Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 10, 1909, Page 2

BY C. E, KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF THE WECK IN EPITOME Important Events at Home and on Foreign Shores Briefly Told. FROM THE CAPITAL. The importation of opium into the United States, except for medicinal purposes, is prohibited by a house bill passed by the senate. The bill will become a law when signed by the president. A report received from Mare Isl- and by the naval medical department shows that the death of three enlisted men and the dangerous illness of ten others are due ‘to the use of wood al- cohol in milk punches, All widows of veterans of the Civil war, the war.with Mexico and the In- dian wars will be entitled to receive pensions at the rate of $12 per month if a bill just passed by the senate is favorably acted on by the house. President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to attend a _ farewell ting of the congregation of Grace formed church in Washington on the evening of Feb. 15. The presi- dent has attended this ehurch ever since he has been in Washington. PERSONAL. Dr. John Mitchell, a former president of the New York State Homeopathic society, died at Newburg of heart dis- ease. 7 Michael Arthur Bass, first Beron Burton, died in London following an operation for an internal complaint. He was born in 1837. Henry M. Gillmore, grand dictator of the grand lodge of Illinois, Knights of Honor, died at his home in Dele- van, aged sixty years, The death is announced at Boston of Charles H. Atkinson, said to have been the oldest negro minstrel in the United States, aged seventy-two years. Alex H. Smith, journal clerk of the Michigan house of representatives and former deputy state labor com- missioner, dropped dead from heart disease in the capitol. Mrs. Mary McCoy, aged eighty-six years, said to be the oldest woman aster in the United Staates, has ned her position at Sheakleyville, Pa., which she filled for forty years. Joseph Marshal Graham, vice presi- dent of the Erie railroad and one of the best known engineers in the coun- try, died suddenly at his home in New York. Mr. Graham was fifty-five years old. ®. H. Harriman was eleeted a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway and the Michigan Central railway. Im each case he succeeded Samuel Barger, resigned. ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS. Carrying down three men, two of whom were negroes, the schooner Ramsey sank in Lake Pontchartarin, near Little Woods, La. The Union Depot hotel, located near the union station at Sault Ste. Marie, burned. The fire threatened the surrounding district. All guests escaped without serious injury. The loss was $10,000. George Lezinsky, a New York pow- der inventor, was terribly injured at La Salle, Ill., while making a test in a cement works quarry. Lezinsky Jost both eyes and the left arm. His conditiom is critical. Six other men were hurt by the explosion. Newton M. Baker, aged fifty, of ‘Wapakoneta, was instantly killed, and George H. Woelley, aged fifty-five, of Sidney, probably fatally injuread at Lima, Ohio, when a Cincinnati, Ham- ilion & Dayton train struck a wagon in which they were riding. Three trainmen were killed and an- other fatally injured when two stock trains on the Milwaukee railroad col- lided head-on at Powersville, Mo. Four cars of prize live stock, destined for Chicago, left the track and rolled down a steep embankment, most of the cattle being killed. With the gas radiator turned on full, Frederick Vahey, forty years old, and his wife Marie were found dead from asphyxiation in their apartments in Jersey City. There was no note nor message left by either of the couple to indicate that their death was other than accidental. Leona, the five months old child of Fred Boaz of Indianapolis, was killed |’ when Mrs. Fred Shure, a guest of the child’s parents, sat down on the child, which was sleeping on a couch, partly covered with a quilt. The baby died from hemorrhage soon after Mrs. Shure found “that there must be something under me.” One man was killed, another hurt and three women narrowly escaped injury in Chicago when an automo- bile driven by Mrs. Joel Hisendrath crashed into a delivery wagon. The police arrested Mrs. Eisendrath, who was released on $5,000 bonds. Fire and a strong wind destroyed several boarding houses at Ardmore, Okla. T. V. Litttlejohn was cremated and his wife probably fatally burned. Both resided in McKinney, Tex. The couple were just married and were on their honeymoon tour. Many per- fons narrowly escaped death, Herald--Review. |PAY HOMAGE AT LINCOLN HOME Old Homestead to Be Scene of Simple Ceremonies on Mar- tyr’s Birthday. FIRST CITIZENS 10 BE THERE President Roosevelt Among Prominent! Speakers Who Will Participate. Louisville, Feb. 9.