Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 14, 1908, Page 3

| INKSTER RAZED BY LANTERN FIRE Business Section of North Da- kota Town Wiped Out by Midnight Fire. —— LOSS ESTIMATED AT $80,000 Inkster, N. D., Oct. 11. — A fire which started in the Minneapolis Northern elevator about midnight last night destroyed the entire business section of the town, which was com- prised in one city block. In response to a call for aid the Larimore fire de- partment was brought on a Great Northern special train, but the fire could not be stopped. The fire was caused by the explo- sion of a lantern dropped by a work- man in a bin. Following are the losses: James Mahon, sales stable, $4,000; frame barn owned by H. Casement, $500; machine shed and office, R. L. Bennett, $3,000; contents, $2,000; W. H. Bailey, lumber yard and office, $17,- 000; H. Casement, implement house, $1,000; contents, $3,000; Charles Red- path, pool room, $1,700; Edward Church building, $500; George Smith, restaurant, building $1,000, contents $2,500; James Harrington, pool room, $5,000; Hazelsarth & Sims, building $1,500; Inkster Mercantile company, $35,000; the building in this case was owned by L. A. Crittenden and valued at $2,000; T. W. Kernaghan, restau- rant, $300; Dave Johnson, $250; Crit- tenden building, $1,000. The telephone Exchange building, owned by Bemis & Gallagher, was burned at a loss of $2,000. It was ‘also occupied as a confectionery store, the contents of which, valued at $2,000, were also destroyed. The loss on Bemis & Gallagher's general store is $20,000, and on the building $6,009, with insurance of $12,- 600 on stock and building. The build- ing owned by James H. Colling was burned at a loss of $500. It was oc- cupied by a printing company, whose loss is $1,800. Buildings on the north side of Fourth street were damaged by smoke, water and breakage to the ex- ‘tent of $1,000. Several residences caught fire and were damaged. Already architects are on the ground and plans are being matured for the rebuilding of the town. The insurance will amount to 60 per cent of the total loss. MISSES DEATH UNDER CARS. South Dakota Man Has Miraculous Escape. Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 11.—Expect- ing him to be ground to pieces under the wheels of an overland passenger train at the depot here yesterday, a large crowd gave a groan of horror C. E. Johnson of Flashgr fell be- side a passenger car as he was trying to board a train for the West then moving rapidly away from the depot. Fortunately a truck struck the man’s legs and threw him beside the rails, where he lay until just as the last car was passing, at which moment he tried to rise and was struck on the head and knocked senseless by the rear car steps. When the crowd rush- ed to his supposed mangled body it was found, aside from a cut on the head, he was uninjured and was able to take the train, which had been stopped. FEARS BLINDNESS; KILL SELF. Aged Man Driven to Grief Because He Can't Read to Granddaughter. St. Paul, Oct. 11—Driven to over- whelming grief when he realized that before another day had dawned he would be totally blind and unable in his affliction to read fairy tales to his little granddaughter, carry her about on his shoulders and dress her each morning, as has been his delight since she was a babe in swaddling clothes, Nicholas P. Regan, seventy years old, ‘wended his way yesterday morning to a vacant lot one mile north of Oak- land cemetery and drank the contents of a bottle that contained carbolic acid. He was found dead some time fater. Prairie Fire in South Dakota. Dallas, S. D., Oct. 11—An area of ‘Tripp county twenty-five miles long and fifteen wide is afire, flames hay- ing come to within five miles of Dal- jas. The fire started near Winona, a reservation town. No alarm was felt by Dallas people, though many land- seekers excitedly viewed their first prairie fire. Sugar Beet Harvest Begun. Montgomery, Minn., Oct. 10. — The farmers have been harvesting sugar beets and are rushing the work with all possible haste. The beets are smaller and the yield much less than in former years, but quality is good. RAPS fol Beer Agent Arrested. Moorhead, Minn., Oct. 10.