Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1908, Page 2

—_—___—_} oe Rerald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOME Important Events at Home and om Foreign Shores Briefly Told. MINNESOTA. At the Capital. The internal revenue department has planned to begin in a short time a series of prosecutions for alleged in- fractions of the federal revenue laws. The president has reappointed the members of the inland waterways commission, thereby continuing by executive action what congress failed to do during the session. The gunboat Yorktown has been ordered to leave Puget sound for a cruise to the Bering sea, where she is to patrol the seal fisheries and to prevent pelagic sealing. Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., military aid to President Roosevelt, has been designated by the war department to attend the course at the French school of Equitation at Saumar, nce, this summer. Capt. Archi- ld W. Butt, depot quartermaster at Havana, will be ordered to duty at the White House as military aid. Approximately 300,000 acres of land which were withdrawn in connection with the Lower Yellowstone irriga- tion project in Eastern Montana, have been restored to the publie do- I and will become subject to set- tlement and entry on such dates and afte uch notices by publication as the secretary of the interior may pre- scribe. People Talked About. Isaac B. Rich, one of the oldest the. atrical managers in the country, died of diabetes in Boston. He was born in 1827. W. S. Forman of East St. Louis, IIL, who was for three terms a representa- tive in congress from the old Twenty- first Illinois district, is dead. Hudson D. Brussie of San Francis- co, who was released on $15,000, fol- lowing his arrest on a charge of em- bezzlement, is dead of heart failure. Col. John F. Finnerty, well known as an Irish patriot, a lecturer and newspaper man, died at his home in Chicago of an affection of the liver. Rev. John D. Pickles, pastor of St. Paul's church at Lynn, Mass., and one of the best known Methodist clergymen in Massachusetts, is dead. William A. Morgan, once editor of the Burlington Gazette and former speaker of the Iowa house of repre- sentatives, died at his home in Lake Forest, Tl. William Davis Ely, the oldest alum- nus of Yale university and a member of the s of 1836, died at his home in Providence, R. I. Death resulted from heart failure. Mr. Ely was ninety-three years old. George F. Payne of the George F. Payne company, builders of the new e capitol at Harrisburg, Pa., and a fendant in the capitol conspiracy case, died at his home in Philadelphia. Death was caused by a complication of diseases. Leonard Vernon Howe, 1909, of Min- neapolis, has been elected captain of the Yale track team for next year. He won the 110-meter hurdle race in the Olympian try-outs last week and was awarded a place on the American Olympian team. The engagement is announced at milton, Bermuda, of Hon. Henry Cowper Gollan, chief justice of Ber- muda, to Mary Louise, the only daughter of James Nelson Morris of St. Louis, Mo. The wedding will oc- cur in’ London or Paris, probably in August. Crimes and Criminals. Nine persons were arrested at Galesburg, Ill, charged with violating the local option law. , Some of the ac- cused are of prominence. Miss Anna Erickson of Tacoma, an artist who won more than local re- nown for her work, committed suicide by hanging herself to her bedpost. Thirteen persons charged with po- litical offenses were executed in vari- ous cities in Russia, of which five wete in Ufa, four in Lodz and four in Odessa, Convicted of stealing an old straw hat and a screwdriver from the sex- ton of a church at Easton, Pa., Ed- ward Whalen was sentenced to serve ten years in the Eastern penitentiary. Anthony Colligan, formerly a mem- ber of the police of Evanston, a sub- urb of Chicago, while crazed by drink shot and killed his wife and then fired a bullet into his own body, dying a few hours later. Frank Irvine, a defendant in the itol conspiracy case now on trial Harrisburg, Pa., has been removed to the state hogpital for the insane. The case of the other five defendants will go to the jury probably Friday. At Elcenter, Cal, a number of young men overturned a wagon load- ed with Japanese laborers and a party of Japanese were stoned at the rail- road station. Several arrests have teen made. The trouble appears to be due to the surplus of laborers. Charles P. Corlett, head of the Cor- lett Engineering company, killed his wife and then ended his own life in a hotel in Willoughby, a Cleveland suburb. The double tragedy is said to be the result of jealousy. Mr. and Mrs. Corlett were well known in Cleveland society. DECDE FOR TA NN MOST CONTESTS Of the Disputed ied Seats 216 Are Given to Secretary and Three to Foraker. —_—— TAFT HAS A TOTAL OF 603 “Allies” Say They Will Stick to Finish; Speculation as to Second Place on Ticket. Chicago, Ill., June 14.