Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 19, 1908, Page 5

AGED WOMAN IS . SLASHED 10 DEATH Found Foully Murdered in Front Yard of Her Residence at Grand Rapids. —— NO REAL CLUE TO MURDERERS Evidences of Desperate Struggle Found im Her Howse—Sheriff Sends for Bloodhounds. Duluth, Aug. 18. — Mrs. George Cochran, aged *seventy-one*years, was’ murdered last night in the front yard of her residence in Grand Rapids, Minn. The whole northern part of the state is shocked at the tragedy, and a motive is wanting. The woman was slashed to death with a knife, and there is no real clue to the murderers as yet. The discovery was made at 1 o'clock yesterday morning by Ben and Mi- chael Lieberman, who were walking home at that hour past the Cochran home. They heard-faint cries of dis- tress in the yard and made an investi- gation. They were shocked to find the aged woman covered with blood and in a dying condition. Blood Spurts From Many Wounds. The woman expired in the arms of her would-be rescuers, and at no time after they found her was she in condi- tion to make a statement. At the moment the men discovered her the woman was trying to rise from the ground and blood spurted in jets from numerous wounds. The men immediately investigated the house and found evidences of a severe struggle. The furniture was upset, the stove torn down and cur- tains pulled from their fastenings. Some of the woman’s clothing was torn from her body. Sheriff Hoolihan is working hard on the case. He sent for bloodhounds and they will be given the scent. Robbery could scarcely have been the motive, for the woman was poor. STEER TRAMPLES MAN. Farmer's Breast Bone and Several Ribs Are Fractured. Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 18. — While separating cattle at a gate yesterday a steer knocked down Philander Wil- liams, a farmer, aged fifty years, liv- ing three miles from Laporte, and trampled him. His breast bone was broken, three ribs fractured, and in- ternal injuries were inflicted. Owing to his age and general physical condi- tion recovery is uncertain. CAR CRUSHED; TWO HURT. Woman and Daughter Narrowly Es- cape Death in Montana Wreck. Livingston, Mont, Aug.. 18.—A west- bound freight train ran into an open switch just west of this city, com- pletely wrecking the boarding car, in which were Mrs. M. S. Madison and her daughter Helen. Both were seri~ ously injured, but will recover. No Hope of Corn Crop. Lower Brule, S. D., Aug. 18. — The long continued dry spell has destroy- ed all hopes of a corn crop. Oats, wheat and flax, however, are yielding well, and hay is better than it has been for years. To an Indian, John Grass Rope, belongs the honor of raising the biggest ears of corn and the largest potatoes shown thus far in this county. J. J. Hill's Hand Injured. St. Paul, Aug. 18.—James J. Hill ot the Great Northern had his hand squeezed in the machinery of an auto- mobile he was helping his chauffeur fix. The accident happened while Mr. Hill and his daughter were riding in the outskirts of Duluth Saturday. The skin was torn from the back of Mr. Hill’s hand, causing a painful wound. Falls Under Train; Foot Cut Off. Iowa Falls, lowa, Aug. 18. — While attempting to board the east-bound passenger train on the Illinois Central Harry Ross, aged sixteen, of this city fell under the train and had his foot cut off at the ankle. He was taken to the hospital, where amputation was made Killed Under Binder. Hatton, N. D., Aug. 18—Tollef L. Solberg, aged fifty-four years, living one mile west of Hatton, was killed through being run over by a ‘binder which his son Elmer was driving. Charged With Stealing. Huron, 8. D., Aug. 18.—Joseph Den- nison of Miles City, Mont., was ar- rested in this city a few days since by Sheriff Young and taken to Aber- deen, where he will answer to the charge. of stealing his sweetheart’s watch and $60. Woman Dragged by Rake. Arlington, S. D., Aug. 18. — Miss Lydia Mueller, living on her father’s farm near Kulm, was dragged @ quar- ter of a mile by the teeth of a hay rake which she was driving. Girl Is Mutilated by Binder While Playing; Boy Dragged by Horse. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Aug. 15.