Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 23, 1908, Page 3

‘Rerald--Review. BY C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MINNESOTA. —— NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Com densed for the Busy Reader. Washington. President Roosevelt announced that he had selected Leslie M. Owen of Leroy, Ill, to be justice of the su- preme court on the isthmus of Pan- ama to fill a vacancy. The setting aside of Feb. 12 next by both branches of congress for the cen- tennial observance of Lincoln’s birth- day is proposed in a concurrent reso- lution introduced by Senator Dick. Senator Bourne has introduced a pill providing for an increase in the salary of the president of the United States from $50,000 to $100,000 and in the salary of the vice president from $12,000 to $25,000. The senate committee on judiciary ordered the nomination of Milton D. Purdy for judge of the United States federal court in Minnesota referred to a subcommittee for consideration. Senator Nelson is chairman of the subcommittee, Efforts are being put forth by Rep- resentative Mondell of Wyoming to smooth the way for the passage at this session of congress of his bill in- creasing the quantity of land that may be taken up for a homestead from 160 to 320 acres. At the tariff hearing before the house ways and means committee John J. Carter of Flint, Mich., repre- senting an automobile manufacturer, v the only witness. He asked for a reduction in the duty on automo- biles from 45 to 20 per cent. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committte on privileges and elections, introduced a resolution providing that the two houses of congress shall as- semble in the chamber of the house of representatives on Wednesday, Feb. 10, to canvass the vote for president and vice president. property. Personal. Capt. C, B. T. Moore has been de- tached from duty at the navy yard at Phlidalephia and ordered to command the cruiser Colorado of the Pacfic fieet now at Panama. George Fletcher, district freight agent of the Southern Pacific railway and a prominent member of the Bo- hemian club of San Francisco, died suddenly of heart disease. Harry Glazier, a prominent actor, member of the Belasco stock company at Los Angeles and well known in the theatrical world, was found dead in room in Pasadena. Heart disease vas the cause of death. Goy. Gen. Smith of the Philippines, is sald at the war department, is coming home several months on a leave of absence. Vice Governor Forbes will assume the duties of the governorship in his absence. William Phillips, appointed third as- sistant secretary of state, is about twenty-seven years of age and a grad- uate of Harvard. He has been in Washington several years in connec- tion with the diplomatic service. Prof. Edward W. Clark, known in yurope and America as an archaeolo- ist, has resigned from the faculty of on college after fourteen years of active service. He is to take up archaeological research exclusively and is to begin next June a five-year residence in Rome. Having reached the age of sixty-two years, Rear Admiral Pillsbury, chief of the bureau of navigation, has been placed on the retired list. At the re- quest of the president, however, he will continue to perform the duties of that office for the remainder of the present administration, been closed. department of Crimes. Robbers dynamited the safe of the First National bank of Eufaula, Okla., and escaped with about $15,000. Irvine Linehan, twenty-two years old, ended his life by hanging in his cell at the Harlem prison in New York. He had been arrested charged with burglary. Hiram L. Badger of Wakefield, Mass., who murdered his two young daughters, Florence and Catherine, on Dec. 8, was committed to the state asylum for the criminal insane. In a daring street car holdup at To- ledo Motorman Thomas Regan was shot and seriously wounded, and Con- ductor Bert Higley was robbed after a hand-to-hand struggle with two ban- dits. The holdup and shooting oc- curred on the outskirts of the city. Mrs, Anne Scultz, charged with be- ing an accomplice in the murder of her husband, was acquitted at Detroit. John Kurka, who boarded at the Schultz home, confessed to the mur- der, and is now serving a life sentence for the crime. William Barnhart, a switchman on the Chicago & Alton railroad, shot and killed his bride of three months at Roodhouse, Ill, and then walked to the Hoodhouse hotel, where he killed Carl Clapp, an elevator agent. ‘The cause of the crime is not known. Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the beautiful home of Charles Schmel- zer of Muscatine, Iowa. A gallon jug containing gasoline was found in the parlor and other rooms were saturated with oil. An unsuccessful attempt was made to burn the house a few weeks gO. court. DEFECTIVE PAGE }POPE’S HEA cast at SENATOR KNOX Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul Is in Rome to See the Holy és MESSAGES NEVER TRANSMTED) TW) MURDERED IN BRUTAL MANNER Winnipeg Chinese Wildly Excit- ed Over Killing of Two of _ Their Countrymen. TO HIGHBINDERS Chinamen Were Slaughtered With an Ax in Laundry Shack—Money Is Not Taken. MESSAGE DEFENDS PANAMA PURCHASE President Roosevelt Denounces| the Charges That Anything Was Wrong. TO PROSECUTE WORLD EDITOR Libel of Worst Form Is Term Applied to Stories Printed by New York World. Union Telegraph Company and Its Patrons Robbed of ~TAFT’S PREMIER |"= Pennsylvania Senator Accepts Position of Secretary of State in New Cabinet. Portland, Ore., Dec. 22.—An investi- gation -by the Western Union Tele- graph company, carried on during the past six months has‘ disclosed an or- ganized system of theft among rail- road operators on the Pacific coast, by reason of which the telegraph company and thousands of its patrons have beeen robbed of an amount esti- mated at several hundred thousand dollars, according to a made last night by an official of the company who is in charge of the in- Rome, Dec. 21.—Alarm is again be- ginning to spread through Rome con- cerning the pope’s health. It is stated that he has not rallied altogether since his recent illness and that his condition is causing anxiety to the A reporter had an inter- view with Bishop Allen of Mobile, Ala., who was one of the last to see the pope. He said: “IJ was with the holy father for a considerable time, and I am able to say I found him perfectly well. sides I was present Sunday at the cer- emony at the Vatican and heard the pope deliver a long address, lasting half an hour, on Joan of Arc. voice was clear and ringing, his move- ments active and there was no exter- nal sign to show he was not in the best of health.” The correspondent also had an in- terview at the Hotel Minerva with Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and Bishop Scannell of Omaha. clare that their presence in Rome is for the transaction of ordinary busi- They will have audiences with the pope early this week. INFLUENCE WILL BE POTENT Mr. Taft Will Consult Knox About Cab- inet and Other Administration CRIME LAID Numerous complaints had been re- ceived by the company from persons who filed their messages to be trans- mitted by the company that messages had never been delivered. Messages Never Transmitted. It was discovered that in some in- stances over 60 per cent of the mes- sages filed at railroad offices were never transmitted, and all records of the dispatches were destroyed. War- rants were obtained for the arrest of several operators in the State of Washington, and it is alleged by offi- cials of the company that at least one of the arrested men has confess- ed. They will all be brought to trial Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20.—William H. Taft, president-elect of the United States, last night announced the ap- pointment of United States Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania as secretary of state in his cabinet. The announcement followed the re- ceipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram which came late yesterday afternoon convey- ing the information from Mr. Knox that he would accept the premiership of the Taft cabinet. Taft Is Pleased. Mr. Taft without delay made the an- nouncement that the matter was set- In giving the details of the ne- gotiations he said that the offer was made to Mr. Knox last Sunday morn- ing in New York; that since the offer he had not heard from Mr. Knox until the telegram he received yesterday. “I feel that I am to be congratulat- ed in securing the services of Senator Knox in my cabinet,’ said Judge Taft in making the announcement. lecting a secretary of state I wanted first, a great lawyer, and, second, a man who would fill the public eye, not only here but abroad, as a man who stands out pre-eminently as a great Washington, Dec. 17. — President Roosevelt yesterday sent to the sen- ate a statement concerning the pur- chase of the Panama canal property by the United States, denouncing