Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 10, 1908, Page 7

et ‘= “Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Com densed for the Busy Reader. Washington. The present term of the United States supreme court has come to an end and will not meet again until Oct. 12 next. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf ex- pects to leave Washington between the 15th and 20th of June for Califor. nia, where he will spend his vacation. Capt. C, D. Chandler, signal corps, has been detailed to assume charge of the work now being done for the signal corps at Fort Omaha, relieving Capt. Oury. Otto H. Fittman, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, has been appointed an expert commission- er on the United States-Canadian boundary commission, A falling off of over half a million cubic yards in excavation on the isth- an canal for May, as compared with is shown in a dispatch received ington from Engineer Goe- The decrease is attributed thals. mainly to great rainfall. The May ex- eavation was but 2,703,923 cubi¢ yards. Personal. R. A. Lane, a widely known news- paper man, magazine writer and crit- ic, died at Denver of tuberculosis. Rey. Dr. R. J. Cooke of Tennessee has been re-elected editor of all the book publications of the Methodist Episcopal church. George West Wilson, president of the Jacksonville Times-Union compa- ny, is dead. He was one of the most prominent Democrats in Florida. John J, Straub, one of the _ best known labor leaders in the South and prominent in newspaper and Demo- cratic circles in Nashville, is dead. J. M. Browning, president of the Western Anthracite Coal company and prominently identified with other business interests in St. Louis, is dead. Ernest Lamson, author, playwright and actor of New York and well known throughout the United States, died in St. Louis of typhoid pneumo- nia, Dr. Louis Frechette, the French-Ca- nadian poet and known as a leading literateur and a_ personal friend of Victor Hugo, died in Montreal after a brief illness. Rear Admiral Jackson McElmell of the United States navy, retired, died at his home in Philadelphia, aged sev- enty-four years. Death was due to heart disease, Martin Cheney Day, formerly city editor of the Providence Daily Jour- nal and Evening Bulletin, and later of the Providence News, died in a hospi- tal in New York. Mrs, Laurinda Collins Whitney, mother of Henry M. Whitney of Bos- ton, and of the late W. C. Whitney, former secretary of the navy, died at her home in Boston. She was born in 1810. Rev. Dr. S. N. Fellows, who was said to be the oldest minister in Iowa, died at Iowa City. He had held pas- torates in various cities in the Upper Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Accidental Happenings. George and Scott Burke, young sons of a farmer near Adams, Neb., were drowned in Hooper creek, which had become greatly swollen from recent rains. While speeding in a racing automo- bile at Decatur, Ill, Joseph Sewell lost control of the machine, which ran into a fence. Sewell will die of his injuries, A passenger train ran into an open switch at Mullion, Mich., and the loco- motive and baggage car were partly overturned. Four persons were seri- ously injured. Rey. J. M. Gordon, a prominent mis- sionary of the Disciples of Christ de- nomination at Mungoll, India, was as- phyxiated in a bath tub at the resi- dence of Rey. H. D. Smith at Hopkins- ville, Ky. Elsie and Robert Miller, aged thir- teen and eight years respectively, ac- companying their father on his first week-day outing in five years, were drowned off Leeper island, near South Bend, Ind. Whirling up Ocean Parkway, New York, at a speed of fifty miles an hour a big touring automobile containing a party of merrymakers who had spent the night at Coney Island, crashed into a tree, bounded into the air, turned over and fell on the occupants. Two men were instantly killed and two were so severely crushed that they may die. Two other men in the car escaped almost without a scratch. While returning from the Cedar Falls, Iowa, creamery, where she had decorated her sister’s grave, Miss Mary Romheld was struck by a freight train and sustained injuries that it is feared will cause her death. Miss Romheld is forty-nine years old and partly deaf. All hope has been abandoned for the German steamer Europea which sailed from Hamburg, Germany, forty- five days ago, bound for Norfolk, Va. The trip should have been made in twenty-one days. of twenty men, She carried a crew The Duchess de Brissac, who was Mathilde d’Uzes, a sister of Duke d’Uzes, died in Paris. She had been seriously ill for several months. Kaiser William