—P. An- ton Berg, local manager for the Rud- Wegener Brewing company of Alex: | endria was arrested for the alleged shortage of $222. He waived exami- nation and was held to the grand jury,! tions exonerating him. Newsof th e: FARMERS’ POOL DOWNS TRUSTS. Tobacco for Which 21-2 Cents Is Best Offer Sells at 121-2 Cents. Black River Falls, Wis., Oct. 10. — The tobacco pool that was organized here last spring by the farmers has been a wonderful advantage to the tobacco raisers. The best offers the farmers could get for their tobacco by the trust was 21-2 cents a pound for the best, and from that down to 1 cent a pound. They have just disposed of the last of the thirty tons they had in store here, and the selling price has aver- aged 121-2 cents a pound. The pool will be continued, as the farmers are highly pleased with the results. RAID DEPOT TO BLOW SAFE. Cracksmen at Chisholm Fail to Wreck the Strong Box. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 10. — Yeggmen made an attempt to break into the safe at the Great Northern depot at Chisholm at an early hour yesterday morning, but were scared away. They poured nitroglycerin into cracks in the safe, covered the open- ing with soap and applied a fuse, which failed to light. A. Apo, a Chisholm grocer, says he heard the men trying to break into hig store, over which he slept, early in the morning. He threw up his win- dow, threatened to shoot, and saw three men run. SAY HE STOLE WHOLE HERD. John Michalak of Mason City, lowa, Found in Possession of Horses. Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 10.—John Michalak was arrested at 4 o’clock this morning at his farm presidence near Plymouth. For eighteen months | Dakota authorities have been after the man whom it is alleged stole an entire herd of horses from George McBride, a Sioux half-breed, on the reservation sixty miles south of} Chamberlain. Several horses branded G. M. B. were found on the farm and McBride says the brand is his. GAS BAG LIGHTS IN IOWA TOWN. No One Claims Property and No As- cension Recalled in Locality. Marshalltown, Iowa, Oct. 11—Dun- lap, Harrison county, Iowa, has a stray balloon, parachute attachment and basket, all complete, but it lacks an owner. Coming down quietly through the air Wednesday night, the balloon was discovered lying in one of the main streets by the early risers Thursday morning. Where it came from is a mystery, as no balloon ascensions have been scheduled for this part of the state recently. SAYS HE SLEW MAN WITH AN AX “Smoky” Schwab Pleads Guilty to! Murder of Lorentzen. Tyler, Minn., Oct. 11—The grand jury at Ivanhoe has indicted Schwab, or “Smoky,” for murder in the first degree. Schwab pleaded guilty to} murder in the second degree. This likely will mean life imprisonment for Schwab, but saves him from the hang- man’s noose. Schwab murdered a man named Lo- rentzen at Lake Benton last spring, striking his victim in the head with an ax. TWO KILLED IN WRECK. Great’ Northern Passenger Train Rolls Into Ditch in Montana. Butte, Mont., Oct. 10—Two men were killed and one injured in a wreck of a Great Northern passenger train at Marias river yesterday. The train, while traveling at high speed, struck a soft stretch of road- bed, the engine rolled into the ditch, followed by the baggage and smoking cars. The passengers were severely shaken up. Loses False Arrest Suit. Hudson, Wis., Oct. 9—In the cir cuit court yesterday a jury decision adverse to the plaintiff was given in the case of Delos W. Smith vs. L. W.} Keyes et al. The case has been pend- ing for a year. D. W. Smith of Glen- wood was arrested by the town offi- cers of Hammond for peddling with- out a license, being held for several hours, when he was-released and the case dismissed. Smith subsequently brought suit against the town officers for false imprisonment, with the above result. New Wholesale House. Bemidji, Minn., Oct. 10. — Incorpo- rated in the sum of $50,000, with a fully paid up capital, the Bemidji Wholesale Grocery company, with a ong commence the construction of a large wholesale grocery house in this city, and the same will be completed and ready for occupancy with a big stock of groceries within the next sey- enty days. Found Dead Man in Chair. Black River Falls, Wis., Oct. 10. — Robert C. Titus, a bachelor, was found dead in his room yesterday morning, sitting in a chair. He was a member of Company H, Highty-seventh Penn- sylvania infantry, during the war. Cruelty Charge Dismissed. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 10. — Fol- Jowing its investigation of the charges against J. E. Copeland, superintendent of the county poor farm, the board of supervisors yesterday passed resolu- TWO TOTS PERISH IN FLAMES Babes in North Dakota Household Burn to Death During Absence of the Parents. Minot, N. D., Oct. 13.