—Late yester- day the Republican committee com- pleted the hearings of all contests sub- mitted and turned its attention to oth- er matters. It has been in session for seven days of actual work and has de- cided contests involving 219 seats. These contests have been decided as follows: For Taft—Alabama, 22; Arkansas, 2; Florida, 8; Georgia, 16; Kentucky, 8; Louisiana, 18; Mississippi, 16; Mis- souri, 6; North Carolina, 18; Ohio, 7; Oklahoma, 10; Pennsylvania, 1; South Carolina, 8; Tennessee, 18; Texas, 36; Virgiina, 18; Alaska, 2; Arizona, 2. Total, 216. For Foraker—Virginia, 2; Ohio, 1. Taft Has 603 Delegates. As Taft had 387 instructed dele- gates before the national committee began the hearing of contests, he will now have a total of 603 delegates on the temporary roll call, without taking into consideration any that have either indorsed him or declared for him in any other manner. _ Outside of the conclusion of the contests before the national commit- tee, the most important development of the day was the issuance by the “allies” of a statement in which they declared their intention of “sticking to the finish,” and in which they as- serted that it was certain that “there will be no nomination on the first bal- lot.” The attitude of the “allies,” as out- lined in this statement, was greatly strengthened by the arrival during the day of Gen. Stewart L. Woodford of New York, who is in charge of the in- terests of Gov. Hughes. One of the first things encountered by Gen. Woodford on his arrival in Chicago was the strong sentiment developing to couple the names of Taft and Hughes, First Place or Nothing. This, however, Gen. Woodford, met with the statement that the New York delegation would come here instruct- ed to support Hughes for the presiden- cy and until the convention had made its choice there would be no consid- eration of Gov. Hughes’ name for any place except at the head of the ticket. Wren shown the authoritative state- ment issued at Albany yesterday, that the governor “cannot and will not un- der any circumstances accept a nomi- nation for the vice presidency,” Gen. Woodford said, ‘“‘That is exactly what I expected.” Speculation was busy yesterday with the vice presidential question. No one was.able to arrive at a definite conclusion or to form a confident idea as to the possible outcome. STANDARD OIL !S GUILTY. Convicted of Accepting Concessions on Shipments of Oil. Rochester, N. Y., June 14.—Guilty as charged in the indictment was the yerdict brought in by the federal court jury in the Standard Oil company case here last evening. The oil company was placed on trial June 1 for an alleged violation of the interstate commerce law in accepting a concession from the filed tariff on shipments of oil from Olean, N. Y., to Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vt. There were forty counts in the indictment, each representing action on a car of oil. The maximum fine on each count is $20,000, or a total of $800,000. RIVER RAMPANT AGAIN. Heavy Rains Early Part of Week Cause Mississippi to Rise Rapidly. St. Paul, June 14.—The Mississippi river is on the rampage again, and yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock had risen to 14.8 feet, a gain of practically eight-tenths of a foot since the first of the week. It is expected to reach fifteen feet by morning. The rise is due to the heavy rains in this section and in the northern part of the state during the early part of the week. NINE KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Premature Blast of Dynamite Kills Construction Men. Winnipeg, Man., June 14.~-A prema- ture explosion of dynamite occurred yesterday afternoon at Chambers Bros.’ camp, east of here on the Grand Trunk-Pacifie construction work. Nine members of the’ station gang were killed and several others were injured. PATRICK MAKES NEW MOVE. Lawyer in Sing Sing Asks for Habeas Corpus. New York, June 14.—Papers were submitted to Judge Lacombe, in the United States circuit court, yesterday which are said to contain an applica- tion for.a writ of habeas corpus from Lawyer Albert Patrick, who was con- victed of the murder of William Marsh Rice. The papers were re- ceived by mail from Patrick in Sing Sing prison, where he is serving a life term 's Reprieved by Judge Landis as’ March to Scaffold Is. Begun—Incident Most Dramatic. Chicago, June 14.