Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 2, 1909, Page 3

SHAKEN BY QUAKE Illinois and Michigan Feel Earth Tremors. SPREADS TERROR AMONG TIMID Property Damage Is Not Serious and "No Lives Are Lost—School Is Wrecked. Chicago, May 28.—Chicago and sev- ‘ en states were visited by an earth- \ quake yesterday morning, throwing at least half of its inhabitants into a mortal terror, with the Messina hor- rors still fresh in their minds. Every. city, village and hamlet in Northern Illinois felt the shock and i the panic was widespread. Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon- tana and Wisconsin were also in the ‘ path of the trembler. Thousands of persons were aroused from their slumbers and in the for- eign settlements of Chicago, particu- larly where Italians and Syrians con- gregate, there was alarm which gave rise to wailing and prayers, as the inhabitants thought that they were about to suffer the same fate which destroyed so many thousands of their countrymen. Big Skyscrapers Shake. There was one greater shock, fol- lowed by two lesser shocks, and the big skyscrapers in the down town i district trembled like living beings ' with the ague. Many dilapidated old structures collapsed in different parts of the f city, dishes were thrown off of ' shelves and broken, windows were it cracked in many portions of the resi- dence districts of Maywood, Evans- ton and other suburban towns, and the residents were so frightened that they ran into the street, fearing that the roofs were about to fall over their heads. i Press dispatches and special tele- ' grams brought a succession of ac- fl counts of the earthquake from Springfield, Peoria, Freeport, Aurora, Bloomington, Kewaunee, Geneva, Streator, Dixon, Rockford, Moline, Ill.; Milwaukee, Janesville, Beloit, Wis.; Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Bur- lington, Iowa; Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Mich.; Rochester, Minn., and many other points. | Earth’s Crust Slips. It is not believed by scientists at the University of Chicago that there is any danger from further shocks, al- though ‘they declare it may happen. They unite in saying the shock was caused by a slipping of the crust of y the earth, and believe that this slip- ping occurred either beneath the bed of Lake Michigan or that it had its origin in the unglacial fields in the northern part of Illinois. School of Mines Wrecked. Dubuque, Iowa, May 28. — Reports from every town within a.radius of a hundred miles of Dubuque an- nounce a quake was felt yesterday. Little serious damage was reported save at Platteville, Wis., where the $50,000 school of mines was cracked and may have to be torn down. TWO KILLED BY MOROS. Outpost of Eighteenth Infantry Sur- prised by Native Bandits. Manila, May 30.—Two private sol- diers were killed and a sergeant was mortally wounded during a fight with Moro bandits on the Rouman river May 22, according to advices received here. The Moros surprised an outpost of the Eighteenth infantry encamped necr Keithley and poured a volley into the soldiers before the latter could defend themselves. The two privates were killed instantly by the first shots. TURKEY OPEN TO JEWS. New Regime Offers Full Citizenship to Semitic Settlers. New York, May 30. —News of the utmost importance to Jews the world over was received here late last night in a special cablegram from Constantinople, saying that the Turk- ish government had invited Jews of | Russia and Rumanio to settle in Tur- key, agreeing to remove all restric- tions and to grant full citizenship to of them. Chauffeur Found Guilty. New York, May 30. — William E. Daragh, the chauffeur who ran down and killed Ingvaard Trimble, eleven years old, in an uptown street on March 27, was found guilty of man- slaughter in the first degree last night. The maximum penalty is twenty years. ill Health Causes Suicide. Memphis, Tenn., May 28. — A. G. Gunther of Los Angeles, Cal., widely known in mining circles in the West, | | fired a bullet into his brain last night in a local hotel, dying instantly. He | left a note saying ill health and busi- ness responsibilities were too much for him. Leesburg, Va., May 28. — Rev. Ar- thur S. Lloyd of New York was last ” night elected bishop coadjutor of the | Lloyd Elected Bishop. 4 Rniscanal diocese of Virginia. twenty-four hours, No Changes Are Made in Finance Come mittee’s Rates on Sugar and Tobacco. Washington, May 29.