Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 6, 1904, Page 1

i = VOLUME 1. NUMBER 245. HIS CONDITION SERIOUS DOCTORS ANNOUNCE SENATOR HANNA IS SUFFERING FROM TYPHOID FEVER. HOPEFUL PATIENT WILL RECOVER ADVANCED AGE AND RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS MAKE THE OUT- COME UNCERTAIN. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—Senator Han- na is officlally pronounced tg have typhoid fever.The following “bhlletin was issued by his physicians imme- diately after their consultation: “Senator Hanna has typhoid fever. The diagnosis is confirmed by the complete blood examination reported by Dr. Edward Behrond. The senater rested fairly well during the night and his temperature is 100, pulse 82.” President Roosevelt walked over from the White House personally to inquire after the senator’s condition. He spent ten minutes at the hotel. Dr. Behrond is a microscopic expert of this city. He made two tests. The first one showed the presence of the typhoid bacillus. The second test was made to confirm the first one. The doctors_say the case of typhoid is ir- regular. 5 The question of sending for the members of Senator Hanna's family was discussed with the physicians and it was decided that it was not neces- sary at present to send for them. Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Medill McCormick, a . daughter, and Miss Phelps, a niece, are already here. Those in consultation over the case were Dr. Rixey, who had been Sen- ator Hanna’s regular attending physi- <cian here; Dr. G, Lloyd Magruder and Dr. Behrond. The senator is being Closely Guarded From Visitors and no one except his household is permitted to see him. His sole diet is milk and no stimulants are being used at present. He rested fairly comfort- ably during the night. Mrs. Hanna in- sists on personally attending the pa- tient much of the time. The vphysiclans say that the out-'eine. Wis B ioon” Is BOpelUl 10 IECOVElY auu wnal the crucial point in the illness should be passed in about a week. They say the case'is what is known as irregular typhoid and is less serious than most cases of that illness. It is somewhat like. walking.tynhoid,. which acconnts. for the recent fluctuations in the fever and general condition of the patient. The family, it is said, instead of being alarmed at the diagnosis of typhoid, were relieved at the announcement, being fearful of the uncertainty. They realize the seriousness of the situa- tion, but feel that there might have been other developments that would have proven of much more gravity. The physicians are making a test of the condition of the kidneys. It is realized that the senator’s advanced | age and his rheumatic conditions make the case a more serious one than in a younger man, but the belief is ex- pressed by his family that he will re- cover, though he will be confined to his bed for a considerable period. MANY NOTABLES ATTEND. Funeral of the Late Willlam C. Whit- ney at New York. New York, Feb. 6.—Funeral serv- ices over the remains‘of William C. ‘Whitney were held here during the day at Grace Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, the rector, conducted the seryvices, Bishop Doane of Albany also participating. In the assemblage which filled the body of the large church were many men of the highest prominence in New York and the United States, representatives of the various interests with which Mr. Whitney had been identified, of the municipal and national govern- ment, of societies and organizations of which he had been a member and side by side with them scores of employes of the corporations with which he had been connected. Floral tributes in profusion were banked high around the pulpit before which the coffin was placed. Seventy pews in the center of the chuch’” were reserved for the family and relatives, intimate friends, repre- sentatives of the army and navy and business associates,. the rest of the church being thrown open to the gen- eral public, crpwds of whom had gath- ered before the church. before the hour set for the services. At the conclusion of the services the remains were .conveyed by a spe- cial train to Woodlawn cemetery for interment in the family plot. Colonel W. B. Dumon, a I[eading lumberman of Southern Wisconsin for a number of years and formerly a member of ‘Governor Upham’s staff and a prominent EIk, is dead at Ra- . BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. FOR $9.75 We are offering extra values in WINTER OVERCOATS The style is just right, the fabrics first class, and we guarantee satisfaction ABLER CLOTHING @E@;gfi@? EVERY BETAIR: THIS LABEL S| EWED IN ) | _The Russian ambassador, WIL Japanese Minister and His ‘ the ~Russian Morning. St. Petersburg, Feb. 6.