Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 3, 1904, Page 1

VOLUME 1. NUMBER 242. < | Russian Squa “IN THE FAR EAST dron Inside Harbor of Port Arthur Joins Fleet Outside. MILITARY AUTHORITIES MONOPOLIZE RAILROAD Thousands of Troops Are Moving and 'Handling of Com mercial Freight Is Suspended. . Port Arthur, Feb. 3.~ Not since the opening of the present controversy between Russia and Japan has the situation in the Orient taken on the warlike aspect that has characterized the past few days. There can be no mistaking the present preparations. They are in anticipation of the open clash that cannot much longer be de- layed under present existing circum- i stances. S ) R The Russian squadron which has been riding at anchor in the port for [ the past six weeks, weighed last night and has taken its position outside the harbor with the Russian fleet. This |+ move followed close upon the military authorities takiag i)ogsessioa of the railroads. Not a pouud of commercial freight has been moved since Monday. The | B mill'thry authorities monopolize the|' line and thousands of troops are moving. y The impending trouble appears to be near a realization. Japan’s atti- tude in the matter has assumed the aggressive and the measures looking toward wan which 'aré being taken :at WITH LIWITED POWERS RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FROM | PORTO ‘RICO IS ADMITTED TO THE HOUSE. ATTEMPTT0 AMEND THE RESOLUTION MINORITY LEADER WOULD GIVE HIM RIGHTS AND POWERS OF DELEGATE. ‘Washington, Feb. 3.—A Teport from | the committee on rules giving the resi- dent commissioner from Porto Rico, Mr. Degetau, the privilege of the floor, the right to address the house and representation on committees on in- sular affairs, was called up in the house by Mr. Dalzell as & privileged matter when that body convened. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, endeay- ored to have the report recommitted to the rules committee with an in- structisn for a resolution giving the Porto Rican resident commissioner all of the powers and rights of a dele- gate from a territory. This, it was stated, would give him a few addi- tional privileges. The previous question was ordered Jon the resolution and forty minutes’ / debate ensued. Mr. Cooper (Wis.), chairman of the insular *affairs-—committee, although| supporting the resolution, believed Porto Rico, with 1,000,000 inhabitants, was as much entitled to a delegate in congress as Hawaii, with less than 200,000 inhabitants. . ! The resolution was unanimously agreed to’and the speaker apnounced, the present time are taken merely as a checkmate to. the preparations which Japan has been making without any effort at concealment for some ‘time. Russia cannot longer delay/its de- fensive measures. The outlook has less of the reassuring at the present than at any time since the opening of the controversy. JAPAN IS BUSY Report from Vladivestock That Japanese Occupy Seoul Fusin Railread. St. Petersburg, Feb. 3.—The most important news of the eastern situ- ation reeeived at the foreign office for the past two weeks was received this morning in a report from Viadivos- tock, which says the Seoul Fusin rail- road has been occupied by Japanese troops. The move is rezarded nificant in the preemptory position Japan has assumed during the past {few days. Talk of the impending trouble is rife. The recent occupation by Japan- ese troops of several important strategical points can mean but one thing. It will not recede from its present position and its latest note to the government is the finale of the negotiations to avert_.an open breach which have been-carried on for the past two months, © 0005000000900 0R 00000000 amiq appiause, to€ appOINTMEent UL war. Degetau as a member of the house committee on insular affairs. On motion of Mr. Mahon (Pa.) the house began the consideration’of bills on the private calendar. k-3 DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION. Senator Fairbanks Discusses the Pan-' ama Affair. Washington, Feb. 3.—The day's proceedings- in the senate were begun by adopting a resolution intreduced by Mr. Hoar permitting the committee appointed to ‘investigate the charges against Senator Dietrich to eniploy & clerk. to send for witnesses and to take other steps necessary to carry out the erders of the senate. The Bacon resolution looking for ( the arbitration of the claims of Colom- bia against the United States on .ac- count of the Panama revolt was laid before the senateand Mr. Fairbanks (Ind.) was recognized te speak. Mr. Fairbanks’ remarks were de- voted ' largely to a discussion of the question whether the United States was in complicity with Panama in the revolt of last November. He spoke of the importance of showing this charge to be without foundation, saying: “While we greatly desire an inter- oceanic canal we are far more anxious that it ‘shall ‘be constructed without any taint whatever of national dis- credit.” Mr. Fairbanks was followed by Mr. Clarke (Dem:, Ark.), who made a speech dn support of the treaty. Mr. Clarke lost no time in declaring his absolute adhereice to the policy of the president. The question of the wis- dom of building an isthmian canal is no longer, he said, a