in strong language charges that there was anything wrong in the acquisition by the United States of the canal Winnipeg, Dec. 22. — Murdered in the most brutal manner in their laun- dry shack at an hour when scores of people must have been passing, two Chinese, Kung Pow and Chun Lung, were found lying in pools of blood by a belated customer. Circumstances connected with the crime strongly suggest that the murders were committed by Chinese highbinders, and the police are working on this hypothesis. Winnipeg Chinese are wildly ex- cited over the double murder. Second Similar Affair. This is the second affair of the kind The two victims on the former occasion were slaughtered and the house set on fire. Chinaman in Winnipeg attended a mass meeting last night. be raised to finance the fullest inves- tigation. It was decided to close laun- dries at 10 o’clock Saturday he says, “were first brought to my attention as pub lished in a paper in Indianapolis call- ed the News, edited by Mr. Delavan Smith. The stories were scurrilous and libelous in character and false. in every essential particular. Mr. Smith shelters himself behind the excuse that he merely accepted the ments which had appeared in a paper published in New York, the World, owned by Mr. Joseph Pulitzer. idle to say that the known character of Mr. Pulitzer and his newspaper are such that the statements in that pa- per will be believed by nobody; un- fortunately, thousands of persons are ill informed in this respect and be- lieve the statements they see in print, even though they appear in a newspa- per published by Mr. Pulitzer. The Taft Story. “The inventor of the story about ‘Mr, Charles P. Taft, for instanee, evi- dently supposed that at some period ‘of the Panama purchase Mr. W. H. Taft was secretary of war, whereas in reality Mr. W. H. Taft never became secretary of war until long after the whole transaction “These stories,” GOV. CURRY FOR STATEHOOD. Only railroad operators are said to be involved in the alleged steal. Demands That New Mexico Be Given Square Deal. Washington, Dec. 21—“We have a CASTRO LIONIZED IN GERMANY Nearly every and intelligent population and we want to be treated like men.” In those words Gov. George Curry of New Mexico couches an appeal for statehood for his territory in his an- nual report to the secretary of the in- terior, made public yesterday. The governor states that the popu- lation of the territory is over 450,000 and that there is over $800,000,000 worth of property in New Mexico, in addition to its coal, timber and fertile No Potentate Ever Concentrated Lime- light to Greater Extent. Berlin, Dec. 22.—President Castro of Venezuela is meeting with a far different reception here than was ac- corded him in French cities. a sharp watch was kept on him, and when he came into contact with offi- cial France the meetings were very Here in Berlin he is being made much of—in fact, said he is the lion of the hour. Here he has the royal suite of the city’s most exclusive hotel placed at his disposal, the thirty-four rooms. are printing columns devoted to the minutest details of his daily program. Enterprising tradesmen are homage to the distinguished stranger No potentate of either hemisphere ever succeeded in concentrating the limelight upon his august person to a greater degree. Castro is under the care of Prof. Israel, who conducts a private hospi- Beyond symptoms of tuberculo- sis of the kidneys, the exact nature of Castro’s malady has not been diag: The throats of both victims of Sat- urday’s crime were cut with a butch- er knife and their heads were horribly hacked with an ax. These implements were found beside the bodies. Money was found in the pockets of the dead men, but their valises and trunks up stairs were rifled. signs tended to show that the crime was done by Chinese hatchetmen, something other “Mr. Knox was a_ great attorney general; he was a prominent candi- date for the presidency and he is rec- ognized in the senate and elsewhere as one of the great lawyers of that DIES AFTER BEING RESCUED. While Thanking Savior Electrician pesos sought Slips and Breaks Neck. Laporte, Ind., Dec. 21—Frank J. electrician, received a heavy voltage of electricity yesterday morning while working at the top of an electric light pole. While his body was being lowered and while he was thanking a fellow workman who had heroically come to his assistance, his body slipped through the belt which held him to the pole, the fall