—Two serious accidents/ occurred near here yesterday, children being the victims fn each case, and it is feared that both will result fatally, although there is a small chance for recovery in each case. Rose Cerneke, a ten-year-old girl living in Arthur, was badly mutilated in a binder while playing in a field. John Gilbert, also ten years old, was dragged several hundred yards by a frightened horse and received a num- ber of bad euts. and bruises: » : SUSPENDS CITY ATTORNEY. Eveleth Council Will Take Final Ac- tion After an Investigation: , Eveleth, Minn., Aug. 15.—The coun- cil at its meeting this week devoted some more attention to its design to ‘discharge’ City “Attorney “Ferry, : pass- ing a motion to suspend him pending an investigation. It is understood that specific charges will be lodged against the attorney, which he may have ten days to answer, after which the coun- cil can act finally. EPIDEMIC FATAL TO TWELVE. Strange Spinal Malady Kills More Than Third of Children Afflicted. Eau Claire, Wis., Aug. 15. — There seems to be little abatement in the rav- ages of the strange spinal malady that seems to be epidemic among the chil- dren in this city, and out of thirty cases reported ten deaths have result- ed, two occurring yesterddy. It is feared that those who do not recover will be crippled for life. LAUNCH OWNERS ARE FINED. Disregard Signal Laws and Must Pay Penalty. Superior, Wis. Aug. 15. — Deputy Collector Thomas B. Mills has assess- ed fines totaling $2,000 against the owners of eight local launches. The fines range from $100 to $500 and are assessed because the launch owners have been running about the harbor without answering signals, as required by law. Eight Life Barely Saved. Crystal Falls, Mich. Aug. 15.—At- tempting to swim across Echo lake, near Mercer, Wis., Thomas La Londe of Ironwood, Mich., was seized with cramps and was all but drowned. He was sinking for the last time when a passing rowboat reached the scene and, unconscious, he was rescued bare- ly in the nick of time. Small Estate Left by J. G. Lund. Minneapolis, Aug. 15.—At a meeting Wednesday night of the special admin- istrators of the estate of the late J. G. Lund, the prominent land man, who committed suicide on Aug. 12, it was found that after all the’debts of the land man had been paid there would be little or nothing left to the heirs. Quarantine for Anthrax. Yankton, S. D., Aug. 15.—Dr. T. H. Hicks of Milbank, state veterinarian, and Federal Inspector S. M. Smith of Mitchell are both here on the anthrax cases, and Yankton and Clay counties have been placed under quarantine for thirty days, pending the outcome of the fight against the disease. Rich Man in Jail. Fargo, Aug. 15.—J. H. Wickersham, an old resident of this city, once worth $50,000, is in jail in default of pay- ment for a $40 board bill. He is sev- etity years old and entirely alone and claims to have ample securities, but that he cannot realize on them. Loans for Ditches. St. Paul, Aug. 15. — Loans to the amount of $64,000 were approved by the state investment board yesterday. A drainage ditch in St. Louis county got by far the largest slice, $36,000 being loaned there. The other amounts were small. Fireman Kills Self. Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 15. — Alonzo Rice, an Illinois Central fireman, aged twenty-two, shot himself in the right temple, near the county jail last night. No reason is known for the deed. Girl Sent to Jail. Nora Springs, Iowa, Aug. 15.—Miss Lena Martell, aged twenty years and a resident of Fayette, she says, was arrested here last evening for disor- derly conduct and sentenced to thirty days in the Floyd county jail. Drowned While Swimming. Two Harbors, Minn., Aug. 15.—Hen- ry, aged fourteen; ‘son of L. D. Rose, and Charles Foresman, whom he was visiting at Marquette, Mich., were both drowned there last night while swimming. Army Reunion Opens. Galesburg, Ill, Aug. 15.—The ninth national encampment of the Army of the Philippines met yesterday. Dele- gates arrived from all parts of the ,country. % Follows Chum’s Example. Kansas City, Aug. 15.—Vivian Bur den, twelve years old, committed sui- cide yesterday by swallowing carbolic acid. It is believed that the suicide TWO CHILDREN BADLY HURT. STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE , a Two Barns Destroyed by Lightning at Owatonna—Apple Trees Stripped of Fruit. Owatonna, Minn., Aug. 18.