Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 10, 1908, Page 8

EIGHT PERISH IN MONTANA FLOODS Communication Is Being Restor: ed and Crisis Is Believed to Have Passed. DAMAGE WILL BE VERY HEAVY Helena, Mont., June 9.—After being almost completely isolated for several days, Helena is again in touch with the outer world. Several trains ar- rived last evening from the Hast, and a train left last night for St. Paul. Telegraph and telephone wires are be- ing restored and the crisis, it is be- lieved, has passed. The damage from heavy rains throughout the state will run into the thousands of dollars, and it is believed that at least eight per- sons haye been drowned in various sections of Montana. Numerous Landslides, It will be days and probably weeks before the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern railroads can resume train service on regular schedules. Washouts and landslides are reported in every section of the state and thousands of passengers are maroon- ed. In Northern Montana several towns are reported to be partially under wa- ter. Bridges have been swept down stream and in some cases railroad sta- tions and residences have been wash- ed away. Wet Season Is Ended. The water is now receding in the Missouri and other rivers of the state and the local weather station predicts that the wet season is at an end. Aside from the great damage done to railroad property and the inconven- ience caused by the delay of trains and the interruption of telegraph serv- ice, the heavy rains will really mean a godsend to Montana. The crops, it is predicted, will be the largest ever known in the history of the common: wealth, and the grazing for cattle and stock will be such as to result in a great benefit to one of the state's chief industries. Tied Up by New Washout. Butte, Mont., June 9, — The North. ern Pacific east from Butte is again tied up by a new washout of 600 feet of track near Jefferson Island, a small station in the Jefferson river valley, about sixty miles from Butte. Two steel trestles on the Great Northern are reported as having gone out near Basin, thirty-five miles north of Butte. MORE MONEY IN SOCKS. Business of Savings Banks in Wiscon- sin Has Fallen Off. Madison, Wis., June 9.—Business in the 442 state and mutual savings banks of Wisconsin has decreased over $1,000,000 in three months be- tween Feb. 14 and May 14, according to the quarterly report of State Bank- ing Commissioner M. C. Bergh, just is- sued. Bankers, however, are not fearful of hard times, as they have been lending money freely. The item of loan and discounts has increased nearly $1,100,- 000, certificates have decreased, but savings deposits have fallen least of all the items of deposit. KNOCKED CLEAR OF TRACK. Traveling Man Steps in Front of Cars and Is Struck. Minnesota Lake, Minn., June 9. — George Kremer of this place, who travels for a packing company of Austin, narrowly escaped death at Randolph. He was crossing the tracks to reach the depot, and in do- ing so stepped from in front of an engine that was stationary on a side track, directly in front of some cars that were being rapidly backed. He was struck with considerable force, but was thrown clear of the track. He was unconscious for a time and sus- tained some severe cuts and bruises. KILLED IN A TUNNEL. Explosion at Duluth Crushes One Man to Death and Injures Another. Duluth, Minn., June 9. — One man was killed and another seriously in- jured in an explosion in the tunel of the Wisconsin Central railroad, Tom Maki, who was killed, was coop- ‘ed in a narrow shaft and the force of the explosion almost crushed him to a pulp. John Harki, who escaped death, was at the opening of the shaft and was hurled violently against the rocky ‘wall and sustained deep wounds about the head and body. DROPS GUN; WIFE IS SHOT. Woman Who Is Wounded by Accident Is in Grave Condition. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 9.—A fa- tal accident was narrowly averted in ithe town or Nidaros. John E. Ander- son, who resides there, was cleaning a .22-caliber revolver and accidentally flet It fall. The weapon was discharg- ‘ed and the bullet struck Mrs. Ander- ‘son in the hip, inflicting a serious ywound. A physician was immediately tealled, and it is thought she will re- ‘cover. NORTHWEST NEWS BLOW IN IOWA CITY. About 200 Residences Demolished In Charles City. ‘ Charles City, Iowa, June 9.