Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 20, 1909, Page 2

BY C. E, KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Con: densed for the Busy Reader. FROM THE CAPITAL. Secretary Root has signed treaties with Costa Rica and Chile. The president has sent to congress an expression of gratitude by the am- bassador of Italy, under instruction of his government, for the sympathy shown by congress for the earthquake sufferers. A pension of $50 a month for Mrs. Julia B. Coghlan, widow of the late rear admiral, one of the heroes of Manila bay, who died recently in New York, has been agreed upon by the house committee on pensions, Representative Tawney of Minne- sota has introduced a bill appropriat- ing $20,000,000 for the permanent im- provement of the Mississippi river be- tween the mouth of the Missouri and the city of St. Paul. The bill provides that $2,000,000 shall be appropriated annually for this purpose. The senate committee on foreign relations has reported favorably the bill introduced by Senator Knox pro- viding for the appointment of an un- der secretary of state and a fourth assistant secretary, in addition to the three assistants which are now pro- vided for by law. The under secre- tary is to receive asalary of $10,- 000 a year. PERSONAL. Gen. Francisco Mari da Cunha, for- mer minister of war of Poriugal, is dead. t W. H. Sims, president of the Inter- national Fair association of San Anto- nio, Tex., and a well known racing man, died at his home following an operation for appendicitis, Elijah Rubotton, 101 years old, was found dead in bed at his home in Chicago by his wife, who is 100 years old. Rubotton was a ‘slave of Abel Scott in Hardy county, West Vir ginia. Lady William Beresford, who was Lillian Warren Prince, daughter of the late Commodore Prince, U. S. N., of Troy, N. Y., died at Dorking, Eng- land. She had been ill for some months. Mrs. Salome Sellers, 108 years old, a real daughter of the Revolution, and Said to be the oldest person in New England, is dead at Bear Island, Me. Mrs. Sellers was born in that place and lived there all her life. The distinction of being the largest payer on New York’s personal tax roll fell to Mrs. Russell Sage when the personal property tax list was made public. Her personal holdings are val- ued at $5,000,000. John D. Rockefeller is assessed at $2,500,000. CASUALTIES. Fire at Peekskill, N. Y., practically destroyed the Peekskill military acad- emy, causing a loss of $75,000. Fire at Litchfield, Ill., destroyed the department store of L. W. Cline & Co. and another building. Loss, 125,- 000. Thirty persons were injured, four seriously, when the flyer on the Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas railroad went into the ditch at Hamburg, Mo., while rounding a curve. Richard Barnicutt, aged fifty, tim- ber boss at the Champion mine at Painsdale, Mich., was instantly killed by falling from the sixth level to the bottom, a distance of 1,800 feet. Fred Welles, field superintendent of the Fort Collins beet sugar factory, and his wife were found dead in bed at their home near Fort Collins, Colo. Apparently both had been overcome by coal gas, News has just been received of a storm which swept the harbor of Tampico. The fishing boat Pride of ‘Andrews was lost while attempting to reach the harbor, her entire crew of eiglit being drowned. A telegram from Watrous, Sask., says a homesteader named Evans, who lived three miles west of town, was found frozen to death half a mile from his home. Marks on his head indicate foul play, and the police are investigating. Antoine Swanson, a young home- steader residing in the vicinity of Silver Mountain, in Baraga county, Michigan, was found dead by his nephew, who was returning from a trapping expedition. Swanson was frozen to death. He had taken off his overcoat, and the snow was well tramped down, evidence that he had made a bitter struggle to keep his blood in circulation. He was twenty- eight years of age. Four St. Louis hunters were run down by a passenger train near the city limits. Henry Stumpf was kill- ed and John Knoll was seriously in- jured. Others in the party were un- injured. Miss Julia Coleman, eighty-one years of age, was found dead in her room in Brooklyn from gas asphyxia- tion. She had failed properly to turn off the gas from her range. Miss Coleman was born in Missouri and for a number of years was literary secre- tary of the Woman's Christian Tem- perance union Berald--Review. |T ~1S/NOT GULTY Acquitted by Jury of Being Principal With Brother in Killing of Annis. VERDICT IS. WILDLY CHEERED Capt. Hains May Never Be Brought to Trial—Jury Was Out Twenty- two Hours. Flushing, N. Y., Jan. 17.