Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 30, 1908, Page 4

RUSH CITY SWEPT BY FURIOUS FIRE ‘St. Paul, Pine City and Hinckley Respond to Appeals for Help and Save City. TWENTY BUILDINGS BURNED St. Paul, Sept. 27.—“Send help at ‘once, for God’s sake! The town is burning up.” This message was received by tele- phone at 8 o'clock last evening by ‘Chief Strapp of the local fire depart- ment from the mayor of Rush City, Minn. No further details were given in the appeal for aid, but within an hour Chief Strapp and Fire Commis- sioner A. J. Schweizer had sent Capt. Andy Myler and Lieut. Hart, in charge of Engine Company No. 2, to the stricken city. . Arranegments were made with the Northern Pacific railroad for trans- portation of the fire fighters, with an engine and hose wagon and five horses, to the scene of the conflagra- tion and within an hour the special train was speeding on its errand of mercy. Appeals Sent Elsewhere. At the same time that the call for help was sent to the local department Pine City and Hinckley were also called upon, and these two cities also responded immediately, and with the St. Paul firemen, succeeded in subdu- ing the flames so far that by 2 o’clock they were under complete control. The fire broke out in the roller mills and elevator belonging to J. F. Ramburg. The only pump for fire pro- tection in the city was located in the mill and when the flames got beyond control it was soon seen that the place was doomed, and the cell for aid was sent, but not until the flames had spread to severa] adjoining’ build- ings. Loss, $200,000. Fully twenty structures were con- sumed in the flames and the loss has been estimated at $200,000. The in- surance of the various owners will probably cover only about 40 per cent of the total loss. During the evening a telephone girl at Rush City managed to get connec- tion with the St. Paul fire department, and she was giving a description of the fire and the condition of the men- aced town when she cried: “The flames are surrounding me. I must run away. Send help.” FATALLY MANGLED BY TRAIN. Both of Mason City Boy’s Legs Are Severed. Mason City, Iowa, Sept. 27.—Will Bailey, aged seven years, died at the hospital here yesterday. He was run over in the Milwaukee yards shortly after noon. Both legs were cut off, and after he had been taken to the hospital a bone nearly half a foot long was picked up along the tracks. FORGER MAKES CONFESSION. lowa Man Waives Preliminaries and Will Get Early Sentence. Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 27. — W. L. Dixen of Mount Auburn, who was taken for passing forged checks in the amount of $800, has made a com- plete confession in the hope of secur- ing clemency from the judge. He has waived all preliminaries and will be given an early sentence. Woman Is Gasoline Victim. West Union, Iowa, Sept. 27—Fright- fully burned, Mrs, William Borland lies at her home in this city hovering between life and death. She was in the act of lighting a gasoline stove when there was an explosion. Her arms were burned to her elbows, her body from her waist up and over both shoulders so that the flesh fell off. Fish Are Dying. Appleton, Wis., Sept. 27. — Thou- sands of rough and game fish are dy- ing in the Fox river because of the low and stagnant water which is little less than a cesspocl now, and sports- men are of the opinion that the fish of the river may be exterminated un- less conditions change. Charged With Murder. York, N. D., Sept. 27.—Mike Schrin- er of Chetek, Wis., was arrested here yesterday on a charge of fatally wounding a man employed as a thresher near Rugby. He admits hav- ing had a quarrel with the murdered man and his thumb is bitten as the re- sult of the encounter. fT RIS eee, Bears Are Plentiful. Marquette, Mich., Sept. 27.—A bear hunt is in progress at Negaunee. Two bruins have been killed in the city in the past two days and the third one was sighted yesterday. Dozens of hunters are out. > a 2 aa Dead in His Bed. Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 27.