Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 20, 1908, Page 7

: Rerald-Review. 7 DEATHS TAD | By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME — Important Events at Home and on Foreign Shores Briefly Told. From Washington. President Roosevelt has accepted the presidency of the International Con- gress on Tuberculosis, which will be held in Washington in the autumn. A bill has been introduced in the house appropriating $50,000 for the erection in Washington of a suitable memorial to the mother of George Washington. Rear Admiral Charles Whiteside Rae, engineer-in-chief of the navy and chief of the bureau of steam naviga- tion of the navy department, died at his home in Washington. The appropriation bills are in such condition in both houses that if no complications arise in connection with other legislation it will be possible to reach a final adjournment by May 25. The house committee on library has favorably reported a bill authorizing the president to appoint a commis- sioner to supervise the erection of monuments and markers and locate the general route of the Oregon trail. Amalgamation of the Veteran Army of the Philippines with the United Spanish War Veterans was effected last week. The amalgamation adds 0 members to the Spanish veter- ans’ organization, making a tota) mem- bership of upward of 60,000. The president has transmitted to congress a letter from Secretary Root counseling the commencement at once of an internatiohal investigation inta the opium question in the Far East and recommending that congress ap propriates $20,000 for this country’s participation therein. ~ | People Talked About. Bishop Ignatius F, Horstman of the Catholic diocese of Cleveland is dead. George F. McLennan, master me- chanic of the Canadian Northern rail- road, died in Winnipeg. Andrew Carnegie has given an addi- tional $40,000 to the Carnegie library at Winnipeg, making $150,000. Brig. Gen. C. A. Whittier, U. S. A. retired, died aboard the steamship Mauretania while returning to New York from Europe. Ludovie Halevy, the well known dramatic author and novelist, is dead in Paris. M. Halevy was a member of the French academy. Jerome Flannery, the best known authority on cricket in the United States, is dead at his residence in Brooklyn of consumption, ‘ ® Representing the Mexican govern- ment, Pablo Macedo, president of the National Railway of ravicg! has ar- rived in New York in the interest of the new merger corporation. Gov. Rollin S. Woodruff of Connecti- cut was elected president of the Foun- ders and Patriots of America, to suc- ceed Admiral George Dewey, at the annual meeting in New York. Rev, Pelham Williams, D. D., of the diocese of Colorado, formerly one of the best known Episcopal clergymen in the country, dieq at his summer home in Greenbush, Scituate, Mass. Dr, Arthur L. Kilbourne of Roches- ter, Minn., was elected president of the National Medico-psychological as- sociation at Cincinnati. Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim was elected secretary and treasurer. Allen Gard, governor of Lanao, Phil- ippine islands, is dead, the result of bolo wounds inflicted by Moros. He underwent a serious of operations, from which he gradually sank and never rallied. Blood poisoning, the result of pour- ing hot lead in his ear five months ago, has just caused the death of John H. Conklin, a leading business man of Orange county, New York. Con- klin was related to the late Senator Roscoe Conklin. He poured the lead in his ear, it is declared, with sui- cidal intent. Casualties. — A passenger train on the Chicago Great Western railway was derailed at Dean, Mo. Passengers were severe- ly shaken up, but no one was severely TO MRS. GUNNESS Semi-official Report Is Given Out at Laporte—List Includes Supposed Victims. 10,000 VISIT MURDER FARM Picnic Parties Romp Around ‘‘Death Garden”—Seeks to Identify Man From Minnesota, Laporte, Ind., May 15.—Denials by Laporte officials that the Rev. R. A. Schell had revealed to them the sub- stance of his conversations with Lam- phere and the discovery of evidence that Mrs. Bella Gunness was aided by an accomplice in luring her victims to the farm were the chief develop- ments in the case yesterday. Points to Accomplice. The evidence regarding the aids of Mrs. Gunness came in a letter from a resident of Cleveland, addressed to the local chief of police. It told of the writer’s having met a stranger in that city last August who gave him a pho- tograph of “a rich widow who resided in Laporte,” and tried to persuade him to come here to see the woman. The photograph is a fairly good pho- tograph of Mrs. Gunness aiid was evi- dently taken some time ago. Louis Schultz, the minér who is sluicing the ashes and cinders from the cellar of the Gunness house, turn- ed over to Sheriff Smutzer a number of pieces of fused metal which he had found in the tailings of the sluice box. Several of these relics are globules and believed. to be bits of gold. Schultz also found some small pieces of bone. One of these, the sheriff says, is thought to be a portion of a vertebrae. Woman Feared Lamphere. A new witness regarding Mrs. Gun- ness’ fear of Lamphere was found yesterday. Bertha Schultz, a clerk in a local dry goods store, said that the woman was in the store several days before the fire and told her that she was afraid Lamphere would set fire to the farmhouse. Jawbone That of Arch-Murderess. Laporte, Ind., May 17.