is endeavoring to arrange for a French exposition to be held in Berlin next year. If he suc- ceeds the first step toward a real re- conciliation between France and Ger- many will have been made. The first court in Berlin for juve- nile offenders, founded on an Ameri- can plan, has inaugurated its sittings. The tribunal used a civil court so as to, keep the youthful prisoners as far as possible from criminals. On account of the improvement in the situation the Spanish government has withdrawn the decree suspending the constitutional guarantees at Bar- celona and Gerona, which was issued as a result of the terrorist campaign last December. To cure young Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia of his love for beautiful Countess Paula von Lehne- dorff, the kaiser threatens to send him to Silesia. The prince declares that he will rather give up his rank and title than his love. The duma commission which has under consideration the drink ques- tion has reported in favor of replacing the imperial eagle on the label of vodka bottles by the skull and cross- bones and appropriate warnings against overindulgence. There has been an epidemic of sui- cides in St. Petersburg that has lasted for three months. The average num- ber of deaths has been eighty-five a month and the high record for a sin- gle day was eighteen. Many of the cases are due to destitution, but de- spondency has been the prevailing cause, The Russian ministry of railroads denies the report that it is contem- plating the purchase of Pittsburg rails. The state as well as private railroads in Russia are obliged by charter to buy their rails from Rus- sian works. The latter recently filled orders from Italy, the Argentine re- public and Brazil, taking advantage of the export bounty. Crimes and Criminals. Joseph Stitz, who had been convict- ed in New York of illegally voting un- der the name of Charles Mullen, was sentenced to a year in prison. Driven to desperation by the taunts of her husband, who is alleged to have been intoxicated, Mrs. Emma Sendex shot and killed him at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Gaston P. Philip, civil engineer and club man of New York and Washing- ton, was acquitted in Washington of the murder of Frank Macaboy, a cab driver, y Beech Hargis, in jail at Jackson, Ky., awaiting trial for the murder of this: father, Judge James Hargis, at- ‘tempted suicide by morphine. He will recover. Charles Holstein, brooding over lack of employment, hanged himself at Bur- lington, Iowa, and M. J. Tobin shot himself dead because he thought. he was going crazy. C. G. Richie, formerly a judge of the surrogate court at Louisville, has been sentenced by Judge Ogden of Oakland, Cal., to spend eighteen months in the penitentiary at San Quentin. Miss Orthan Huppen of Ox Bow, N. Y., shot herself and her sweetheart, Barnee Laidlow. Laidlow’s injury will not prove fatal, but Miss Huppen will probably die. The shooting followed a quarrel. The imperial court at Leipsic sen- tenced Herr Schiwara, a well known author to twelve years in jail and the loss of his civil rights, after having found him guilty of disclosing Ger- man military secrets to France. Goy. George E. Chamberlain, Demo- crat, is the choice of the people of Or- egon for the United States senator- ship, to succeed Charles W. Fulton, Republican, and a Republican legisla- ture has been chosen to elect him. Chamberlain’s majority over his op- ponent, Henry M. Cake, Republican, will exceed 1,000, it is believed. Otherwise. Political headquarters for Joseph G. Cannon have been opened in the Audi- torium hotel in Chicago. J. F. Hanson, United States con- sular agent at Neuvitas, was found dead in his berth on a Pullman car in the union station at Pittsburg. Death was due to heart disease. Constable Bruce Northrup was shot to death at Vermillion, Ill, in a pistol duel by Constable Charles Crawford, as the outcome of a quarrel resulting from a friendly wrestling match. The executive committee of the Union Pacific railroad has ratified an issue of $50,000,000 in bonds. This is part of the issue of $100,000,000 al- ready authorized by the stockholders, In order to test the validity of the law prohibiting attendance at prize fights United States District Attorney Breckons of Honolulu has been ar- rested and his case will be pressed for an immediate trial. The Mexican congress adopted an amendment to the constitution to re- strict immigration to the extent of enforcing rigorous physical examina- tion of all who enter the repubdlic and to bar'all who were found to be suf- fering from loathsome or contagious diseases, In connection with the rate war on, the Canadian Pacific will put a double service out of Seattle to Victoria and Vancouver, commencing June 15. This feature of the rate war will give thé sound cities the best, service they have ever had. Steam Pipe Explodes While Ar: mored Cruiser Is Making a Speed Trial. ADMIRAL HAS NARROW ESCAPE Fourteen Men, All in Fire Room ai Time, Either Killed or Injured; Great Heroism Shown. San Pedro, Cal., June 7.