—W. F. Conklin, former city solicitor, was dis- covered dead in his bed yesterday. There was no evidence of foul play, but Coroner Donovan is investigating the case. Brakeman Is Horribly Crushed—Had Evidently Fallen Between Cars. Decorah, Iowa, Sept. 29. — Sever Hankedahl, a brakeman on the De- corah branch of the Milwaukee road, was killed about two miles north of Conover last night. The train was on its way to Calmar and when Conover was reached Hankedahl was missing. Search was made at once and his body was found near the track almost stripped of clothing. His head was crushed, one arm severed from the body and the hand cut in two. He had evidently fallen from the top of the train in attempting to pass from one car to another, and was then dragged for some distance. FINISHES FIRE ESTIMATE. R. W. Pullman of Forestry Service Says Loss Reaches Millions. Two Harbors, Minn., Sept. 29.—R. W. Pullman of the forestry service, Washington, D. C., completed his work yesterday of estimating losses by forest fires on the ranges and Northern Minnesota. He finds that between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 worth of timber was destroyed. Many places where the fire swept cut-over lands the losses were less than they first seemed. . Mr. Pullman left Duluth yesterday for Michigan, where greater losses have been sustained, as more stand- ing timber was burned, and they may reach $20,000,000, according to reports, FLOUR HEARING DATE SET. Experts of Country to Line Up for Millers and Ladd on Oct. 20. Fargo, Sept. 29.—Judge Pollock has fixed Oct. 20 as the date for hearing the case of the millers of the state against Pure Food Commissioner Ladd. The action is known as the “bleached flour” case. The commis- sioner seeks to compel the millers to brand bleached flour as such. No other restrictions are made on the manufacture. Testimony of experts all over the United States has been secured by both sides and prominent Eastern people will be here to testi: fy in the cases. SNOW INJURED THE CROPS. Standing Grain in Gallatine Valley in Montana Damaged. Bozeman, Mont., Sept. 29.—At least six inches of snow fell last night in the Gallatine valley, the big grain belt of Montana, and reports received from the country are that great dam- age has been done to grain which was yet uncut. It is said that many acres of oats were still standing when the storm eame, and that the crop has been beaten to the ground and probably destroyed. 1S ACCUSED OF BIGAMY. Joseph Buscher Bound Over for Trial at Grand Forks. Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 29.—Held to the district court by the judge who performed the second marriage, on which the charge against him is based, Joseph Buscher must stand trial. He furnished the required bond of $300. Judge P. McLaughlin is the magistrate who married Buscher and then held him to account for marry- ing. DANCE GUEST MEETS DEATH. Man Falls Into Mine and Drops 110 Feet, 6: Duluth, Sept. 29. — Aéx* Autio, a Finlander and a baker b¥ trade, fell to his death in the Franklin mine at Virginia. He had att2nded an open- air dance at the Franklin location a few nights ago and afterward disap- peared. His brother, after a search, found the body. Autio had fallen 110 feet. Death presumably was acciden- tal. COURT HOLDS BEST HAND. Gamblers Who Fleece Harvest Labor ers Get “Stung.” Moorhead, Minn., Sept. 29. — Two gamblers who gave their names as Charles Lundgren and Iver Johnson, and their place of residence as Du- luth, fleeced Tony Jorgenson, a har- vest hand, out of $:0. They. were haled into police court, where they each was fined $25. 1S SUICIDE AT FOUR, SCORE. Chippewa Falls Lumberman Shoots Self in the Mouth. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 29. — Thomas Moore, aged eighty, and a well known lumberman, c)mmitted suicide by shooting himself with a re- volver. Despondency as a result of long illness is said to be the cause of the deed. Engineer Is Killed. Milwaukee, Sept. 29. — Engineer Fred J. Good was killed, and Chris J. Hanson, fireman, and B. N. Taylor, brakeman, were seriously injured by the explosion of a locomotive attach- ed to a freight train on the St. Paul road in the Portage yards. Receiver Quits Office. Duluth, Sept. 29.—E. S. Oakley, re. ceiver of the United States land office at Cass Lake, has forwarded his res: ignation to Washington, to take ef the total loss, crouno vo oearw av roam [NINETEEN KILLED Se: CHAE IN TRAIN CRASH Burlington Freight and Pas- senger Trains Collide at Young’s Point, Mont. BLINDING SNOW STORM RAGES Butte, Mont., Sept. 27. — Nineteen persons were killed, eleven seriously injured, several fatally, and about thirty more or less injured in a colli- sion between Passenger Train No. 6, known as the east-bound Burlington flyer, and a west-bound freight train at 8:10 o’clock yesterday morning at a siding known as Young’s Point, about thirty miles west of Billings, on the Northern