Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1904, Page 1

W®sian information concerning the char- | i | i | i ! [fter Kuropatkin will be appointed to i i VOLUME 1. NUMBER 240. FARLIKE MOVE - MADE LUSSIAN_ GOVERNMENT CLOSES TRANSSIBERIAN RAILROAD TO FREIGHT TRAFFIC. s DRDER GOES INTO EFFECT AT ONCE: i ‘ pFFlCIALS DESIRE TO KEEP LINE' OPEN FOR CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS AND STORES. it i | Yondon, Feb, 1.—A dispatch to jReuter’s Telegram company from St. h’etersburg says 'the transportation of erchandise over the Transsiberian railroad will be stopped after Feb. 2 in order to leave the line open for the onveyance Qf troops and stores. E The-dispatch adds that War Minis- pommand the Russian land forces in the event of war with Japan. jl MUST GRANT ALL DEMANDS. by Russia Will Not Sat:! isfy Japanese. 5 Tokio, Feb. 1—The government ldoes not, it is said, possess any Rus- iConcessions pacier of --the- forthcoming note, “al- though it has received various reports, the. majority. of which say the reply fwill be satisfactory. None, however, 1 { mnanato from a source which warrant their full acceptance as correct. It is! Bthe belief here that Count Lamsdorft,' lthe Russian foreign minister, has not lgiven out the slightest intimation of f1ts contents. Eyen that carries little’ ssurance, for the Russian and Japan- i jesarconceptions of what constitutes a fair bargain vary materially. | i The government of Japan does not | 'anticipate the wecessity of the Rus- sian reply for a few days. ‘When it comes it will probably be considered lby the throne in conference with the, ‘cabinet and elder statesmen. The | presumption that Russia has made concessions does not, im= the least, ‘wnrrant the conclusion that there will ba o neaceful settlement of. the exist-| iooeeooosessecs BEMIDJI, MINN pressed 1 | ®cent is expectable at | cargo. ‘igraphed to the British legation at To- ing difficulties. If the’ reply snould prove to be complétely unsatisfactory to Japan the outcome of the confer- ence ig manifest. Should it give par- tial satisfaction an exchange of notes {s possjble, aithough - there reniains slight room for additional diplomacy. RUSSIANS - ARE PREPARING. Japanese Descent on Port Arthur Pos- sible at Any Moment. Port Arthur, Feb. 1.—Apprehension that there will be war is still ex- n official quarters here ‘and it is also said that a Japanese de- any moment. At the same time the authorities de- Cclare that with the exception of strate- gical precautions taken between Liao-; yang and the Yalu river their plans| have not been formed and that it will be impossible to complete the arrange- | ments untll the Japanese make more | definite-demonstrations of their inten-, tions. The fortification ‘and field roops are active and between Liao-| yang and the Siberian border the rail-! road is overtaxed in transporting re-' cruite and replacing the regiments dispatched to the Yalu river. < In contrast with the alarm ex-| pressed in official circles the mer- chanis” are optimistic. Although the shipping has been burdened with high | insurance the supply of ships is ade- | quate notwithstanding the withdrawal of Japanese vessels. One of the lat- ter, after a fortnight’s detention in Japan, is now on the way to Chemul- po, Korea, and Chefoo, China, with a From three to six Japanese or British colliers are daily unloading at Port Arthur. The authorities continue to charge the United States with lack of tact and courtesy and express astonish- ment at the appointment of United States consuls at Mukden, Port Dalny . and Antung. 3 LITTLE BASIS FOR REPORT. Said ‘Russian Reply Will Be Satisfac- tory to Japan. London, Feb. 1—According to ‘the| Japanese legation here Minister Gris- com’s cable message from Tokio to the state department at Washington gaying, on the authority of the British ambassader at St. Petersburg, tele- kio, that the Russian reply to Japan would be satisfactory, was based on. the following facts: 3 On Jan. 26 the British ambassador at St. Petersbhurg telegraphed to For- eign Secretary Lansdowne at London that he had interviewed the Russian forelgn ' minister, Count Lamsdorff, PSSO IUCOOODSSSSRES SIS DSS Sl oo o e e s o Bh aanad 8 | its position since it was outlined in Valued at Duluth, Feb. 1~—Through a decl slon from the office of the commis: sioner of the general land office, sus: tatning a former decision of the regis: ter and receiver: of the Duluth land office, Danfel - Campbell, hunter and trapper, after several years' litigation, is restored full title to a homestead | in Northern Itasca county, sald to be valued at approximately $100,000, and tha. contact af . olaim inakitutad. . hw P e O e R tnat morning ana tiat “wount ‘1’.ums~l dorff said the Russian reply would be dispatched the same evening and that he (Count Lamsdorff) believed it would be satisfactory to Japan. These facts were retelegraphed to the Brit- ish minister to Japan, Sir Claude. Mac- Ponald, and also were communicated to the diplomats who attended Lord Lansdowne’s reception Jan. 27. Count Tamsdorf’s intentions, however, evi- dently - miscarried, for the foreign office and the Japanese legation both confirm the statements made in the Associated Press dispatches on the gubject from St. Petersburg and Tokio that no reply has yet been sent and that there is nothing to indicate what its real nature will be, except what must have heen an almost obvious ut- terance on the part of Count Lams- dorff. FOREIGNERS THREATENED. Incéndiary Placards Posted at Can- ton, China. Canton, China, Feb. 1.