—‘“The identi- fication of the piece of jawbone taken from the ruins of the Gunness farm- house as a portion of Mrs. Gunness skull, bears out most conclusively the contentions of the state regarding the identity of the bodies found in the cellar on April 28. .It is the clinching bit of evidence which should set at rest thee rumors that Mrs. Gunness haq escaped.” = me This statetment was made by Mrs. Ralph N. Smith, prosecuting attorney, last night. It followed a report from Dr. C. P. Norton, a dentist, who found that the piece of charred bone pre- sented evident characteristics which he had observed while working on Mrs. Gunness’ teeth, _ Search Continues. The search of the premises yester- day revealed almost nothing of impor- tance. The screening of the ashes produced several additional bits of bone, but none of them is of sufficient size or well enough preserved to fur- nish convincing proof of their origin. The first of the Gunness victims to be interred with Christian rites was buried last night in Patton’s cemetery, on the outskirts of Laporte. The corpse was that of Andrew K. Helge- lein of Mansfield, S. D. The body was released for burial last evening, after Coroner Mack had received the re- ports of the Bertillion experts who have examined it and compared their findings with figures taken from the records of the Minnesota penitentiary at Stillwater. 22 Deaths Laid to Mrs. Gunness. Laporte, Ind., May 19.—Twenty-two deaths are now charged to Mrs. Bella Gunness, arch murderess of the age, in a semi-official report given out by the authorities. Should it be proved later that Mrs. Gunness is alive and that the headless body of a woman found in the ruins is that of another victim the total number will be in- creased by four, counting the three children who perished in the fire, and the total number of murders for which Mrs, Gunness will have to answer will reach twenty-six. injured. Charles H. Royse, a student at Morningside college at Sioux City, was found dead in bed in his room. The gas jet in some way accidentally had become open. A fall of rock and coal in the Pros- pect colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal company at Midvale, Pa., killed four mine workers, all foreigners, and in- jured three others. Little Roy Maile, aged eleven years, of Waterloo, Iowa, probably will lose the sight of his left eye from a gun- shot wound inflicteq a day or two ago by a younger brother. Henry Frawley, a teamster eighteen years old, was shot and instantly kill- ed at Chicago by the accidental dis- charge of a revolver in the hands of John Hefell, who, with Steve Korsore, a companion, were enacting a mock hold-up in a bakery. A few days ago B. A. Edigington of ‘Waterloo, Iowa, trimmed a corn with an ordinary pocketknife. He put on a pair of new red socks and within a few hours blood poisoning developed. He has been removed to the Presby- terian hospital for treatment and his} condition is serious. Lured to Death. The list given out by the authorities contains the names of Mrs. Gunness” two husbands and all those who are known to be her victims. Added to this list are the names of all those who have been traced to the Gunness farm and have disappeared. It is the belief of Sheriff Smutzer that all of these were victims of Mrs. Gunness’ “jure to death” and that the remains of some of them now lie in a mass, hopeless of identification, in the im- provised morgue near the site of the “death garden.” 10,000 Visit Murder Farm. The scenes of last Sunday were re- peated yesterday at the Gunness farm. Fully 10,000 persons—not quite as many as a week ago—visited “the farm.of mystery” and saw all that there was to be seen, even to viewing the skeletons of the seven unidentified dead. Hundreds brought their lunch- eons along and at noon family groups dotted the orchard and the large front lawn, Souvenirs of all kinds were sold on the grounds. Refreshments were dispensed on the grounds by en- terprising owners of the lemonade, ice cream and peanut stands. Pittsburg Institution ‘That Was Robbed of $594,000 by Cashier Obliged to Close. Pittsburg, May 19.