—Simple and yet splendid with the presence of the first citizens of the United States will be the homage which will be paid the old homestead of Abraham Lincoln in La Rue county, Kentucky, on the occa- sion of his centenary, Feb. 12, the plans for the ceremonies of dedicating the Marble Memorial hall by President Theodore Roosevelt having finally been arranged. The last preparations were made in this city yesterday by the committee in charge and Charles E. Miner, repre- senting the Lincoln Farm association. Run Five Trains. It was determined that the five trains that will be run to Hodgeville from Louisville on Feb. 12 shall bear the various delegations; that a platoon of police be permitted to do duty, and that the representatives of the Re- publican and Democratic committees of Kentucky be given a place of prom- inence in the ceremonies. At the meeting two facts were learned also—one, regretfully, that the venerable Cardinal Gibbons will not be able to come to pronounce the invoca- tion, and the other, joyfully, that Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt will be members of the president's party. Schedule of Trains. The first train will leave this city at 7:31 o’clock on the morning of Feb. 12 and will carry all who desire to reach the farm early. The second train, at 7:45, will carry a band, sixty volunteer militiamen, eighteen ‘caval- rymen and fifty newspaper men; the third, at 8:15, will bear the federal and Confederate veterans who are to act as escorts to the president, the veterans of the Spanish-American war and Goy. A, E. Willson and his mili- tary staff; the fourth train, at 8:36, will carry the Louisville business men who are behind the dedication plans and those of the public who can get into four extra coaches; while the fifth train, at 9:35, will bear the presi- dent, Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and Secretary of War Luke E. Wright. President on Program. The farm is two miles from Hodge- ville along a road which is usually hard to traverse in winter, but which has been veneered with gravel and cinders until it is now passable. The program for the day includes addresses by President Roosevelt, Former Governor Joseph Folk of Mis- souri, A. E. Willson of Kentucky, Gen. James Wilson for the G. A. R., and Gen. Luke E. Wright for the Confed- erate soldiers, PREFERS CINCINNATI LODGE. Taft's Statement Bears on “Mason at Sight” Announcement. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 9.—Anent the an- nouncement that President-elect Taft is to be made a “Mason at sight” in a lodge at Cincinnati, it was announc- ed here that during his visit to Atlan- ta Mr. Taft was asked whether he would like to become a Mason and that he said “If I am ever elected to take the Masonic degrees, I shall take them: in the home lodge of my father in Cincinnati.” Three Boys Drowned. Fishkill Landing, N. Y., Feb. 9. — While sledding on the ice on the Hud- son river, near Dutchess Junction, three boys broke through the ice and were drowned. The drowned are: Alfred De Mary, aged seven years; his brother Ernest, aged thirteen, and a cousin, Alfred Chapeldaice. Kills Himself Because He Is Old. Mansfield, Ohio, Feb. 9.—Oliver E. Foulke, seventy-two years old, promi- nent business man, committed suicide by shooting. He wrote a letter to his wife before shooting himself, saying that so old a man as he was a burden to his family and should not be per- mitted to live. Policeman Wounded at Riot. New York, Feb. 9. — After a skir- mish between truckmen near the sta- bles of the W. H. Rankin Trucking company, where a strike is on, John McGuinness, a special policeman, was struck with a missile while walking along the street and is believed to be dying. Killed Playing “Wild West.” Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 9.—While playing “Wild West” Hugh Maher, a nine-year-old boy was shot by a four- teen-year-old colored boy, Richard F. Deyo. Maher was instantly killed. Deyo was not held, as the coroner be- leved the shooting to be accidental. Body Found in Trunk. ‘New Haven, Conn., Feb. 9.