—M. Kurino, the Japanese foreign minister, is making preparations to leave St. Petersburg. was handed to the Japanese government at Tokio by the Russian minister this morning. SITUATION IS MORE STRAINED. London, Feb. 6.—Information received at the Japanese legation from Tokio shows that Russia’s reply does general tension in diplomatic quarters here is unquestionably increased. CABLEGRAMS FOR JAPAN NOT ACCEPTED. New York, Peb. 6.—The Western morning that messages for any point in at its offices. St. Petersburg, Febh. 6.—As an- nounced in the Associated Press dis: patches the draft of the Russian re: sponse, tentatively approved by the czar, has been telegraphed to Viceroy Alexieff, _ In this respect the document follows the course of its predecessors. The viceroy, ‘being on the ground, will have an copportunity to examine $he phraseology and remedy any objec: tions he may have before receiving: final instructions to deliver the reply to Baron de Rosen, Russian minister at Tokio, for presentation to Baron Ko- mura, Japanese foreign minister. It is expected that Viceroy Alexieff will respond without any delay and send the answer to reach Japan on Mon- day. ‘While the contents of the response are carefully guarded they are known to be in a conciliatory spirit and form and to contain what are regarded here as important concessions, although maintaining: Russia’s former position on some of the main points covering Manchuria and Korea. A diplomat, who probably is in closer touch with the Russian side of the negotiations than any other per- son, informed the Associated Press that Korea had again become the most dificult matter for adjustment. Russia, he said, could not agree to Japanese fortifications in Southern Korea. Basis for an Agreement. “I¢ the Japanese government is sin- cerely desirous of avoiding war,” he added, “it will find in the reply, when it 'arrives, a basis for an agreement, but if the autborities have made up their minds to remain unylelding the negotiations must end. - “In any event, I do not see how Japan can break off the negotiations without replying to the Russian note and setting forth her minimum de- mands.” The news that the note had been sent to Viceroy Alexieff became pub-| > lic here during the morning and caused| an appreciable increase of anxiety over the future. On the bourse this was reflected by a further fall in the prices of securities. = The tone of the St. Petersburg news- papers is less optimistic. They seem to realize the acuteness of the crisis. The Novoe Vremya remarks that if “a; tragedy must come we must be pre- pared to meet it” It is noticeable also that the papers are more freely discussing - the war preparations, chronicling daily the departure of, troons eastward from the various; provinces. The imperial court seems undis- turbed. Social functions are proceed-| ing as usual. The second court ball is! announced for Feb. 9. ‘A dispatch from Vladivostock gives a gloomy pic- ture of the slump in trade, shows that clothes and money are-€csrce and adds’ that comstant street rows are occur- ring. ! VISIT BRITISH-FOREIGN OFFICE.; Russlan and Japanese Ministers to! London Make Calls. | London, Feb. 6.—Both the Russian wmmbassador, and the Japanese minis-| ter visited the foreign office during the| llitu;rxwon. The latter stayed half an oun | who onlyl remained ten minutes, subsequently] was granted the use of the telegraph of the colonial office. ] ‘While the pessimism in London dip-| Jomatic circles is shared on the Stock| Exchange and reflected by the attitude’ of the principal business houses there! is a notable dearth of news here on which it is possible to prophesy. The Japanese legation was without advices from the Far East. The first news that the Russian reply was dispatched to Viceroy Alexieff came to the lega- tion from the Associated Press. The legation officials confess-they are pes- simistic regarding the ultimate result- of the negotiations and point out that Japan is merely waiting on Russia. The whole situation, they add, depends on the nature of Russia’s reply. The Russian embassy-isunderstood to have received a notification that the reply had been sent to Viceroy Alexieff. but the officials declined to discuss the matter for publication. | BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1904. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS L BE BROKEN Retinue Prepares to Leave Capital This The Russian reply to Japan not meet with Japan’s-wishes. The Union cable "service announced this Japan could not be longer accepted WILL WAIT NO LONGER. Japan Fears Russian Delay Is a Move %o Gain Time. ‘Washington, Feb, 6.—In the opin- fon of a diplomat conversant with the Japanese phase of the Far Eastern situation: the Tokio government will not wait any longer for the Russian reply unless, in the meantime, a sat- isfactory intimation is received as to its character. The feeling in Japanese circles seoms to be increasing that it the note is delayed longer the delay is to be interpreted as merely to give Russia more time in which to prepare herself for the blow Japan is expected to strike. FAVORS ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN. | —_ . | Mommander of Chinese Army and Navy Memorializes the Throne. : Tondon, Feb. 6.—Yuan-Shi-Kai, com- | mander of the Chinese imperial army and navy and vice president of the war board, has memorialized the, throne urgently insisting upon an of-/ fensive and defensive alliance with Japan to regain- Manchuria, cables the Shanghai correspondent of the Globe. The memorial, the correspondent adds, | maintains that the Japanese are bet- | ter prepared for war than the Rus- sians and are more disinterested. | LITTLE AUTHENTIC NEWS. f i | | Dearth of Information From the Far b East. London, Feb. 6.—Little authentic news from the Far East is printed here and nothing has been heard of the report, published in the United States by a news agency, that sixty Japanese warships are. blockading Port Arthur. Beyond the dispatch of the Associated Press from Port Ar- thur announcing the return of the Rus- gian fieet to that port nothing is known on the subject. “If it is true,” the Globe's naval ex-| pert says, “that a Japanese fleet is cruising off Weihaiwei it points to its; assumption of a position of great stra- tegical importance, From this point its scouts can eftectively watch tpe\ movements of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and stand between them and the straits of Korea, while at th same time it would be able to prevent an attempt of the Vladivostock squad | ron to effect a junction with the mair I Russian fleet.” SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Telegrams to Japan and Korea Taken Only at Sender’s Risk. New York, Feb. 6.—The significant | announcement that telegrams for Ja- pan and Korea can be accepted only | at sender’s risk was made during the day by the Commercial Cable com-! pany; which has- received the follow-| ing dispatch from its resident manager in*China: o | “From today telegrams to Japan: and Korea can only be accepted m.} sender’s risk.” i WILL SEIZE NORTH KOREA. Twenty Thousand Russians Concen- trated in Yalu Valley. 1‘ Tondon, ¥eb. 6.—A dispatch to the Central News agency from Tokio says that the newspapers there publish tel- egrams saying that 20,000 Russian troops have been concentrated in.the Yalu valley with the probable inten- tion of seizing North Korea. 1t is added that hope of maintaining peace has been abandoned. ] LEAVING VLADIVOSTOCK. Several Thousand Japanese Quit Rus- sian Territory. St. Petersburg, Feb. 6.—Advices from Vladivostock say that over 1,000 Japanese girls embarked there for Japan Thursday and that three other steamers are ‘on the point of sailing for Japan with Japanese families, in- cluding many who left the Nikolskoye and Ussuri regions on Wednesday last. Fear Safety of Subjects. ‘Washington, Feb. 6—The state de- partment announces the receipt of in- formation that Japan has called its subjects from the Yalu districts in Korea into Seoul. P e e S e eaeeaeeead et eannanaadnd ; | FURTHER DROP IN COTTON.‘ May Option Sells Down to Fourteen Cents. New York, Feb. 6.—The drop in cot- ton prices was continued during the Say socon after the market opened. At first the tone was fairly steaay, put before 11 o’clock a selling n.ovement began and the May option sold at 14 cents, a decline of 120 points, or a cent and onefifth per pound. The selling was 80 heavy that the market seemed to—be—completely -demoralized. July sold shortly .after 11 o’clock at 14.35. a decline of more than pound. There was a sudden recovery after the selling panic had lasted about half an hour and May ran up 50 points. The rally did not hold, however, and May fell back 30 points again to 14,20, a cent 2\‘ New Orleans, Feb. 5—The New Or- leans futures cotlon market declined 170 points in the early trading.. Tre- mendous excitement prevailed. ROOSEVELT ENDORSED. Resolution Adopted by Re.puhlicln Ed- itorial Association. ‘Washington, Feb. 6.