—The Allegheny National bank, whose former cashier, William Montgomery, is in jail, spe- cifically charged with the - misappro- priation of $594,000, while officers of the bank arid of the treasury depart- ment are trying to fathom still larger apparent discrepancies in the bank’s funds, diq not reopen for business to- day. A notice on the door announced that the controller of the currnecy had taken charge and will close up the affairs of the bank. Until late Saturday it had been ex- pected by Examiner William L. Folds, who discovered the alleged pecula- tions and made the charges against Montgomery, and by the officers and directors of the bank, that the insti- tution would weather the storm and be able to continue business. To this and a number of strong financial insti- tutions and prominent capitalists of the city together with the directors provided $500,000 to meet immediate needs or provide for possible emergen- cies. At the same time a complete re- organization was decided upon and a new cashier and other officers were practically agreed upon. A hitch oe. curred in these plans Saturday and all of yesterday was spent in confer- ences. After a careful review of the situation suspension of the bank was decided upon as_ the only logical course, THAW ESCAPES JEROME TRAP. Prosecutor Makes Sensational Request That Prisoner Submit to Tests. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 19.—Har- ry K. Thaw’s plea for his liberty from Matteawan insane asylum, where he has been confined since his acquittal for the murder of Stanford White, on the ground of insanity, will probably be decided by Judge Morschauser on Monday, May 25. The hearing in the habeas corpus proceedings brought by counsel for Thaw ended late Saturday night, after District Attorney Jerome of New York had made the sensational re- quest that Thaw, whom he had called to the stand, permit the state’s alien- ists to examine the Pittsburger and to judge of his mental condition be- cause they had no opportunity to con- verse with the defendant. Thaw was not permitted to respond, the court it- self instructing him not to do so. Thaw was on the stand but a short time before Mr. Jerome made his sur- prising request. He answered the few questions put to him generally with- out much hesitation. Both sides have agreed not to argue the case, but each will present briefs on the question raised by Thaw’s counsel at the beginning of the hear- ing, to the effect that Thaw’s commit- ment at Matteawan was unconstitu tional. TAFT IS BACK FROM PANAMA. Is Enthusiastic Over Excellent Prog ress Being Made. Charleston, S. C., May 19.—Secre- tary of War William H. Taft arrived here from Panama at noon yesterday on board the cruiser Prairie, and after spending a few hours in the city, dur- ing which time he was met and greet. ed by a number of officials and friends, left for Washington at 5:55 p: m. Mr. Taft grew enthusiastic when telling of the excellent progress being made on the Panama canal and comparing the situation to that which greeted him on the occasion of his first visit to Panama in 1904. When asked as to the possibilities of concluding the work, hitde Taft said: “Tf it was only the matter of digging the ditch, I should suppose three years were enough time at the pres- ent excellent rate of progress. The way in which the steam shovels are cutting into the land is almost won- derful, but there are other things that we cannot estimate at this time. The work on the locks has not begun ex- eept, of course, in the beginning of the Gatun dam. But everything seems encouraging, and it is such a great undertaking that we will not be think- ing of hurry or worry. It is going ahead satisfactorily, and that is grati- fying.” TORNADO SPREADS DEATH. Terrific Storm in Louisiana Razes Vil- lages and Kills Many. New Orleans, May 19. — A tornado swept across the central portion of Louisiana late Saturday. The town of Chatignier, about 150 miles north- west. of New Orleans, was practically wiped off the map. Chatignier was a place of about 100 inhabitants. Two were killed and the injured will reach a total of a score or more. . Plaquemine Ridge, a village in St. Landry parish, is in ruins; three per- sons are ‘dead and a dozen injured. Every house in that neighborhood was demolished by the tornado. A child of B. Richards and an unknown man were crushed to death. ELA IES EE nae ee KING’S THROAT BAD. Edward’s Physicians Prescribe Home by Sea. London, May 19. — King Edward's physicians have come to the conclu sion that the irritation in the throat from which his majesty suffers can only\be kept in check by plenty of sea air; hence the king’s decision to spend a few weeks every now and then in the Isle of Wight at Barton Manor, near Cowes, one of the crown proper- ties which has been little used by any member of the royal family: STREET cA WR Historie Event of th Rioting Breaks Out in Cleveland * Struggle Between Men and Company. PEACE EFFORT IS UNDER WAY State Arbitrators Make Proposition to President of Company to Arbitrate. Cleveland, May 19.