—After re- viewing the evidence for twenty-two hours and taking fifteen ballots be- fore all were agreed, the jury in the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains yes- terday afternoon found the prisoner not guilty as a principal with his brother, Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., in the killing of William HE. Annis. For the second time in his life Thornton Hains has been found not guilty of the charge of murder, he having been acquitted of murder in shooting a companion named Edward W. Hanni- gan in an open boat in Hampton Roads seventeen years ago. Affecting Greeting of Brothers. Thornton Hains had an affecting greeting with Capt. Hains in the Long Island jail, where he hurried in a motor car after the verdict to bring his brother the news. Old Gen. Hains and wife, who had been anx- ijously waiting to learn the verdict in the Hotel Astor, heard the news from their son. Thornton, who telephoned his parents as soon as he left the court room. Mrs. Hains nearly faint- ed from joy at the news. Thornton Hains was overjoyed at the verdict, which came unexpectedly and at a time when Justice Crane, be- lieving that a disagreement was like- ly, had sent for the jurors to learn what progress had been made toward a finding. The former defendant smiled and tears filled his eyes, and hurrying to the jury box after Jus- tice Crane had discharged the jurors, he seized their hands and thanked them for their verdict. Demonstration in Court Room. Rarely in any court of law has such a demonstration been witnessed as that which occurred yesterday after- noon when the jury made known its verdict, which came like a thunder- bolt. The packed court room of spec- tators rose as one man and cheered and applauded with such mighty vig- or that the gavel falls of Justice Crane on his desk could not be heard. Before proceeding farther, Justice Crane ordered the trial chamber cleared and the spectators put out in the street. After telephoning his mother and father, Thornton was es- corted to a local hotel, while a throng of townspeople gave him a continu- ous greeting en route. Officials of the district attorney’s office in Queens county are quoted as saying that the verdict in their case probably means that Capt. Hains will never be brought to trial and that he will be surrendered into the care of his family or the federal gov- ernment, END OF VENEZUELAN DISPUTE. Commissioner Buchanan Reaches Ba- sis of Agreement With Venezuela. Washington, Jan. 17. — After years of patient waiting on the part of the United States there is a prospect for the settlement by a method satisfac- tory to this country of the disputed claims with Venezuela, the refusal of which government to arbitrate them resulting last spring in the breaking of friendly relations between the two countries. Yesterday the state department an- nounced that W. I. Buchanan, the special commissioner who has been in Venezuela for several weeks nego- tiating regarding these cases, had re- ported that he had reached the basis of an agreement for their settlement and that a protocol to that effect was now being drawn up for signature. Presumptively the case will go to the international court of arbitration at The Hague, but a positive statement to this effect was not made by the state department. It is probable that Mr. Buchanan’s negotiations will result also in reach- ing an understanding with Venezuela for a general arbitration treaty be- tween the two countries for the set- tlement of disputes arising in the -fu- ture. FOUR PERISH IN FLAMES. Mother and Three Children Are Cre- mated When Their House Burns. Odanah, Wis., Jan. 17.—Nat She- rard, a cook at Echlin’s camp, lost his house, and his wife and three chil- dren were burned to death. Mr. She- rard was badly burned and was taken to a hospital at Ashland. He may die. RUBS GLOVES; BURN SHANDS. Cleaner’s Efforts Ignite Gasoline and Amputation May Be Necessary. Ottumwa, Iowa, Jan. 17—T more effectually clean a pair of gloves which he had soaked in gasoline, Mi- chae] Smith, an employe of the Ot- tumwa Steam Dye works, put them on his hands and began rubbing them together. The friction ignited the liquid and both his hands were so se- verely burned that attending physi- cians think amputation of each hand will be necessary. Ee Purchase of the Wisconsin Central by the Canadian