—The se- verest electrical: storm ever known to this locality visited Owatonna early yesterday morning and a_ perfect cloudburst accompanied it. During the storm the barn at the city hospital was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. The fire de- partment was called out in the midst of the storm, and their efforts proved ineffectual. The loss on the building is $2,000, while the loss on the con- tents will considerably increase the total. The barn on the William Young farm, east of the city, was burned to the ground. Seventy-five tons of hay were destroyed. The barn was filled with cattle, but all escaped without injury. The structure was an unusually fine farm building and the loss will be in the neighborhood of $4,000. Straight river raised five feet dur- ing the night and did considerable damage to adjacent farms and fields. Maple creek also went on a rampage and broke its banks. Wherever corn was high the storm has laid it flat. Thousands of bushels of apples were torn from the trees, scores of which have been stripped of their fruit. Telephone lines all over the country are out of order. ABLAZE; LEAPS FROM WINDOW. Woman ts Badly Burned by Fire That Is Started by Gasoline. St. Paul, Aug. 18. — Maddengd by pain caused by flames which envelop- ed her body, Mrs. Fannie Dudovitz leaped through a window of her home yesterday morning, following the flight. of her ten-year-old daughter, Eva, through the same exit, leaving a two-month-old child in the room in which the flames were raging. The flames had already begun to devour the buggy in which the baby was sleeping, when J. O'Connor rushed into the house and carried the child to a place of safety. The fire depart- ment was called to extinguish the blaze in the house. The mother was seriously burned and was taken to the city hospital. The fire was started by the explosion of a gasoline stove. PAROLED MAN !S ARRESTED. Former Inmate of Reformatory Is Charged With Forgery. Winona, Minn., Aug. 18. — Joseph Czaplewski, the second man alleged to have been implicated in a serios of forgeries committed here, has been ar- rested, being taken a few miles below Homer. He denies knowledge of the affair. Czaplewski is now out of the St. Cloud reformatory on parole, having been released from that institution about a year ago. TWENTY GUESTS POISONED. South Dakota Hote! Is Turned Into Emergency Hospital. Arlington, S. D., Aug. 18.—Twenty guests at a hotel in Langford were poisoned, a number of them narrowly escaping death. The trouble was sup- posedly from eating canned vegeta- bles. The whole hotel was transform- ed into a hospital and several doctors worked all night to save the lives of the victims. No blame is attached to the hotel management. PULLED TOOTH FATAL. Causes Rupture of Blood Vessel Re- sulting in Woman’s Death. Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 18.—After lying in a comatose condition for ten days, or since she had a_ tooth ex- tracted, Mrs. Eliza Clark, aged seven- ty, a pioneer woman of this county, died here. Pulling the tooth caused a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, resulting in complete paralysis of the left side. Arrested for Forgery. Butte, Mont., Aug. 18. — Hugh S. Evans, who has been a trusted. em- ploye of the Boston & Montana Min- ing company for several years, was arrested as he stepped off an Oregon Short Line train. He is charged with having secured $400 by means of forged checks on the Boston & Mon- tama company. Refuses $500 for a Pearl. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 18.—Opening clam shells which he was preparing for shipment to a pearl button fac- tory, J. E. Dornbach, a clam fisher- man operating near Homer, found a white pearl, perfect in color and ne: ly perfect in shape, for which he has refused an offer of $500. Yield Shows Up Well Lake Crystal, Minn., Aug. 18—Some threshing of grain has been done in this vicinity. Though the crop is un- even, yet the yield is showing up fair- ly: well on the whole. Farmers are hoping for warm weather without rain to help the corn along. Safe Blowers Get. Naught. Red Wing, Minn., Aug. 18, — Bur- glars broke into the Frontenac cash store, blew open the safe, broke the LOANS FROM THE STATE. St. Louis County Received More Than Half of Money Allotted. A meeting of the state investment board was held in the office of State Auditor Samuel G. Iverson, and a sum of money amounting to nearly $64,- 000 was loaned to different. counties of the state-from the strong box of State Treasurer Dinehart. The larg- est amount was loaned to St. Louis county for the work on the state drainage ditches, and nearly all of the remainder of the money was loaned for school purposes. Those present at the meeting were: Frank