—Senator Ald- rich succeeded yesterday in getting action by the senate on the remainder of the sugar schedule, with the under- standing that the paragraph fixing a duty on raw and refined sugar should be again placed before the senate if, @®hator Clay’s health should so im- Ove as to permit of his taking ad- vantage of an opportunity at a later date to move an amendment cutting the figures in two. The tobacco schedule was also completed. No changes were made in the finance committee rates on ¢ither schedule. The sugar, the tobacco and agricul- ture schedules divided the attention of the senate with incidental remarks on the side by Senator Bacon and a general tariff speech by Senator Stone. Debate on the bill amending the or- ganic act of Porto Rico was continued in the house yesterday, but final ac- tion was not taken on account of the small attendance. SKULL FRACTURED IN BOUT. Prize Fighter Is Dying and Opponent Is Under Arrest. Savannah, Ga. May 29. — Greek Jimmy Ryan of Memphis is uncon- scious with a fractured skull and probably is dying, and Young Evans of New York is held as the result of their fifteen-round fight before the Southern Athletic club here last night. The men were matched at 138 pounds. Soon after the bell rang for the last round the fighters rushed, en- deavoring to land a knockout. Quick blows were exchanged and in the clinch the fighters fell, Ryan beneath. Ryan’s head snapped against the floor, crusking his skull. An operation was ordered in the hope of saving his life. FAMILY GETS ROGERS’ MONEY. Only Public Bequest Is One of $100,- 000 to Native Town, New York, May 29.—The will of the late Henry H. Rogers,‘the Standard Oil millionaire, was admitted to pro- bate here yesterday. According to its terms practically the entire estate, valued, according to Wall street esti- mates, at between $50,000,000 and $75,000,000, ultimately will be divided among the four children and their heirs. The only public bequest is one of $100,000 to the town of Fairhaven, Mass., Mr. Rogers’ birthplace, to be used for school purposes. QUAKE WRECKED A PAIL. | Alabama Building Cracked by Wed- nesday’s Earth Tremor. Bloomington, Ala., May 29.—It has been discovered that the earthquake of Wednesday so badly damaged the McLean county jail building here that it will have to be rebuilt. An ex- amination shows cracks in the brick walls into which a man’s hand can be inserted. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, May 29, — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.351-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.341-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.32 1-4. Corn—No, 3 yellow, 72 3-4@73 1-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 57 7-8@58 7-8c. Minneapolis, May 29. — Wheat — No, 1 hard, $1.35 1-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.341-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.32 1-4. Corn—No. 3. yellow, 72 3-4@73 1-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 57 7-8@58 7-8c. Duluth, May 29. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.345-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.33 1- No. 2 Northern $1.311-8. Flax — $1.82. Oats — No. 2 white, 58 1-2c. Chicago, May 29. — Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.54@1.551-2; No. 2 hard, $1.35 @1.42. Oats -- No. 2 white, 63 1-2c. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 75 1-2c. Milwaukee, May 29. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.36; No. 2 Northern, $1.34@1.3851-2. Barley — Standard. T7ec. Chicago, May 29. — Cattle—Beeves, $5.10@7.25; stockers and _ feeders, $3.60@6.15; cows and heifers, $2.50@ 6.40. Hogs—Bulk, $7.25@7.45. Sheep —Natives, $4@6.40; lambs, $6@8.50. Sioux City, Iowa, May 29. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.60@6.65; stockers and feeders, $4.25@4.80; calves and year- lings, $3.50@3.75. Hogs—Range, $6.90 @7.25. South St. Paul, May 29. — Cattle Grain-fed steers, $5@6; cows and heifers, $3@4; veal calves, $5.75@ 6.50; good to choice stock steers, $4.50@4.75. Hogs — Bulk, $7@7.05. Sheep — Yearlings, $6.25@7; spring lambs, $7.50@8. Madden Jury Still Out. Chicago, May 29.—The jury in the Madden-Boyle-Pouchot labor case, which has been out since 4:30 Thurs- day afternoon, without giving any sign of being near an agreement, will be discharged at 10 o’clock today, if no verdict has been reached by that time. Blows Woman’s Head Off. Cincinnati, May 29.—While seated on the porch of a Fort Thomas (Ky.) home, just outside of Newport, late last night, Miss Alice Hicks was shot and instantly killed by Harvey Don- nelly, a private. Donnelly eseaped. Disastrous Storm in Mexico. Mexico City, May 29.—Much dam- age, loss of life and a complete de- moralization of wire service resulted from a storm which prevailed in the southern portion of Mexico in the last ‘WISCONSIN BANK Cover Cashier With Rifles and Strip Bank of All the Money in Sight. CAUGHT IN RUNNING FIGHT Merrill, Wis., May 30. — Yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock four high- waymen entered the German-Ameri- can State bank, and while three cov- ered Cashier R. C. Ballstadt with rifles the fourth entered the vault and took all the money in sight, probably amounting to upward of $1,000, and put it into a satchel. They immedi- ately took to their heels. A. posse headed by Chief of Police Calder followed in pursuit, chasing them out of the woods at the park into a clearing beyond, where a run- ning fight was had with two of the robbers. Two Robbers Caught. One of the robbers was wounded, it is thought, by Chief of Police.Calder. He succeeded, however, in getting to a swamp with his companion, where both were captured about half an hour later. The other two took a dif: ferent route from the park and were seen to swim the