—The National Republican Editorial association, at its meeting here, unanimously passed a resolution offered by Charles S. Francis, editor of the Troy (N. Y.) Times, strongly endorsing President Roosevelt-for the nomination f6r’ the presidency and pledging the best ef- forts of the association to that end. Another resolution, oftered by Thomas P. Peters of the Brooklyn Times, expressing the sympathy of the association with Senator Hanna in his serious illness, was adopted. Lafayette Young of the Des Moines (Ta.) Capital delivered a short address on ‘'The Unchanged Attitude of the Northwest on the Question of Protec- tion.” Mr. Young opposed any change in the tariff at this time or reciprocal agreement with Canada., MRS, MAYBRICK MAY RETURN. Her Status Bifferent From Foreign Born Convict. Washington, Feb. 6.—The state de- partmont holds- that Mrs.. Maybrick may come into the United States as an American citizen and as such would not be subject to the operation of the exclusion laws, which apply only to foreigners. All question as to her right to enter will be annulled by the simple device of taking out a passport from the United States embassy in Londomn. While the doctrine {s not absolutely settled the state department practicel has been to admit the right of® an American woman who has married an alien to regain her citizenship in America on the death of her husband by a mere assertion of her desire to do so. a FATAL FIRE AT MONTREAL. Three Persons Dead, Four Probably + Fatally Injured. Montres-, Feb. 6.—Three persons were burned to death in a fire in a small dwelling house on Cadicux street and four others were probably fatally injured. The dead are: Mrs. Edward Crawford, forty years old; Willile Crawford, fifteen years old, gon; James Hogan, twenty-three years old, son-in-law. Three of the inmates, Mrs. Ethel Hogan, with her infant, and Thomas Hare, jumped from the second story of the burning house. The fourth in- jured, Edward Crawford, was carried out after he was badly burned. The fire evidently started from an_ over- heated kitchen stove on the lower floor and spread to the sleeping apart- ments. SUICIDES IN SAN FRANCISCO. Man Wanted in Mlnneapoua for Al leged Embezziement. San Francisco, Feb, 6.—Malcolm de a Fere, doctor, ex-soldier and in- ventor, who was wanted by the Minne- apolis police authorities for embezzlg- ment,“has committed suicide here by taking poison. De la Fere came to this city last April from Minneapolis in order to escape trial for the misuse of funds entrusted to him. While in Minneapolis™ he attained some distine- tion as an inventor of electric railway devices, a number of which are at present in use. ‘When the - Spanish-American war broke out De la Fere enlisted in the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers and was made an assistant surgeon, serv- ing with distinctlon- im the Philip- pines. FARMER AND WIFE MISSING. Brother of the Man Suspected of Hav- Ing Murdered Them. Riverton, Neb,, Feb. 6.—Daniel Barker, a farmer, and his wife, living | five miles east of here, are missing and are supposed to have been mur- dered. Frank Barker, a brother, is under arrest. He said his brother and wife went to Denver Tuesday morn- ing. The carpets being stained with ‘blood rafsed suspicion and the cloth- ing of the missing pair was found in the barn. Neighbors are still search- ing for the bodies, which are supposed to have b EXPRESS CLERK ARRESTED. Is Charged With Stealing Package Containing $1,000. R The Bemidji Daily Pioneer TEN CENTS PER WEEK. ST. LOUIS GETS LOAN SENATE VOTES FOUR AND A HALF MILLIONS FOR USE OF THE. WORLD'S FAiIR. POINT OF ORDER KNOCKED OUT BAILEY'S OBJECTION KILLED AND THE AMENDMENT IS THEN AGREED@. Washington, Feb. .6.—The point of ordér made by ~Mr.