A. Day, representing the governor; State Auditor: Iverson and State Treasurer Dinehart. St. Lonis county received $35,932.43 for state drainage ditches; Wilkin county, $1,000 for ‘purchasing site, erecting and equipping a school build- ing for District No. 72; Anoka county recelves ‘$1,500 for a school: building in District No. 7; Isanti county was al- lowed two appropriations for school purposes, District No: 5 receiving $500 for an addition to the school house and District No. 62 receiving $900 for a new building; Renville county re- ceives $300 for a new school building in District No. 71; Clay county re- ceives $4,000 for a new school building in District No. 30; the town of Swede Prairie receives $500 for a new school building;. town. of Beaulieu receives $1,000 for roads and bridges; the in- dependent school district of Windom, Cottonwood county, receives $1,200 for a new school building; the town of Bigelow, Nobles county, receives $1,200 for a new school building and equipment in District No. 27; Jackson county, District No. 33, receives $900 for a new school house; Becker coun- ty receives $600 for a new schoo] house in District No. 37. O’NEIL ISSUES HIS REPORT. Logging Superintendent of Chippewa Reservation Makes Statement. William O’Neil of Cass Lake, super- intendent of logging on the Chippewa Indian reservation, under the provi- sion 6f the Morris Chippewa Jaw, has issued his annual report of logging op- erations on the reservation under his charge for the past year. Mr. O’Neil’s report is a comprehen- sive. one and covers every phase of the logging, even to the minutest de- tail. A summary of his report is as follows: Amount of timber logged from ceded Chippewa Indian lands during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, 157,541,960 feet; total value, $1,056,- 082.78. Total amount of timber cut to July 1, 1908, 640,190,008 feet; total value, $4,176,204.75. Total expenses to July 1, 1908, $164,- 850.73; total expense is 3.94 per cent of total receipts. This shows that ihe Indian receives, above cost of op- erations, 96.04 cents for every dollar proceeds from sale of timber to date. Total government estimate to cut from all sales on ceded Chippewa In- dian lands, 562,749,867 feet. Amount already cut in excess of estimate to cut, all sales, 75,571,649 feet, and it is estimated that there are still over 200,000,000 feet to be cut under sales already made. Amount of timber cut’ to July 1, 1908, in excess of required cut of 25 per cent of government estimate each year, after sales were made, 104,569, 549. TYPHOID BEING CONQUERED. Mankato Health Board Gives State- ment_to Offset False Reports. A committee of the Mankato Com- mercial club has prepared a statement of the true facts about the recent out- burst of typhoid fever in that city, ob- tained from the health department, to offset greatly exaggerated and even ridiculous stories that have been pub- lished in some papers in the smaller towns of the Northwest: and in East- ern cities. The statement gives the origin of the outburst, states that the cause was promptly discovered and re- moved and tells’ what has been and is being done to check and localize the outbreak. The number of cases re- ported daily has fallen off greatly, un- til none were reported the last twenty- four hours. Analysis of the water in the city mains shows a great improvement, and systematic flushing of the mains is being carried on, which the state and local boards of health declare soon will rid the water of any infec- tion whatever, as only pure artesian well, water from a,depth, of 2,600 feet is being pumped into the mains. The situation is well in hand, andthe out- break is expected to be over in a few weeks. SNOW REVISES ESTIMATE. , Winnipeg, Aug. 18. — W. B. Snow, the Chicago wheat crop expert, is here, returning from the Canadian +Northwest, where he had’ been closely studying the wheat prospects. Mr. Snow says the crop will not now go over a hundred million bushels; but the threshing may turn out’ better than the indications. This is a big cut from his first estimate, but he Tuesday of May Williamson, a sixteen-| cash register, but did not succeed in | seems positive the conditions warrant year-old chum and schoolmate, influ-, enced the girl to take her own life. finding any cash in either. it. ‘ PROGRAM FOR HOME-COMING. Noted Speakers Will Discuss Territo rial Days at State Fair. Minnesota’s homecoming, under the auspices of