—At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a cyclone struck this city, demolishing about 200 residences and barns, killing one man, W. R. Beck, and one child. Three children are reported missing. The path of the cyclone was about ten rods wide. It started about three miles southwest of the city, tearing down farm houses, barns and killing many. head of stock. It struck the city in the southwest part, plowing a path to a point in the northeast part of town. > It passed in a northeasterly direc- tion, just missing the Charles City college buildings, and spent itself a few miles northeast-of the city. TWENY YEARS FOR 40 CENTS. Robber, Aged 19, Who Takes Manh’s Last Cent, Gets Long Term. Marshalltown, Iowa, June 9. — A year in prison for every 2 cents he stole of Harry Farrar is the lot meted out to Lester Shindle, aged nineteen, of Rockwell by the district court of Mason City. The jury spent three hours arriving at a verdict. Shindle was sentenced to twenty years in the Fort Madison penitentiary. Farrar was held up under a viaduct, a short distance south of Mason City, and robbed of 40 cents, all the money he had, on March 14. RAILROAD IN WISCONSIN. New Line Will Run From Red Gran. ite to Poysippi. Madison, Wis., June 9.—North Cen- tral Wisconsin is to have a new rail- road. The articles of incorporation of the Wisconsin Northern Railroad company were filed with the secretary of state. The line will run from Red Granite to Poysippi, a distance of eighty-six miles. The capital stock of the company is $60,000, and the incor- porators are John Moffitt, H. W. Colts and H. A. Dewey. FORMER RACE KING SUICIDE. Failure of Fortune and Wife’s Divorce Drive Him to Act, St. Paul, June 9. — James Duncan, who years ago had some of the best stables in the South and who was a king on the Kentucky turf, was found hanging by a rope in a stable in the rear of 256 Selby avenue yesterday morning. Loss of his fortune and a separation from his wife and children are said to have caused the former millionaire turfman to end his life. HOLDS BIKE AS HE DIES. Le Sueur Man Run Down by Train and Killed. Le Sueur, Minn., June 9. — Robert Johnson of Le Sueur was killed near Henderson by being struck by Omaha Train No. 7. He was standing on the track holding his bicycle, but paid no attention to the warning whistle. He was twenty-five years of age and un- married. The body was brought to Le Sueur and taken care of by rela tives. M’CORMICK CASE MISTRIAL. Jury Fails to Agree on Charge Against Youth. Grand Forks, N. D., June 9.—After being out from 4:30 Saturday after- noon to 8 o’clock yesterday, the jury in the case of Eddie McCormick, the nineteen-year-old youth accused of at- tacking Frances Zepsky, reported that an agreement was impossible. The jury was discharged. McCormick sought to prove an alibi. PRISON FOR DUNHAM. Former St. Paul Policeman tenced. Crookston, Minn., June 9. — E. A. Dunham pleaded guilty to forgery here on one count and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three and a half years. He was discharged on the other counts. Dunham was formerly a bartender and a policeman in St. Paul. Is Sen- Eighteen Drown in Flood.. City of Mexico, June 9.—According to a special dispatch, floods have wrought great damage in the neigh- borhood of the city of Pachula the past two days. Eighteen people are said to have been drowned and the village of Pachula entirely wiped out of existence. Two Killed by Tornado. Mauston, Wis., June 9.—A tornado struck the farm of John Dalton, a well-to-do farmer living about four miles south of Mauston, yesterday, de-, molishing his fine farm house and barns and killing Mr. Dalton and his twelve-year-old son Philip. DEAFNESS !S FATAL. Casselton, N. D., June 9.—J. A. C. Marshall of Wheatland, while walking along the Northern Pacific track, was struck by an east-bound freight and was instantly killed. It was supposed that he was deaf and did not hear the train. Drowned Whlie Bathing. St. Boniface, Manitoba, June 9.