Pacific railroad. The passenger train running about fifty miles an hour, crashed into the freight just entering the siding dur- ing a blinding snow storm, the engi- neer of the passenger failing to see the signal flag of the brakeman of the freight train in time to avert the col- lision. Terribly Mangled. Both locomotives were wrecked and the smoker and baggage cars were telescoped. Only three persons riding in the smoker are known to have got- ten out of the wrecked car alive. Many of the killed were terribly man- gled, some of them being ground to bits. - When the relief train reached the wreck the scene was one of a most heartrending nature. Many volunteers were engaged in taking the bleeding forms from underneath the wrecked ears. The groans of the’ injured and dying were most terrible. The cold, damp, snowy weather added to the suffering. FLAMES RAID FOND DU LAC. Insufficient Water Supply Allows Fire to Run Almost at Will. Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 27.—Fire last night destroyed St. Joseph’s church and six dwellings and at mid- night threatened the entire east side of the city. Insufficient water supply allowed the flames to run almost at will. The Congregational, the Pres- byterian and St. Peter’s Lutheran churches are in flames and will prob- ably be a total loss. iy A high wind which prevails, togeth- er with a scarcity of water, renders the fire department helpless to cope with the flames. At 2 o’clock this morning the fire was under control, but not until the public school, St. Joseph’s church, the Congregational church and Crescent garage buildings and seven dwellings were destroyed. The loss is $250,000. In the garage at the time were fifteen automolMles, including two large tour- ing cars, the property of Milwaukee parties. The Oshkoosh and Milwau- kee fire departments responded to the call for aid, but their services were not needed. St. Peter’s Lutheran church was partially destroyed. PREPARE FOR BIG LAND RUSH. Inspector at Dallas, S. D., Improving Postal Facilities. Dallas, S. D., Sept. 27.—Inspector J. T. Boylan of the postoffice department is here preparing postal facilities for the great rush of business which he anticipates during the opening of the government lands in Tripp county, drawings for which will take place Oct. 5 to 17. Successful Close for Fair. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 27—The second annual gas belt explosion closed here yesterday with the attendance very satisfactory to the management. The last day was somewhat marred by a drizzling rain which fell most of the day, the first fall of moisture for over a month. While it made things disa- greeable for the crowd the rain was so welcome there was no complain- ing. Engine Explodes; One Dead. Maza, N. D., Sept. 27.—A threshing engine owned by R. J. Walker explod- ed while in operation near Church’s Ferry. John Wilson was killed and Theodore Walker and three other em- ployes seriously injured. _ Robbers Frightened Away. Ellendale, N. D.; ‘Sept. 27.—About midnight last night an attempt was made to rob the State bank of Lud- den, a small town twenty miles east of here. Drew a Knife. Plymouth, Iowa, Sept. 27.—Because he drew a large knife on Frederick Rose, his employer, Albert Scholhl, a farm hand, was placed under arrest and after a hearing bound over to the county grand jury. Store Is Robbed. Calumet, Mich., Sept. 27—The Sav- ings bank store was burglarized, three men apparently being the robbers, and a large quantity of stock was taken. The proprietors will not state A sak atialaage Rane et SS oo LR Rake TR INTENTIONAL DUPLICATE EXPOSURE British Ship Hits Reef Off Foster Island, Tasmania, and Sinks Very Suddenly. Launceton, Tasmania, Sept. 28. — The British ship Loch Finlas, from Port Pierie, South Australia, for Cal- lao, was wrecked off Foster island at daylight yesterday morning and twen- ty of the crew of twenty-four were drowned. The other four men were Picked up by a passing steamer, ~ Foster island lies a short distance off the northeast coast of Tasmania and it is surrounded by dangerous shoals. Early yesterday the residents of the island observed a large ship in distress. A gale accompanied by a high sea was blowing and the vessel Soon struck the reef. The crew could be seen trying to lower the boats, when suddenly the ship sank. To at- tempt a rescue from the shore was impossible on account of the heavy seas, but a steamer in the distance had sighted the wreck and made all speed to where the ship had gone down. Only four~ men were found. They were clinging to an upturned boat. They report that the second mate became insane during the height of the storm and jumped overboard. MISS ELKINS TO WED SOON. Duke of Abruzzi Is Preparing to Leave for United States. Rome, Sept. 28.