question for dis- cussion. s Wealthy New Mexican Dead. _Albuguerque, N. M., Feb. 3—M. 8. Otero, probably the wealthiest man in New Mexico, delegate in congress from 1879 to 1888 and one of the lead- ing business men of the territory, is dcad at his home here of apoplexy. He was a- cousin of M. C. Otero, at present governor of New Mexico. SMYRNA RUGS, 1904 PATTERNS, EXTRA QUALITIES Size?fix-l?........... Size 30x60, at. Size 27x63, at. Size 36x72, at. Ingrain Carpet Velvet Carpet.... Wire Grass Matting.. EACH A YARD 60, 75 and 90¢ $1.00 38¢ O LEARY = HOWSE! BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA. SENT TO THE POWERS BUBSTANCE" OF 'RUSSIA’S REPLY COMMUNICATED TO INTER- ESTED NATIONS. BELIEVED WAR WILL BE AVOIDED JAPAN WOULD INCUR ENTIRE RE: SPONSIBILITY SHOULD HOS- * TILITIES RESULT. Paris, Feh. 3—The Havas agency has circulated a dispatch to the effect that Russia’s reply to Japan, the sub- stance of which has been communi- cated to the foreign chancellories everywhere, has made an impression that war will be avoided. Views have been exchanged be- tween the United States, France and Great Britain on the subject. The concessions therein go beyond general expectation and illustrate the senti- ments of equity and loyalty actuating the czar. -G “If, in spite of the very large satis- the dispatch, “the issue of the crisis ‘should be war Japan will incur the whole responsibility and find herselt morally isolated.” Reply Not Finally Prafted. The reply, the Havas agency says, only awaits its final drafting and will be presented Feb. 6. The French foreign office authorizes a denial of the report, printed in New York and emanating from Paris, to the effect that the French and British gov- sure on Japan for the acceptance of e-eeeseeeesesess thg coming Russian-reply-——It-is spe-i cifically asserted no exchanges relat- ing to the Russo-Japanese situation have occurred between the French and British governments for more than ten days. Some time ago, whi¥e re- ports of mediation were current, a general ugderstanding was reached by which, in their own way, Great Britain at Tokio and France at St. Petersburg, would seek to secure a pacific adjustment, but this related to ese note was pending. negotiations toward an agreement concerning the coming Russian reply. HOSTILITIES EXPECTED. Japs Believe War May Be Postponed Until March. | expected to reach here before the| middle or Iatter part of the week.!| From -remarks -dropped -by--high-offi-! cials little hope is entertained that Russia ‘will in any degree- relinquish her claims in Manchuria, but is sup-| posed to be simply prolonging the ne-| | gotiations in order to stréngthen her | forces in various points. | A large force of Russians is said to have occupied Antung, on the Yalu | river, a strategic point of great impor- tance in the event of Russia deciding to carry the war into Korea as she is expected to do. An impression prevails here that hostilities may be postponed until |'March, but will surely come about ther, as both countries will by that time be fully prepared in all points for an extended struggle. Conditions in the Korean capital are said to be far from satigfactorv faction Japan will receive,” continues | the former condition when the Japan-’ Since then; there has been no agreement and no/ Tokio, Feb:-2.—Russia’s-reply-is-not . / /i and ‘it is said that only the presence “'of a large number of foreign marines guarding the various legations has prevented a°serious outbreak, which may . come at any moment, notwith- ‘standing-the presence of the troops. As has been pointed out before this! is regarded as the danger point of the| ‘Bastern situation and may furnish the spark that will start the conflagration. | IN. THE CZAR'S HANDS. Russlan Ruler Considering the Reply to Japan. 1 St. Petersburg, Feb. 8.—The czar| now has before him the report of the special council on the Russian re., sponse. All the papers relating there- | to were submitted to hith by the Grand Duke Alexis and the czar is giving them earnest consideration. He had not rendered his decision up to 6 p. m. and it is authoritatively said it may possibly be several days before the response is forwarded to Tokio. Prices on the bourse are again weak, 4 per cents falling a point. WHEREABOUTS A MYSTERY. London Papers Unable to Locate Mrs. Maybrick. London, Feb.3.—The whereabouts ' of Mrs. Maybrick are variously an-i nounced in the newspapers as Corn-| wall, Holloway prison, at sea, bound for the United States, etc. The Daily Chronicle, which is under the same ownership as Lloyd’s Weck-‘ ly Newspaper, the journal that on: Sunday yublished the story of Mrs. | Maybrick's~ release, _declares the| statemenf that Mrs. Maybrick has sailed for the United States to be un- true, and adds that she is still in Eng- lang and that certain conditions at- _tached to her liberation impel her to exercise great discretion in her atti- tude toward the public and, for a time at least, it will only be possible for her to acknowledge through the press her gratitude for the efforts. of her sympathiza-s in cbtaining her release. The Daily Na2ws says that the whereabouts of the institution in which Mrs. Maybrick is recuperating is kept a profound secret, because she i3 still in the custody of the authori- ties. “In fact,” the paper says, “Mrs. May- brick and her custodians are conceal- 'ing their identity, and this is necessi- tated by her being privileged to walk abroad with her female wardens. It} is understood that after a period of rest she will return to either Woking or Holloway prison formal discharge on special license.” | . HIGH WINDS PREVAIL. | Train Blown Over and Great Damage Done in Colorado. Denver, Feb. 3.