Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 20, 1909, Page 8

® OVE IN WRECK OF BADGER BANK RUINED CASHIER SHOOTS SELF ON FATHER’S GRAVE AT MIDNIGHT. SHOCK SLAYS MOTHER-IN-LAW Suicide Not Responsible for Bank’s Failure, But Had Lost Personal Fortune in the Crash. Mineral Point, Wis., Oct. 19.—Two persons are dead here as the result of the closing of the doors of the First National bank of Mineral Point, fol- lowing the disclosure of a $200,000 shortage in the bank’s accounts. One of the victims, Frank Hanscom, was cashier of the institution. Late at night he went to his father’s grave im Graceland cemetery and sent a bullet into his brain. The second tragedy quickly folk jowed the first. Hanscom’s mother-in- law, Mrs. John Gray, an aged woman, dropped dead of shock when she was told of the suicide. Hanscomb had been an employee of the bank since its foundation in 1884 and for ten years had beeen its cash- ier. When the controller of the cur- renoy closed the doors after Vice- President Phillip Allen, Jr., had admit- ted taking $200,000 of its money, Hans- com’s books were carefully examined. They were found to be in excellent condition. But Hanscomb was de- epondent because the failure had wiped out most of his personal for- tune and because he feared the pub- lic would blame him for the crash. Mrs. John Gray also had lost a great amount when the 4ank failed. No Explanat'on Offered. Hanscomb disapp.ared from his home late in the day. When he failed to return at 10 p. m., his relatives started to search for him. They found his body in Graceland cemetery, ly- ing across the grave of his father, who had died some years ago. At his side was a revolver and there was a gap- ing wound in his head. He left no note explaining his act. The relatives hastened back to town to inform his wife and mother-in-law. When Mrs. Gray was notified she cried out and fell back dead, a victim of heart failure. Hanscomb was one of the most pop- ular men in Mineral Point and during the investigation of the affairs of the bank his personal honesty was never impugned. Mr. Hanscomb was a brother-in-law of Phil Allen, Jr., vice-president of the bank, for the alleged misuse of whose funds Allen was arrested last Friday, nd was 55 years old. MAGOON MAY BE MINISTER. Huntington Wilson Also Mentioned for Chinese Post. Washington, Oct. 19.—Since the re- moval of Charles R. Crane as minister to China, the state department has been on a still hunt for diplomatic tim- ber to fill the gap at Peking. Several names have been mentioned, the fore- most being those of Huntington Wil- son, assistant secretary of state, and the former governor of Cuba, William Magoon. Huntington Wilson is a possibility because of his well-known interest in oriental affairs. Magoon’s name has been linked with the possibilities be- cause of his unexpected arrival in Washington. It is doubtful whether Taft can find a business man to fill the post, as was his intention when he selected Crane. Abandoning this idea, he might see fit to promote an expe rienced diplomat from the service. New York, Oct. 19.—Stuyvesant Fish, being asked as to the report from Shanghai as to his becoming minister to China, said: “It is true that the Chinese mission was offered to me, but that happened last spring while I was in Europe. Needless to say the offer was at once declined. I did not mention the fact then and should not do so now were it not for the persistence of the baseless rumors of my going there.” Compressed Air Life Saver. Crisfield, Md., Oct. 19—When the George M. Collier was wrecked in Chesapeake Bay and turned turtle, James O’Donnell, one of the schoon- er’s crew, was caught in the forepeak. He was rescued 18 hours later, weak from hunger and exposure, his life having been saved by the compressed air which formed in a chamber under the hull. O’Donnell’s escape is regarded as one of the most remarkable in the history of bay shipping. He was giv- en up for lost by the crew, who clung for hours to the sides of the boat, on- ly a few feet from their imprisoned companion. Routes Robbers With Rifle. Minneapolis, Oct. 19.