—A fire con- sumed Edward Ives’ house, two miles from Balfour, at 1 p. m. Saturday and burned to death two babes, one two and the other one year old. About a quarter of a mile from the house was several piles of potatoes and cows were making for them. Mrs. Ives took the children to a window and told them to stay there and watch her drive the cows away. It was while she was absent that the fire broke out. A passing farmer saw the blaze and pulled the elder child out of the win- dow, but not until its clothing was nearly burned off. Its condition was such that the youngest babe was not thought of. Te wind was blowing a gale. A Rus- sian laborer was watering stock at the barn near the house and did not see the fire until the house was en- veloped in flames. He then ran about crying over the loss of a shotgun which was in the building. Mr. Ives was formerly foreman of one of the big valley farms near Far- go. His family consisted of his wife and five children, three of whom were at school at the time of the fire. LONE BANDIT MAKES HAUL. Apologizing for Having Disturbed Passengers, Takes Valuables. Butte, Mont., Oct. 18.—A lone righ- wayman, armed with a .22-caliber rifle, early Saturday evening held up the stage coach operating between Missoula and Bonner, compelled twelve persons and the driver to line up alongside the vehicle and empty their pockets. The bandit secured not more than $50. As he gathered the plunder togeth- er he apologized about having trou- bled the stage, but said the pangs of hunger compelled him to turn bandit. Commanding the passengers to re-en- ter the stage, he fired a shot in the air and disappeared in the darkness. BLIND WOMAN IS ROBBED. Man ts Charged With Stealing From Penny Cup. Watertown, S. D., Oct. 13—One of the meanest petty crimes reported to the police for many months was the robbery of a poor blind woman who was singing on the streets yesterday afternoon for the pennies that were dropped into her cup. A man named Anderson is alleged to have been seen iwice to go to the cup and help him- self to what was in it. He was ar- rested and bound over to the circuit court on a charge of grand larceny. CAN OPENER OPENS JAIL. Winona Burglar Cuts Hole in Roof and Escapes. Winona, Minn., Oct. 13. — Jack Kline, arrested a month ago for bur- glary, and at Whitehall on Wednes- day held to the circuit court on $1,000 bail, early last evening broke out of the Trempealeau county jail at White- hall by cutting a hole through the roof. The enly instrument he had in his cell, so far as known, was a can open- ers MISSTEP FROM TRAIN FATAL. Clifford Man Has One Leg Cut Off, Dying Later. Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 13.—Erick Olson, hardware merchant of Clifford, | N. D., died from injuries received un- der the wheels of a train. He was seeking to alight, after giving an or- der to a traveling man who was going away when he was tripped. One leg was cut off and he died a short time afterward. be KILLED HIS LAST SOLDIER. Trooper at Fort Des Moines, lowa, Is a Suicide. Des Moines, Oct. 13. — “Here’s where I kill my last soldier,” said | William Tecoty, a trooper at Fort Des Moines. Placing a .38 army revolver to his temple he sent a bullet through his head. He despaired of quitting liquor. Killed by Electric Dynamo. New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 13.—Engineer James L. Coffman was found lying un- conscious near an electric dynamo in the municipal electric light plant. It is supposed that he was cleaning parts of the dynamo and while thus engaged became entangled in the belt. An examination revealed a frac- | ture of the skull and internal injuries, which resuited in Coffman's death later. Hunter Shoots Companion. : New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 13—While Herm Regulin and William Wieland were hunting in the outskirts of the city, Regulin accidentally discharged | his gun, the shot entering Wieland’s | face. Wieland will recover, but may be disfigured for life. Dies of Gunshot Wounds. Vermillion, S. D., Oct. 13. — Steve Flannigan, the young man who was accidentally shot while hunting ducks Friday evening, died from hig wounds yesterday, ALIENS GOERNING STATES. Nearly All of Executive and Judiclal Officials Born Elsewhere. That Minnesota is still governed mostly by pergons who were born in ! other parts of the country, and in fact in several of the European countries, is shown by looking over the places of nativity ascribed fo the several mem- bers of the executive, judicial and leg- islative branches of the state govern- ment in the blue book. Among the forty or more men who are either elected or appointed to the