—A\ brue. some murder was unearthed here when the dismembered body of Mary Hazleton, a negress, was found stuffed in a trunk, . inspecting all the port garrisons, it be- Salvadorean territory, the Madman’s Brother Attempts to Restrain Him and Is Attacked and Bad- — ly Beaten. Melbourne, Ont., Feb. 9—Two per- sons dead and three so seriously in- jured that they may not recover, is the result of murderous attacks made yesterday by George Stewart, a young farmer of Maple Valley. Stewart, who is mentally unbalanced, started out in the early morning with a rifie. His brother attempted to restrain him and was attacked and beaten, but not se- riously injured. Stewart then went to the home of John Spanhouse and fired upon Mrs. Spanhouse twice, wounding her in the eye and arm. Her husband rushed to her assistance and was shot dead. A son, James, interfered and his brains were beaten out with: the butt of the weapon. Stewart then went to the house of Edwin Pounds. Here he attacked the hired man, George Beaumont, and the housekeeper, Mrs. Gowans, with the empty weapon, beating them both un- conscious and fracturing the hired man’s skull. He then fied to his fa- ther’s home at Maple Valley, where he was arrested yesterday afternoon and lodged in jail here. PREPARE FOR WAR IN SOUTH. Trouble Between Salvador and Nica- ragua Brewing. Panama, Feb. 9.—Passengers by @ steamship who have just arrived here report warlike preparations on the part of Salvador and Nicaragua. When the last Pacific Mail steamer passed down the coast President Figueroa of Salvator, with a big military staff, was ing reported that an invasion of Salva- dorean revolutionists, headed by Dr. Alfiro and assisted by Nicaragua, was imminent. A dispatch from Managua, received yesterday, says: The government of Salvador, insti- gated by Guatemala, gave orders that its gunboat Presidente should fire its guns at night, in the pretense of re- pulsing Nicaraguan forces invading intention being to create ill feeling against the Nicarauguan government. It is generally believed here that President Figueroa of Salvador and President Cabrera of Guatemala are anxious for the overthrow of Presi- dent Zelaya of Nicaragua, who is their untiring enemy. It is thought that the Movement may start in Honduras first, but that within a short time the other Central American republics will be involved. GOULD TO DROP ALL RAILWAYS. Rumor Current in Pittsburg That He Will Quit Business Entirely. Pittsburg, Feb. 9.—In Pittsburg rail- road and financial circles the news has crept forth that George J. Gould has decided to quit the railroad busi- ness entirely just as soon as he can get out; that this was part of the promise he made to E. H. Harriman when he importuned Harriman to come to his. assistance in the Pitts- burg district, Harriman is known now to be mov- ing toward lifting the receivership from the West Side Belt, the Wheel- ing & Lake Erie and the Wabash- Pittsburg Terminal roads here, which have been plunged into financial straits by alleged mismanagement on the part of the Goulds. Harriman, ac- cording te the Pittsburg information, will take up the old Gould idea of an- other transcontinental line and will push it through, while Gould retires. BOLD SWINDLE IS ALLEGED. Paul du Fresnay, One Time Fugitive in America, Held at Paris. Paris, Feb. 9.—As a result of nu- merous complaints Paul du Fresnay was arrested yesterday on a warrant issued by an examining magistrate on the charge of swindling. The police say that Du Fresnay fied to the United States fifteen years ago, while under conviction for fraudulent bankruptcy, but that later he returned to Paris, where he opened imposing premises under the title, “French-American line.” He engaged twenty-five em- ployes, who, it is alleged, invested sums ranging from $100 to $1,000 as a condition of their being engaged by him. Du Fresnay represented that the enterprise was so substantially backed that it would force other steamship lines out of business. SENTENCED CANADIAN BISHOP. Russian Synod . Punishes Leader of Sect at Winnipeg. Moscow, Feb. 9.—The synod of Old Believers, which was not consulted in the ordination of Archimandrite Mi- chael as bishop of that sect in Cana- da, with headquarters at Winnipeg, has sentenced the archimandrite and Bishop Innocent, who ordained him, to two years strict confinement in the monastery at Nizhni-Novgorod. FOUR BREAK PRISON. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 9.