Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 27, 1908, Page 9

Rerald-Review. SEVEN TRUE BILLS PLATT WINS; MISS WOOD IN TAIL PASTOR ACCUSED; AIRSHIP BURSTS; SIXTEED HURT| DEATH AND RUIN By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Con- densed for the Busy Reader. Washington. G. A. Fickeinberg, who resigned as judge of the United States district court at St. Louis in 1907 on account of failing health, is dead at Denver. Rey. Dr. I. W. Cate, formerly of Boston, but for ten years in charge of the Universalist mission in Japan, died on board the steamer Minnesota on his way to Seattle. ; The house committee on public lands has reported favorably a bill al- loting in the State of Wyoming, under the Carey act, 1,000,000 acres of land to be subject to reclamation. A favorable report has been ordered by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce on the bill to continue in office until July 1, 1909, the members of the inland waterways commission, Plans for the extension of the Alas- srvice of the United States sig- call for the installation of new eless stations at Nome, Fort Gibbon, Fort Egbert, Wrangel and Pe tersburg Cannery. Niels Olsen, for almost forty years superintendent of the New York Yacht is dead at his home in New of pneumonia. He was seventy- > years old and had a wide ac- atance with yacht owners, Dr. Robert Goldbeck, once noted as a pianist and composer, died at his home in St. Louis, aged seventy-three years. In his youth, in Prussia, Gold- beck was celebrated as a virtuoso and played before kings and queens. Rear Admiral Casper F. Goodrich has been designated as the president of the special board of rear admirals which will consider retirements of na- val officers at the end of the fiscal year, in accordance with the provi- sions of the naval personnel act. Representative Stevens Saturday se- cured the passage by the house of one of the measures the president has been advocating. It gives the inland waterways commission a legal status and provides for continuing the pres- ent commission until 1910, and appro- priates $20,000 for the payment of ex- Personal. Mrs. Mary Dodd of Wauwatosa, Wis., dropped dead in a depot in Chicago from heart disease while waiting for a train. Rear Admiral G. A. Bicknell has been placed on the retired list of the n after forty-nine years of active Former Congressman J. H. Bowell died at Bloomington, Ill. He was seventy-five years old and was a cap- tain in the Civil war. Frederick May Holland, author of various reviews, essays and pam- , died at Concord, Mass., aged seventy-two years. He was a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sci- ences. Capt. Samuel Samuels, for the past ten years president of the Marine Journal, and who became famous in » early ‘50s when he commanded Dreadnaught, the fastest sailing packet of her time, is dead at his home in Brooklyn. Prof. Alfred Cabel, aged seventy- four, for more than half a century a rominent figure in musical and oper- ce circles of two continents, died in Sioux City. Prof. Cabel won fame as an opera singer and teacher in Paris, Milan and New York. Sins and Sinners. Walker Hargraves, known as one of the most desperate gun fighters in North Texas, was shot and instantly killed at Fort Worth by Walter James. Upon the finding of an indictment ninst him by the grand jury, Thom- . McIntyre & Co. of New York, was arrested on a warrant charging grand larceny in the first degree. William Guy, the negro who shot Clarence Richardson, another negro, while the latter was walking in com- y with his wife at Des Moines, was found guilty of murder in the sec- ond degree. Private Robert Foselar of Battery A, Sixth field artillery, U. S. A., com- mitted suicide at Fort Riley, Kan., by opium poisoning. He was formerly an officer in the German army and was highly educated. George McMullin, a fifteen-year-old was arrested at Coalville, Mont., and taken to Red Lodge to answer to a charge of breaking into and robbing the postoffice at Coalville. The Uni- ted States district attorney has been communicated with and no action will be taken until he is heard from. Monroe M. Harrell, formerly of Ok- lahoma City, but for a number of ‘years connected with newspaper work in El Paso, was shot and instantly killed at El Paso, Tex., by J. F. Kitch- in, proprietor of the El Paso Evening News. Kitchin, who was arrested soon after the shooting, claims that Harrell had threatened to take his life. Mrs. Sarah Norasch, aged forty- eight years, was found guilty of mur- der in the first degree by a jury in Kansas City, Kan., which tried her on ‘a charge of poisoning her fouryear- vold