executive offices of the state twenty- five were born outside of Minnesota. The state supreme vuurt is composed wholly of men who were natives of New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylva- nia, Ohio or Illinois, whilé the district bench of Minnesota’: is occupied by twenty-five foreign born as against ten judges who were born in the state. The two United States senators both arrived in the state, which they now represent in the upper house of congress, many years after they made their debut in the world, while eight of Minnesota’s congressmen cannot lay claim to Minnesota as their native state. In the state legislature but nineteen of the state senators claim Minnesota as their birthplace, as against forty- four whose lives began in other parts of the world. Among the representatives eighty- five of the hundred and _ nineteen members are foreign born, eccording to their own biographies. Of the men who are governing Min- nesota, none exeept Gov. Johnson him- self can lay claim to this state as his birthplace. Beginning with Lieut. Gov. Eberhart, who was born in Sweden, the several excutive heads of the departments give their birth- places as follows: State treasurer, Illinois; adjutant general, New York; insurance commissioner, New York; superintendent of public instruction, Denmark; dairy and food commission- er, Iowa; commissioner of labor, Ken- tucky; state librarian, Indiana; chair- man of the railway and warehouse commission, New York; chief grain inspector, England; state fire warden, New Hampshire; chairman of state board of control, New Hampshire. PLENTY OF BIG GAME IN STATE. The Abudance of Moose Tempts Hunt- ers—Many Deer Seen. Reports from game wardens say that instead of the fire driving large game out of the state, it is more plen- tiful than for several years. Caribou have been seen in the northern part of the state, where none have been seen for some time. Deer and moose are also plentiful. The abundance of moose has led several hunters into trouble for kill- ing them before the season opens, Nov. 10. A man at Grand Rapids kill- ed a moose a few miles from town, while the game warden was away. He peddled the meat to his neighbors be- fore the warden got back. Jesse Har- ry and Arthur Seamens, wardens, dis- covered the infraction of the law, and found every piece of the 200 pounds | of meat sold. Before ihe trial the man confessed to killing the animal, and also that he had hired a half-witted farmer to swear that the hunter had bought the animal from him. The nian was fined $87, with the charge of bribing wit- nesses still pending. Two of those who bought meat claimed that they thought it was beef. One was convicted and the other case was continued. A captive of Star Bad Boy in Mah- nomen county pleaded guilty to kill- ing a bull and cow moose. A Cana- dian Indian, whom Carl Avery, execu- tive agent, was tracing last summer for killing moose, has just been caught in Mahnomen county, when he came over the line. FLOOD DAMAGE GREAT. Highway Engineer Cocley Says Coun- ties Need State Aid. “The spring flood did enormous damage in the southern part of the state,” said George W. Cooley, state highway engineer. “I knew the dam- age was large, but I did not realize | that it was so great as it is.” Mr. Cooley has returned from a week’s trip through the southern part of the state, and says that many of the bridges have not yet been re- placed since the damage in the early part of the year. In Olmsted county one steel bridge thirty feet long was cerried several hundred ‘feet down stream. Another steel bridge was torn apart and scattered cover the lower country. “Thése counties certainly ought to have aid from the state to replace the roads and bridges. They are too poor to bear the entire expense them- selves, there is no fund at present} available.” NEW HOTEL FOR DULUTH. Seven-story Building Wi!l Be Started in the Winter. ‘ Duluth is to have a fine new seven- story hotel, Which will cost several hundred thousand dollars. Work on the new building, which is to be on the northwest corner of Fifth avenut west, opposite the Lyceum | building, will be started the coming, winter. The plans are now being | drawn. - Pe SE eNorthwest|In and About the State MONEY FOR DEEP CHANNEL. Minnesota River Improvement League to Ask for Federal Appropriation. The work of the Minnesota River Improvement league in its endeavor to secure either state or national ap- propriations for the maintenance of the river channel in order to lessen the danger at times of high water, seems to have been directed