Pacific Means Much to Northwest. Chicago, Jan. 19. — Just how the Western transcontinental railroad field is to be affected by the Canadian Pacific’s purchase of the Wisconsin Central and its entrance into Chicago is absorbing the attention of local transportation officers. James J. iH! is the most interested man in the country in the Canadian Pacific’s latest move, as for the first time it brings a competitor for his Northern Pacific and Great Northern into Chicago. The Canadian Pacific entrance into Chicago means more than the advent of any other railroad line, for the rea- son that this system is absolutely in- dependent of all American interests and is subsidized by the Canadian government, and in this way it can do entirely as it pleases in the way of rate making and traffic arrangements. The one big scheme of the Canadian Pacific directors is to colonize West- ern Canada, and for this purpose the Chicago line will be most valuable. This city is recognized as the trans- portation hub, the point from which all homeseeker business assembles from a_ half dozen adjoining states, and it is from here that all operations for increasing traffic and building up sparsely settled regions are planned and executed. It is reported that $6,000,000 will be expended by the Canadian Pacific in the construction of a new Wisconsin Central cut-off line on the route be- tween Chicago and St. Paul. It is intended to make the new line of the Wisconsin Central one of the shortest between the Twin Cities and Chicago, instead of the longest, as it is at present. Island Shore During Snowstorm. Six Garages Burned In Boston, Caus- ing Loss of $800,000. Boston, Jan, 19. — A puff of flame shot up from the rear of the most ex- tensive automobile storage and repair plant in the city, located near Park Square, shortly before dawn yester- day, and half an hour later 348 auto- mobiles, valued at $750,000, were a mass of tangled steel and iron. The fire spread to the old train shed of the Park Square railroad station and destroyed the bicycle track and a large pavilion used for exhibition pur- poses. The damage to the building will bring the total loss to above $800,000. There were six garages,’ including several used chiefly for repairs, in the big storage station. All the large sight- seeig automobiles in the city, num- bering upwards of a dozen, were burned, as also were between thirty and, forty expensive cars of the Li- mousine type. Out of the 350 auto- mobiles stored in the building only two were saved. ‘The twenty work- men in the building managed to get away safely, although several had nar- row escapes, The firemen had to fight hard to keep the flames from extending to the business blocks on Columbus avenue, and fully one-half the entire available apparatus was centered on that side of the fire area, SHOOTS TO RESCUE BROTHER. Fort Smith Youth in Fusillade With Custodian of Army Deserter. Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 19.—Entering the car of an Iron Mountain train near here early yesterday, in which his brother, Grant Quinn, sat handcuffed to Police Officer Burgess of this city, who was taking Quinn to Little Rock to be turned over to the military au- thorities as a deserter, Lee Quinn opened fire on the officer. Burgess re- turned the fire and several of the pas- sengers came to his assistance. Quinn, after emptying his pistol, leaped from the train and escaped. During the fusillade one of the passen- gers, Irvin Brassfield of Mulberry, Ark., received what is believed to be a fatal wound. Burgess was uninjured and contin- ued to Little Rock, where he placed his prisoner in the custody of the mil- itary authorities. THOUSANDS OF ACRES FLOODED. General Flood Situation in California More Promising. San Francisco, Jan. 19.—With rail- road traffic still in a badly demoral- ized state, owing to the breaking of the western levees between Webster and Kobe, two miles west of’ Sacra- mento, and the washing out of two miles of track; but with all rivers in the flooded section of the state falling rapidly and the foothill country for the present swept bare of snow the general fiood situation is more promis- ing. Many thousands of acres of grain land have been inundated in Sacra- mento and Yolo counties and the new- ly sown crop destroyed. HOLD UP BANK IN DAYLIGHT. sRobbers Get $3,000 in Klamath Falls ' (Or.) Bank. Klamath Falls, Or., Jan. 19.