daughter, ere ears Gye EFECTIVE PAGE AGAINST LAMPHERE Charged With Arson, Five Mur: ders and Being Accessory in Helgelein Murder. SKULL IS DUG UP ON FARM — Believed to Belong to One of Bodies of Mrs. Gunness’ Victims Dug Up Two Weeks Ago. Laporte, Ind., May 22, — “It is my verdict that the body so viewed is that of Mrs. Belle Gunness, and she came to her death through felonious homicide and that the perpetrator thereof is to me unknown. —C. S. Mack, 'Coroner.” Such was the verdict rendered late yesterday afternoon by the coroner. The official declaration that the body of the adult female found in the ruins ‘lof the fire of April 28, which destroy- ed the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness, was that of Mrs. Gunness is the se- quel to the report Tuesday of Dr. I. P. Norton, Mrs. Gunness’ dentist, that the bridges holding various false and gold-filled teeth were those of Mrs. Gunness, court, should the occasion require, that Mrs, Gunness is dead. Other verdicts Soon. Coroner Mack expects to file ver- dicts in the other deaths in a few days. This is the first official verdict in the Gunness case. All the officials continue to receive freak letters. Sheriff Smutzer and Miner Schultz yesterday afternoon, in sorting the tailings from the sluice box found a gentleman’s large gold band ring with the following engraving: ‘{S. B., May 28, 1902.” Officers longed to one of the first victims of the woman. Looking for T. Lind. Sheriff Smutzer received yesterday from I. N. Youtsler of Casper, Wyo., a razor which he claims he was given by Jennie Olson one night about a year ago when he stopped over night at the Gunness farm. The razor is an old Swedish make and scratched on one side with a knife is the name “T. Lind, .Chicago,” and on the reverse side three links, evidently made to represent the links of the Odd Fel- lows’ emblem. The authorities have started an inquiry to ascertain if Lin was murdered. On Friday, May 29, Executor Fogle will hold a public sale of the personal property left by Mrs. Gunness. Mu- seum owners from all over the coun- try are clamoring for the things that will be disposed of that day. Seven True Bills Against Lamphere. Laporte, Ind., May 24.—In return- ing seven true bills against Ray Lam- phere yesterday afternoon the La- porte county grand jury also indicted Mrs. Bella Gunness for the murder of Andrew Helgelein of Mansfield, S. D. No warrant was issued for Mrs. Gun- ness, as she was declared officially dead by the verdict of Coroner Mack, but in order to vote a true bill against Lamphbere as an accessory in the kill- ing of Helgelein it was necessary to indict Mrs. Gunness as the principal. Lamphere now stands before the bar of justice officially charged with ar- son, five murders and being an acces- sory in the Helgelein murder. Votes Separate Bills. Separate bills were voted against Lamphere for the murder, in the first degree, of Mrs. Bella Gunness and her three children. In charging Lamphere with the murder of Andrew Helgelein the in- dictment says that “Ray Lamphere on Jan, 14, 1908, did unlawfully, feloni- ously, purposely and with premeditat- ed malice, kill and murder Andrew E. Helgelein.” Lamphere was not arraigned, and this will probably not be done until the cases are set for trial. Bench warrants were served upon Lamphere in the jail last evening. He express- ed but slight surprise, as the return- ing of the indictment had been antic- ipated. Will Be Tried in June. Prosecutor Smith said last night that it would be imposible to reach the Lamphere cases until late in June. : The digging yesterday, under the direction of Sheriff Smutzer, resulted in the unearthing of a human skull, which it was decided belonged to one of the three bodies dug up in the chicken yard two weeks ago. Long hair attached to the skull is consid- ered evidence that it is that of a woman. One of the three dismember- ed bodies referred to was that of a female. f Killed at Ball Game. Pittsburg, May 23.—In the midst of an exciting game of baseball in Hazel- wood yesterday, Ralph G. Barr, aged eleven, one of the players, was struck over the heart by a hard hit line drive and died almost immediately. Bucket Shops Knocked Out. Albany, N. Y., May 23.—After Sept. 1 it will be a felony to conduct a bucketshop in this state.. Gov. Hughes signed without comment yesterday Senator (‘assidy’s bill amending the penal e~'s to that effect. & The official finding of the]. coroner will relieve the state’s attor- |. ney of the necessity of ‘proving in], believe this be- |. Court Calls It Most Wicked Design to Support False Claim by Per- jury and Forgery. New York, May 23.