—In the midst of a day of incipient rioting some blood- shed, general disorder, inconvenience to the car-riding public and a partial stopping of the street railway service, incident to a strike of the conductors and motormen of the Municipal Trac- tion company, came a proposition Sat- urday night to stop further violence and submit the whole matter to arbi- tration, F Strikers fired two shots at a car run out from the Lake View barns, the first resort to bullets by the strikers. Operation from that barn ceased at once, Beaten Into Unconsciousness: Motorman John Lubler was beaten into unconsciousness and left lying upon the street. He is thought to have been fatally injured. Many oth- ers were roughly handled, but their wounds are not considered serious. The strike order was given at 3 o'clock Saturday morning, following a stormy all-night meeting of the car- men. The order went into effect at 5 o'clock. From the beginning there was trou- ble in getting the cars out. Quieter on Sunday. Aside from a few minor disturb- ances the street car strike situation Sunday bore no evidence of violence, while the service given by the Munici- pal Traction company was greatly im- proved. Only one instance of a seri- ous attempt to attack the crew of a car was reported, when a crowd of boys and men sent a volley of stones and sticks at a Miles avenue car. Some of the missiles found their mark and the conductor drew a pistol, the police say, firing one shot. No one was hit. The state arbitrators admitted yes- terday that they had seen President Dupont and that a proposition to arbi- trate had been broached. What Mr. Dupont’s attitude was they would not state. ‘ MARRIAGE PLANS UPSET. Manuel Will Marry First Love or No- body. Lisbon, May 19.—Mundo prints a ro- mantic story about King Manuel’s at- tachment for the young daughter of a lady-in-waiting to Queen Amelie, which threatens to disrupt the matri- monial plans which are being laid for him. King Carlos and Queen Amelie were fully aware of the fondness of Manuel, when a prince, for the girl, who is connected with the highest Portu- guese nobility, but they considered it simply a childish fancy. Since Prince Manuel’s unexpected accession to the throne, a suitable al- liance with a European royal house is regarded as a _ necessity of state. Queen Amelie and the duke of Oporto have been casting about to find an available princess, both favoring one of British extraction because of the close relations between the countries. King’s Ultimatum. A few days ago they were openly canvassing the matter in the king’s presence, when to their great surprise he suddenly announced as his unal- terable choice his early love, and pro- claimed his determination either to marry her or nobody. Remonstrances on the ground of reasons of state were without effect, and as a consequence the lady-in-wait- ing and her daughter will be asked to go abroad in the hope that a long separation will cure the king of his boyhood love. FIGHTS MANIAC IN MIDAIR. Policeman Subdues Lunatic and Low- ers Him With a Rope. St. Louis, Mo., May 19.—Fighting a raving maniac, armed with a leg of an iron cot, on a_ platform three feet square, eighty-five feet above the ground was the experience of Patrol- man Omohundro yesterday when he captured George Gall, a patient at the city hospital. Gall escaped from his room and made his way to the cupola. With his improvised weapon he beat off all at- tendants who sought to capture him. Policemen were called and Omohudro volunteered to mount a small iron ladder to the platform. After several minutes of fighting the patient was subdued and lowered to the ground with a rope. Bae LS eRe Lake Steamer Launched. Detroit, May 19. — The steamer James Corrigan, 550 feet long and puilt for the Frontenac Steamship Company of North Towanda, was suc- cessfully launched at the Ecorse ship- yard of the Great Lakes Engineering works, Cleveland Is Improving. Lakewood, N. J., May 19. — “Mr. Cleveland is steadily growing better,” declared Mrs. Grover Cleveland last inight, “and we hope he will soon be all right .”” CONFERENCE | OF OF GOVERNORS | e First Magnitude—The Conservation of Natural Resources Discussed. Washington, May 15. — Two ideas, destined to mark material progress in America’s future, resulted from the first of the three days’ conference at the White House, in which President Roosevelt, the governors of forty-four states, cabinet officers, supreme court judges, senators, representatives and experts are participating in efforts to reach conclusions on the best meth- ods of conserving. the natural re- sources of