—The Klamath Falls County bank at this place was robbbed of $3,000 by two masked men, who entered the bank Saturday afternoon with drawn revol- vers and compelled the cashier to pay over the counter all the money in sight. Several citizens who were in- side the bank were held at bay while the robbers escaped. IN TRAIN CRASH Terrific Collision Between Rio Grande Passenger and Double- header Freight. VICTIMS BADLY MUTILATED Eight Men and Women Decapitated— Forty Passengers Injured—En- gineer Blamed. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 19. — Twenty-one persons were killed and at least forty injured, many seriously, in a head-on collision between west- bound passenger train No, 5 and an east-bound freight train on the Den- ver & Rio Grande railroad between Dotsero and Spruce Creek, twenty-two miles from Glenwood Springs. The impact of the two trains was such that the three big engines were jammed together until they resembled one piece of mechanism, while the lightly built combination baggage and express car, the smoker and day coaches telescoped one another, mow- ing down the passengers in their seats like a reaper in a grain field. Hight men and women were decapitated as though a cleaver had been used. The heavy Pullmans at the rear of the train crushed what remained of the cars ahead. Wreckage Takes Fire. The wreckage caught fire and the horrors of a holocaust were only avert- ed by the uninjured passengers and members of the train crews, who used shovels and boards to throw snow upon the flames, putting them out be- fore they could eat their way through the debris and consume the dead and living. While nothing official has been giv- en out as the cause of the wreck, it is said to have been dueto a misun- derstanding of orders on the part of Engineer Gustaf Olson of the passen- ger train. Olson, however, says he understood his instructions perfectly, but that he misread his watch, thus encroaching on the time of the freight train, which was being drawn by two locomotives, the first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Olson. Coroner Waits on Engineer. Yesterday the track had been en- tirely cleared and _ traffic resumed. There have been no deaths among the injured since Saturday, and more hope is entertained for the recovery of those whose condition is serious. No statement has yet been obtained from Engineer Gus Olson of the pas- senger train. He will not be well enough to talk for several days, and until then the investigation as to the blame for the accident is at a stand- still. % SHIP GOES DOWN WITH CREW. FIRE RESTROYS 34 AUTOS. The Swallow Is Wrecked Off Long New York, Jan. 19.—In the biting, driving snow storm of early Sunday morning, off the Long Island shore, another vessel, the schooner Swallow of St. Johns, N. F., and her crew of a dozen men paid the toll so often de- manded of those who go down to the sea in ships. The story of the wreck was told by the sea itself, for yester- day it strewed the beach east of Fire Island for several miles with bits of wreckage from the ship itself and from ,her cargo. Of the members of the crew there was no trace. At 2 o’clock yesterday morning a beach man from the Blue Point life- saving station saw some black objects bobbing about in the tumbling surf close to shore. He hauled some of them in and finding it was new wreck- age hurried back to his station to re- port and to secure aid. Other beach men were soon on the scene. There were timbers, new lumber, frozen herring and fishing tackle, and finally they came to a signboard which told the unfortunate vessel’s name. The lifesavers stood by and patrolled the beach all day in the hope that they might find some trace of the crew, but nightfall came and their quest had been in vain. The Swallow was bound from St. Johns, N. F., to Gloucester, Mass., with a cargo of herring. Caught in the storm, the crew probably lost their bearings and struck on one of the many sandbars a mile or so off shore, near the Blue Point station. There the wind and heavy seas pound- ed the vessel to pieces in a short time and the men aboard were probably speedily lost in the sea. Ovation for Hedin. Stockholm, Sweden, Jan, 19.—Sven Hedin, the noted explorer, who return- ed from Tibet, via Russia, arrived here yesterday and was given an ova- tion. Evades Nurses; Kills Self. Kalipell, Mont., Jan. 19.—Evading two nurses, L. H. Reed, Jr., a business man, locked himself up in a bathroom and stabbed himself to death. Students Have Narrow Escape. Frankfort, Mich., Jan. 19—A num- ber of young women students narrow- ly escaped being burned to death ear- ly yesterday when the dormitory of Benzonia college at Benzonia, Mich., burned to the ground. Students who slept on the third floor were rescued with great difficultyy. YOUNG GIRL RESCUED. 