along the proper lines, and the improvements of the Upper Minnesota river channel will be one of the important matters which will be brought before both the state and federal river improvement commissions this winter. The preliminary surveys for the proposed improvements in the river channel and the reservoirs to be placed at the head waters of the river are now being made under the direc- tion of State Engineer George Ralph, and these will be taken before the leg- islature and congress in the attempt to further the work of the league. As yet no actual work has been done on the project, and the men who are in- terested in the movement do not ex- pect that the federal or state govern- ments will undertake the actual con- struction, but an appropriation is an- ticipated that will assist in financing the scheme. Aside from the value of the river ruprovement in lessening the danger at flood times, the conservation of the water in reservoirs will furnish water power for commercial purposes and will change the limit of navigation so ag to be of great value to shippers of Northern Minnesota. The matter of securing the appropriation will be pre- sented to congress by Congressman C. E. Davis and a bill to that effect has already been drafted. The Aitkin county cut-off will be finished within a year, when the mat- ter is brought in its true light before the legislature. The new Aitkin coun- ty ditch contracts will be let next month, and the work will be com- menced as soon as the weather will permit next spring. The two ditches will be officially known as Ditches No. 63 and 66, and taken together will be twenty-nine and one-half miles in length. THE NEW CHISHOLM. Burned Out Town on the Iron Range Being Substantially Rebuilt. The work of reconstruction at Chis- holm is proceeding remarkably fast. It is just four weeks ago Saturday night since the fire occurred, and al- ready over 200 wooden structures have gone up and foundations are in or being laid for a score or more of brick buildings. Lots are selling as fast as the real estate men can write out deeds. In one case the same lot was sold to two different purchasers, and adjust- ments had to be made afterward. Most of the business houses are established in permanent or temporary quarters. Saloons opened up with a rush as soon as Company M went back to Hib- bing, and are doing a good business after the three weeks of tight lid. There are more people in Chisholm to-day than before the fire. The wom- en are beginning to return from Hib- bing as places are provided for their accommodation. Skilled workmen from all the neighboring towns are employed in the reconstruction work. The relief restaurant kas been closed for more than a week, the tents are coming down one by one, and the great piles of clothing stacked up in the schoolhouse are not being pawed over for suitables sizes, as they were at first, though there are still many demands for assistance. Altogether things are beginning to settle back into the normal. CRIMINAL NEGLECT. Great Chisholm Fire Started by Care- less Hunters or Fishermen. After a thorough examination of the territory around Chisholm, Minn., which was recently desttroyed by fire, Gen, C. C. Andrews, state forestry commissioner, gives it as his opinion that the fire was caused through the carelessness of fishermen on the banks of Island lake, which is about eight miles northwest of Chisholm, in unorganized township 59, range 21. Gen. Andrews secured the services of L. W. Ayer, an expert cruiser and woodsman, and in order to satisfy himself Gen. Andrews also made a personal investigation, and it is the opinion of both of these gentlemen that the fires which have’ recently caused such damage in Northern Min- rectly to the banks of Island lake, where the men were in camp. In all/ \probability the fires were burning for two weeks before the Chisholm disas- ter. Nearly all of the valuable tim- | ber had been cut away, but the tops | and refuse still remained and furnish- | ed an immense amount of inflamma- | ble material. | ———— Bank Is Robbed. Olivia, Minn., Oct. 8. — The State | Bank of Danube was burglarized yes- terday morning. Twenty-three hun- dred dollars in cash was taken. No clue. The safe door was blown through the plate glass into the street. . Rey. Reed was coming from the de- pot, after meeting the moining pas- senger train. He passed the bank and. men working. Thinking it was his , friends, he whistled, and was answer- | ea by a pistol shot, which woke the town. No one dared to make a fight. ‘The robbers escaped in the