—Herman Billek, the clairvoyant condemned to die at 11 o’clock yesterday, was granted a reprieve as his neck was bared for the noose and his guards were ready for the death march to the scaffold. Judge Kenesaw M., Landis, the federal judge, ordered a stay of execution at 11:10 o'clock, thereby giving Billek time to carry his case before the su- preme court of the United States, The incidents attending the stay of execution were dramatic in the ex- treme. Billek was snatched from death almost at the foot of the scaf- fold. He had received the rite of ex- treme unction. With Father O’Calla- ghan he had uttered his last prayer. His neck had been bared for the noose and the jailer was just forming the line of march to the scaffold when the announcement was made that an ap- peal had been granted. A crowd of many thousand persons packed the street surrounding the jail. When the reprieve was announc- ed the cheering lasted for thirty min- utes. Herman Billek, a Bohemian fortune teller, was tried and convicted of poi- soning to death Mary Vrzal, twenty- two years old, and was accused of sim- ilarly causing the death of five other members of the Vrzal family. The deaths in the Vrzal family all occur- red within a period of two years. The testimony at the trial showed that Billek went to the Vrzal residence with his alleged charms and that the remarkable series of deaths followed. The alleged motive was life insurance money in each case, the amount vary- ing from $190 to $625. As a result of the trial, Billek’s pun- ishment was fixed at death. Since then he had been within the shadow of the gallows three times besides yes- terday, the first date for the hanging having been fixed as Oct. 11, 1907, and the other dates Nov. 8, 1907, and April 29, 1908. The postponement in each case was to permit further investigation. ANTI-GAMBLING LAW IS BROKEN. Nine Persons Are Arrested at Graves- end Race Track for Betting. New York, June 14.—Between 15,- 000 and 20,000 persons journeyed down to the Gravesend race track yes- terday to see the horses run and if possible to make a wager on their fa- vorites. Six races were run, accord- ing to the schedule. There was bet- ting, too, on every race, despite the fact that the Agney-Hart anti-gam- bling law was in force and that John Cavanaugh, the master of the beijing ring, announced that no speculation should be indulged in. Nine persons were taken into custody by the author- ities, and each was ‘held in $200 bail for a hearing to-day. Orlando Jones, one of the leading members of the Metropolitan Turf as- sociation, was the most prominent of the bookmakers arrested. Almost a Riot. Something akin to a riot occurred when the first arrest was made, just as the horses were going to the post for the first race. Each succeeding arrest was followed by a wild scram- ble of the crowds to get near the chief actors in the scene, but nothing more violent than the hurling of a few epi- thets was indulged in. What betting there was was not general in character, but took place between persons we!l known to each other. The individual unknown to the bookmakers had no chance to back his horse. VAN SANT GETS G. A. R. SUPPORT Indorsed for National Commander. Minneapolis, June 12.—Former Gov- ernor Samuel R. Van Sant was unani- mously indorsed for commander-in- chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public at the opening of the state en- campment,.in Minneapolis yesterday morning. Mr. Van Sant delivered the address of welcome to the assembled veterans, about 300 in number, from all parts of Minnesota. The forty-first annual encampment was held in the assembly hall in the court house and was presided over by State Commander George A. Whitney of Wadena. Unanimously KNOCKS BRIDGE OUT AGAIN. Steamer Wilpen Strikes Crib of Re- paired Structure. Duluth, June 14.—The steamer Wil- pen of the Shenango Steamship com- pany hit the crib work supporting the north end of the draw of the inter- state bridge yesterday afternoon and moved the span three-eights of an inch. This span was knocked into the channel by the steamer Troy two years ago, amd the bridge has been out of commission ever since, but was approaching completion again when the accident occurred yesterday. Engines Plunge Over Bridge. Binghamton, N. Y., June 12—The engine on Erie Passenger Train No. 5 plunged over a draw bridge near the station at 1:45 oclock this morn- ing. The engineer is missing and the fireman perhaps fatally injured. Moran mas Tuberculosis. Boston, June 12.