the United States. The firstis that a permanent organ- ization by the states and the nation is necessary and will likely result from the present conference, to accomplish the end sought. Would Accomplish Result. The second — suggested by Secre- tary Root—is that there is no limita- tion by the constitution to the agree- ments which may be made between the states, subject to the approval of congress. The two ideas, fully devel- oped, it is predicted, would result in the conservation of the energies and resources of the nation through uni- form and unconflicting laws, both na- tional and state. ; There was no doubting the first cli- max of the day. It was the reception of the president. Ovation to President. He entered the East room on the minute of 11 o’clock, as the Marine band rendered the presidential hon- ors. The governors arose; they clap- ped their hands, they shouted. Five hundred others took their cue, and the demonstration became tumultu- ous. Then followed a hush. The ven- erable Dr, Edward Everett Hale, chap- lain of the senate, leaning one arm on the back of the chair on which the president was seated, read the Scrip- tures, the description of the fertility of the land promised the children of Israel, and followed it with a suppli- cation for guidance in the present un- dertaking. President Makes Speech. President Roosevelt here began his explanation of the reason for the con- ference. His fifty-minute speech was many times interrupted by applause, and when he finally reached his point of praise to the inland waterways commission and declared with charac- teristic vigor that should congress neglect to perpetuate the commission, “T will do it myself,’ he “captured” the assemblage. The president’s speech ended the morning session. The governors and delegates were photographed with the president on the porch of the White House. The picture will also show William J. Bryan, Andrew Carnegie, J. J. Hill and Gustav Schwab, special- ly invited participants. Gov. Johnson Will Preside. The afternoon session proceeded at a rate that broke all speed regula- tions. The president finds it impossi- ble to devote his entire time to the meetings, but he will call each session to order and then designate some goy- ernor to preside. This honor yester- day fell to Gov. Noel of Mississippi. To-day Gov. Johnson of Minnesota will wield the gavel. It was from the utterances of An- drew Carnegie and those who follow- ed him that the gravity of the prob- lems to be considered was given weight. Two hundred years of coal supply and half that of iron was the prediction of the famous ironmaster. Johnson Makes Lively Talk. Gov. Johnson of Minnesota made a lively talk, in which he took issue with Mr. Carnegie’s statement that wasteful methods prevailed in iron mining in the Lake Superior region and cheerfully assured that gentleman that “Mr. Hill would take issue with him on some things.” Other speakers were John Mitchell, Dr. C. R. Van Hise, John Hayes Hammond and Sec- retary Root. The latter was received with as great enthusiasm as that ac- corded the president. Gives Warning of Nation’s Danger. Washington, May 16.—Startling was the warning sounded yesterday at the conference of governors at the White House of the danger the nation con- fronts in soil waste and forest deple- tion. The governors listened and talk- ed and applauded, but took no action. This is left for to-day, the last day of the conference, and a plan is afoot to have the prepared speeches for the day printed in the record without reading in order that the time may be devoted wholly to results. The president opened the morning and afternoon sessions, which were thereafter presided over by Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota and Gov. Deneen of Illinois, respectively. James J. Hill Speaks. _ James J. Hill, who led a long list of speakers, treated the depletion of the nation’s resources in a very serious and impressive way. He presented conditions respecting mineral, soil ‘and forest, showing wanton waste in each instance, and drew a picture of political chaos when all were gone, wherein the people would tear down the very pillars of government. Mr. Hill believed such results could and shoulg be averted by prompt action. Soil waste and forest conservation received expert treatment by Prof T. C. Chamberlain of Chicago and R. A. Long of Kansas City, after which was evidenced the desire of the conven- tion to engage in general discussion. Many Are Heard. The demand to be heard was insist- ent and the same eagerness was mani- fested at the close of the afternoon program, which included an address on irrigation by Former Governor Par- dee of California, who was taken ill during the day, and general observa- tions on land conditions in the West by Former Senator Carey of Wyom- ing. Secretary Wilson met a hearty re- sponse to a practical talk on the mis- takes in farming and the remedies. The same crop each year on the same land, as he showed, was ruinous. Di- versity of crops and keeping the prop- er quantity of organic matter in the soil was the secret of larger produc- tion and benefit to the land. The convention then listened to the record of Wisconsin on the control of minerals and timber, as set forth by Goy. Davidson of that state. Governors Unite on Declaration. Washington, May 17.