the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers, is expected to be a feature of the Minnesota State fair of 1908. Monday will be general day, with addresses by Gov. J. A, Johnson and Mayors D. W. Lawler of St. Paul and J. C. Haynes of Minneapolis. Tuesday will be St. Paul day, with the local German societies furnishing the pro- gram, which will include special mu- sical numbers. Wednesday will be Minneapolis day, and Thursday Home- coming day, when United States Sen: tor Knute Nelson will be one of the speakers. Friday will be devoted to reunions of various fraternal and so- cial organizations that existed in Min- nesota fifty years ago. The original piano used at Hamline university in 1855 has been presented to the Terri- torialyPioneers and will.he-unveiled at a meeting of Hamline alumni. Among the features of the week’s programs will be papers by Warran Upham, secretary of the Minnesota Historical society, on “The Makers and Writers of Minnesota History;” by J. J. McHugh, on “Fifty Years in Labor World,” and by C. F. McDonald of St. Cloud on “The Recollections of a Boy Fifty Years Ago.” A number of prominent Indian chiefs, who spent their boyhood days in. Minnesota’ and have moved “west. ward are expected to attend the home coming. TEACHERS SPY THE LAND. Members of School of Agriculture Travel North of Duluth. Dean E, W. Randall, Prof. T. L. Haeckler and Prof. H. B. Snyder re- turned to St. Paul from a week's trip through the northeastern part of Min- nesota as guests of the Duluth Com- mercial club. The citizens of that part of Minne- sota are desirous of having an experi- ment farm and agricultural high school located in their district, and with this in view had these visitors look over the country closely. A thor- ough investigation was made of the soil, drainage and climatic conditions. The party visited the Jean du Luth stock farm near Duluth, consisting of several thousand acres, They made the trip from Duluth on the Duluth, Missabe & Northern road, as guests of A. A. Arnold of Duluth, visiting the Meadowlands and Embaras_ settle- ments, studying the methods of clear- ing the land, probable cost and its adaptability for agricultural purposes. They report an unlimited market for that section in the range towns and Duluth, excellent opportunities for dairying and the raising of root crops. Small grains may be success: | fully grown. FIGHTING WHITE PLAGUE. State Pride Will Be Gratified With Minnesota’s Showing. Extensive preparations are being made for an exhibit of anti-tuberculo- sis work in Minnesota at the interna- tional congress on tuberculosis at Washington Sept. 21 to Oct. 12. The state board of health, the Minnesota Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis, the live stock sanitary board, the board of control, | the state university and other state} organizations will spend considerable sums in illustrating the institutional, educational and other work now be- ing conducted in the state to stay the great white plague. In addition many local charitable organizations and in- stitutions will show the world what Minnesota is doing. State pride has operated between the various states making exhibitions to produce a profit- able rivalry in this matter, and it is hoped that Minnesota will be second to none, A committee of fifty-five representa- tive citizens has been appointed many of whom will attend the con-} gress. | KILL FLESH EATERS. Prof. Dedric Lange Says Lynx and Wolves Must Be Exterminated. Prof. Dedric Lange, principal of the Humboldt high school of St. Paul has returned from Itasca Park, where he leetured at the state school of for- estry. He expresses the opinion that if game is to be protected in the northern part of the state, flesh-eating animals must be destroyed. The chiet enemy of the deer is the lynx, Prof. Lange says. The lynx is also partlal to rabbits and grouse, devouring hun- dreds of them annually when he can find them. Serious inroads are made upon’ game. animals’ by lynx, wolves, | etc., which destroy especially the fawn of deer. Prof. Lange declares the school of forestry a success thus far. SENT ON WILD GOOSE CHASE. Some employment agencies in the Twin Cities and Duluth are shipping men to destinations where no work. ‘awaits them and are charging them commissions for the supposed and pretended services rendered, accord- ing to Labor Commissioner W. H. wil liams. With the intentions of begin- ang, legal proceedngs, the commission. er has asked