- Bailey (Tex.) against the St. Louis fair appropria-. tion of §$4,600,000 was lost by a vote of the senate and the amendment was agreed to. The urgent deficiency bill was then passed. The early part of the senate se was devoted to a political speech Mr. Patterson (Colo.). At the conclu- 5 sustnh\(r‘ Mr. Bailey's point of order against tue world's fair appropriation was placed before the senate. There was no roll call, but there was an over- whelming response of “noes” and the chair announced the point as lost, CUBAN CUSTOMS DUTIES. New Rates More Favorable to.Euro- peans Than Americans: Havana, Feb. 6—President Palma’s decree increasing the rates of customs duties in accordance with the author- ity given him Dby congress was pro- mulgated during the day and takes effect Monday. The new rates are considered more | favorable to European importers than to American. The latter hoped that a 80 per cent increase, which is the maximum rate allowed by congress, would have been placed on goods lke linens, which the United States cannot manufacture in competition with Eu- rope, but which they could hope to substitute to some extent with cotton. The Americans also hoped for a more radical increase in the duties on cot- tons, which would have enabled goods from the United States to compete, with the advantage of reciprocity, against British and European cottons. The president's decree fixes the in- .crease on linens, silks ‘and woolens at 16 per cent w i that-otccotton at 20 per cent. Thoe senate's tarift blll, which failed to pass, granted 50 to 100 per cent increase on linens, Under Presjdent Palma's decree the maximum increases.of 30 per cent are placed on all the main food imiport: from the United States. : e FAVORS DEWEY'S SUGUEDIVUND. House Committee on Naval Adopts Admiral's Plan. Washington, Feb. 6.—Admiral Dew- ey's suggestions in favor of heavy fighting ships for the navy prevatled Thursday with the house committee on naval affairs, over the recommenda- tlon of the general board, submitted by - Secretary Moody. The naval ap- propriation bill was completed by the commitiee after a hearing granted Admiral Dewey. It carries an aggregate appropria- tion of $95,000,000. The ships au- thorized are one battleship, two ar- mored cruisers, three scout cruisers and two squadron colliers. This buflding programme glves a total of 44,000 tons of heavy fighting ships, as compared with 62,000 last year. Affairs MARSHALL'S DIAMONDS FOUND. Colored Man Arrested for Robbing North ,Dakota Congressman. Baltimore, Feb. 6.—Thomas Boyd, colored, is locked up at police head- quarters charged with stealing dia- monds and jewelry valued at $1,500 from the apartments—in— Washington of: Congressman Thomas F. Marshall of North Dakota.” A local detective arrested Boyd while the latter was endeavoring to sell a valuable dia- mond ring —at one-fifth of its value. Boyd was formerly employed as a bell boy in the apartment house in which the Dakota congressman lives. All the jewelry was found on Boyd. TO BE KEPT SECRET. President Sends Confidential spondence ‘to Senate, Washington, Feb. 6. — President Roosevelt has sent to the senate addi- tional correspondence relating to Pan- ama in response to the Culberson res- oluticn. The correspondence Wwas marked ‘“executive” and was consid- | ered absolutely confidential. Corre- Blcomington, Ill., Feb. 6—Cyrus J. Freed, one of the oldest clerks in the local office of the United States Ex- press. company, was arrested during the day charged with the théft of the package containing $1,000 which was consigned by the People’s bank of this city to the W. A. Cameron bank at Flliott a month ago. The disappear- ance of the package was a mystery for a long time. Freed was held in bonds of $2,000. Denies 3Salsbury’s Eviaence. Grand Rapids, Mich.,, Feb. 6.—At the trial of Alderman James Mol, on the charge of bribery in connection with the Lake Micligan water deal, Mol took the stand in his own defense and denied the charges of Lant K. Sals- bury and other witnesses of the peo- ple in toto. He swore that Salsbury offered-him neither money nor bonds to support the water deal. It was not ordered printed and was not even referred to the committee on foreign relations, remaining in the possession of the senate. The secresy was carried so far that the president’s message was npt read or entered on the journal of the senate. GENERAL BLACK SERIOUSLY ILL. Head of Grand Army Suffering From Partial Collapse. | Washington, Feb. 6.—General John C. Black, chairman of the United States civil service' commission and commander-in-chief of the G. A. R, is seriously ill here. He has over- taxed his strength and is suffering with partial collapse. Dr. G. A. Har- man of Lancaster, O., surgeon general of the G. A. R., who is attending him, says he will be compelled to cancel his ke’nxuc-uu for the mext fews weeks. sion of his remarks the question of e R R ol i) P Sl