1s Found in Room With Man Arrested on Charge of Passing Bad Checks. Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 16. — “Frank Jones and little daughter” is the way a Grand Forks man, who had eloped with Priscilla Fraizer of East Grand Forks registered at a rooming house at Devils Lake. Exposure came when Officer Daniel Lehy of Grand Forks trailed Jones to his rooming house. He found him en- gaged im writing an order to an East Grand Forks liquor house. Miss Fraizer, who is fifteenyears old, was in the room. Officer Lehy had a warrant for the arrest of Jones on a charge of passing bad checks in Grand Forks. He was brought here last night. The girl returned to her home on the same train. BAD BLAZE AT PARK FALLS. Five Buildings Burned, Entailing a Loss of $30,000. Park Falls, Wis., Jan. 15. — Park Falls suffered a serious fire last night when three large business blocks, a warehouse and a residence were de- stroyed. The fire originated from a defective chimney in the Herald building. The night was cold and the firemen were greatly handicapped in fighting the flames, which spread rap- idly. The total loss is about $30,000. The losers are V. D. Edwards, milli- ner; L. Kollmer, residence; G. J. Da- vis and J. B. Grieves, business build- ings; G. D. Young, publisher of the Herald, and ,F, A. Mathe, flour and feed. MAKE GOPHER STATE KNOWN. Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs Convenes in St. Paul. St. Paul, Jan. 16. — “Advertise Minnesota. People don’t know what we are,” is the persistent cry of the delegates to the second an- nual convention of the Minnesota Federation of Commercial clubs, in a two-day session in St. Paul. That Minnesota is losing population owing to its lack of advertising and con- tinuous advertising such as_ other countries and states, especially Can- ada, is doing, was the astonishing rev- elation made by speakers at the yes- terday afternoon session. Rich Montanan Is Indicted. Helena, Mont., Jan, 15.—It became known yesterday that the recent fed+ eral grand jury had indicted B. D. Phillips, a prominent and wealthy res- dent of this city, on a conspiracy charge. It was alleged that he in- duced a hundred persons to subscribe falsely to entry oaths, whereby Phil- lips became possessed of 32,000 acres of government lands in Northern Mon- tana. Two Arrested for $5,000 Fire. Big Falls, Minn., Jan. 17. — George and Dennis Meaher of this village were arraigned before Justice Wat- son on charge of setting fire to Ar- dahl’s $5,000 warehouse last Febru- ary. They waived examination and were bound over to the grand jury at the next regular term of the district court. Hellerud Free of Murder Charge. Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 16.—William Hellerud, who was accused of the murder of David Rogers, following a quarrel in a saloon at Cannon Falls, Nov. 14, last is a free man. The grand jury failed to return an indictment against him, there being insufficient evidence to convict. Farmer Fatally Hurt. Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 15.—Jacob Krug, one of the best known farmers in the town of Forest, is dead, and August Plank, a neighboring farmer, was probably fatally injured when their cutter went over the side of a bridge, throwing the men to! the ice below. —— Will Satisfy Creditors. Duluth, Jan. 15. — The board of trade firm of Spencer, Moore & Co., which made an assignment Tuesday, announced yesterday that they have made arrangments with their credit- ors for settlement and will resume op- eration. County Battle. Pierre, S. D., Jan. 17.—The supreme court yesterday sustained the demur- rer of Olivet, in the Hutchinson coun- ty seat contest. This action puts Parkston out of the case and leaves the county seat at Olivet for at least four years more. Killed by Train. Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 15.—A. A. Newgaard, a Munich merchant, was struck by a Great Northern engine while driving on the railroad track between Munich and Clyde and died at a hospital at Devils Lake. ——<——_—_—_———— Shoots His Head Off. Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15. — Ross Cecil, a wealthy farmer, shot his head off yesterday at his home in Knox- vile, Iowa. He had just sold his farm and in a fit of despondency killed him- self, as he considered the deal un- satisfactory. Goodhue Mill Fireswept. Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 15. — The Goodhue mill, owned by the Brooks Milling company, at Goodhue, was destroyed by fire last evening at a loss of $30,000. News of Great Northwest REACHES FOR MONEY; KILLED. Restaurant Keeper at Union, lowa, Is Victim of Robber. Union, Iowa, Jan. 19.—While getting money to hand to a robber, L. Trim- ball, a restaurant keeper, was shot twice through the heart last night and instantly killed. Mr. Trimball had been counting his cash when a pistol was thrust into his face by an un- known man, who demanded money. Trimball gave up his silver and was about to hand over his bills when the robber, thinking Trimball was reach- ing for a revolver, fired the fatal shots. A posse is searching for the murderer, THREE NEAR TO DEATH. Overcome by Gas While Working in an Owatonna Street. Owatonna, Minn., Jan. 19.—Charles Yergen, manager of the Serviec Op- erating company; George Swanson, a lineman ,and Michael Connor, an en- gineer, were rescued yesterday when at the point of suffocation from under- ground gas connections on one of the principal streets. The gas _ pipes sprung a leak and the men had de- scended through a manhole to investi- gate. They were overcome by the deadly fumes and would have died in a few seconds. All will recover. GAVE WARNING OF SUICIDE. Young Man of Worthington Is Held on an Insanity Charge. Worthington, Minn., Jan. 19. — Claude Ventioner, about twenty-two years of age, employed at a station lunch counter, went suddenly insane and tried to purchase a razor and re- volver, announcing that he intended to kill himself. Upon being refused he tried to break a showcase and se- cure the weapons, but was frustrated, ‘and after a struggle was placed under arrest for insanity. He has been in ill health for a long time. STOCKMEN APPEAL TO SOLONS. Free2 Use of the Range Is Slogan of Black Hills Counties. Dadwood, S. D., Jan. 19—Over a hundred stockmen, representing Black Hills counties, met here and passed a resolution urging the legislature not to amend the present fence law in the Hills counties or destroy the free use of the range, which has been enjoyed since 1881. Practically every cattle- man in the Hills and adjjacent_ terri- tory was either present or represent- ed. Child Drinks Acid. Osceola, Wis., Jan. 19. — A young son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lavicott of the town of Farmington got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid and attempted to drink it. In 4oing so he spilled most of the contents over his mouth and arms, some of the fluid, however, going down his throat. An antidote was immediately administered, with the result that, although severely burned the little fellow’s life will he saved. Slays Two; Kills Self. Modena, Mo., Jan, 16—John Brooks, a farm hand in the employ of John Thompson, a young farmer living near here, drove his employer off the premises at the point of a revolver yesterday, and after killing Mrs. Thompson, who was lying sick in bed, and his employer’s brother, But- ler Thompson, committed suicide. No motive for the shooting has been learned. Killed in Drunken Quarrel. Milwaukee, Jan. 19. — Otto Lund- strom, formerly of Peoria, was shot and killed in a resort yesterday after- noon, and though his wife, the owner of the resort, insists that he commit- ted suicide, the police believe she kill- ed him in a drunken quarrel. Collapses in His Pulpit. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. 19.—Just before pronouncing the benediction at the close of the morning service at the Presbyterian church yesterday forenoon, Rev. Samuel Brown was seized with a stroke of paralysis. His condition is considered serious. Bismarck Store Looted. Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 19.—The gen- eral store of E. L. Faunce was robbed some time last night of goods worth $100 or more. Entrance was effected ‘through a back door. Cary Again a Candidate. Madison, Wis., Jan. 19.—State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction Charles P. Cary yestérday announced his candidacy for re-election in the spring. Frozen; Loses Both Feet. Spooner, Min., Jan. 19.—Ole Olsen of Rapid River has lost the use of both feet as far as the ankle, they having been amputated as the result of being frozen. Mr. Olson lost his way while hunting. $250 for Wound by Policeman. Anaconda, Mont., Jan, 19.—Anthony Kelly was awarded $250 damages and costs against Policeman Samuel Em- mons, because the latter mistook him for a fugitive and shot him in the arm.