—Ed- mund Mesiders, aged thirty-one, was dréwned in the Seine river. He was bathing and got out of his depth. FLOOD GROWS MORE SERIOUS Continual Downpour Causes Most Dis: astrous Results in Montana— Roads Are Helpless. Washington, D. C., has arrived in Thief River Falls, where he will or- ganize again the government survey of the government possessions in the Red Lake reservation. This survey was Started by a bill introduced by Congressman Steenerson three years ago and was commenced in 1905 in the Mud Lake and Germantown dis- tricts. The government engineers al- ready have surveyed 3,500 square miles of the government land in this territory ang have yet 1,200 square miles which they will finish by No- vember next for report to the depart- ment at Washington. The maps for the district are completed except the contour, After completing business at Thief River Engineer Meade will depart for International Falls and other points along the northern line of Minnesota, where he will start two crews at work immediately. One crew will be under his direct charge and will leave Indus postoffice and work along the Black river and Rapid river. Another crew will be put on the Tamarack river. This crew will be under the charge of Paul Funderhide of Cando, N. D., now at the Fargo agricultural college, and who accompanied Engineer Stewart, who won fame by crossing the ever- glades of Florida in the most daring and wonderful engineering trip of all time, The surveyed sections reach from Lost river on the southwest of Red lake and sweep north around Red lake and east to Rapid river and the eastern boundary of Red lake. All that at present remains is a small portion or strip along the east shore of the lake and south to Bemidji. This territory has been completely surveyed by the engineers and ditches with all attendant estimates for sub- mission to congress for appropriation have been planned. Along the north gvart of this territory, which contains the bulk of the land, the fall from a point six miles north of Upper Red lake to the Lake of the Woods is 140 feet in the whole thirty-four miles, and with the institution of drainage systems would make the richest coun- try in the world.- The whole territory can be drained for $2 an acre. In the completed plans of the ditches for this immense stretch’ of public land the rivers have been made the trunk outlets for the systems, a ditch running down Moose river through Thief lake and into Thief riv- er being the most immense and ex- pensive, Other systems gather about the upper Roseau, the Lost, the War- road, the Winter road, the Baudette and Mud creek, The engineer states that the grades of the country in these regions are the most excellent in the country. The main work to be performed on the rivers consists in the clearing of their channels of bea- ver dams, fallen timbers and other ob- stacles, and the placing of the swamps in connection with the freed channels. Missoula, Mont., June 6. — Thirty days of continuous rain, with the downpour still continuing, has brought the most disastrous results to Central Montana ever known in the history of the state. The rail- roads’ position, considered almost hopeless early in the week, now is more than that of demoralizations, and the thousands of men who have been sent out on emergepcy calls with piledrivers and train loads of rock to try to stem the damage are all but helpless in the maze of the torrents which they are called on to fight. Dams are going out before the rush of waters, and in some of the cities, notably at Butte, the sources of elec- trical power have been swept away and the cities are without lights, street cars, telephones or even tele- graphic communication with the out- side world. Throughout the central part of the state every little brook and _ trout stream is a raging torrent, and the biggest rivers have been turned into destructive seas. Railroad tracks are being swept away entirely in some sections, and the suffering and damage in cities and villages are be- ing increased by the failure of trans- portation facilities, What the damage will amount to in some of the range districts there is no means of knowing, all chances for communication being cut off. Roads are absolutely impassable by any means, There is no communication east of Missoula by rail or by telegraph. At Garrison nearly all the residents have fled from their homes and are camp- ed on the hills in the rain. The damage to the new roadbed of the St. Paul line between Missoula and Butte will, not fall short of a million dollars, and it is becoming greater all the time. 5 Butte and Helena are isolated so far as traffic is concerned and several smelters will be forced to close for lack of ore. STABBED BY BLACK MAN. SURVEY TO BACK DRAINAGE. Lay of Land Is Right for Highly Suc- cessful Farming. Alfred P, Meade, Jr., connected with the geological survey department of the department of agriculture at Young Man From lowa Is Fatally Wounded at Aberdeen. Aberdeen, S. D., June 6. — A young man named Howell lies at the point of death at the hospital in this city, the victim of an attack by a colored man, just outside the city limits. He was stabbed in the back, just below the right shoulder blade, and