—According to La Vita, the duke of Abruzzi will leave soon for the United States, where his marriage to Miss Katherine Elkins of West Virginia will take place in No- vember. Although the duke’s plans provide for an unimposing religious ceremony, La Vita states that on their return to Italy the duke and duchess will be escorted by several Italian warships. “POLITICS WARM UP IN CUBA. Disturbances Begin to Assume Some Gravity. Havana, Sept. 28. — Political dis- turbances have begun to assume some gravity in Cuba. A Conservative meeting at Sancti Spiritus, in the Clara province, was the occasion of a riot yesterday at which many were injured, and in Havana last night a meeting of the new negro party, head- ed by Gen, Estenos, was broken up by Liberals, who kept up a continuous shouting. ROOSEVELT’S SON GETS JOB. Theodore, Jr. to Begin Work With Hartford Carpet Works. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 28. — Theo- dore Roosevelt, Jr., is to begin service with the Hartford Carpet works at Thompsonville on Monday next. Re- cently Mr. Roosevelt visited the plant and was shown over it by Gen- eral Manager Higgins. It is not yet known what his duties will be, but it is thought he will 2nter the operating department. PATIENT’S LEAP ENDS LIFE. Man Jumps From Thind Story Win- dow of Hospital. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 28. — William Simpson, aged = sixty-six years, of Colfax, met death by jump- ing from the third story window of a hospital here during the absence of the nurses. He was suffering from cancer, and it is supposed he was mo- mentarily insane when he committed the deed. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Certers, St. Paul, Sept. 28. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.03; No. 1 Northern, $1.02; No, 2 Northern, $1. Corn—No. 2 yel- low, 743-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 45 7-8@46 3-Sc. Minneapolis, Sept. 28-—Wheat—No, 1 hard, $1.03; No. 1 Northern, $1.02; No. 2 Northern, $1. Corn—No. 2 yel- low, 743-4c. Oats —- No. 3 white, 45 7-8@46 3-4c. Duluth, Sept. 28. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.021-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.011-4; No. 2 Northern, 991-4c. Flax—$1.23 1-4. Oats—No. 3, 46 1-2c. Chicago, Sept. 28. — Wheat—No. 2 red, 99 7-8c@$1.01; No. 2 hard, 98ce@ $1, Oats— 3 white, 49 1-2c. Corn —No, 2, 78¢. Milwaukee, Sept. 28. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.061-2@1.08; No. 2 Northern, $1.031-2@1.08. Barley — No. 2, 60 1-2@67c. Chicago, Sept. 28. — Cattle—Beeves $3.65@7.6 stockers and féeders, $2.60@4.60; cows and heifers, $1.75@ 5.90. Hogs—Bulk, $7.05@7.35. Sheep —Natives, $2.35@4.25; lambs, $3.25@ 4.25. Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 28. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.25@6.25; stockers and feeders, 2.60@4.60; calves and year- lings, $2.75@3.60. Hogs—Range, $6.75 7. oeouth St. Paul, Sept. 28. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; cows and heifers, $4@5.55; veal calves, $3.75@ 5.25; good to choice stock steers, $3.50@4. Hogs — Bulk, $6.90@7. Sheep — Yearlings, $4@4.50; spring lambs, $5.50@6.25. One Bone Snaps in “Scrap.” Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 28-—In eight tninutes the freshmen scored an easy victory over the sophomores here in the second annual “debrutalized” push ball contest. The scrap was tame, the only injury being a broken collarbone, suffered by a sophomore. Two Hurt at Quarry. STATE FAIR BEST IN COUNTRY. Secretary Cosgrove Returns From Tour of East. There is no fair like the Minnesota state fair, and even the much vaunted BOOSTS LARGE DITCH SCH‘ME. State Drainage Commission Agrees to Help Aitkin County Construct a Cut-off. One of the biggest drainage ditch Toronto exposition excels it only in| projects in the West was given an some details, declares Secretary C. impetus, when the state drainage com- N. Cosgrove, who has just returned | Mission agreed to extend aid to Ait- from a two weeks’ tour of the East | Mm county in its proposed construc- during which he visited the Michigan fair at Detroit, the Toronto exposition and the New York state fair at Syra- cue—“the big three” of