—Mae C. Wood, whose suit for an absolute divorce from United States Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York has been on trial in the supreme court here for several days, was committed to the Tombs prison late yesterday after Jus- tice O’Gorman had dismissed the com- plaint in her action and ordered her held in $5,000 bail on a charge of per- jury. ; The decision in Senator Platt’s fa- vor and the sudden and sensational end of the suit came after a day which the defense occupied largely with the introduction of expert and other testi- mony attacking the authenticity of the documents by which the plaintiff was seeking to establish her alleged mar- riage to Senator Platt. Telling Evidence for Defense. A handwriting expert testified that in his opinion the body of the letter in which Senator Platt was alleged to have admitted his relation as husband to the plaintiff was added after the senator’s signature had been affixed. More telling still for the defense were the depositiions by engravers and sta- tioners called by counsel for Senator Platt that the blank form upon which the alleged Platt-Wood marriage cer- tificate was prepared was not litho- graphed until three months after the date upon which the marriage of Miss tWood to Senator Plate was alleged to ‘have taken place. Plaintiff Reiterates Claims. Miss Wood was recalled to the stand ‘in rebuttal. She was asked if, after hearing the testimony about the mar- ‘riage certificate, she still reiterated that the defandant gave her the certifi- cate, as she previously testified. “T still reiterate it,” she replied. Justice O'Gorman turned to Miss Wood and pointedly questioned her. She repeated her assertion that the marriage occurred as she had stated. Senator Platt’s counsel then moved for a dismisas] of the complaint. It was forthwith granted by Justice O’Gormen, who in rendering his deci- sion said: Forgery and Perjury. “T cannot credit the plaintiff’s evi- dence as to the alleged marriage, and the testimony as it impresses the court is that this is a most wicked de- sign to support a false and fictitious claim by forgery and perjury.” Forthwith Justice O’Gorman ordered Miss Wood committed to the Tombs on the charge of perjury, fixing bail in her case at $5,000. ’ DYNAMITERS WRECK BRIDGE. Vandals Evade Watchman and Set off Charge. New York, May 23.—A new bridge under construction on the Harlem branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad at Baychester was wrecked by dynamiters yesterday. A charge of fifty pounds of the explo- sive was discharged under the first span, twisting the huge girders and practically wrecking the whole struc- ture. Yesterday’s outrage followed an unsuccessful attempt to wreck a bridge onthe same railroad over the Harlem river early Wednesday. It is alleged that striking workmen have made frequent threats to blow up the bridge unless their grievances were adjusted, and as a result two watchmen have been on guard at the bridge every night. Watchmen Felled by Blast. * Wednesday, when the futile attempt was made to destroy the other bridge, another watchman was added to the force and all three were on duty Wed- nesday night. They patroled the em- bankment all night without seing a sign to indicate that everything was not all right. Just as dawn was break- ing there came a fish near the first span, followed by a terrific report and the grinding and tearing of the great steel girders. Two of the watchmen, who were within fifty feet of the end of the bridge, were thrown to the ground. Hundreds of windows in the vicinity were broken. Fire at Fugitives. As the watchmen scrambled to their feet they saw two men dashing away through the semi-darkness. A fusil- lade of shots was sent after the fleeing men, but none of them reached the mark and the men escaped. It is believed that it will take two months or more to repair the damage done. Much of the steel on the south end of the bridge is so twisted and bent that it is useless for anything except the scrap heap. SUMMONS IOWA STRIKERS. Federal Judge May Enjoin Railroad Men. Des Moines, May 24. — Judge Mc- Pherson, in the United States court here, made a_ citation ordering the strikers on the Iowa Central road at Marshalltown to appear before him to show why an injunction should not be issued to restrain them from inter- fering with the employes who took their places after they had gone on strike. Farmers Hard Hit. Westfield, lowa, May 23. — Twelve farmers living near this place lost practically all of their buildings and crops and some stock as the result of a hail storm, tornado and water spout which visited this section. No life was lost. Editor Indicted for Murder. El Paso, Tex., May 23.