it is thought the knife penetrated the lung. Nothing is known of the cause of the attack, for the victim is unconscious. The negro made his escape, but it is believed he will be caught, for the entire country in this vicinity has been notified and all suspects will be arrested on sight. RATE CASE ON ITS MERITS. Testimony Introduced Before Master TREASURY IS PLETHORIC. in Chancery. St. Paul, June 6. — Formal attack| Good Balance in State Funds at Start against the reasonableness of the of Month, Minnesota passenger and commodity] state Treasurer C. C. Dinehart’s laws passed at the last session of the legislature and of the schedule of mer- chandise rates ordered by the rail- road and warehouse commission was begun yesterday in the federal_build- ing before Charles E. Otis, master in chancery, with the taking of testi- mony in the final hearing regarding the valuation of the phyical properties of the Northern Pacific system.» monthly statement shows a balance in the state treasury at the beginning of business June 1 of $2,148,227.59. Bal- ances in the various funds were as follows: Revenue fund, $1,298,106.34; sol- diers’ relief fund, $19,326.65; funding tax fund, $68,882.54; state road and bridge fund, $56,188.65; university campus fund, $304,504.57; permanent fund, $213,136.78; general school fund, $10,206.05; permanent university fund, $40,660.58; general university fund, $1,620.51; internal im- provement fund, $31,790.73; internal improvement land fund, $2,872.18; in- ternal improvement land fund inter- est, $4,441.50; swamp land fund, $17,- 249.44; swamp land fund interest, $10,- 776.14; hay inspection fund, $3,014.86; grain inspection fund, $65,449.60. s 1 BODY 1S THAT OF DR. GLoyp. | *<20° Brother-in-law Identifies Remains in 3 Minneapolis. Minneapolis, June 6——The body of the man found in the Mississippi river last Monday morning by workmen at the boom was absolutely identified yesterday by Dr. E. L. Kannery of St. Paul as that of his brother-in-law, Dr. G. S. Gloyd, a dentist of Minneapolis. Dr. Gloyd disappeared strangely from his home last October. He bad accidentally, shot his brother-inlaw while hunting near Osceola, Wis. COUNTIES BUILD DITCHES. Cost Will Be About $170,000 and Work Includes Many Miles of Tile. Contracts for drainage ditches which will cost probably something over $170,000 will be let in the next few weeks, in addition to the con- tracts which have been let this spring, making the aggregate of drainage ditch work done this year the most extensive in the history of the state. The contracts for the ditches in which the state has an interest were let early in the spring, and most of this work is now under way. Most of the ditches which are now being contracted for are county ditches and involve a large amount of tite work by which the farms adjoin- ing the main ditch are drained. ae The State Bank of Delano at Dela- no, has been incorporated. Among the men behind the new enterprise are H. C. Bull,’C. R. Peterson, Frank Swanson, P. O. Skoglund of Cokato, and T. F. McClure and O. H. Camp- bell of Litchfield and Delano business men. This makes the twenty-third bank in Write county. a SRE While riding between two box cars on the Northern Pacific Frank Davis lost his balance and fell near Barnes- ville. The wheels crushed the toes on both feet. To Hold Market Day. Crookston, Minn., June 6.—The mar- ket day committee of the Commercial club started the canvass for funds to defray the expenses of a free auction day for farmers every other month for a year, beginning the last of the present month. The estimated cost is $600, and this will be readily raised. Arson Is the Charge. Fergus Falls, Minn., June 6.—The Zuehsdorf saloon building in Fox- home was burned at an early hour Wednesday morning, and Tony Nél- son was arrested yesterday on the charge of setting the fire. Returns Give Hull Victory. Des Moines, Iowa, June 6.—On the face of the returns Congress John A. T. Hull was renominated by the Re- publicans in Tuesday’s primaries over Judge S. F. Prouty, but Prouty claims that an official county will give him a majority of 26 or more. Five Bitten by Mad Dog. Westfield, Wis., June 6.—A stray cog went mad here last Monday and bit five people so severely that the lives of three are considered in dan- ger. | BANKERS WILL MEET. CHANGES IN FACULTY. H. W. Parker of St. Paul Will Be Speaker at Banquet. The sixth annual meeting of the Second group of the Minnesota Bank- ers’ association will be held at Fair- mont on June 11. The program for the day is as follows: Morning Session— 10:30 — Convene at Fairmont Com- mercial clubs rooms. Address of wel- come, Hon. James H. Quinn; response by C. H. Draper, president; report of secretary. 