the Eastern fairs. “They have about a hundred acres of ground and an exceedingly live bunch of managers at Detroit,” said Mr. ‘Cosgrove, “and five years hence they will have one of the big fairs of the country. “Only in one particular does the Detroit fair equal our own, and that is in the matter of landscape garden- ing. The first thing the visitor no- tices in passing through the main gate is the Michigan state building, brought from the St. Louis fair, much as was our St. Louis-Minnesota build- ing. It is situated in the midst of a five-acre tragt, divided into small sec- tions, each one of which is represent- ative of the best efforts of some Michigan nurseryman, and the whole effect is beautiful and. most impres- sive, as well as an excellent adver- tisement for the nurserymen. It is much the same plan as that proposed to the florists and nurserymen of Minnesota prior to our last fair—and rejected by them. “Toronto has a splendidly managed fair, whose equipment is many points in advance of Minnesota’s. The To- ronto people have a fine steel and concrete grandstand, something which we are sorely in need of, and an exposition building of steel and brick, 175 feet long and 500 feet wide, devoted clmost entirely to the exhi- bition of manufactured products. In addition to this, they. have a ma- chinery hall, which is really a manu- facture building, and also a ‘process building,’ both filled with live exhib- its, illustrating operations of the many big manufacturing plants of the province. “The acreage of the Toronto expo- sition falls considerally short of the Minnesota state fair’s. Its cash re- ceipts for the two weeks will be something less than the cash receipts for the one week of the Minnesota fair, and the total attendance for either one of the two weeks of the Toronto exposition will equal the at- tendance during the one week of the last Minnescta fair. * “The state fair of New York, at Syracuse, is still on the county fair order. Cinders are used in place of cement walks, and with the exception of a steel grandstand and a big fire- proof exposition building their equip- ment is much inferior to ours and their attendance runs all the way from 5,000 to 20,000 a day. New York has, however, practically arranged to expend $2,000,000 on its state fair, which will be invested in ermanent improvements during the ext six years, illustrating the importance of the state fair in the eyes of the law- makers. “Take it all in all, Minnesota’s state fair is by all odds the one big thing in the state fair line in this country, and all we need now are the puild- ings to go with it.” dhe Ee RATES IN CITIES GAINS. Increase in Assessments in State Is 33 to 43 Per Cert. Higher assessments in St. Paul, Min- neapolis and Duluth increase the ratio of assessment to valuation of the state from 33 to 43 per cent. The property of the state as a whole is assessed within 43 per cent of its value, accord- ing to figures of the state tax com- mission. Omitting the three large cities the ratio is only 23 per cent. Lake county, on the north shore of Lake Superior, has the highest as- sessment of any one county, 60 per cent. Ramsey comes second, with 57. The assessment for Lake county is high, however, on account of low sell- ing value of timber lands. Hennepin county is 52 per cent. Crow Wing with 50 and Beltrami with 55 are ex- amples of northern counties whose ratio is high. The lowest county is Rock, with a ratio of 21 per cent. — STATE GETS MONEY BACK. Deposits In Belle Plaine Bank Were Covered by Bond. The State of Minnesota will lose nothing as the result of the failure of the First National bank | } | | | | tion of what is known as the Missis- sippi river cut-off. The project in- volves an expenditure of $163,000. Beginning at the city of Aitkin, the Mississippi does the loop act for thiy- ty or forty miles, which annually re- sults in the overflow of over 15,000 acres of valuable land, rendering it useless for cultivation. This large area it is proposed to reclaim by con- structing a canal at the neck of the loop, thus taking care of the excess and carrying it off quickly during the wet season. The canal would be eight miles in length, and, as the river is naviga- ble, locks would be installed at each end. The canal would still leave the loop effect of the river intact, but would keep it from overflowing. By the agreement reached the coun- ty is to do the work under the state county ditch law, which throws a part of the cost on the land