—District Attorney John B. Moran has been informed by his physicians that he is suffering from tuberculosis and that he must immediately seek a different’ climate, He will do as they order. CHICAGO INVADED BY NOISY CROWDS Delegates and Marching Clubs Arrive for National Repub- lican Convention. ———ae CONTEST ON SECOND PLACE Vice Presidency Most Interesting Feature of Preliminary Work—Confer on Platform. Chicago, June 16.—With flags flying, bands playing and crowds surging, the usual Sunday calm of Chicago gave way yesterday to the many noisy demonstrations which usher in a na- tional convention. State delegations and marching clubs, slow in arriving, passed into the city throughout the day, and there was an incessant din of brass bands, marching men and ex- ploding enthusiasm. It was an ideal summer day, with bright skies and a cool breeze from the lake which gave promise of good convention weather, but despite the inrush of strangers there was an undercurrent of feeling that the multitude was not as great and the enthusitasm not as feverish and overwhelming as in the times past. Hotel Men Disappointed. It was observed that some of the ar. riving state delegations were stripped to a strict business basis of delegates and alternates, without the usual quo- ta of lung shouters. This brought the cancellation of hotel rooms in goodly number until some of the large hotels threatened legal proceedings for this unexpected diminution of revenue. The headquarters of the presiden- tial candidates were full of activity throughout the day. But while these scenes were going on before the eys of all, the more important work of preparation on candidates and plat- form was being gone over at private conferences in the upper chambers of the hotels, where few were admitted and little was made known. Confer on Platform. One of the chief conferences of the day was upon the platform, and while this was rather informal it brought about the clear understanding that the document as already drafted, in accordance with the views of the pres- ident and Mr. Taft, would go before the convention in substantially its present form. The vice presidential contest con- tinues to be the most enigmatical fea- ture of the preliminary work and the delegates are as much in doubt as at any time since the contest began. The Dolliver element appears to be making the greatest advance, and this gave rise yesterday to reports that the Dolliver movement was now as- sured of success. The friends of oth- er candidates were far from admitting this and began maturing plans for de- cisive action. INSANE WOMAN MURDERS SIX. Husband and Children Are Killed — Woman Commit Suicide. Cadillac, Mich., June 16. — Seven- teen-year-old Fred Cooper, the last liv- ing member of a family of eight per- sons, lies in Mercy hospital with but a fighting chance for life, while the bodies of the other seven members of the family, all slain by the wife and mother, who afterward committed sui- cide, lie in the morgue, the object of morbid interest by thousands of townspeople and farmers from the surrounding country. The boy says that all he remembers of the night’s dreadful occurrences in the Cooper home is a vague recollec- tion of hearing a revolver shot. It is the supposition that the shot he heard was the one that killed his brother, who lay beside him in bed. It is sup- posed that his mother immediately afterward sent the bullet into Fred’s head. Mrs. Cooper was once confined in an insane asylum, and for some time has been brooding over that fact that Cooper was out of work. A few days ago she is reported to have said she would “end it all.” SICK OF THE HINDUS. British Columbia Commissioner Would Deport 1,000 Orientals. Seattle, June 16.—A thousand Hin- du residents of British Columbia will be deported to India if the plan of W. L. McKenzie King, deputy commis- sioner of labor for the province, is ap- proved by the Dominion government. He says there are 1,000 East Indians in Vancouver, New Westminster and vicinity out of work and living by beg- ging. Of this number 300 are willing to be deported. Under the law the minister of labor has the necessary authority to order the deportation of the other 700. AUTOMOBILE DUCKED. Marshalltown, Iowa, June 16. — While driving his automobile over the puilt dike road which borders Dewey lake, on the soldiers’ home grounds, @ part of the road near the edge of the water caved in, throwing the au- tomobile into three feet of water and pitching the driver, Dr. N. E. Mighell, headlong after it. The machine bur- fed its nose in the mud, but aside from being partly submerged it was not hurt. Dr. Mighell was water- soaked, but escaped uninjured. ~ CALEB POWERS IS FREE AT LAST aan 7 r Final Chapter in the Famous Goebel Murder Case—James Howard Also Set Free. Frankfort, Ky., June 16.