—A terri- ble accident occurred on board the United States armored cruiser Ten- nessee yesterday morning while the ship was steaming at nineteen knots on a speed trial off Point Huenene, Cal., a steam pipe in the starboard engine room bursting under 235 pounds pressure, killing four men and injuring ten others—all of the men in the compartment at the time. The explosion, the cause of which is un- known, occurred only a few minutes after Admiral Uriel Sebree, Capt. F. B. Howard and Chief Engineer Rob- ertson had left the engine room on a tour of inspection. Six Men Are Dead. Four of the men were killed instant- ly and two more died at San Pedro upon the arrival here of the Tennes- see, There were fourteen men in the fire room when the tube, which is four inches in diameter, blew out, driving a torrent of scalding steam, hot dust, cinders and ashes through the ashpit and showering the half- naked men. A blast of white steam from the ventilator told those on deck of the accident, and Lieutenant Com- mander S. S. Robinson, the navigator, instantly sounded a _ general alarm, dropping twenty lines of hose ready for instant use in case of fire. Show Great Heroism. Within the fire room the surviving seamen were fighting for life. Two of the men were stricken dead at their posts. Two others crawled or were dragged into the adjoining fire room and died almost immediately. The surviving seamen, all of whom re- ceived injuries, showed the greatest heroism in aiding their unfortunate mates, Admiral Sebree himself escaped death or serious injury in the fated fire pit by a mere moment’s time. He had left the room where the explo- sion occurred not fifty seconds before the fatal blast. Several of the crew behaved with heroism and will be re- ported to the department later when full particulars are known. is Calls It a Hell Hole. “It was a hell hole,” said one of the surviving seamen. “Everything seemed all right, when, without any warning, the shower of hot cinders, steam and ashes burst out of the fire hole. The boys dropped all over the room and none of us knew what had happened. Those of us who were able to scramble to our feet opened the door when the compartment cleared, and we began dragging the boys out.” An Official investigation of the acci- dent has been ordered. PRESIDENT TO HUNT BIG GAME. Will Spend Year in African Wilds Af- ter His Term. ‘Washington, June 7.—Absolute con- firmation was given at the White House yesterday of the report that the president is going on an extended trip abroad and that he will hunt tigers and other big game in the jun- gles of Africa. The announcement was made that it is the president’s plan to leave this country in April of next year and that he will spend fully twelve months in hunting the biggest game the world can furnish. The plans are already made, and it is an- nounced that the president’s son Ker- mit is to accompany him on the trip. The first point of destination for the executive on this grand hunt will be Cairo, Egypt, where a hunting par- ty will be organized for an expedi- tion that will set out to bag the big- gest game known to the African game fields. Since the close of congress Presi- dent Roosevelt has been giving atten- tion to his plants for the trip. The president will devote much of his time to the study of the habits of ani- mals, collecting material for a book which he will write upon his return. RACE RIOT ON WAITERS. Negroes Take White Girls’ Places and Hotel Is Dynamited. ‘West Baden, Ind., June 7—On ac- count of the substitution of negro men for white girls as waiters at a large hotel here, trouble between the races has arisen. Last night two sticks of dynamite were exploded un- der the corner of a hotel where the negro waiters are housed, but no one was injured. Rob Fergus Falls Store. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 6. — A daring and successful burglary was perpetrated here last night, the jew- elry store of M. H. Call being enter- ed and jewelry to the value of be- tween $100 and $500 taken. lowa Negro Is Convicted. Des Moines, June 7.