—High winds pre- vailed during the day along the east- ern slope of the Rocky mountains in Colorado and Wyoming and much damage to property was wrought. In Denver two men lost their lives as a direct result of the gale. ; Charles’ Ormsby and Willlam Dan. iels came in contact with a live elec: tric wire, which had been thrown from its fastenings into the street, and were instantly killed by the shock. A special to the News from Idaho Springs, Colo., says: A passenger train on the Colorado | and Southern railway, which left Den- | ver for Georgetown, was wrecked by a |.gale, two coaches and a combination | baggage car and express car being | blown over and badly demoralized. | The engine and .tender remained on the track. Four of the train = crew and one passenger were injured. VICTIMS OF WOOD ALCOHOL. § P— Three Chicago Colored Men Dead and Three Others Dying. Chicago, Feb. 3.—A number of col- ored men living in a rooming house on Dearborn street drank wood alcohol ' Sunday night and as a result Cyrus Robinson, J. C. McCarthy and Thomas Smith are” dead, George Jenkins and Edward Thompsoh are with a faint chance for his life. The men purchased- the-alcohgl™in ‘a drug store and friends ‘of the ‘men declare that the bottles were not properly labeled. It is claimed by men in the rooming house that all of the men who drank the wood alcohol knew that it was poison, but supposed that they had grain alcohol. AGED WOMAN ROBBED. | — | Jewelry Store Looted and Owner Beaten and Cagged. Philadelphia, Feb. 3.—Four men en- ! tered a small jewelry store at No. 4136 Market street, West Philadelphia, | late in the afternoon and beat, bound | and gagged the aged owner of the place, Mrs. Annie Hasler, and then gathered up jewelry to the value of | about $500 and escaped. The robbery | was committed while persons were | passing the-store: Mre. Hasler, who is _ seventy-one | years old, is seriously injured. The police have a good description | of the men. IN HIS ACCOUNTS. Warrant for Arrest of Altamont (Mo.) Bank Cashier. Altamont, Mo., Feb. 3.—A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Lee de Ford, cashier of the Bank of Altamont, charged witiA the emhezzle- ment of $7,000 of its funds, but he left the city befecre he could be se- cured. The bank has been placed in the hands of John Meade as tem- poral recciver. - De Ford, who is thirty years old and married, is the son of a wealthy Altamont man. It is believed that be lost the money in gpeculation. iz ] SHORT to receive her| dying and| ernments had agreed to exert pres- Richard Fletcher iq. in the hospital | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1904. CHICAGO THEATER OPENS. First Pla}&ouse to Do So Since All of | Them Were Closed. Chicago, Feb. 8.—McVicker's thea- ter; complete with safeguards against| fire and loss of life, reopened with large attendance in.the evening, be- ing the first of the popular playhouses to do so since all of them were closed following the Iroquois theater fire. An aldermanic committee, Building Com- missioner Williams and assistants and Fire Marshal Musham made a thor- ough examination of the house and of the stage .in particular, to see that they met the requirements of the pro- visional ordinance, designed to allow an early resumption of business. The arrangement of the seventeen exits was found .to be excellent, and the steel curtain worked GRANTED TO MADAME NORDICA. Interlocutory Decree of Divorce by Su: preme Court. New York, Feb. 3.—Madame Nor dica, the prima donna, who in private life is Mrs. Lillian M. Doeme, has been granted an interlocutory decree of divorce by Justice Bischoff, in tha supreme court. Justice Bischoff's decree was grant ed on the report of William M. Turner, the referee who was appointed by the supreme court to take the testimony in the suit: All the papers in -the!case except the decree were sealed up by order of the court. The decree states the referee has found Zoltan Doeme, the defendant, and well known tenor, guilty of adultery. BOSTON STRIKE MAY SPREAD. Affiliated Organizations May Assist the Printers. Boston, Feb. 3,—With the close ot the first day of the strike of the book and job compositors in this city and vicinity 250 men and women are ‘out and indications point to more than as many others leaving their work in the next few days. Some of ' the >smaller firms belonging to the Ty- pothetae accepted the new schedule, but for the most part the demands of the union were refused. Thus far the strike extends no far- ther than the compositors, but other organizations afliliated with the print- ing trades are likely “to become in- volved. SOUTH DAKOTA THE WINNER. Court Decides North Carolina Must Pay Its Obligations. Washington, Feb. 3—The case of the state of South Dakota and the state of North Carolina has been de- cided by the United States supreme court favorably to South Dakota. The case involved the validity of a mortgage on stock of the North Caro- | lina Rallway company, given by North {‘Carolina to secure the payment of | state bonds given Tn the aid of the road in 1867. South Dakota holds ten bonds of $1,000 each under a gift from Simon Schafer and Samuel M. Schafer of New York city and the amount due on the honds and coupons attached is $27,000. ' W. C. WHITNEY DEAD FCRMER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SUCCUMBS AS RESULT OF OPERATION. New York, Feb. 3.