benefited. To this the state will add $15,000 from its drainage fund, give the services of the state engineer free, and at the same time stand its portion of the as- sessment, making the total state aid about $21,000. The state will realize in the reclamation of its own lands, which are several thousand acres in extent. As a canal project the Aitkin cut-off is one of the largest contemplated in the United States, and its construction will mark a new era in Minnesota land reclamation work. BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Attendance at University Law School Is Largest Ever. The University of Minnesota law school is scheduled for the largest enrollment increase in its history, probably about 30 per cent over the registration for last year. With 200 men already enrolled in the day classes, and fifty more ex- pected, a 26 per cent increase will be found in that department. Night law students already number 150, as com- pared with 100 enrolled at the same time last year, and more will register in the next few days. Dean W. S. Pattee addressed the law students, urging them to set a high example for the other colleges in the university, and referring to the high standing of many of the college “alumni, especially as seen in the po litical field. MUST HURRY UP. Counties That Would Get State Aid for Highways. George W.: Cooley, state highway engineer, sent word to the county au- ditors of the state that if they want- ed their portion of the state aid for highways they would have to get busy quick. Many of the counties have used none of the money the state has appropriated during the last two years. The next legislature may cause this money to revert to another fund, and if the counties want it the state en- gineer suggests that they stir them- selves. The state requires the county to spend three times the amount the state gives, but the state apportions from $350 to $2,100 to each county. Many of them have not felt like using the money required, and consequently have not been given the state money. \ NO PAPER BALLOTS. Minneapolis, With Its Voting Ma- chines, Saves Money. The State of Minnesota will not have to go to the expense of furnish- ing paper ballots for Minneapolis at the genei™. election on Nov. 3. The secretary of state, following a deci- sion of the attorney general, stated that he would not be justified in go- ing to the expense of providing the city with paper ballots, since they could not be used under the law. He had arranged to have 85,000 ballots printed for Hennepin county, but now will have the number cut so that the total would be enough for the country outside of Minneapolis. To Mount War Horses. Officers of the Department of Dako- of Belle| ta have received instructions from Plaine, the institution of which the| Gen. Edgerly that they will be exam- late John G. Lund was president. Re- ined on Oct. 31 to test their skill ot cently the state treasurer received a} riding and endurance in walking. The check for $4,876.35 from a bonding] riding examination will consist of a company. The check represents the| daily ride of not less than thirty miles amount of state money, with interest, for three consecutive days. The waik- which haq been deposited in the Belle| ing contest will necessitate a march Plaine bank on the filing of the com: |.of fifty miles to be made in three sac- pany’s bond, TWINE MACHINERY HERE. cessive days, including a_ total of twenty-four hours. Eugene Fyock, a sixteen-year-old boy, and eight other boys visited the State’s Plant at Stillwater Will Make] »cjon patch of Bob Norton at Onawa, 19,000,000 Pounds Annually. One hundred and twenty-five spin-] a shotgun. ‘ners and other machinery for state’s new twine factory at Oak Park, Jowa, and were greeted by shots from Next morning the dead the} body of the Fyock boy was found in the patch. No arrests have yet been near Stillwater, have arrived and will} made. be installed as soon as the building is ready, about the middle of November. The Cassiday & Gray Commission Faribault, Minn., Sept. 28.—Joseph The new machinery will increase the company, with headquarters at Quin- St. George riously injured ing in a stone quarry. _ completed. ‘and his son Fred were se-| output to 19,000,000 pounds of twine} 4, and offices at Chicago, Peo- while at work blast-| yearly. The twine warehouse is prac’| ri. ang forty-two other cities in Illi- hois and Iowa, made an assignment to ‘William H. 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