—After hay- ing been before the courts and the public so long as to have become a classic in the criminal records of the country, the famous case of Caleb Powers, accused of the murder of William Goebel in the state election struggle eight years ago, was given its final touch Saturday by Gov. Will-| son, who granted Powers a full and free pardon, with restoration of his rights as a citizen. James Howard, convicted some years ago of complicity in the Goebel murder, also is pardoned. Declares His Innocence. Powers had been notified of the par. don and was waiting in the sheriff’s room in the jail at Georgetown. He was pale, but smiling. When the par- don was handed to him he thanked his friends for their efforts in his be- half and said he had expected the par- don, “T will go to Barbourville to see my mother first,” he said. “I will later | decide on my future plans. I am un-| der the deepest obligation to the gov- ernor for his action and to thousands of friends who have stood by me. “I am innocent of this crime that was charged against me.” Tried Four Times. | In the closing days of January eight | years ago, while the contest of Wil- liam Goebel for the gubernatorial seat | | occupied by William S. Taylor was be-| ing heard, Goebel was shot, dying} later from his wound. Four tim Powers has been put on trial for his | 2 life on the charge of complicity in the | murder, the first three trials result- ing in conviction and sentence, death being the penalty in two trials. On the fourth trial the jury disagreed, | and thereupon the efforts for a pardon | for Powers, as well as for James How- ard, were renewed. Many hundreds of thousands of sig- natures of people of all parties and all sections were appended to the pe- titions that poured in on Gov. Will- son, and for several weeks that official has been considering the case. DE LAGERCRANTZ WILL RETURN. It Is Denied That Swedish Minister Has Become Persona Non Grata. Washington, June 16.—At the White House yesterday it was denied that Dr. Herman de Lagercrantz, the Swed- ish minister to the United States, has become persona non grata to the president. The suggestions that Dr. de Lager- crantz had used his influence too openly to prevent Swedes from emi- grating to the United States because their services were needed by himself ; and other large employers of labor and that this action had offended the administratoin, it was declared, was heard for the first time in connection with this rumor. . At the Swedish legation it was stat- ed that the minister had gone home on a visit and while there had tempo- rarily been employed in other official duties, but his return to Washington is fully expected. WHIPS BOY IN FACE; FINED. Farmer Who, With Lash, Severely Cuts Lad Is Punished for Assault. Eau Claire, Wis., June 16. — Fred Reed, a farmer living outside of the city, in a fit of rage used his horse- whip on the face of his neighbor’s boy, Albert Burger, aged fourteen, and se- riously cut the lad’s face. He was haled into court and after a trial was found guilty and fined $37.40 for as- sault and battery. Ill feeling between the two families led to the incident. KAISER RECEIVES HILL. American Ambassador Gets Hearty Welcome, Berlin, June 16.—The emperor yes- terday received in audience the new American ambassador to Germany, Da- vid Jayne Hill, who succeeds Charle- magne Tower. The audience was fixed up several days before Dr. Hill anticipated it, but the emperor’s greeting was none the less hearty. POLICE FIND LOOT. Silverware Stolen 31 Years Ago Re- turned to New York Family. New York, June 16.—After being in pawn for thirty-one years, a set of sil- verware stolen from the house of Lieut, Gov. Sill of Connecticut has been recovered by the police of Hart- ford and turned over to William Ray- nold Sill of this city, a son of the governor. Woman Kills Escort When Riding. Reno, Nev., June 16.