippi river here, floated about fifty feet with the current after he came to the surface and then sank. Ap- parently the man had arrayed himself | for death. His linen was immaculate and his clothes were well brushed. NANSEN OUT OF. OFFICE. Norwegian Cabinet Accepts His Res- ignation Bs Minister. Christiania, May 3. — The cabinet yesterday accepted the resignation of Fridjof Nansen, the Norwegian minis- ter to Great Britain. Dr. Nansen, who has desired to retire for some time, has consented to remain in office until after King Edward, who is now at Co- penhagen, visits Christiania. Dr. Nan- sen will be succeeded by J. Irgens, at present secretary of the legation in "ondon, credited with holding 6,000,000 bushels of wheat in his Chi- Shrewd traders say he cleared up close to $1,000,000 on May 3. — Julian Bakk, the Jewish millionaire publish- er of the Rech, hanged himself in the bathroom of his residence here yester- day. His act was due to financial losses, which totaled $2,000,000. M. He was a philanthropist and contributed large The Con- stitutional Democratic party will col- lect funds and continue the publica- cessor in that office, were reported by Public Examiner Anton Schaefer yes- terday in his final report on the exam- ination of the accounts of that depart- ment during the incumbency of these two men. This report covers the entire period from February, 1903, to November, 1907, being from the beginning of Mr. Warner’s term to the close of Mr. McDermott’s. Charges More to McDermott. The first report on Mr. McDermott’s accounts covered only the collections in Ramsey, Hennepin and St. Louis counties, and disclosed an alleged’ shortage of $6,199.75, which was turn- ed into the state treasury by W. E. McEwen, the present oil inspector, through his monthly reports, except the last payment of about $3,400, which was turned in separately. The. present reports makes the total al- leged shortage in his accounts for the entire state $10,954.95. Warner’s Accounts. The previous report on Mr. War- ner’s accounts showed a shortage of $12,010, this report covering only the Minneapolis and Duluth division. The total alleged shortage as now re- ported: is $15,536.92. The reports were turned over to At- torney General Young yesterday. Mr. Young will take the matter up with, George W. Peterson, his assistant, who has had direct charge of the oil investigation, to determine just what course the legal department will take. Both former inspectors were bonded in the sum of $5,000. YOUNG HUSBAND GOES FREE. Bride Weeps When Griswold Jury Says “Not Guilty.” Minneapolis, May 3.—After having been out since 4 o'clock in the after- noon the jury in the case of William Griswold, accused of having shot and mortally wounded Bennie Vavratil, six years old, returned a verdict in Judge David F. Simpson’s court in Minneap- olis last night of “not guilty.” The young bride, who has been con- stantly by the side of her husband. during the trial, wept with joy at the good news. Husband and wife met in fond embrace and there was a loud kiss. Their honeymoon had been interrupted by the bridegroom’s ar- rest the day following their marriage. CRUSHED BY BOX CAR. Cando Stockman Fatally Injured in Peculiar Accident. Devils Lake, N. D., May 3.—H. F. Bellows, a stockman from Cando, was fatally injured by a Great Northern switch engine. He was standing in a car when it was struck by other cars and the jar caused the door to shut against him. He was removed to a hospital and died four hours later. He was thirty-six years old and had a wife and two children. SLAIN IN GARDEN OF GODS. Prominent Canadian Woman Believed to Be Murdered. Winnipeg, May 3—Mrs. P. J. W. Adams, wife of the president of the Seventh Day Adventists of Western Canada, is believed to have been mur- dered for money in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. She has not been heard of since Feb. 5, when she left Boulder, Colo., for California, stopping off at the Garden of the Gods for a brief stay. LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP. Reported That Several Were Killed or Injured Near Butte. Butie, Mont., May 3. — One of the two locomotives driving the east- bound passenger train on the North- ern Pacific known as the Burlington flyer, due here at 11:30 p. m., blew up about two miles west of the union station as it was approching the city. It is reported that several persons were killed or injured. Girl Drinks Lye. Marshalltown, Iowa, May 3. — Hlen Krueger, twenty, daughter of Henry Krueger, a farmer one and one-half miles northeast of Baxter, attempted suicide by drinking concentrated lye. Tl health was the cause. She cannot live. Succeeds Mi er Lagercrantz. Stockholm, May 3. — M. Wachmeis- ter, consul general at Cairo, has been appointed Swedish minister to the United States, in succession to Her- man de Lagercrantz. Carries Weight. “Pa,” asked Freddy, “what is a so- cial scale?” - “Generally speaking,” replied pa, “{t’s a place where they weigh mon- ey. ' |