breaking Will Consult Knox. Mr, Taft announced that he would invite Senator Knox to come to Au gusta that he might consult him free- ly with reference to filling other places in his cabinet. that he felt the need of such advice as he should be able to obtain from Mr. Knox regarding not only the cabi- net but many matters preliminary to the beginning of his administration. That Mr. Knox’s influence will be po- tent was freely admitted by Mr. Taft. Finds Ghastly Scene. When the belated customer entered the laundry the air in the place was foul with the odor of blood, and the man drew back instinctively, even be- fore his eyes had become accustomed When he looked again he saw a sight so horrifying that he backed away from the door with a shriek and dashed down the A policeman who was notified took charge of the shop and summon- in question had The inventor of the story about Mr. Douglas Robinson had not taken the trouble to find out the fact that Mr. Robinson had not had the slightest connection, directly or indirectly, of any kind or sort with any phase of the Panama transaction from beginning to end. The men who attacked Mr. Root in the matter had not taken the trouble to read the pub- lic documents, which would have in- formed them that Mr. Root had noth- ing to do with the purchase, which was entirely arranged through the Whitney, an In fact, he said THE MARKETS. EVIDENCE IS AGAINST HAINS. An investigation revealed the hor- rible brutality of the crime. tims were slashed and hacked almost beyond recognition. where, on floors, walls, table, in the sink, where the murderers had wash- ed their hands, and a stairs marked their footsteps to the upper rooms, The police have trace of the perpetrators of the crime. Dr. Israel wants to keep him under his own eye day and night for a week, far removed from truffles, pate de foi gras and champagne, if possible, so that the question of an operation may be positively determined. Yésterday he was removed to Dr. Israel’s hospital to undergo a course of treatment and dieting. Castro has been considerably more concerned over his own troubles than over those of Venezuela. To the per- sons who succeeded in extorting a word or two from him he professed childlike ignorance of any extraordi- nary happening in Venezuela. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul. Dec. 21. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.07 1-2@1.08; No. 1 Northern, $1.06 1-2@1.07; $1.04 1-2@1.05. 55 1-4@55 1-2c. 48 1-2@48 7-8c. Minneapolis, Dec. 21.—Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.07 1-2@1.0: $1.06 1-2@1.07; $1.04 1-2@1.05. State Brings Out Strongest Testimony attorney general, Mr. Knox. ls, tale, In the The Real Offender. “The real offender is Joseph Pulit- ter, editor and proprietor World. While the criminal offense of which Mr. Pulitzer has been guilty is in form a libel upon individuals, the great injury done is in blackening the good name of the American peo- ple. It should not be left to a private citizen to sue Mr. Pulitzer for libel. He should be prosecuted for libel by the governmental point of encouragement of iniquity, in point of infamy, of wrongdoing, there ls nothing to choose between a public servant who betrays his trust, a public servant who is guilty of blackmail or theft, or financial dishonesty of any kind, and a man guilty as Joseph Pu- litzer has been guilty in this instance. It is therefore a high national duty to bring to justice this vilifier of the American people, this man who wan- tonly and wickedly and without one shadow of justification blacken the character of reputable pri- vate citizens and to convict the gov- ernment of his own country in the eyes of the civilized world of wrong- doing of the basest and foulest kind, when he has not one shadow of justi- fication of any sort or description for the charge he has made. Ney general has under consideration the form in which the proceedings against Mr. Pulitzer shall be brought.” Government Dealt Openly. The president refers to various pa- pers which he transmits with his mes- Sage. Explaining the method of con- cluding the purchase, the president takes upon himself the responsibility for all that was done to carry out the The action of the government, he says, was wholly un- influenced by any question of who were or were not stockholders, either in the new or the old company. “Our concern,” he says, “was to get the canal property which was owned by the French company and to see that the title was clear. Our transac- tions were carried on openly, and published in detail.” The president says that the United States did not have anything to do with the distribution of a dollar of the money paid out except in following out the instruction of the French Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 20.