Attorney General B. T. Young for an opinion relating to these practices. © | being accused of IN MINNESOTA. State News of the Week Briefly Told. Twin City capitalists, it is stated, will develop vast peat beds near Fer- tile, along the Northern Pacific. A proposition to reduce the license fee for circuses was defeated at a meeting of the Bemidji council. Hetiry Roisum, who conducts 2 sa- loon in Zumbrota, was charged with keeping it open on Sunday in violation of the law. John Doyle, a farm hand, was brought to Little Falls in a demented condition, and later he made severat attempts to kill himself. Mrs. Fred Keller committed suicide at Mattawan by shooting herself in the head twice and then hanging her- self in the granary. She had been in ill health for a long time. Anoka has been the banner potato market of that section the past week. Prices rose steadily until they have reached the price of 87 cents a bushel, and indications are they will go higher. The viewers on proposed Ditch No. 2 in Washington county reported that the ditch probably would cost $16,000, and the benefits were estimated at $35,000. The ditch has not yet been ordered. Smith Stafford, sixty years old, re- siding on the W. W. Jewell farm in Cherry Grove, Goodhue county, com- mitted suicide by hanging himself in the barn. He had been ill and de spondent for some time. John Pocmoc, the year-and-a-half old son of Charles Pocmoc of Nash- wauk, died at St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth from injuries sustained a few days ago at Nashwauk, through being run over by a train. The little fellow erawled on the tracks while at play with other children. A. Roseberg, a resident of the town of McGregor, Aitkin county, was found upon the Northern Pacific tracks a short distance from Aitkin. He was taken to the Aitkin hospital, but died without regaining consciousness. He was last seen alive in company with a fellow workman when they left a sa- loon together. Joseph Leppen, seventy years old. comn\itted suicide in his room in St Paul by shooting himself through the head. Mr. Leppen has been employed for the past sixteen years as a clerk in the army building there. It is sup- posed that the suicide was the result of despondency caused by ill health and other troubles. With a wait of nearly five weeks ahead of her, Miss Anna Rowe, & ninetee-year-old Duluth = girl, has taken her place before the door of the United States land office at Duluth, and will camp there day and night until the new land is opened for set tlement. Miss Rowe is No. 6 in the line, there being five men ahead of her. Footpads are ;now working in Barnesville. Last week while two young men were on their way home and as they crossed the track near the roundhouse, two men appeared from behind a box car. The men were tackled by the strangers for their money, but finding that their victims had none, the robbers let them go. Peter Johnson, a brakeman on the Chicago & North-Western road, met with an accident that may cost him his life. He was standing on the top of a car, and in the darkness did not see another on the track. When the cars struck he was thrown to the track between them and was run over both lower limbs being terribly man- gled. In making a bold attempt to escape from the city jail at Minneapolis, after robbing six resi- dences in North Minneapolis, John Junger, said to be a former convict, was shot by Patrolman William Mur ray and arrested. The bullet struck him in the right leg and he fell to the pavement and made no further effort to escape. Despite the fact that there are al- ready five boats plying on the waters of the Red Lake river and Red lake, still another is about to be construct- ed. Settlers and traders in the neigh- borhood of the northern part of the lake have formed a stock company to secure the building of a large steam- boat for the purpose of caring for the transportation of supplies and farm and woods products from that quarter to Thief River Falls. A man named John Walker was killed by a Duluth, Missabe & North- ern train near Arnold station. He was a stranger, but no further facts are known. It is not certain whether it was an accident or whether the man committed suicide by deliberately get- ting in front of the train. The sum of $80 in cash was stolen trom the home of Mrs. Koch of Foun- tain City, together with a note for $2,- 000. The note was returned later, »eing pushed through an opening in the screen door.