—In the crimi- nal court last evening it took the jury juts one ballot to convict Frank Brown, a negro, of attempted assault upon Mrs. Mary Mann, a white wom- an. NAD KI one ce 23 IN NEBRASKAI= Sars, Seco, conse olis, Md. Poison Air. Known Dead Exceed a Score and Other Fatalities Are Report- ed in Stricken Region. DESOLATION IS WIDESPREAD Annapolis, Md., June 7.—In a head- on collision between two special cars on the Washington, Baltimore & An- napolis Electric railroad, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, eight persons were killed outright and a score of others were seriously injured, some of them perhaps fatally. The colli- sion was due to a confusion of or :re, as the line has been running several extra cars each way in connection with the commencement festivities at the naval academy. The disaster occurred just beyond Camp Parole, which is the first sta- tion after leaving this city. Impact Was Terrific. Both the wrecked cars were spe cials, one of them bound from Balti- more for Annapolis, the other running from here bound for Baltimore. The latter carried few passengers, while the other was well filled. The impact was terrific, and both cars were wrecked, that bound for this city be- ing thrown from the rails. As quick- ly_as possible, aid was sent from here and the dead and injured were brought to this city. Of the injured Gen. : Traffic Manager William E. Slaughter of the Washington, Balti- more & Annapolis was in the worst condition, and his death at any mo- ment would not cause the physicians surprise. Vast Property Damage Is Done by Fur rious Gale That Sweeps Over Number of Counties. Omaha, June 9. — Latest reports place the known dead in the Southern Nebraska tornado on Friday evening at twenty-three and possibly twenty- five, with three or four points yet to hear from, and a _ correspondingly large list of injured. With every liné of communication by wire closed to the stricken points, it has been well nigh impossible to se- cure details of the destruction wrought by the tornado, but sufficient has been received to show that it is the worst of its kind which has ever visited the state, both in loss of life and destruction of property. As meager reports come in the cas- ualty list grows, each succeeding re- port from the different towns adding from one to three dead and several in- jured. DEATH AND RUIN IN STORM. Desolation Is General. Homeless and helpless, more than 200 people, farmers and their families, have sought refuge in such homes as were not in the path of the storm or were fortunate enough to escape with- out serious damage. Not a head of live stock is left in the wake of the tornado and crops are utterly destroy- ed. Between Byron and Deshler the greatest loss of life occurred, twelve persons being killed outright and a number receiving injuries from which they cannot recover. The injured have been cared for in the best man- ner possible, but many are still in a critical condition and cannot be moved to hospitals, Four Counties Hit. The storm was general throughout at least four counties, Fillmore, Web- ster, Franklin and Thayer, on the southern border of the state, and reached over into Kansas, from where reports of great destruction are com- ing slowly. The towns of Carleton, Fairfield, Deshler, Shickley, Geneva, Frankling, Ong and _ Riverton are among those visited by the storm. Four Towns in Nebraska Hit by Tor- nado—Rivers Out of Banks. storms of wind and rain, amounting in places to tornadoes, prevailed last Lincoln, Neb., Jane 7. — Violent evening in South Central Nebraska. Telegraphic and telephone service is badly demoralized in the portions vis- ited, but it is known that four towns, Franklin, Fairfield, Chester and Ina- vale, were hit and there were some fatalities. The property damage has been extensive and a number of per- sons have been injured. A special to the State Journal from Fairfield, Clay county, says a tornado cloud descend- ed, striking the west part of the town, at 7 o'clock. Thirty residences were damaged, some of them badly. The Congregational and the Christian churches were destroyed, the Baptist church damaged and the high school building partly demolished. A num- ber of persons were hurt, none, it is thought, seriously. Much live stock was killed and crops ruined. One man was killed at Franklin. The Blue river is out of its banks at Beatrice and rising rapidly, follow- ing the heaviest rain of the year. The bridge ‘across the Blue is unsafe ang is in danger of going out. STOLE $2,000,000 FROM BANK. Paying Teller and Auditor of Pitts- burg Bank Get Ten Years Each. Pittsburg, June 9. — Henry Rieber former paying teller of the Farmers’ Deposit National bank, and John Young, the former auditor, who loot- ed that institution of almost $2,000,- 