—Only bullets from a rifle in the hands of J. J. Frie- sen, clerk in the general store of A. D. Pouliot, Hamel, Hennepin county, kept a gang of men from blowing the safe which contained nearly $200 of Mr. Pouliot’s and the government’s money. Mr. Pouliot is postmaster and the postoffice is in the rear of his store. It was a little after 2 a, m. when Mr. Friesen, who sleeps in a room in the rear of the store was awakened. The robbers already had taken $75 in HEeEEERTIVE DARE MILLIONAIRE GOLD BRICKED. | Spends $25,000 for $18 Worth of Brass. in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Oct. 15.—H. F. Chaffee, millionaire Dakota land-owner, presi- dent of the Amenia & Sharon Land Company, and heavily interested in the John Miller Grain Company, Min- neapolis, paid $25,0&00 in real money to a clever swindler who successfully worked upon him the time-honored gold brick trick. In return for the small fortune, Mr. Chaffee found him- self the possessor of 80 pounds of yel- low metal, probably worth about $15. The operators of the swindle were “John Armstrong,” a gray-hared min- er and the owner of a fictitious gold | mine of fabulous resources in old Mex- ico, and “W. H. Harper,” Philadelphia, archaelogist of wide repute and reli- able assayer of precious metals, the former occupying modest quarters at the Beaufort hotel and the latter hold- ing forth in the finest suite of rooms in the Rogers hostelry. Mr. Chaffee met Armstrong three days. ago at Chaffee’s home in Amenia, N. D., where the swindler told a story | that he was in search of an uncle by the name of Chaffee. Gold As Security. He told of the two golden ingots, worth $40,060 at any government mint, which he held in two trunks in Minneapolis, ready to be placed as security for the $25,000 loan. Mr. Chaffee was more than interest- ed and agreed to accompany the min- er to Minneapolis and look at the gold. His son, EB. W. Chaffee, himself an assayer, accompanied him on the trip. Armstrong, producing an auger and steel drill, bored several small holes in each of the yellow disks. The Chaf- fees in the meantime scraped up the metal shavings. ‘When a handful of these had been secured, Armstrong placed them in an envelope and the trio started out to find a competent assayer to compute the purity of the gold. At the store of J.B. Hudson & Son, jewelers, Armstrong went inside alone. He joined the group in sev- eral minutes with a card bearing the names of two assayers, who he said were highly recommended by this firm. One was a St. Paul man, but the other, W. H. Harper, was located at the Rogers hotel. The party went there and, in an- swer to a card, Mr. Harper sent down word that, although he was rather busy, he would see the gentlemen for a few minutes. Applied the Acid Test. Taking some nitric acid, which the younger Mr. Chaffee had thought it best to purchase in person, Mr. Har- per applied it to the metal shavings submitted to him by Mr. Armstrong, and after watching the action of the acid, pronounced the metal to be of the highest grade. The next move was made at the Se- curity National bank where Mr. Chaf- fee cashed a personal check for $25,- 000. All three parties concerned then returned to the Beaufort, where the money, 25 crisp one thousand dollar bills, was handed over to Armstrong. BIG RELIGIOUS CONVENTION, Congregational Brotherhood of Amerl- ca Is Holding National Meeting. Minneapolis, Minn.—With a “mes- sage to the men of Minneapo- lis,” delivered at a down-town meet- ing by Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, the second national conven- tion of the Congregational Brother- hood of America opened at noon. The attendance is large, and all parts of the country being represented, and the enthusiasm is intense. This evening the President; John H. T. Main, of Iowa college, will preside at the sec- ond sesssion, and the speakers. will be Dr. S, 38. Capen, of Massachusetts; Henry, M. Beardsley, of Kansas, and Dr. Gunsaulus. Others who will address the conven- tion before the closing on Sunday evening are E. L. Smith, of Seattle; Prof. A. P. Hollis, of North Dakota; Fred B. Smith, of New York; Dr. W. B. Forbush, of Michigan; President Northrop, of the University of, Minne- sota; President M. L. Burton, of Smith college; T. C. MacBillan, of Chicago; Wayne B. Wheeler, of Ohio, and, at the annual banquet Saturday night, Mayor Haynes, of Minneapolis, and Booker T. Washington. Continued to Higher Court. Minneapolis, Minn.