—Mrs. George E. Winters shot and killed J. A. Beat- ty, a business man of Sparks, with whom she was riding on the Sparks road. The woman drove to Sparks and surrendered. She said Beatty had threatened her life and she killed him in self-defense. They had been quar- reling. -TOWN IS ABANDONED. Kansas City, June 16. — The great Kaw-Missouri flood almost has its crest. The railroad yards have been evacuated, the packing houses and business establishments have vacated their lower floors, Armourdale has been entirely abadoned by its 12,000 inhabitants amd water is running twelve feet deep in its streets. There is nothing to do but wait for the tide to turn, as the weather bureau says it will to-day. | stroyed the smoke house. | in the center of the flooded district, FLOODED PLANT Two Workmen Are Killed by Ex- plosions in Morris Pack- ing Establishment. LOSS NEARLY HALF A MILLION Plant Is Surrounded by Raging Torrent and Work of Fighting Flames Was Difficult. Kansas City, Mo., June 14.—Two la- borers lost their lives, two others were seriously injured and property loss estimated at between $250,000 and $350,000 was caused by two explo- sions, followed by a fire, in the pack- ing house of Morris & Co., at the riverside, in Kansas City, Kan., yes- terday. The force of the explosions, which were felt all over both Kansas Cities, ruined the cold storage build- ing, and the fire that followed de- The loss on meat destroyed is not known. Explosion Starts Fire. An explosion of sewer gas resulted when a worker in one of the cold storage departments lighted a match. {This was followed by another and | much more serious explosion caused by the igniting of a quantity of am- monia, and a stubborn fire soon start- "The Morris plant is located near the Pohannel of the Kaw river, and being is | in a swift current of water from six |to eight feet deep. This condition | made the task of fighting the fire most difficult, and it required five hours to control the flames. The loss of meat in the fire was enormous. The coolers were packed to their capacity, as the flood had in- terfered with railway traffic long be- fore the water shut the plant down. RIVERS AGAIN RISING. Heavy Rains Send Kaw and Missouri Up Rapidly. Kansas City, June 13. — Unusually heavy rains fell yesterday in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa, and the weather bureau predicts that the Kan- sas and Missouri rivers will again reach the high stage of Wednesday night. At 6 p. m. the Missouri here had fallen slightly, but had ris St., Joseph and continues to ris The Kaw fell about inches yester- day and was stationary last night. At Topeka the Kaw is g rapidly. The weather bureau predicts that the new flood at Topeka will slightly exceed that of Tuesday. All of the tributaries of the Kaw are very high and more rain is threatened. CRAZED FROM HUNGER; MAY DIE Man Is Locked in Freight Car for Sev- en Days and Nights. New York, June 14.—Crazed from want of food and water, Chester A. O’Connell,a machinist of Bath Beach, was rescued from a freight car in the Harlem yards yesterday and taken to Lincoln hospital, where it was said he might die. O’Connell was working in Jackson- ville, Fla., and losing his job crawled into a freight car laden with potatoes to make his way back to New York. While he wa sleep in the car the door was locked and the car started northward. For seven 4d and nights he was locked in the THAW STAYS IN JAIL. Pending Application for Transfer to Some Other Asylum. New York, June 14. — Harry K. Thaw will remain in the Poughkeep- sie jail pending an application of his counsel to Justice Dowling of the su- preme court for a change of the order committing him to the state hospital for the insane at Matteawan. This de- cision was rendered by Justice Mor- schauser of Poughkeepsie, after hear- ing arguments of counsel in this city yesterday on a motion to transfer the prisoner to any state asylum other than an asylum for insane convicts. LABOR MEN HAVE PLANK. Want Anti-Injunction Stand in Repub- lican Platform. Chicago, June 14.—President Sam- uel Gompers, Secretary James Morri- son, John Mitchell and several other members of the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor have arrived with a tentative anti-in- junction plank, which they will en- deavor to have incorporated in the platform of the Republican party. President Gompers expressed confi- dence that he and his colleagues would secure the insertion of the plank, Artist Is Drowned. New York, June 14.—John McGreer, a landscape artist, sixty-nine years of age, who until recently lived in Chi- cago, was drowned in the Hudson river yesterday as the result of an ac- cident. Explosion Fatal to Three. Lexington, K, June 14. — While working yester on the railroad near Paragon, Noah Fugate and Oban- ion Parry were killed and Tolman Triplett fatally injured by an explo- sion,