—The trial of Thornton J. Hains on charges of aiding his brother, Capt. Hains, Jr., in the killing of William E. Annis, was adjourned last night until Monday, after a day state developed the strongest mony so far adduced. Two witnesses, Herbert L. Funke and Arthur drews, both eye-witnesses of the shoot- ing, swore that there was an interval between the first shot fired by Capt. Hains at Annis and the others that came in fairly rapid succession. Both of these club members declared posi- tively that Thornton Hains pointed his revolver at those on the float after the first shot and before the succeed- ing shots were fired. An exhaustive examination on this point, material to the prosecution’s case, failed to shake testimony. Justice Crane ad- to be very careful and not permit any one to dis- cuss the case with them at their homes, and then adjourned court until 2 Northern, in which the failed to find a No. 1 Northern, ANNA MAY LOSE CHILDREN. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 48 1-2@48 7-8c. Th i . Duluth, Dec. 21. — Wheat — No. 1 em fo Pearulnay Shoal Paris, Dec. 22. — The court before which the suit of Count Boni de Cas- tellane for the transfer of his three children from the care of their mother, Princess de Sagan, to the care of the Marquise de Castellane, has been con- ducted, is now considering the advisa- bility of ordering the children placed in a high school, where they shall re- main for a stated period or as partial $1.06 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.04 3-4. FOUR OF FAMILY DEAD; POISON. Flax—$1.43 1-8. Oats—No. 3, 49 1-4c. Chicago, Dec. 21. — Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.02 3-8@1.03 1-2; No. $1.01 3-8@1.03 1-4. 50 1-4@51 1-2c. Mother and Three Children Killed in Idaho Home. Boise, Dec. 22. — Mrs. John Rosen and her three children were found dead in their home, four miles from Montpelier, under circumstances that lead the police authorities to suspect Oats—No. 3 white, Milwaukee, Dec. 21. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. Barley—No, 2, 66c. Chicago, Dec. 21. — Cattle—Beeves, stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.60; cows and heifers, $1.50@ Hogs—Bulk, $5.50@5.75. Sheep —wNatives, $2.40@4.40; lambs, $3.75@ 2 Northern,, With that object the three judges constituting the court and a repre- sentative of the public prosecutor yes- terday summoned the three childrren and questioned them at some length. The examination was directed to- ward ascertaining whether the chil- dren were physically fitted for school life. The bodies were found by the hus- band, John Rosen, who reported that his wife had poisoned the children and then taken poison herself. county attorney and the coroner have gone to the scene to investigate. EIGHT LIVES LOST IN CRASH. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 21. — Cattle —Grass steers, $3.30@6.15; and feeders, $3@4.25; yearlings, $2.40@3.30. German Liner Sinks a Big Swedish pode menially Boat in English Channel. Dover, England, Dec. 20. — Hight lives were lost and two persons were injured yesterday in a collision in the channel between steamer Lindholmen and the German steamer Frederick E. Muller, the for- mer being sunk and the latter badly Eight of the crew of the Lindholmen escaped in lifeboats and were landed here half dead from ex: posure and excitement. The German steamer was towed into SCHMITZ OUT ON BAIL. Hogs—Range, Former San Francisco Mayor Is Re-| MOONSHINER’S LAST STAND. leased Under $110,000 Bond. San Francisco, Dec. 22.—Eugene E. Schmitz, former mayor of San Fran- cisco, accused of grafting, was releas- en on $110,000 bail, furnished by rela- tives and friends following the refusal of his former bondsman, William J. Singee, the California “cement king,” to submit to examination as to his financial condition. who went on Schmitz’s bonds were women relatives. South St. Paul, Dec. 21. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $4@6.75; heifers, $4@5; Outlaw Battles Three-quarters of an Hour and Then Falls Dead. Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 22. — With his life’s blood slowly ebbing from his body, Delbert Moore, desperado and moonshiner, wanted for robbery, at- tempting to blow up a circus’ and nu- merous other crimes, stood face to face in a desperate battle with a posse for over three-quarters of an hour before he fell lifeless to the bot- tom of a precipice some fifty feet be- calves, $3.75@ 6; good to choice stock steers, $4@ 4.50. Hogs—Bulk, $5.25@5.40. Sheep — Yearlings, lambs, $4.50@5. Chinese Smugglers Convicted. Los Angeles, Dec. 21.—The jury in the case of Francisco Chaves Ygna- and Salvador Armenta, charged with smuggling Chinese la- across the border into this country from Mexico, returned a ver- The men will be sen- Trials of other al- leged smugglers captured at San Die- go and in this city will follow. will of congress. bound from Cardiff to Sweden. ROMADKA GETS HIS DECREE. LEBEAU TO BE HANGED. Slayer of Boy Freed. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 22.—Hd- ward Parks, who threw a bottle at the opening baseball game Central league season here last May and killed Willie Haverkamp, a small boy, was found not guilty of man- slaughter by a jury. Parks, it was al- leged, threw the empty bottle at the boys, who had been annoying him, and struck the Haverkamp lad, who was an innocent bystander. Hobbins to Prison for Life for Dou- ble Montana Murder. Kalispell, Mont., Dec. 22.—“Hanged by the neck until you are dead,” were the words of Judge Erickson in pro- nouncing sentence upon Frederick Le- Lebeau’s confederate, Joe Hob- bins, will go to prison for life. beau will be hanged Feb. 5. The crime was the killing of R. W. Yoakum and Divorce Is Granted Husband of Noted Joliet Prisoner. Milwaukee, Dec. 20.—Gharles J. Ro madka, husband to Evelyn Cain Ro madka, the woman who is now serving a term in Joliet prison for larceny in Chicago, was yesterday granted a di- vorce in Judge Ludwig’s branch of the Milwaukee county. The application for divorce was not dict of guilty. tenced Dec. 28. Dies in Brick Works Accilent. Mason City, Iowa, Dec. Spanis, employed in the Mason City Brick and Tile works, was killed by being caught in an avalanche of shale which came down upon him just as he was stooping over to pick up a shovel. circuit court of “So far as this government is con- cerned,” concludes “every step of the slightest impor tance has been made public by its ex- ecutive, and every step taken in France has there been made public by the proper officials.” Earthquake In France. Coutances, France, Dec. 20. — A slight earthquake was felt here last evening. No damage except the break ing of crockery was done. Guilty of Murder. Laporte, Ind., Dec. 22.—William W. Delph was found guilty of murder in the first degree yesterday, and his punishment was fixed at life impris- onment. Delph was convicted of kill- ing his mother-in-law. Overwork Causes Suicide. Omaha, Dec. 22.—William R. Kel- ley, cashier of the Union Pacific rail- way at South Omaha, committed sui- cide at his home in that city early Sunday morning. A letter to his wife indicates that overwork had perhaps unbalanced his mind. the president, a Murderer Is Hanged. Wethersfield, Conn., Dec. 21.—John Zet, who killed his wife and five-year- old granddaughter, Viola Klotzer, at their home in Rockville on Aug. 4 last, was hanged at the state prison here early yesterday morning. To Prison for Accepting Bribe. Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 20. — Fred Lied, formerly a member of the Co Jumbus board of control, was sentenc ed to four years in the penitentiary by Judge Rogers for accepting a bribe from Nelon Cannon, local representa tive of a paving company of Cleve Farmer Drops Dead: Barnesville, Minn., Dec. 17. — John Doran, one of the pioneers of Elgin township and father of the boy whe was accidentally shot to death “by a boy companion this fall, dropped dead yesterday within four rods of the spot | where his son was killed. Killed by Highwaymen. St. John, N. B., Dec. 22. — Patrick Greene of Montreal, a peddler, was killed near Plaster Rock, N. B., yes- terday by highwaymen, their escape with a valise said to con- Boycott Austrian Products. Cettinje, Montenegro, Dec. 21.—At a meeting held yesterday nearly all the influential Montenegrin merchants adopted a resolution to institute a Austro-Hungarian Chicago Fire Fatal. Chicago, Dec. 22.—In a fire which caused a panic among a hundred oc- cupants of a lodging house here Saturday night, Paul Heltligendorf, seventy years old, was suffocated.