—J. F. Kitch- in, proprietor of the E] Paso Evening News, was indicted yesterday by the grand jury in special session for the wurder of M. M. Harrell. RESIGNS PULPIT Mother of Young Girl Makes Complaint Against Leaven- worth Clergyman. — SHOWS LETTERS PASTOR WROTE ——ern Admits the Charge and Tenders Resig- nation—Was Popular and Leader in Reforms. Leavenworth, Kan., May 24. — A sensation was caused here yesterday when it was announced that Rev. Robert A, Ellwood, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Leavenworth, had yesterday tendered his resigna- tion to the elders of the church. The resignation, which was accepted, was admitted by the elders to be the re- sult of charges preferred against the pastor by the mother of one of the young girls in his church choir. She-haq presented the elders with letters which her daughter had re- ceived from the pastor, whe hasa wife and a child. He came to Leaven- worth three years ago from Wilming- ton, Del., and has been very popular. He declined to make any statement yesterday. Admits Writing to Girl. Rev, Elwood’s church here was one of the oldest and most conservative in the city. Since coming here the pastor has been the leader in many reforms started here. Rev. Elwood, when confronted with the letters, admitted that he had written them and offered to resign. The elders agreed to accept the res- ignation and let the matter drop with that action. One of the elders later declared there was nothing criminal] 'n the letters, GOVERNMENT SUES ROAD. Would Prevent Consolidation With B. & M. and Take Away Trolley. Boston, May 24. — A bill in equity to restrain the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad company from exercising any control over the Boston & Maine railroad and to sepa- rate the New Haven road from the various trolley lines it has acquired, was filed in the United States circuit court here yesterday by United States District Attorney Asa P. French, acting for the federal gov- ernment. The bill in equity was brought un- der the Sherman act of 1890, and charges that the New Haven road ac- quired numerous trolley lines and is attempting to control the Boston & Maine railroad in restraint of trade. Would Become Monopoly. The petition claims that if the New Haven road is not restrained from holding the trolley lines and voting stock of the Boston & Maine road a situation will be created with re- spect to the transportation instru- mentalities and facilities of New Eng- land which will eventually enable the New Haven company to control for all time the interstate transportation not only among the New England states, but between such states and the sev- eral other states of the Union. The defendants in the bill are the New Haven company, the Boston & Maine Railroad company, the Consol- idated Railway company and_ the Providence Securities company. BIG SENSATION IN MEXICO. Millionaire Charged With Misappro- tion of $4,000,000. Mexico City, May 24. — Financial and business circles of Mexico City have been shaken by the greatest sensations in years through the order of the judge of the Second instruc- tion to bring Martin Jacoby, a million- aire and head of the mercantile house of Jacoby, into court on the charge of misappropriation of funds whch it is claimed will total between $3,000,- 000 and $5,000,000. The order was is- sued on the representation made to the court by prominent bankers and financiers, The house of Jacoby constitutes the largest cotton buying concern in the republic. To all practical intents, it held a corner on the market. It is declared that out of a series of spec- ulations and perhaps partly resulting from the October panic, the house duriag recent months has suffered a ‘oss of millions of dollars. Ordinances Attack Saloons. Chippewa Falls, Wis., May 22. — Four stringent ordinances relating to regulation of saloons have been intro- duced in the city council. The ordi- nances provide for the closing of sa- loons at 11 o’clock at night on week days and all day Sunday; prohibi selling liquor and having screens in doors and windows during closing hours. Three Persons Drowned. Cumberland, Md., May 24.—It is re ported from Alaska, W. Va., that a stage coach was swept down stream at a ford near Williamsport, Grant county, yesterday, and the driver, two passengers and the team were drowned. Falls Into Sluice; Breaks Leg. Anoka, Minn., May 24.—Another ac- cident happened yesterday at the Lin- con mill dam, when A. C. Bachmann fell head first into the sluice. He got off with a broken leg. Ten Thousand Spectators Stricken Dumb With Horror—Aeronauts Escape Death. Oakland, May 26.