000, were each sentenced to serve ten years in the Western penitentiary by Judge Young, in the United States court, It was the first time that the looters appeared before the court except when they pleaded guilty, and many startling facts were brought out re- garding the greatest bank robbery of which there is any record. According to statements made before the court by the two men and their attorneys every penny of the immense fortune they stole was taken in actual cash, commencing with amgunts as low as $500 and ranging to $50,000 as they became bolder and more experienced. The bank charges them with taking $1,150,000, but it is admitted that the sum is close to $2,000,000. Of this vast sum the bank secured back only $2,000 and a great stack of stocks of various kinds which are not worth the paper they are printed on. FIGHT BATTLE ON STREETS. PAY $61,000 IN FINES. Three Packing Companies and One Railroad Pay Penalty for Rebating.. Kansas City, June 7.—Three pack- ing companies and one railroad com- pany, convicted in 1906 of ceba and sentenced to pay fines aggr2gat- ing $61,000, yesterday handed i» the clerk of the United States court a check for the total amount of ctheir fines, plus costs. Each of the tines was for $15,000. Those paid were: Armour Packing company, Cudany Packing company, Swift & Co. and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. The convictions were the first im- portant ones under the _ interstate commerce law. FLOOD CAUSES HEAVY LOSS. Crops Destroyed and Live Stock and Buildings Washed Away in South. Kansas City, June 7.—Flood condi- tions prevail in all the rivers in Kan- sas and Oklahoma, owing to the tor- rential rains which have fallen every day during the past week. The Kaw and its tributaries are out of their banks in many places, and have de- stroyed crops and washed away live stock and buildings. The losses around Independence, Kan., are esti- mated at several hundred thousand dollars. Checotah Persons and Citizens of Eu- faula, Okla., in Fatal Conflict. Eufaula, Okla., June 9.—In a fight between fifteen Checdtah persons and citizens of Eufaula yesterday on the streets of Eufaula, F. M. Woods, dep- uty constable of this place, and Jo- seph Parmenter of Checotah were shot. Woods pfobably will die. Par- menter’s wound is not dangerous. The trouble strted when Constable Woods attempted to disarm Parmen- ter. About fifteen shots were fired in all. Houses Are Undermined. Winnipeg, June 7.—Old Man river at MacLead, Alberta, is now a mile wide. Lowlands are devastated and the town is threatened, The power house was undermined and fell into the river yesterday morning. Set- tlers in the lowlands are driving off their stock to safe places. The gen- eral hospital and several houses have been undermined and are in great danger. ANNA AND HELIE MUST WAIT. Cannot Be Married at Once, Say Her Attorneys. Paris, June 9.—The attorneys for Mme, Anna Gould said yesterday that various matters had delayed the mar- riage of their client to Prince Helie de Sagan, but that the ceremony would occur within a month. The presence of George Gould, Mme. Gould’s broth- er, at the marriage is problematical, as business interests demand his pres- ence in the United States. Suit Against Railroads. Philadelphia, Pa. June 7. — More promptly than was expected the United States government began suit yesterday against the coal carrying railroads under the “commodity clause” of the act to regulate com- merce by filing in the United States court here a bill in equity and a pe- tition for an alternative writ of man- damus, which was granted. Druggist Kills Self. Black River Falls, Wis., June 9. — Ben Werner, a druggist of this city, took his life this noon by shooting himself through the head. He had been melancholy for a long time, but for what reason is not apparent. Famous Cook Kills Self. Cleveland, June 7.—Hannah Butts, fifty-two years old, formerly a cook for the Vanderbilts, Belmonts and Astors at their Newport and New York es- tablishments, committed suicide yes- terday. Despondency caused by a crippled hand which prevented her following her calling is said to have been the cause. - Ground Under Wheels of Train. St. Paul, June 9—An unknown man ‘was run down by an Omaha passenger train at Hazel Park last night. The body was horribly mangled. Both legs were cut off and the head crushed to a pulp. Treaty Is Signed. Montevideo, June 6.—The Uruguay an government has signed an extradi- tion treaty with the United States. Silverton, Co!o., June 9.