Wisconsin river a short distance below the park. Both the robbers caught are young men, one probably sixteen or seven: teen years old, the other about twenty years old, and both are strangers here and apparently inexperienced as highwaymen. They had automatic ten-shot Mauser rifles. Overlook Treasure Vault. In their haste the robbers over- looked the vault containing many thousands of dollars. The money was recovered. They had thrown the satchel containing it into a brush pile. At the hospital the wounded man stated that his name was John Laya and his home Bellewood, Ill. The younger man refused to give his name or address. They were all quite well dressed. VERMILLION FACTORY BURNED Crib Manufacturing Company’s Loss Is Estimated at $10,000. Vermillion, S. D., May 80.—Fire to- tally destroyed the large factory oi the Stork Folding Crib company, to gether with 2,000 cribs that were ready for shipment. The loss is estimated at $10,000, only partially covered by insurance The origin of the fire is not known. The plant was owned by O. W. Thompson of Chicago, and M. L Thompson and J. A. Linn of Vermil: lion, CHIEF JOHN T. BLACK DEAD. Operation for Appendicitis Fatal to Well Known Duluth Man. Duluth, May 30. — John T. Black, chief of the Duluth fire department, died yesterday at St. Luke’s hospital, after an operation for appendicitis. His illness was very brief. Chief Black was one of the best known fire fighters in the ‘country, having for years been at the head of the St. Paul fire department. He was a Mason and was widely known throughout the state. He leaves a wife and four children. TWO ELEVATORS BURNED. $25,000 Loss on Buildings and Grain at Sutherland, lowa. Sutherland, Iowa, May 30, — Fire destroyed the mammoth grain eleva- tors of the Farmers’ Grain and Supply company and Thompson & Christo- pher and the coal house of the farm- ers’ elevator, with a loss of $25,000. Thousands of bushels of grain were consumed. The railroad buildings and the rest of the town were saved with the greatest difficulty. Insur- ance, $12,000. The town is left with. out any elevator. SINGERS TO HOLD FEST. Red River Scandinavians Will Gather in Fergus Falls June 4. Fergus Falls, Minn., May 30.—A big gathering of the Scandinavian singers of the Red river valley is being plan- ned to take place in this city Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 4, 5 and 6. The saengerfest grand concerts will be held in the Lyceum theater, but open air gatherings are also planned, and the affair will close with a picnic at Battle Lake. _ Flagman Is Killed. Sturgis, Mich., May 30.—S. Morrar- ity of Fort Wayne, Ind., a train flag- man, was instantly killed last night when the rear coach of a passenger train ran into an open switch and was wrecked. * Half a dozen passengers were badly shaken up. Insurance Man Dead. Los Angeles, May 30.—John Clark Robinson, aged seventy-one, one of the founders of the New York Life In- surance company, died here yester- day. ROBBERS HOD UP !60 sr ou COST OF FARM PRODUCTS. ‘sults of Investigation. Bulletin No, 73, entitled “The Cost of Producing Minnesota Farm prod- ucts,” recently issued by the bureau of statistics of the department of agri- culture, should be of great value to the agricultural interests of Minne- sota. It represents a partial result of a co-operative investigation carried on for the past seven years by the Minnesota experiment station and the bureau of statistics, and marks a pre- liminary step toward a careful and complete study of farm profits and the farm business. The investigation has been on a large number of private farms in the three leading agricultural areas of the state. The facts brought out are sur- prising to those who have not fol- lowed carefully conducted systems of cost keeping. The average annual cost of maintaining the farm work horse at Northfield was $90.40, at Marshall $87, at Halstad $75.07, while the cost of horse labor per, hour va- ried from 7.3 cents at Halstad to 91-4 cents at Northfield. The cost per acre of producing some of our staple field crops in Southeastern Minnesota was as follows: Corn husked from the standing stalk $11.66; corn cut, shocked and shredded, $15.30; timothy and clover hay, $5.55; oats, $9.85; wheat, $9.86, and potatoes $26.37. The cost of pro- ducing these crops in the western part of the state was much lower. It was found that the average milch cow on the farm produced 4,950 pounds of milk containing 186 pounds of butter fat annually and that her cost of maintainance for the same pe- riod was $40.97. Edward C. Parker and Thomas Coo- per, assistant agriculturist at Minne- sota experiment station, were in charge of the investigations in this state. Ortonville (Minn.) Woman Has Mem: ory of Startling Vividness— Eyes Still Bright. Ortonville, Minn., May 30. — With eyes as bright and youthful as they were eighty years ago, with a voice as free from the effects of age as a young mother’s, and with a memory that is startling in its power to recall Getails of many years ago, Mrs. Thir- za Dudley of this city celebrated her 100th birthday anniversary this week. Mrs. Dudley recalls