—The case of the state of Minnesota vs. C. J. John- son came to an abrupt end before Judge Wm. C. Leary, in police court. Johnson was charged on the records, with running a blind pig. “If the court please, I move that this action be annulled,’ said Captain Thos. Garvin. It was Captain Garvin who had conducted the raid in which Johnson was caught. The court looked up quickly. “Because the defendant is dead, your honor,” explained the captain. “He died at the City hospital Wednes- day night.” \ Facee Military Service. Minneapolis, Minn. — Jules Frelin, assistant professor in the French de- partment at the university of Minne- sota, acknowledges that after having escaped the manacles of a French mil- itary prison, he is now enmeshed in enough red tape to keep several pro- fessors busy. Professor Frelin has received a letter from A. Bailly Blan- chard, secretary of the American em- bassy at Paris, telling him what to do in order to satisfy requirements that may or may not release him from the obligation of military service, a Taner tee MAHNOMEN COUNTY HAS HEAVY BILL TO. SETTLE AFTER LOSING CASE, CALLS RAID “OPERA BOUFFE” Special Indian Agent Johnson Gives His Version of “Hostilities” Prior to His Arrest. Ing opera bouffe,” said William BH. Johnson, in recounting some of the {ncidents of his raid upon the saloons sequent arrest. “We had been in- informed after destroying all the liquor we could find at Ogema and at Mahnomen. It was reported that our guard. “We began our ‘work at Mahnomen about 10 o’clock in the morning, and had cleaned. out several places, when a large crowd gathered in front of Miller’s place, where the deputies were at work. “One of the deputies told me that the crowd wanted to see me and I went out and asked what was wanted. Pulled His Gun. “We are the council,” saia one man, and we order you to stop!’ We were ousy just then, so I closed the door and went on with seizure of liquor. the room through the rear door. Many pullled my .44 and you should have seen that crowd break for the door. “After the work was done, I went put on the street and was met by a fot of citizens. I learned that the deputy sheriff of Mahnomen county had sworn in forty-five deputies to aid the town marshall and the city council tm preserving the peace. “What do you want?’ I asked, after the crowd had halted me. “One man with a paper in his hand jumped out and shouted: ‘We want to | arrest you.’ “Do you want me alone, or all the other men?’ I asked. “‘We want everybody,’ man with the paper. said the Arrest Was Easy. “‘Well, you can have them all as soon as they are through with their work,’ I replied. I was perfectly will- mg to be arrested then, but I would not permit it as long as there was any liquor to be found in the town. An adnarmed boy could have arrested me and the idea of swearing in forty-five deputies for the job was intensely funny. “Mahnomen county will have a nice bill to pay in defending the saloons. Our bill at the Polk court jail in Crookston, I am informed, will reach $640. Then there is the expenses of the forty-five deputies and other ex- penses which will amount to several hundred dollars more. And on top of this will come the expense of the court proceedings at Duluth and the fees of the attorneys, which probably will not be small. Mahnomen county has had some fun, but will have to pay for the music later on.” RELIGIOUS PROGRESS GREATEST. Spread of Gospel te be Big Movement in the Coming Decade. Minneapolis. — Fred B. Smith, of New York, general secretary of the international committee of the Y. M. C. A., spoke in