11—“The Advisability of a County Clearing House in Rural Districts,” W. D. Willard, cashier First Nationai bank, Mankato. 11:30—“Bank Burglary,” F. D. Lind- quist, cashier State Bank of Dundee, Dundee. Afternoon Session— 1:20—Convene at pavilion at Hazel- mere, 1:30—“Character the Chief Asset,” Burt I. Weld, president First National pank, Slayton, 2 — “The Country Bank as a Busi- ness School of the Community,” P. M. Serrurier, cashier Holland State bank, Holland. 2:30—“The Country Banker and His Relation to his Customer and His Neighbor Banker,’ Adolph Sucker, eashier Merchants State bank, Lewis- | Maud Thompson, who have had these ville. rooms the past year, go to positions in 38—“Experiences of Various Bank-|the primary rooms.of the Minneapolis Winona Normal to Have Many New Instructors Next Term. An unusually large number of changes in the faculty of the Winona normal school are to be made this year, no less than ten teachers retir- ing and others taking their places, but out of the changes four are caused by teachers absent on leave, return- ing to the school. Recommendations to the normal board for filling vacan- cies are now ready for all but one place, that of teacher of reading and physical culture, and many applica- tions for this are on file. Dr. John C, Thackston of South Car- olina, who has just taken the degree of Ph. D. at New York ugiversity, suc- ceeds Miss Kate Sprague, resigned, as teacher of mathematics, after twenty- five. years’ corttinuous service. Miss Nora Atwood returns to the director- ship of the kindergarten, succeeding Miss Rebecca Martin, resigned. Miss Harriet Packard returns as assistant, after a year’s leave, succeeding Miss Louise Alder, who took her place dur- ing her absence. Miss Helena Ford Staples and Miss Frances Smith will take the first and second model rooms, respectively, the former returning from a year of study in New York. The Misses Edna Merriam and ers.” Each speaker is confined to five | schools. Miss Alice L. Pratt resigns minutes. from the third room in the elementary 3:30—Round table in charge of A,|school and will be succeeded by Miss W. Quinn, Jackson. Bertha B. Hanson, who comes from 4:30—Reports of committees, the Ethical Culture school in New 5:30—Election of officers. York city. Miss Agnes GQ. Storis Banquet— comes here from Madison and Osh- 7:30—Banquet at Hotel Hazelmere; | kosh, to succeed Miss Myrta Wilsey F. G. Sasse, Fairmont, toastmaster, | as critic teacher in the sixth room in “The Law and Bank,” F. E. Putnam,] the elementary school. Miss Frances director Farmers National bank, Blue| W. Barrows will succeed Miss Lillian Earth; “Vagrant Thoughts,” H. W.}| Gehan as test book librarian and will Parker, cashier Merchants National | also serve as assistant in English and bank, St. Paul; “The Banker in Poli-| give instruction in cooking and sew- tics,” C. C, Dinehart, state treasurer|ing if required. Prof. J. S. Gaylord of Minnesota. returns from a year’s leave, and Wil- liam T. Stephens, who took his place in the chair of psychology, leaves Wi- nona. Miss Theda Gildermeister is promoted from acting principal of the elementary department to ‘the full principalship. Miss Virginia T. Jar- man resigns as teacher of reading and physical culture. DEAF STUDENTS GRADUATE. St. Paul Child Furnishes Features at Faribault Commencement. The closing exercises of the Minne- sota school for the deaf were held in the opera house in Faribault last week. The graduating class numbers seven. , The exercises were opened with music by the orchestra from the school for the blind, followed by the salutatory, delivered by Blanch Fer- ris and Andrew Pangrac, two first year’ pupils; an essay on “Holland and Its People,” by Rudolph Samshal of Faith, and an essay, “‘The Story of Electricity,” by Stanislav Kadla of Tabor. Following this was a panto- mime by John Langford and Clarence Gruber, illustrating “Heroie Treat- ment for the Gout.” An Indian club drill was given by ten girls from the gymnasium class. A pantomime enti- tled “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” was given by the primary pu- pils. One of the features of the evening was a_ recitation and exercises in signs by little Vera Gammon of St. Paul, the deaf, dumb and blind child who has been in the school only one year. Her advancement has been wonderfyl and she has accomplished much