—The first con- ference of the governors of the states of the American Union ended yester- day. The accomplishments of the conference cannot be set forth with mathematical precision. That its im- mediate results are more than ample is the expression of President Roose- velt, who brought it’about, and of the governors who participated. The States Must Act. The printed record of the confer- ence, which will iater be available to every American home, will be a com- pilation of facts, startling in their meaning, convincing in their univer- sal conclusion that the states must act, and that the states and the na- tion must co-operate to the end that to the whole people of the nation may aecrue the lasting benefit of its natural resources. Besides the compilation of facts by the experts and the freely expressed opinion of the governors, the confer- ence leaves as its permanent record a thousand words of “declaration.” Not a “declaration of independence,” but a “declaration of co-operation.” Permanent Organization. Perhaps greater in importance than all else was the determination of the governors of the states to perfect a permanent organization whereby a heretofore unknown intimacy may be developed among the executives of the forty-six sovereign states, made strong by a common purpose and made potent by “pronouncements which may not lightly be disregarded. Of the last day the story is one of many features. The set program was swept aside. The president presided throughout. He interjected remarks and speeches. He brought to the plat- form men who made plain the pre- vailing feeling that thought and care must be exercised for the future. Bryan Makes Speech. The prepared papers were not pre- sented, but they will be printed in the permanent record. Their place was taken first by the “declaration,” which was adopted after discussion which brought to light no serious objection to its affirmations. Then William J. Bryan was presented by the president. He touched the same chords which had produced the vibration of har- mony and co-operation. A governors’ discussion brought many state execu- tives to the platform, but the product was altogether that of harmony. The Declaration. The declaration is prefaced by a re- iteration of what has been said in the conference regarding the necessity for united action, which will result in the preservation of the natural resources of the country. It heartily commends the action of President Roosevelt in calling the conference, and recom- mends that future conferences of a like character be called by the presi- dent at such times as conditions war- rant and his judgment shall sanction. Legislation by congress and the states is suggested not specifically, but along general lines to further the ends sought. It is also suggested that the states individually put the subject into the hands of the competent com: mittees, YOUTH IS BADLY BEATEN. Bartender Claims He Acted in Self- defense. Preston, Minn., May 17. — William Pooter, twenty-four years old, was beaten nearly to death yesterday by John Dreier. Dreier, a bartender, had ejected Pooter from the saloon earlier in the day and was attacked by Pooter when returning from din- ner. Dreier claims Pooter attacked him with a lineman’s pliers and that he (Dreier) acted in _ self-defense. Pooter’s recovery is doubtful, his head having been severely beaten with the pliers. nnnneai—00 00° 0°00 20 0 OOOO eee SON SAVES HIS PARENTS. Mysterious Fire in a Home Near Belle Plaine, Minn. Belle Plaine, Minn., May 17. — The house of Jacob Afholter, near here, burned last night. Mr. and Mrs. Af- holter were in bed when the fire start- ed and knew nothing about the fire until their son, who had been to town, came home late. The boy rescued his parents from the upper story. The property was worth about $3,500; in- surance. about $600. PATROL STRICKEN TOWNS. College Students Mount Guard i? Bellevue and Fort Crook. Omaha, May 17. — Because of loot- ing it has been necessary to police Bellevue and Fort Crook, where many homes were destroyed by Sunday’s storm, and three details of college students have been put to work in that capacity on shifts of eight hours each. Additional reports indicate that the monetary loss in the five stricken towns will exceed $600,000,