—Four crim- inally insane men, two murderers and two burglars, having first armed them- selves with knives made from steel taken from the soles of their shoes, broke from the keepers at the Colum- bus state hospital yesterday. Ernest Terwilder, wife murderer, of Newark, and Frank Szar, serving a sentence ‘or grand larceny, are still at large. The other two were captured after a ively chase and returned to the insti- tution. : THOMAS LOWRY ~ PASSES AWAY Railroad and Street Railway Magnate Succumbs to “White Plague.” HELP’ BUILD UP NORTHWEST Minneapolis, Feb. 6—Death claim: ed Thomas Lowry, president of the Soo Line railway and of the Twin City Rapid Transit company; vice president of the Farmers and Me- chanics’ Savings bank, prominent in politics, philanthropy and finance in the Northwest for the last forty years, at his home on Lowry Hill, at 8:50 o’clock yesterday morning. Pulmonary consumption of four years’ standing was the cause of Mr. Lowry’s death. The end came after @ sinking spell of forty-eight hours’ duration and brought him release from a final illness which had kept him in his bed, save for a few scat- tered days, since June 1. Family at Bedside. Mrs. Lowry, his son, Horace Lowry of Minneapolis, -and his daughter, Mrs. Gustay Schwyzer of Minneapo- lis, were with the dying man at the end. Dr. Gustav Schwyzer, Mr. Low- ry’s son-in-law, was his principal physician. Mrs. Percy Haggerman of Colorado Springs, Mr. Lowry’s other daughter, has been summoned. Three years ago the “white plague” fastened its clutches upon Mr. Low- ry. Complications of liver and stom- ach troubles set in last fall, and it was impossible to stay their destruc- tive effects upon Mr. Lowry’s already enfeebled system. As his illness progressed he was the victim of three distinct strokes of paralysis. He was critically ill last August, but rallied, and until a few days ago was not thought to be in im- mediate danger. Born on a Farm. Thomas Lowry was born on a farm in Logan county, Illinois, Feb. 27, 1843. He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and came to the Twin Cities the same year. For seventeen years he practiced successfully at the Henne- pin county bar. In 1884 he abandon- ed the law to care for his real estate’ holdings. He took up the work of reorganizing the street railways of the Twin Cities, which were in finan- cial straits, and built up .the Twin City Rapid Transit company. He was early identified with the Soo railroad, was one of the most enthusiastic of those advocating the building of the line, and became its president, a post he retained until his death EVELETH POLICE ON STRIKE. City Charter Won't Allow Raise in Salaries While in Office. Duluth, Feb. 5.—Following the, ex- ample of the Virginia force of last week, the entire Eveleth police force went out on a strike for higher wages yesterday. The city charter will not allow the raising of city em- ployes’ salaries while they are in of- fice, and this method is adopted to get around that provision. It is un- derstood that the city council will immediately grant the demands, rais- ing the chief $25 and the patrolmen $10 per month. DEAD AT A HUNDRED AND SIX. Frank Vitous of Le Sueur County Had Never Been Sick. Montgomery, Minn., Feb: 6. — Frank Vitous, the oldest man in this part of the country, if not in the state, is dead. He was a hundred and six years old, and was healthy to the day of his death. He had never ex- perienced sickness and was up and around the day before he _ passed away. Mr. Vitous was a native of Bohemia who emigrated to this coun- ty in the pioneer days, and was then quite an old man. Ask Right to Dam. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Feb. 7—The Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement company, recently organized by own- ers of water power rights, will have a bill intreduced in the legislature en- abling it to contract, acquire, main- tain and operate a system of water reservoirs and. dams on the principal streams of Northwestern Wisconsin, such as the Chippewa, Flambeau, Thornapple, Elk and Butternut rivers and tributaries. The value of water power on these rivers and tributaries is about $10,- 000,000. Lincoln Day a Holiday. St. Paul, Feb. 5. — Gov. Johnson yesterday issued a proclamation re- specting the observance of the cen- tenary birth of Abraham Lincoln. Feb. 12 is designated a public holi- day and will be duly celebrated in the schools of the state. Ten Drown in German Flood. Berlin, Feb, 7—The first fatalities as a result of the recent floods came yesterday, when ten persons were drowned at Nordhausen, where many bridges have been swept away. News of Great Northwe GUNNER IS SUICIDE. Put Bullet Through His Head at Fort Snelling. St. Paul, Feb. 9—John Dye, a popu- lar gunner, a member, of the machine gun platoon at Fort Shelling, recently returned from Cuba, was found dy- ing in the basement of the artillery barracks yesterday morning by a com- rade. He was removed to the post hospital and died at 4 o’clock from a bullet wound in the head. When found a revolver was clutched in his hand. Among intimates it was said that the young man yearned for home and a sweetheart he had left behind in Kentucky. PARADISE CUTOFF OPENED. Part of Scheme to Shorten Northern Pacific Route to Coast. % Butte, Mont., Feb. 9.