during the present school year. The valeditorian was John Jacob- son of Westbrook, who delivered an essay on “Frederick the Great.” B. B. Scheffield, president of the board of directors, made a short ad- dress and delivered the diplomas to the graduates. The address to the graduates was made by Prof. Virgil L. Jones, superintendent of the Fari- bault public schools. CASS LAKE TO DO HONORS. Royal Leaguers Will Hold First Con- vention in Minnesota. Preparations are about completed for the district convention of the Roy- al league, which will be held in Cass Lake July 4 and 5. It is the first con- vention of its kind to be held in Min- nesota. An advisory council for Northern Minnesota will be organized. Every council will be entitled to at least one delegate. Those having a membership of not over 100 and less than 50 will be entitlod to two dele- gates; three delegates for councils having a membership of 100 to 150, six delegates for a membership of 250 to 300 and seven delegates for 300 to 350 members. The Cass Lake council will pay all the hotel expenses of the delegates while in Cass Lake. They will also furnish entertainments of various kinds, including excursions, banquet and trips to many historical spots. An invitation has also been extend- ed to the families and sweethearts of all the members of the Royal league in the state. It is expected that sev- eral of the supreme officers will be in attendance. TEACH DEAF AT ST. OLAF. Good Beginning Made in New Depart- ment at Northfield. At the annual meeting of the United Norwegian Lutheran church, held at Northfield last June, it was decided to establish a department for the deaf at St. Olaf college. A beginning has al- ready been made, as three deaf stu- dents have attended the last school year. ‘ Several others made applica- tion for admission last fall, but be- cause the teacher engaged for that department was unable to remain in charge of the.work they could not be admitted. This year all deaf students who desire to attend St. Olaf college will be given a better opportunity. There is one great advantage for the deaf in attending St. Olaf college, as they will be obliged to associate with hearing students, and this will act as an incentive for them to devel- op their speech. HOLD JUBILEE AT SEABURY. Fiftieth Anniversary and Commence- ment Exercises Held. The commencement exercises of the Seabury Divinity school were held last week at the insitution in Faribault. These exercises mark the closing of the fiftieth year of the school, The baccalaureate. and anni- versary sermon was delivered by Rev. George C. Tanner, D. D., a member of the class of 186. The exercises opened with the celebration of the holy communion at 7 a.m. The com- mencement exercises followed at 11 a.m. The graduates and their ad- dresses are: Thomas R. Allison, Du- luth, “The Oxford Movement;” Wil- liam E. Harmon, Duluth, “Our Lord’s Idea of His Church;” Hans Julius Walner, Duluth, “The Prophet Isaiah.” After the graduating exer- cises the faculty reception was held. The last year has been a very suc- cessful one for Seabury. The annual school banquet was held in the spa- cious dining hall, with about forty students and old graduate in attend- ance. FEW STUDENTS REGISTER. New Faculty Rule Is Not Generally Observed. Registration for the three upper classes at the University of Minne- sota academic college closed last week, and as a result the university will collect about $600 in fines next September during the fall registration weeks. Under the new rule those now in col- lege and intending to return were re- quired to register last week or pay a fine in the fall. Less than 400 regis- tered, the others preferring to pay the fine. The marks for the second semes- ter’s work will be sent out by July 1, and all the failures to pass will be spread throughout the state. The pro- fessors have until June 16 to turn in their marks. The registrar’s office will not being recording the returns will not begin recording the returns for the senior class will be in soon. More than 100 farmers gathered at Erskine, at the big pay day of the Erskine co-operative creamery. The last month for which the patrons were paid was the largest in the history of the creamery at this period of the year on account of the early and heavy pasturage for cattle. The North St. Paul postoffice safe was blown by dynamite and $100 in stamps and cash taken. Several peo ple who were aroused by the explo- sion said ‘that two men were seen leaving the town headed for St. Paul. DEFECTIVE PAGE |