darkness. ' | the total amount was $937,297. OFFICERS OF CADET CORPS. Announcément of Appointments at Pillsbury Academy. Appointments in the Owatonna Pillsbury academy cadet corps have been announced. The cadet battalion during the coming school year will be officered as follows: Cadet major, Albert S. Bigelow of Dodge Center; first lieutenant and ad- jutant, Clyde Hill of St. Paul; ser- geant major, Roy Chapman of Owa- tonna. Company A—Captain, Tracy Hicks of Tracy; first lieutenant, Lars Hor- vey of St. Paul; second lieutenant, Frank Works of Minneapolis. Company B — Captain, Wirt Cud- worth of Dodge Center; first lieuten- ant, Wayland Brown of Minneapolis; second lieutenant, Robert Longyear of Minneapolis. The battalion is in excellent condi- tion for the beginning of the year, and Commandant Colquhon is hopeful of making a new record this year. Among the plans for the year is the formation of a crack squad, which will not only afford an interesting feature of various entertainments, but will also be a pacemaker for the rest of the battalion, TIMBER LOSS NOT SO GREAT. Gen. Andrews Says Damage by Fire Was Overestimated. According to cruisers sent out by the state forestry commissioner the damage to standing timber on the irfon range has been greatly overesti- mated. Gen. C. C. Andrews has re- ceived a partial report from L. W. Ayer of Belle Prairie. He says that from all the evidence he can find the fire loss to timber has been greatly exaggerated. He has talked with ex- perienced cruisers who have been over the range country, and all agree that there was no such destruction of timber as in the Hincklley fire of 1894. Most of the cruisers say that the green standing timber has been little affected by the fire. Gen. Andrews is of the opinion that the greatest loss to timber has been on the Indian reservation near Grand Portage on the north shore. Most of th efire was fed by slashings, and al- though young trees suffered heavily, little timber of present value was de stroyed. MUCH VIRGIN SOIL YET. 40 Per Cent of Tillable Land Has Seen Plow in State. “Only 40 per cent of the tillable land in Minnesota has had a plow put to it,” declared George Welsh, immi- gration commissioner, in a speech be- fore the farmers’ national congress at Madison. Mr, Welsh followed J. J. Hill lin discussing the advantages of the present agricultural develolpment of the country. Mr. Welsh showed that Minnesota had increased the value of its agri- cultural products from $9,000,000 in 1860 to $265,000,000 in 1906, and pre- sented the opportunities for farmers to take up land in the northern part of this state. The exhibits of Beltrami and Clear- water counties at the congress at- tracted much attention specially be- cause of the tall timothy and clover raised by the homesteaders there. LARGE SUM FOR SCHOOLS. Increased Valuations Make Possible Increase of Apportionment. County school funds of the state were enriched $1,030,519 by the Octo- ber apportionment of the current school fund made by the state super- intendent of public instruction. This is the largest amount ever disbursed at the half yearly periods. Last fall The total number of pupils in the state has increased from 374,919 last year to 381,674 this year. Owing to the increased amount brought in by the state lands and the 1 mill tax, the apportionment is on the basis of $2.70 a pupil, as against $2.50 a pupil last year. The number of pupils in Ramsey county has de- creased 150 during the past year, ac cording to the report. Few Taxes Abated by Commission. The state board of equalization has received from the state tax commis- sion a list of the abatements of taxes made by the tax commission which amount to $100 or over. The board of equalization asked for the informa- tion a few days ago. The report shows that only $4,981,- 883 was abated last year, or less than one-half of 1 per cent of the total as- sessment in the state. Tbe commis- sion considered applications for abate- ments amounting to $45,500,000. None of the abatements were made without the recommendation of the county in which it was permitted. Crushed by Car; Man Will Die. Minneapolis, Oct. 8—An _ unidenti- fied man was rin down and probably fatally injured by a street car last night. He was hurried to the city hospital, where it was found he had sustained a fractured skull ani internal inju- ries. He is not expected to recover. The Burlington has restored the ten-hour day in the shops at Havelock, Neb. Within the last year the day had been cut to eight hors. The or- der affects 700 men. } ms