—The Paradise Stregis cutoff of the Northern Pacific railway was opened Saturday. This cutoff is the beginning of the plan of the Northern Pacific to pierce the Ida- ho-Montana range of mountains and use the Wallace (Idaho) branch as a main line. This will shorten the Northern Pacific route from Minneap- olis to the coast by 200 miles. CANNOT JAIL CREATORE. Application of Bandmaster’s Divorced Wife Is Denied. New York, Feb. 9.—Supreme Court Justice Gerard denied the application of Mrs. Anna Creatore to declare her husband, the bandmaster, in contempt of court and send him to jail. She se- cured a divorce in December, 1907. Creatore agreed at that time to pay for the education of their son, and she alleges he has not done so. BUSINESS MEN DUEL IN STREET. Spectator Shot Through Arm, but Prin- cipals Are Uninjured. Butte, Mont., Feb. 9. — Louis Kauf- man and P. J. Bartells, well known Butte business men, are charged with having had a pistol duel on the street Saturday afternoon, during which N. U. Huff, a spectator, was shot through the arm in the exchange of bullets. Both alleged principals were arrested. They fought over a trivial matter. AGED MAN DIES AT PLAY. Octogenarian Grandson of Israel Put- nam Expires While Snowballing. Muskegon, Mich., Feb. 9. — Martin H. Putnam, eighty-two years old, a great grandson of Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fame, dropped dead here, having become unduly excited over joining the play of children snow- balling in the street. Is Again Ski Champion. Eau Claire, Wis. Feb. 9. — John Evanson of Duluth is again national ski champion of America. By winning the big professional run of the fifth annual ski tournament of the National Ski association yesterday afternoon the crack Duluth runner retained the championship which he won at the national tournament at Duluth last year, His two jumps in the champion- ship run were 116 and 121 feet. Hangs Himself in Barn. Mason City, Iowa, Feb. 9.—Asel R. Hurlburt, an old resident of the coun- ty, committed suicide betweeen 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning. At 6 o'clock he was found hanging from a rafter in his barn. He was forty years old and leaves a widow and two chil- dren. 153 Cornell Students Dropped. Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 9.—Deficiency no tices have been received by 153 Cor- nell students as a result of the mid- winter examinations. This is the largest number of students ever drop- ped on account of deficiency. The ath- ‘etic field, however, will not suffer, as ‘only a few mediocre athletic men fail- ed to pass. Crowds Hear Ireland. Rome, Feb. 9.—The English Church of San Silvestro was crowded yester- day afternoon. Arcabishop Ireland of St. Paul preached the sermon, in which he extolled the martyrs buried ‘there. A large number of persons from the American colony in Rome, including many Protestants, were present. Two Killed in Duel. Alexandria, La, Feb. 9. — News reached here yesterday of a fatal duel at Hineston, in which Henry and Bud Barrington, father and son, on one side and Robert and.Charles Weather- ford, brothers, were the opposing com- batants. .As a result both of the Bar- sringtons are dead and Robert Weath- verford lies mortally wounded. _ Woman Burned to Death. Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 9.—Mrs. John Cain, aged thirty-eight, was burned to death at Parnell, Iowa county. She was alone with three little children. When she poked a coal stove her clothing caught fire. Six Blown to Pieces. “| CONGRESS Resume of the Week’s Proceedings. DOmreredode: Washington, Feb. 3.