—The great Mor- rell airship, the largest ever con- structed, burst on its trial trip when 300 feet in the air above a crowd of 10,000 spectators at Berkeley yester- day, The sixteen men who made the as- cent with the big craft were dashed to the ground and every one of them more or less injured. Broken legs and arms and internal injuries were suf- fered by most of them, and it is be- lieved that two will die. The accident was a most spectacu- lar one. A great crowd had gathered about a vacant lot where the big gas bag had been inflated with 500,000 cu- bie feet of illuminating gas to watch the trial of the airship. Ship Has Sixteen Passengers. Sixteen persons made the ascent— five of them engineers in charge of the five gasoline engines, several newspaper photographers, the invent- or of the airship, C. A. Morrell, and an Australian aeronaut, who against the orders of Morrell climbed onto the rigging just as the ship lifted from the ground. All of these persons were injured and their escape from death was al- most miraculous. Rising slowly under the power from five gasoline engines, the great air- ship lifted to a height of probably 300 feet. Suddenly there was a ripping, roaring sound and the forward end of the airship tilted downward. Crowd Is Panic-stricken. The great aerial craft began to set tle slowly to the ground. The occu- pants of the airship hung desperately to the rigging, while the crowd of 10,- 000 persons were panic-stricken be- fore what appeared to be impending disaster to the sixteen men. As the airship settled toward the ground sev- eral of the men leaped and were seri- ously injured. Others stayed with the craft until it reached the ground, and they, too, were injured by the heavy engines and the superstructure of the airship., The injured are all doing well. PRIEST STABBED BY CRAZED MAN Congregation Is Starteled By Suden Attack on Pastor. Salisbury, Mo., May 26, — The Rev. Father Joseph F. Lubeley, aged ¢hir- ty-three years, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic church of Salisbury, was stabbed twice with a pocketknife and perhaps fatally injured in church yes- terday morning by Joseph Schuette, a prosperous farmer living near here, who is believed to have become sud- denly demented. The stabbing occur- red in yiew of 400 worshippers, many of them women. The injured man was taken to a nearby residence, where his wounds were attended to by physicians. His condition is criti- eal. Immediately after Father Lubeley had finished high mass he started to leave the church. Attacked by Maniac. At the door he was rushed upon suddenly from behind by Schuette, who stabbed him twice, felling him. The first blow from the knife struck the priest in the temple and the sec- ond cut a deep gash in the neck, just missing the jugular vein. The crazed man was about to stab the priest a third time when Mrs. Barbara Ginter and John Gates, both members of the church, caught his uplifted hand. In the struggle which followed Schuette stabbed Mrs. Ginter in the hand and inflicted a painful cut on Gates’ arm. A dozen men came to the aid of Mrs. Ginter and Gates and overpowered Schuette. Struggling and fighting, he, was taken to jail. It is believed Schuette, who has been a deyout member of St. Joseph’s church, became suddenly deranged, and the attempt on Father Lubeley’s life resulted. THREE KILLED IN CAR CRASH. Five Others Are Thought to Be Fatal- ly Injured and 45 Hurt in Collision. Philadelphia, May 26.—Three per- sons were instantly killed and at least five others were so _ badly injured that there is little hope for their re- covery and forty-five were seriously hurt in a collision between trolley cars on Germantown avenue last night. Forty-five persons were taken to the Chestnut hill and Germantown hospi- tals, several miles from the scene of the accident, and many, were taken away in automobiles by the wealthy residents of the exclusive Chestnut Hill district. They are treated by pri- vate physicians and in consequence absolute detail as to the injured can- not be obtained. The accident was caused by a car north-bound jumping the track while going down a steep hill not far from Chestnut Hill. The car swung across the south-bound track and was struck by a car on that track. Both cars vere filled with passengers. Famine Fatal to 40,000. Mombasa, British East Africa, May 26.