—Placards were posted about this city during the night inciting the natives to at- tack and burn the Shamien suburb, in which is the European quarter. The consuls have demanded the protection of the viceroy. ESOTA. TODAY we place on sale 150 pieces of Spring Ginghams In this assortment you can find all of the popular colors and designs %o be found in the “1904 products. Ladiesf Shoes. pr— We have received our Springlstock of Pingree Shoes. We are showing the com- -posite in Vici Kid, turn or welt soie; price, $3. The Gloria, Viel Kid, gatent Kid or Corona Colt. turn or welt sole; price, $3.50. The Vogue', Vici or Patent Kid, turn or welt sole; price, $5. 1904 Carpets and Lace Curtains now in stock. ' A few 1903 leavings. —_— One lot of Children’s Caps, worth from 25¢ to 50c, for 16ceach. Remnants Dress Goods One lot of Men’s Caps, svorth up—to $1.25, for 50¢ each. e Men’s Underwear, about 100 pieces of odd garments at three-quarters of their reg- ular price. — One lot of Ladies’ Under- wear at one-half of the reg- ular price. Wash Goods Embroideries Laces Ribbons Carpets OUTING FLANNEL. A few pieces of Sc outing* left—from Saturday’s sale-at 3 8-4c a yard. MISSES’ HOSE. 20¢ quality for 18¢ a pair. One lot of Boys™ shoes, worth up to §2, for §1.25 a pair. Ladies’s House Slippers, worth up to $1.75 a pair, for 59c. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1904. DAN CAMPBELL - GETS DECISION 'Northern Itasca County Homesteader Gets Back Title to Real Estate $100,000. Charles Keith is dismissed. The claim of 160 acres upon which' Campbell has been a resident for fif- teen years is said to be highly val- uable owing to its situation upon the falls of the Rig Fork river and adjoin- ing the townsite laid out by Tamsj| Bixby and his associates. Campbell's; title has been in dispute since he gol; i the land. ! 000040000000 000000ssss0e KEEP GUT OF PANAMA e | ‘ COLOMBIAN TROOPS MUST NOT: LAND ON ANY PART OF | THE ISTHMUS. REYES ~ MISUNDERSTANDS * SITUATION 8AYS UNITED STATES GUARAN- TEES TO PROTECT ONLY CANAL ZONE. Washington, Feb. 1.—It is stated at the state department that General Reyes must *have misunderstood the | position of the authorities here if he, | as reported from Bogota, informed the | Colombian government that the Unit- }ed States limited its objection to the landing of Colombian troops in Pan-{ ama to the canal zone itself. The de- partment has not in any sense changed the note of Sccretary Hay of Nov. 11 to Minister Bunau-Varilla when it was expressly stated that nmo troops with hostile intent could be landed in Pan- ama. Since that date a treaty has heen negotiated between the United States and Panama by which the former guar- antees the integrity of the latter and that treaty is now before the senate. In its present state, to use the ‘words of Secretary Hay, Panama has, therefore, acquired “an inchoate right”” to the protection of the United States. Colombian .attack would 'be regarded by the government of the United States as an unfriendly act. Minister Bunau-Varilla had a long talk during the day with Acting Sec- retary Loomis and reported that the new constitution would be completed in a day or two. STILL FEAR AN ATTACK. Panamans Believe Colomblans Are Preparing for Campaign. Panama, Feb. 1.—Information com- ing from Bogota is to the effect that since Generals Reyes and Cavallero have assured Colombia that the Unit- ed States will only object to her land- ing forces in the canal zone the Co- lombian government intends to organ- -jze—and-serd-—-an—expedition against Panama. 7 | The only explanation of this news from Bogota is that the government of Colombia is compelled to take, some steps to prevent its downfall. This is said to be imminent, as Presi- dent Marroquin has lost all the pres- tige he ever had. There is much speculation in Bogota as to the out- come of this move should it be put through. REVES DID NOT SAIL. Colombian Special Envoy Still In This Country. New York, Feb. 1.—General Rafael Reyes, special representative of the| Colombian government, who it was re-| ported from Washington this week,! was to sail for Cartagena on the gteamer Valencia, did not take pas-| gage on that ship. He is still in Wash- | ington. = ~Bunau-Varilla Demands Retraction. Washington, Feb., 1.—M. Bunau-| Varilla, the minister from Panama,| through his attorneys, has made de- mands for retraction upon the Wash-! ington Post and the New York World gimilar to those made upon the New York Evening Post. ' WouLD DROP FREE SILVER. lowa Democrats Agalnst Forcing Oid - Issue to the Front. { | Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 1—"No | fight should be made in the next state | { convention or in the national conven- tion for the reaffirmation of the 16 to ! 