—An agreement. was reached in the senate yesterday to vote on Feb. 23 on the Aldrich sub- stitute bill for the appointment of a court of inquiry to determine the qualifications for re-enlistment of the discharged soldiers of the Twenty- fifth infantry as the result of the Brownsville incident. The senate passed a house bill which is intended to prevent the im- portation of opium into the Unied States except for medicinal purposes. The house locked horns yesterday with the senate on the question of au- tomobiles for the White House and refused to accept an amendent to the urgent deficiency bill striking out the appropriation of $12,000 for that pur- pose. The bill was sent to conference after a humorous debate, in which several members took occasion to re- fer to the bodily proportions of the president-elect. Washington. Feb. 4. — Senator Teller of Colorado yesterday ad- dressed the senate in support of Sen- ator Bacon’s resolution declaring that the senate hasarightto any informa- tion in possession of the executive departments and cited various prece- dents to sustain his contention. The senate remained in executive session during most of the day con- sidering the nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum to be collector of customs at Charleston, S. C, General debate on the agricultural appropriation bill in the house yes- terday afforded critics and defenders of the department of agriculture an excellent field day. Before the bill was taken up in general debate the house passed the senate pension bill for federal judges. Washington, Feb. 5. — The forest service got its usual annual drubbing yesterday, the criticisms against it coming principally from Mr. Smith of California, Mr. Cook of Colorado and Mr. Mondell of Wyoming, all of whom charged extravagance in admin- istration and the extortion of money from miners, farmers and even the owners. All attempts to amend the bill in any important particular fail- ed. Its consideration was about two- thirds completed when the house ad- journed. The monotonous tones of the read- ing clerk of the senate as he labored through the bill of over 100 pages making appropriations for the Dis- trict of Columbia constituted the chief features in the proceedings of that body yesterday. Washington, Feb. 6. — The senate yesterday concluded consideration of the District of Columbia appropria- tion bill, carrying an aggregate of about $11,500,000. A conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to. It ap- propriates $12,000 for the purchase, care and maintenance of automobiles for the president and $150,000 to ena- ble the secretary of agriculture to continue to combat the foot and mouth disease in horses and cattle, Private claimants by the score had their innnings in the house of repre- sentatives yesterday, the whole ses- sion being given over under a special order to their consideration, The president’s message vetoing the census bill was read just before adjournment. Washington, Feb. 8—A poll of both branches of congress shows an almost undivided sentiment in favor of im- mediate statehood for the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Of the ninety-two senators sixty- seven express themselves as desirous of voting for the separate statehood bill. Three are against, seven are non- committal, and the poll being made during the end of the week, fifteen members were found absent from their seats and committee rooms. In the house, out of 388 members, 249 are on record as favoring the ad- mission of both, The small number of four are con- fessedly against admission. Forty-one are noncommittal, and ninety-four members could not be seen. Thus two new stars would be added to the flag of this nation before March 3, “were Senators Beveridge and Ald- rich converted. These two men, and these almost alone, leaders as they are, stand in the way of immediate statehood for the territories. On Monday, the 15th, the house of representatives will pass the bill. Rep- resentative Hamilton, chairman of the committee on territories, said so last night. Speaker Cannon will interpose no objection. Neither will his aides, The bill will go through the house un- der a suspension of the rules and with enthusiasm. But when it reaches the senate, aw cording to Senator Beveridge, it wil] ‘ave opposition. Woman Shoots intruder. Uniontown, Pa., Feb. 7.W—Mrs. Anna Davis of Lynn Station, near here, shot and fatally wounded James Donahue yesterday when he, another whita Nancy, France, Feb. 9.—Six persons}man and three negroes attempted td were blown to pieces yesterday by the|force an entrance into her home! explosion of a large quantity of dyna-|James Kearns, sald to be one of the mite and 10,000 blasting cartridges in| five men, was arrested, and the state the storehouse of 2 mine at Tucqueg-| constabulary are searching for the nieux. three negroes. i