—More than 40,000 deaths have re- sulted from the severe famine prevail- ing in the Usoga province of Uganda. The government is feeding 50,000 of the natives. Crops are failures. “Pete” Dailey Dead. Chicago, May 26. — Peter.F. Dailey for thirty years one of the best known and best loved comedians on the American stage, died of pneumonia yesterday in his apartments at the I Auditorium IN TEXAS FLOODS Seven Dead, a Dozen Reported Dead and 5,000 Homeless —Property Loss Heavy. CROPS PRACTICALLY RUINED Cutting Off of National Gas Suspends Business at Muskogee—Towns Under Water. Fort Worth, Tex., May 26. — Seven people are known to be dead, 5,000 are homeless and a dozen or more are reported to have been killed in Fort Worth and North Fort Worth as a re- sult of the greatest rise in the history: of the Trinity river, which, beginning at 7:30 Saturday evening, reached a climax at 5 o’clock yesterday after- noon. Five of the deaths occurred yesterday and two Saturday night. Following the torrential rains of Saturday and yesterday, a volume of seven inches, the river went three inches above the _ record-breaking flood of 1889. Stock valued at many thousands of dollars, including 2,500 sheep penned up in the stock yards in North Fort Worth, was washed down stream and destroyed. The property loss cannot be estimated as yet. The paralysis of railroad service is almost total. Oklahoma Roads Tied Up. Muskogee, Okla., May 26. — Not a railroad in Oklahoma was in opera- tion last night as the result of the heavy rains and cloudbursts that have occurred in various parts of the state during the past three days. The last road to suspend operations was the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, which was forced to quit at noon yesterday, when the bridge on the main line at Eufau- Ja went down. To add to the disaster the main supplying natural gas to the Indian Territory part of the state was carried away with the Clarksville bridge late yesterday, and the supply of gas for Muskogee and several other cities in the southeastern part of the state has been entirely cut off. Business Suspended. Officials of the gas company say it will be a week before repairs can be made so that the gas supply can again be carried. As natural gas i used for light and heat, business be suspended in a measure. Eleva- tors have been forced to stop running and hotels and restaurants have prac- tically been put out of business. During the past ten hours there hag been a rainfall of twenty inches in this section of the state. The Canadian river rose ten feet during the past twelve hours, and the Arkansas river eight feet. The en- tire country is under water. Crops Are Ruined. Late yesterday afternoon a message was received from Jenks, Okla., say- ing that the town was under water and that help was needed. The rail- road is powerless to send aid, as much track and a bridge went out early. It is feared that a number of persons have perished. It is impossible to estimate the damage done in the outlying country, as telephone and telegraph service is crippled. It is known, however, that in the lowlands crops are practically ruined, and much live stock has been drowned. THREE MEN KILLED IN FIGHT. Trouble Between Two Families Re- sults in Four-Handed Fight. Brook Haven, Miss., May 26.—Wil- liam Hilton and his son, Thomas Hil- ton, and Benson Nation, all farmers residing near this city, are dead, and Thomas Nation, father of one of the men killed, is probably fatally wound- ed, the result of a four-handed fight in the roadway near the Nation home late yesterday. The trouble between the families originated when the elder Nation was badly beaten during an altercation with a negro farm hand, an employe of the Hiltons. When Hilton and his son were re- turning from town yesterday and were passing the Nation home, the elder Nation, it is alleged, renewed the trouble. Arming himself with a shotgun, the younger Nation ran to his father’s assistance. A fusillade of shotgun and pistol shots followed with the result as stated. M’DERMOTT HAS PAID UP. Former State Oil Inspector Settles Under Examiner’s Report. St. Paul, May 26.—The account of J. A. McDermott, former state oil in- spector, was closed Saturday by the payment to Attorney General E. T. Young of $4,705.20, the additional shortage reported in his accounts as a result of the second examination by Public Examiner Schaefer. Cheese Factory Burned. Osceola, Wis., May 26.—The cheese factory belonging to William F. Koch at Cedar Lake was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $6,000, partially covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Killed In Collision. Chicago, May 26—0O. C. Bartholo mew of Denver was killed in a colli sion between an electric car and an automobile yesterday. Two other oc- cupants of the automobile were seri- ously injured. a | ios Mecca