1 plank of the Kansas City platform.” This statement was issued during the evening at the close of a confer- ence of twenty-five leaders of the sil- ver and Bryan wing of the Democratic party in Towa. It was declared to be the concensus of opinion of those pres- ent. It was the unanimous opinion, ! however.. that the platform of the, na- | Had a Long Chain of Offices In the I'order issued by the New York oflice of 1 000. | controlled a chain of 125 offices from ! result of an explosion of gas in the The Bemidji Daily Pioneer tonal CONVENUoOn “SNOuULd De WIItrem™ by the friends and supporters of the last national platform and those who believe 'in the essential prineiples aside from the 16 to 1 plank.” | Among those present: at the v:v:m~l ference were George Rhinehatt —of Newton, General: James B. Weaver, | John M. Read, president of the Demo- ! cratic Gracchi club ~ of Des Moines, I'and S. A. Brewster of Ottumwa. e CONTINUES TO CLIMB UPWARD.| Further Sensational Advances in Price of Cotton. New York, Feb. 1.—Never before; has such an advance been witnessed over night in the cotton market and perhaps never before has the cotton market shown such wild excitement. Cables from-Liverpool were -spectac-, ular. They reported an advance of 29 to 3314 points when they were expect- ed to be £l to 10 points lower Tha first prices were at an advance of 42 to 81 points on the old and of 12 to 48 pcints on the new crop months. March, | Which closed at 15.82, opened at 16 5 | and sold up to 16.42 on the call; M closing at 16.04, advanced to 16. and July, closing at 16.18, opened at | 16.80. There. was heavy liguidation | and immediately following the call prices sagged off a few points but the | market remained very excited, with | trading tremendously active. The liquidation following the call| carried the active months down from | 29 to 26 points, with March selling at 16.20, May at 0 and July at 16.56. But at this pent there was bull sup- port and the market was forced up to a still higher level, with March reach- ing 16.45, May 16.79 and July 16.90, a wet advance on these months of 72 to 76 points. COURT ADVISES OBEYANCE. Chicago Federation of Labor Refuses Grand Jury Dgmand. Chicago, Feb. 1..—Secretary Ed- ward Nockels of the”Chicago Federa- tion of Labor was counseled from the bench by Judge Gary, to reconsider a determination to defy the grand Jury in-the matter of producing the books and records of the Federation before the grand jury, which is investigating violence and rioting during recent strikes. Secretary Nockels was given geveral hours in which to consult fur- ther with other officials of the Fed- eration of Labor. Judge Gary's action was the outgrowth of a citation com- manding Nockels to show cause why there should not be a judgment of contempt of court as a result of Nock- els ignoring the order of the grand jury. In reply to an appeal by Nock- els for dismissal on the ground that to comply with the mandate of the grand jury might ineriminate him Judge Gary declared that the effect on public opinion of such refusal would be an implied admission on the part of the Chicago Federation of La- bor that the organization was engaged in counseling or condoning the as- saults and violence. TAFT DECLARES POLICY: New Secretary Believes in Phillppines for Filipinos. *Washington, Feb. 1.-—The Philip- pines for the Filipinos will be the key- note of the policy of Secretary Taft toward the Far Eastern archipelago. In almost the last speech he made be- fore leaving the Philippines for home he reiterated this keynote, which he first sounded when he was inaugurated governor of the Philippine islands. This speech has been published by the insular government in an official i sumed conslderation of the urg form and has just reached the war department. In it Governor Taft de- clared that this doctrine did not ex- clude the encouragement of American enterprise or the American Investment of capital in_the Philippines, for the reagon that nothing, not even educa- tion or a free form of gdvernment, “oan make more for the elevation-and civilization of the Filipino than the {nveEtment-of American capital in the material development of these Isl- ands.” BAXTER & CO. FAIL. South. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1 —Following an A, B. Baxter & Co., cotton brokers, the local office of that concern posted a notice stating that the Atlanta office had assigned. Nothing official could be-learned here as to the reason for the suspension, but it 18 probably due to the sharp break in cotton. Baxter & Co. had__only reeently bought out Murphrey & Co., incor- porated, one of the largest stock bro- kerage companies in the country, and had reached a cd pitalization of $200,- The notice of the failure created a sensation. The defunct company New York to-New Orleans. 