the day in 1812 when her three uncles and her grand- father, though too old and debilitated from service in the Revolutionary war to fight on the battlefield, had de- termined to serve his country in the army hospital. Her parents, like all GIVE CONVICTS JOB. Suggestion Made That They Make Drain Tile. Convict labor to make drain tile for the use of farmers of the state was one of the novel suggestions made at a meeting of the Seventh district bankers, held at Marshall. The bankers did not resolve in fa- vor of the proposition, but they took it up for discussion. It was generally agreed that drainage tile is one of the things necessary to improve the farms of the state, and those who know believe that even in the older parts of the state, the southern coun- ties, the value of farm lands could be improved 33 per cent by being prop- erly drained. The large marshes are being drained with dredge ditches, but the small sloughs must be tile- drained if the work is to have per- manent results. The principal reason why there is not more tile draining done is that drain tile is expensive. It was sug- gested that if the convicts at the pen- itentiary could make the tile they could be sold to the farmers much cheaper than at present. One argument advanced in favor of this plan was that it does not require skilled labor or expensive machinery to make drain tile. Some skilled labor and considerable expensive machén- ery are required in the twine factory, and more will be needed to make farm machinery, so that the state is compelled to hire skilled men to do a great part of the work. The making of drain tile at the state prison would not interfere with any skilled labor in the state. MRS. THIRZA DUDLEY. others of that period, raised their flax, spun their linen and lived wholly upon the products of the farm. The aged woman was born on May 23, 1809, at Phillips, Franklin county, Me., and was married to John G, Dud- ley on May 29, 1830. Her husband died thirty years ago, and in 1850 Mrs. Dudley moved to Wisconsin, and later came to Minnesota. She now re- sides with her daughter, Mrs. C. A. Chamberlain. Five of Mrs. Dudley’s children are living, and the youngest is fifty-eight years old. Were the eldest alive he would be aged seventy-eight years. ROPE IN COURT ROOM. Hangman’s Noose Hidden Near Where Negro Faces Jury. Centerville, Iowa, May 30.—A per- fectly tied hangman’s noose was found last night secreted in the court house near the room in which John Junken, negro slayer of Clara Rosen, is kept in his trial. Spectators at the trial yesterday were greatly wrought up as Chief of Police Gallagher told of the confes- sion which Junken made and later re- pudiated. Detective John Gray also told how Junken described the mur- der to him. The defense will put Junken on the witness stand, it is said. TASCA . LOG DRIVES HELD UP. Meee anager Engineer Cooley and Timothy O’Con- nor Look for Ground. G. W .Cooley, engineer of the state highway commission, and Timothy o’Connor of Renville, a member of the commission, returned from Park Rap- ids and Bagley where they inspected the road which the state is to improve and for which the legislature appro- priated $10,000. The road runs twen- ty-three miles from Park Rapids to the state park at Itasca and thirty- five miles from there to Bagley. They said that the $10,000 given by the state will be far from what is nécessary to build a first-class road. Mr. Cooley thought, however, that with some aid from Clearwater county they could make a fairly good road from Park Rapids to the park, but nothing beyond that. Mr. O’Connor said that $3,000 a mile was not too much to spend on a rad. Mr. Cooley thought that if a good road were built to the park and the roads from here to Park Rapids were good there would be an immense num- ber of people visiting the park each year. At present the road from Park Rapids to the park is hardly passable for automobiles. Shortage of Watet in Streams in Northern Minnesota. Cloquet, Minn., May 30.—The spring log drive, which has already been de- layed several weeks, is again held up on account of the low water level in the streams. Lumbermen are experi- encing great difficulty this year, and in many places the irive has been temporarily suspended. Unless rain comes soon it will be impossible to get many of the logs to the mills. “Put $500 in Box or Be Blown Up.” Pipestone, Minn., May 29.—William Fahlin, a wealthy farmer residing in Murray county, has received a letter from blackmailers demanding that he place $500 in a certain mail box near his home, under the threat that if the money was not deposited within ten days his house would be blown up with dynamite. Twine Plant Wins. Madison, Wis., May 29.—Despite a hard fight, the proposition for a bind- er twine plant in the state prison was victorious in the senate last night by a vote of 20 to 4. Catch Desperate Gang. TWO PROFESSORS QUIT NORMAL. Waterbury, Conn., May 29.