—William C. Whit- ney, secretary of the nayy under Pres- ident Cleveland, died late in the after- noon aé a result of an operation for WILLIAM C. WHITNEY. appendicitis performed several days ago. Mr. Whitney rallied from the-opera- tlon and geemed to improve in condi- tion until shortly before the end. DEMGCRATIC CONVENTION. Committee-on Arrangements Meets at St. Louis: St. Louis, Feb. 3.—Pursuant to call the committee on arrangements for the Democratic “national conventior consisting of members of the Demo cratic national committee met here at the Southern-hotel with all the mem- bers present except John R. McLean of Ohlo. Those in attendance are Senator James K. Jones, Arkansas, chairman offi William J. _Stone,! Missouri, vice chairman, ex-officio; J.| M. Guffey, Pennsylvania; D. J. Cam | pau, Michigan; Norman E. Mack, New | York; J. G. Johnson, Kansas; J. M.! Head, Ternessee; John E. Osbhorne, | Wyoming, and C. A. Walsh of Iowa. The committee will probably be in session two days perfecting arrange- ments for the convention. ‘The Bemidji Daily Pioneer TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ‘BAD- BLOW TO - PRIGES DANIEL SULLY, BULL LEADER IN COTTON, DECIDES TO TAKE A VACATION. FRANTIC EFFORT TO SELL HOLDINGS MAY OPTION TUMBLES A CENT AND A QUARTER IN AN HOUR’S TIME. ‘New York, Feb. 3-—What was be- lieved to be the long predicted cul- mination of the recent bull specula- tion in cotton came during the day’'s market., which, after opening lower, a remarkably sudden and violent drop In prices came in the early afternoon, while the scenes on tho floor of the exchange were the wildest seen in years, if, indeed, their like was over geen there before, and as prices melt- ed away the brokers seemed frantic to sell. v the time all were sellers and there were no buyers and as the news spread throughout the cotton DANIEL J. BULLY. district that Daniel Sully had decid- ed to take a vacation every map who owned a contract for delivery of cot- ton seemed desirous to sell it at once, without regard to the price it would bring. In less than an hour the May option fell a cent and a quarter a pound, or as much as would have been considered a good sized movement for a fortnight’s trading only a few years 880, Along with the liquidation of bull sveculators there was some selling for short account. The fall was checked about an hour after it began by renewed bull sup- port, sald to Pe for_the account of New Orleans interests, and those who had sold short hurriedly started to buy again. -These purchages caused @ quick rally of from 70 to 75 points and theresthe market steadied, after prob- ably the most excifing hour’s trading the New York Cotton Exchange had ever known. LETTING FINANCES ALONE. Little Hope of Passing Measures for Currency Reform. Washington, Feh. 8.—No measure on finance other than that permitting the deposit of receipts from customs in national banks and providing addi- tional forms of security for deposits of public moneys will be enacted into law at this sessfon of congress. As a matter of fact it is not certain that the bill referred to will be_passed. Hugh 1. Hanna and other prominent advocates -of--carrency reform are not hopeful of inducing the lawmakers to act, although it is generally admitted that comething should be done. Speak- er Cannon deems it inadvisable at th time to enter upon the revision or ¢éven amendment of the present finan- cial laws ‘and it is quite certain that his influence will be thrown against any such proposition. Iis idea; as he has Informed the president, is that no radical legislation of a financial char- acter should be entered upon at this time. KNOX AGAINST ~THE BILL Attorney General Opposes Change in Anti-Trust Laws. Washington, Feb. 3.—Attorney Gen- eral Knox in answer to inquiries as to whether—the -bitl-recently “introduced into the senate to amend the interstate commerce and anti-trust laws so as to relieve foréign commerce from their operation and so-as to enable contracts to be entered into in reasonable re- straint of commerce, was Introduced with the knowledge and approval of the administration replied: “Abso- lutely, no.” ; In response to a question as to his vlews on the wisdom of such an amendment of the law, he replied to the effect that it would not be a wise ceurse of procedure. Given Maximum Penalty. Minneapolis, Feb. 3.—Antonio Cal- derone, who killed Salvator Battalia Nov. 18 on the Franklin avenue bridge, has received the maximum penalty of twenty years. He was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.