81X PERSONS. _KILLED. Fourteen Others Injured by a Gas Ex- plosion in France. Rognonas, Bouches du Rhone, France, Feb. 1.—Six persons were Killed and fourteen were Injured as a cafe of the Hotel de France during the evening. The hotel was partially swrecked. Russians on the Yalu River. New York, Feb. 1.—Small parties of Russian sold are beginning to| appear on the banks of the Yalu river, | cables the Secoul (Korea) correspond- ent of the Herald. Twenty mounted troopers crossed into Korea at Sam-: sao, near the headwaters, and twenty- four reached Antung. They were offl- cers said to be investigating sites for barracks. i TEN CENTS PER WEEK. KILLED IN THE HOUSE IN DEFICIENCY BILL SECOND PAYMENT OF MILEAGE. PROVISION FOR A MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN DEBATE DID EXTRA SESSION MERGE INTO REGULAR THE MAIN POINT IN DISPUTE. o Washington, Feb. - 1.—The house went immediately into committee ot the whole upon convening, with Mr. Tawney (Mixn.) in the chair, and re- ent de- ficiency bill g Mr. Fuller (11L) bat the arguments of Mr. (Me.) on the point of order ra Mr. Maddox (Ga.) on the parig proceeded to com- Littlefield 'd by aph providing a second payment of mile- age to senators and members, Mr. Fuller id the question to he determined was whoether this was the second session ‘of the Fifty gress or a_continuation of the sessi begun in November. He differed from Mr, Littlefield in the contention that this Is a continuation. He held that the November sesslon ended at moon on the day fixed by the Constitution for convening the December session. Mr. Parker (N. J.) followed Mr, Fuller, taking the oppesite view. He insisted that there was nothing to warrant the drawing of mileage for traveling 3,000 miles during the period that the clock was striking 12. He said that the house had talked of horses and carriages used by the sev- eral government departments and made the point that it would be in- consistent to allow a fictitfous con- struction on the mileage item. After further debate Mr. overruled the point of order. The mileage appropriation was then stricken out by a vote of 167 to 0 and the urgent-deficiency bill passeéd as amended. A large attendance of members was present during the debate and the arguments for and against the propo- sition reccived the careful attention of both sides of the house. Tawney NO GOLD COIN IN VAULTS. Unprecedented Demand Empties the Treasury. Washington, Feb. 1.—For the first time in_many years the treasury finds {taelf without any gold coin in its vaults. It {s explained that this condi- tion 18 the result of an unprecedented demand for gold certificates during the time when the mints have been fully employed in coining Philippine silver and subsidiary silver for the United Statee. The increased demand for gold certificates, which could only be issued for gold coin in the treasury, came about through the needs of the larger banking institutions in the great coal centers, hich had large amounts of notes of small denomina- tlons which they wished to exchange for gold certiricates of large denominas tions. The sccretary has given in- structions for the mints at Philadel- phis and San Francisco to begin the colnage of double eagles and to work overtime until a sufficient supply has been coined to meet all demands, ONE HUNDRED SHOPS TO CLOSE. Unlon - Carriage and Wagon Workers Will-Be Locked.-Out. Chi¢ago,— Feb: —1=—0ne hundred shops controlled by the Carrfage and Wagon Manufacturers’ association will be cloged shortly and 2,000 men belonging to the Carriage and Wagon Workers’ union will be locked out, This decision was reached as the climax to negotiations that -have been in progress during the past week between thei“two orzanizations. The men demanded a reduction of two hours In the working hours in a week, and Increases in pay running from 10 to 25 per cent. The employers de- clared that it was impossible to grant the demands and insisted that the union must forego them and consent to the *“open shop” or the lockout would commence. The men refused to accept the prop: fon of the employ- ers and the lockout will follow. BANQUET FOR DURAND. Societies in New York and London Feast at Same Time: London, Feb. 1.—While the Amer- fcan branch of the Pilgrims’ society was glving its dinner at Delmonico’s in_New York in honor of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, British ambassador to the United States, the English branch of the society celebrated the occurrence with a supper at the Carl- ton hotel. The unique feature consisted in the installation of cable instruments in one end of the supper room. Frequent messages were exchanged between Delmonico’s in New York and the Carlton hotel here. Reported Massacre Untrue. Mombasa, British East Africa, Feb. 1.—The reported massacre of a Brit- ish expedition, under the auspices of the East Africa syndicate, by Turk- hana tribesmen in the neighborhood . of Rudolf lake, announcement of which - was-made Jan. 24, now proves to have been incorrect. The expedition in question arrived at Teti, 150 miles west of Rudolf lake, Jan. 20, all well