the Metropolitan theater at the noonday meeting of the Congregational Brootherhood of America. “Religion and Men” was his subject. After outlining the achievements since the beginning of the century and venturing that no man would attempt to prophesy the events of ten years more, in science, politics or commerce, he declared that the triumph of re- ligion will go down as the mightiest movement. “Take it from me,” he said, “the world-wide conquest of religion will be bigger than politics, greater than commerce, outclassing society, grand- er even than the vital issues of life itself. “That man who is big enough to put the major part of his life into the work of God will be greater than our kings of finance, commerce or politics. Religion takes a man out of the rut. It fills his most important personal needs, makes him live a better and broader life and, greatest of all, pre- pares him for the life to come. “Religion is not a dying issue, to be associated only with black livery, flow- ers and a casket. A man who thinks only of life as from cradle to grave is & smal] and a narrow man. I’m might- behind the curtain. Majors Enjoy Army Test. St. Paul—Major P. C. Hutton and Major S. G. Sturgis, of the regu- lar army, who are on their annual endurance ride, have left Glen Morris on the second stage of their test. They left Fort Snelling and rode to a relay camp west of Shaokpee, and they turned north to Minnetonka, arriving at Glen Morris, on Christmas lake, where they passed the night. are in splendid shape after our ride,” said Major Hutton over the telephone. “We will ride to the relay camp, be yond Shakopee. ee - = . Minneapolis. — “It was an amus |; of Mahnomen last week, and his sub- ! Waubon that we would have trouble , there was a real killer at Mahnomen, | a fellow named Bolieau or something H like that, and were warned to be on; A little later the crowd burst into | were armed, some with revolvers. I! ily concerned with the part that is | “We | THEBIG A Big Saving in Fall Blankets 75 pairs of Cotton Blankets, for single beds, 65c value, pr 35¢ 100 pairs Cotton Blankets, 10-4 size, regular 75c value, pr 50¢ 50 pairs of Cotton Blankets, good weight, colors tan and gray, full size, reg. $1.25 value, pr $1.10 50 pairs of 12-4 Cotton Blankets, extra heavy fleece, reular $1.50 value, a pair............ 1.35 100 pairs large size Cotton Blan- kets, colors tan, white, regular $1.75 value, a pair....... $1.4 75 pairs heavy Cotton Blankets, 11-4 size, gray only, regular ¥1.50 value, a pair...... $1.25 25 pairs extra fine Cotton Blan- kets, 12-4, large size, regular $2.75 value, a pair 2.50 Wool Blankets, full size, regular $4.50 value, a pair.. -..$3.75 TASCA MERCANTILE OMPA is STORE Four Reasons Why Your Neighbors Trade Here First--Because they find larger and more complete stocks to pick from. Second--They always find the very newest and first quality of everything. Third--They know that the ITASCA gives better values for the money than they can find elsewhere for the same money. Fourth--We give Trading Stamps with every Ten Cent cash purchase in all de- partments and redeem them when your book is filled. Now if you are a careful buyer and a judge of good values, give us a trial. WE GIVE TRADING STAMPS WITH EACH 10c PURCHASE Children’s Sweater Coats GRAND RAPIDS Fy ie ‘LT MINN. ong $i to $3 41008 comes in gray, black, blue and wine colors, of neat patterns, figures and stripes in all sizes, each -. $1.25 Ladies’ Dressing Sacques, made of Fannelette, of new fall pat- terns, all sizes, each... .. 50c Women’s and Children’s Underwear Women’s RibbedVest and Pants, fleeced, a garment ........ 