—Six men are dead, eight others in a dangerous condition from breathing foul air and twenty-five to thirty more temporarily confined to their homes from weak- ness due to contact with poisoned air in the Gold King mine, located at Gladstone. On Thursday night fire was discov- ered in the engine room of the mine, and before it could be brought under control had destroyed that building as well as the shaft house. Go to Rescue of Comrades. The two buildings were located near the portal doors of the main shaft, and to prevent the spread of the flames and accumulation of smoke in the workings of the mine, these doors were closed temporarily. The men working the night shift in the mine were hurriedly notified of conditions on the surface and instructed to with- draw. When the flames had been extinguished the list was checked over and discovery was then made that three men were missing. Imme- diately efforts to rescue them were made. The first men to enter the mine returned in haste and informed those in waiting that the mine was filled with foul air. Two rescue par- ties were formed and the men started into the mine in groups of five. Rescuers Succumb. The air generated by the motion of the elevator had cleared the atmos- phere in the elevator shaft, so that but little discomfort was experienced there. Soon after a score or more of rescuers had entered the mine, some of those first in appeared at the foot of the elevator shaft, carrying the un- conscious forms of rescuers who had succumbed to the noxious air. Later a party reached the surface bringing the dead body of Victor Erickson and the almost lifeless bodies of John Sumston and Otto Jchnson, the three men whose absence caused the neces- sity for rescue work. Others who perished or were injured were of the rescue party. ANTI-TAFT MEN WON'T BOLT. Does Not Have Expected Effect. Recall Statement When They Find It Chicago, June 9, — Representatives of the “allies” last night recalled their statement that they will bolt the Re- publican national committee so far as the presentation of evidence to sup- port the claims of anti-Taft delega- tions from Southern states is concern- ed. There is evidence that the an- nouncement made Saturday night upon the authority of Representative James Francis Burke, manager for Senator Knox, after he had been in conference with Senator Hemenway of Indiana, J. B. Kealing of Indiana and others identified with the cam- paign being made by the “allies,” cre- ated dissension, Some of the other spokesmen for the “allies” declared the announcement to be ill advised, and they busied themselves yesterday to counteract its effect. It is generally believed that the an- nouncement made Saturday night was designed to test public sentiment and to influence the Taft forces to a com- promise proposition, submitted to the committee Saturday just prior to ad- journment. That the effect was not what the “allies” expected was admit- ted yesterday by a number of men who had knowledge of the entire pro ceeding, RISING WATER CAUSES PANIC. Residents of Kansas City Move tc Higher Ground. Kansas City, June 9. — The stead, rise of the Kaw river yesterday caus- ed almost a panic in North Topeka and the Armourdale section of Kansas City, Kan. There was a rush of families to remove their household goods from their homes to higher land. Packing houses and other establishments in the bottoms removed the contents of the basements to upper floors. Another Murder Mystery in Paris. Paris, June 9. — With the mystery of the murder of Adolphe Steinheil and his mother-in-law, Mme. Japy, yet unsolved, the police have been con- fronted by a new mystery in the dis- covery of Auguste Remy, a wealthy retired banker, seventy-seven years of age, stabbed to death in his mansion in the Rue de la Peppiniere. Money and jewels of great value are missing. Balloonist Is Killed. Springfield, 1l., June 9—Luther Ed- ward Jones, twenty-seven years of age, balloonist, attempted an ascen- sion at Mildred Park yesterday after- noon. As the balloon rose the para- chute swung Jones through the air, his head striking the limb of a tree, crushing his skull and killing him in- stantly. Two Canoeists Drown. Winnipeg, Man., June 9. — William McKay and Albert Boisean, who have ‘been missing for a week, met their death in the waters of Nepigon river. Eighteen Die From Piague. New York, June 9. — Eighteen deaths have resulted from the plague fn La Guaira, Venezuela, according to James P. Moffat, American consul at La Guaira, who reached there yester- day from Santiago. Gunboat Sent to Bering Sea. Washington, June 9.—The gunboat Yorktown has been ordered ‘to leave Puget sound June 18 for a cruise to the Bering sea, where she is to patrol the seal fisheries and to prevent pe- lagic sealing,