—In the capture of Frank Sodo and Giovanni Attardi on Wednesday for an attempt to tamper with state witnesses, the local police believe they have cap- tured two of a gang of desperate criminals. The Winona normal school will this season lose two of its professors, both having been called to university work. A short time ago Dr. G. O. Virtue, who has had social science, history and civics, accepted a call in a simi- lar chair in the University of Nebras- ka, at Lincoln, Neb. Now Dr. John A. Thackston of the mathematics de- partment has accepted a call to a similar position in the University of Florida at Gaineaville, Fla, ~ Saloonkeeper Must Pay $5,000, Vincennes, Ind., May 29.—Mrs, Bers! tha Hillman of Petersburg, Ind., was awarded $5,000 yesterday in her dam- age suit against W. E. Stewart, a sa- Jocnikeeper of Jimtown. CLASS OF 800 TO GRADUATE. Agricultural Department Gives Re-| Commencement Exercises at State University Are Completed. Plans for commencement week at the state university are complete, and 800 seniors are to receive honors. President Cyrus Northrop will give his annual reception to the senior class on Friday, June 4, at which re- ception men prominent in state affairs will be in the receiving line. The baccalaureate sermon is to be delivered by Dr. John H. Bushnell of Westminster Presbyterian church, Minneapolis, in the university armory on Sunday, June 6. “The Scarlet Ar- row,” the senior class play, will be presented at the Metropolitan theater on the afternoon and evening of Mon- day, June 7. Tuesday will be class day, and the campus -will be turned over for the entertainment af the graduates, where they will deliver their class day ivy ode and Sigma Chi orations. Wednes- day will be alumni day, and those who return to their alma mater are expected to hold reunions and picnic dinners on the campus knoll. Amos Packer Wilder, United States consul general to Hongkong, China, will address the class at the com- mencement exercises in the universi- ty armory on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, President Northrop imme- diately thereafter conferring the di- plomas upon the graduates. NEED EXHIBIT ROOM. Fair Managers Will Construct New Machinery Building. At a special meeting of the board of the State Agricultural society man- agers the board decided to build a new machinery building just north- west of the present machinery build- ing. The structure will be construct- ed with a steel frame and with cor- rugated steel roof. It will be 100 by 400 feet, and will have posts twenty- six feet high as supports. It will open on all four sides, affording ample room for entrances and exits. The approxl- mate cost is $20,000. Bids were received for this work from several Twin City firms, but were rejected. New bids will be re ceived this week. The board authorized Secretary C. N. Cosgrove to proceed with the grad- ing of the road from the Midway ter- minal to the grandstand, and to build a bridge over the so-called Como drive, which will give a new approach to the grandstand. A bridge will be built over the channel at the west end of the grounds. This section is to be landscaped and channels dug. READY TO BEGIN SALES. State Auditor Iverson Will Start at Anoka This Week. State Auditor Samuel G. Iverson will start his land sales this week and will be engaged about a month, in which time he expects to sell about 300,000 acres. It is nearly all school land, but there are some resales of land on which the purchasers are in default on interest. The first sales will be made at Anoka and Elk River of some small tracts in Anoka and Sherburne coun- ties. Having received daily for some weeks between 200 and 300 letters re- lating to this sale, Mr. Iverson thinks that he is justified in predicting that it will prove a most profitable one for the state. In the lots placed on the market are 60,000 acres in Roseau county, 28,000 in Kittson, 45,000 in Marshall, 38,000 in Red Lake, 32,000 in Crow Wing, 20,000 in Becker, 30,000 in Itasca and 23,000 in St. Louis counties. NO MAY CONTEST. Late Season Causes Postponement of Butter Scoring. A late spring has resulted in calling off the usual May contest of the state buttermakers. These contests are conducted by the state dairy and food department, which begins a series of six monthly scoring contests in May, prizes being given to the winners of high average marks. Andrew French, state dairy and food commissioner, said: “The spring has been so late this year that the grass has just become fit for pasture, and the creameries have not been able to get the needed supply of cream. The season is more than two weeks late, and for that rea son I have decided to have no scoring done in May. The contests will begin in June, and will be carried on for six months as before, running a month later in the fall.” HAWLEY INDORSES BOND ISSUE. At a special election at Hawley ta decide the question of issuing bonds to the amount of $8,000 for the pur- pose of installing an electric light plant and also bonds to the amount of $8,000 for a waterworks system, the citizens voted for both propositions as follows: Electric light, 107 to 19; waterworks, 84 to 36. This was in the face of strong opposition by a few business men who were afraid a waterworks system would prove a financial loss to the village. 4