25c¢ Women’s Fleece-lined, Ribbed Union suits, $1 val., each 75¢ Children’s Fleece-lined Vest and and Pants, all ages, each 35c BEE Se ee Sane 25c Children’s extra heavy Fleece- lined Union Suits, a suit..75¢ Women’s and Children’s Fall Hosiery Women’s extra quality Cotton Hose, fleece-lined, 20c values, ROD iG R. cdi sawacenne soe Women’s heavy ribbed Cotton Hose, with wool feet, pair 25¢ Women’s Wool Hose, extra fine quality, all sizes, pair....25¢ Children’s heavy ribbed Cotton Hose, with wool feet, pair 25¢ Children’s Ribbed Cotton Hose, fleece-lined, pair . -15¢ Wrappers and Dressing Sacques Women’s Fleece-lined Wrappers, made of good quality flannel- ette, trimmed with tailored straps over shoulder and back, Bishop sleeve, waist lined, 16 inch flounce, four yards sweep, FAIRMONTS LOSES TO GRAND RAPIDS (Continued from first page) in their respective fields and thinks ff Duluth intends to defeat the City team it will have to organize an all- star team, composed of the pick from the various teams. He winds up his article by stating that even with an all-star team against the Grand Rapids team, the outcome would be in doubt. Neither local |team has lost a game and _ their chances for winning the pennant are good. TUNGSTON LAMPS ON THIRD oTRrET (Continued from first page) waste, will be a beautiful plot of green grass. The R. S. Blome company will finish |paving Third street Saturday, it is| expected, and operations will be dis- continued until the coming spring. Their work is giving general satis- faction and has been done in a thorough manner. seeded FEELEY % ee i Re Frank and Melvin Pogue are re- ported to be slowly recovering from their serious illness. Elmer Pogue is spending a few \days with relatives. Mrs. Fred Ingersoll returned to her home near Pokegama lake Saturday, | after a few weeks’ visit with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Tichenor. Eddie and Clarence Tichenor visit- ed the Rapids Saturday. Andrew Norlander is making im- provements on his residence in |Feeley and is also building a barn jon his lots there. The funeral of Geo. Ham was held in the Feeley church Saturday and was largely attended. Andrew Johnson has built a nice ee ee eh eee ee ee eee eee hee See ee eee eal ? The Ever Popular | : : ae Seasedtongoafeeconreetoetoate < The Theatre for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. Performances at 7:30 and 8:30, Sharp Saturday Matinee at 2:00 o'clock p. m. “CEM” % 4 Times Each Week SOUVENIR MATINEE The conditions are very simple. To the , 4 > % boy or girl 14 years of age bringing the $ Saturday, October 23 largest number of triends with him or her $ $ Seat So" | | | sorter See Seton > ? % to the Gem Theatre Saturday afternoon, Oct. 23, the management will give a season ticket, good for the regular shows and matinees, for himself or herself and father and mother, also a souvenir. The names of contestants and number of friends accompanying them must be written plainly on a slip of paper and handed in at the box office when purchasing tickets. The one bringing the second largest number will also receive a souvenir. 12="Watch for the Gem’s New Announcement Coming. <1 Admission, 10c. . . . . . . ~ Children, under 9, 5c | SOMETHING NEW ALL THE TIME» | HAGEN & COMER, Proprietors and Managers. ‘ teeter “EX L” RESTAURANT “EX LL} Cor. Third St. and Leland Ave., McAlpine Bik., Grand Rapids JOHN BILODEAU, Prop. The Best in the Market ; OPEN DAY Served all the time AND NIGHT Furnished Rooms to Rent in Connection ; aoey 4 a 5 Rag Ong or anger pags Mee | ? CEMENT BLOCKS 3 . — All Kinds of | barn on the bank of the river near , his store. B. D. Kelley has almost completed his contract on the road connecting the Feeley and Bovey and Feeley |and Blackberry roads. | Fred Ingersoll has been investigat- ing the roads between Grand Rapids ‘and Feeley by running his thresh- .|ing machine outfit over them, and it is safe to say that the “threshing ‘machine has come to stay.” The ‘roads need improving for the ac- ‘commodation of “heavy weights.” Our farmers are getting their late vegetables “holed up” for the winter and will soon retire themselves—or words to that effect. Cement Building Material tS Fine Faces—Late Designs Cement Sidewalks and Tile WalKs Contracted Ses Mrvrvivivitiviviy it General Cement Contractor JOHN LOFBERG THE LOFEBERG CEMENT WORHS, GRAND RAPIDS 4 ( MEMORIES EOI | SUBSCRIBE FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS HERALDREVIEW) ~~