Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 9, 1904, Page 1

[The Bemidji Daily Pioneer VOLUME 1. NUMBER 247. St. Petersburg, Feb. 9.;—2:BOTR“SSian Re p. m,—The Russian admiralty has just received information that a desperate encounter between +Russian and Japanese vessels WARSHIPS port of . Conflict BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1904. ARE SUNK a 'ADes‘l;era'te Naval off Port Arthur. " took place this morning in an at- | tack upon Port Arthur. The & port has iy that 11 Japanese war wvessels and one Russian warship were sunk. = The number of killed and wounded is great, and the Russians suffered the most|; . Port| “severely in thisrespect. _Arthuris now in flames, - . St. Petersburg, . Feb. 9.—An earlier dispatch from port Ar- thur declares that the Japanese . torpedo boats attacked the Rus- sian fleet at midnight and badly damaged the Russian battleships Retvizan, Czarevitch and the cruiser Pallana. ‘The Japanese boats escaped unharmed.. Eleven Japanese Vessels and One Rus- sian Warship Said to : ~ Be Sunk. Many Russians Killed and Wounded and Port Arthur Is In ~ Flames. New Yorl, Feb, 9,—Investigation of the St. Petersburg dispatch, claiming that 12 warships were he story is incorrect. - Three Russian warships were damaged by . TWO AND A _PLUM TREE [Copyright, 1%3, by T. C. McClure.] They had been standing beneath the plum »tree when they quarreled, or, rather, when they parted. They had set out for the plum tree with the full intention of gathering the great purple damsons which weighted its branches, but when finally they stood in the long shadow which the tree made in the afterncon sun dam- sons were the last things in the world of which they thought. Betty, scarlet to the roots of her cop- per colored lhair, withdrew all censor- ship er tongue and said things ‘which she would have indignantly dis- claimed had any one repeated- them to her an hour later.” Jerrold listened silently, but in his eyes was a strange look which she had never seen before. When in_the midst of the tirade she paused for breath, he had turned sud- denly, on_his heel, .and .with _a_curt “goodby” cast over his shoulder—much as a,bone would be thrown to a stray dog, Betty thought—he had vaulted the low fence and gone wrathfully across ¥“Ah,” hHe sald, “my trouble has brought on-hallucinations! Methought I heard my own name, 'Twas Betty's voice, but far too small and weak.” “Mr. Neil!” This time the’ voice was loud and clear. “There it goes again!” cried. Neil “Surely Betty’s, yet ghe always called | me Jerry, with such a pretty accent.” “Jerry, you—you wretch!” came the voice, accented to the queen’s taste. “Oho!” said Neil. “So it’s really you, eh?” Yes—-no. Don’t look up.: Jerry, please put the ladder against the tree, then walk across the pasture, and don’t look back.” “Don’t look up, don’t look back,” said he mockingly. “Suppose I comply. What do I get for it?"” “What do you want, you haggler?” “A half hour's talk under the tree.” © “You--you’ve got me cornered,” she said. “I’ll have to capitulate.” A few minutes later Betty sat on the stepladder, and Neil sprawled comfort- ably at her feet. “Bet,” he said, “I spent the most mis- erable morning of my life until 1 came over here. Tell me, when I came along were you thinking of me, or what?* She laughed, 1 was-wishing -T-might fall-out of TEN CENTS PER WEEK. alccplng in the sunshine in winter and the shade in summer. One day Uncas strayed away from the post and did pot return. Then came news that the neighbor- ing Indiang had left their reservations, and Uncas was forgotten in the pre- vailing excitement. In those days many of the forts in the wild west were little better than blockhouses, and Fort — was one of this kind. As soon as the Indlans were known to have broken loose, the gates were kept closed and the usual precautions in time of hos- tilities were observed. One day an order came for the com- mand to march against the Indians, The garrigon, ingluding the families of the officers, was left in charge of a ser- geant and eight men. Sergeant Winter was one of those better born and edu- cated young men who in those days rarely entered the ratiks of the army. As soon a8 the command left he shut the gates of the fort and directed thenx to be kept shut. The second night after their depar- ture a sentinel was shot. No.one heard a report, but this was not considered remarkable, for but one sentry was on post and he eould not see for a great distance, first, because all the trees near by had been felled and, second, sunk at Port Arthur, proves that tl the Japanese torpedo boats. e cetoscsossesesesesesesstssssssseeseoriseesses ! UNFAVORABLY AFFECT TRADE. , Weather Conditions Retard Transpor- ! tation and Cause Depression. New York, ¥Feb. 8.—Bradstreet's weekly review of trade says weather wvonditions unfavorably affect trade ., and transportation throughout most of “the West, while wildly fluctuating “ markets of cotton, coffee and . the cereals make the speculative situation of jthose staples a matter of concern. ! The feeling grows that a later opening epring trade and conservative buying are to be looked for in many lines. | Exceptions - are to be found at the Bouth, which reports wholesale trade active. . Next to this may be classed the Southwest, which, despite cold ‘weather, reports trade satisfactory, outlook good and bank clearings very large. as to retail winter trade, but spring trade is irregular. Men's wear wool- ens are not moving quickly for fall de- Uvery. Clothiers are buying conser- watively. Wool is firm, with stocks light and 5 to 10 per cent higher prices at London sales. The iron trade shows - little change, Agricultural hardware is in good demand'at the West. The other metals, copper, lead -~and tin are all lower in prices. ‘“OPEN SHOP” DECREED. Sloux City Employers’ Action’' May| Cause Tieup. Sionx City, Ia, Feb, 8.—An an- nouncement made by ‘the Contractors and Builders’ Exchange, the Master Plumbers’ association and several Iy “other organizations of ‘employers to! the effect that on March 1 the “open shop” will be declared; in full force in this city has caused much turmoil ia the many labor unions and from the nature of the expressions of the union | workmen there is going to be trouble when the decree of the employers goes into effect. All Previous Records, Broken. Neow York, Feb. 8.—For three con-’ gecuiive weeks the bank statement has broken all previous records as re- gards aggregate of loans and depos- jts. The-grand total of loans is now $998,850,800, while deposits have grown | to the ‘unprecedented sum of $1,027,! 156,500. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Baron von Horst, former Austriaa minister of defense, is dead. 5 Robert Ellen, who had an interna- ‘tional reputation as a stone and wood y carver, is dead in Yonkers, N. Y., from heart failure. Charles Olander, a Superior (Wis)) woodsman, was found dead near Gran..: Marias, Minn., and a wound on his head indicates foul play. Eastern trade reports are good ! FARMER LOSES $1,500. fowan Gagged and Robbed by Twe Masked Men. Des Moines, Feb. 6.—Two masked men bound and gagged Fred Snyder, @ farmer residing near Clive, a small town five miles west of here, while he was milking and secured $1,500, the proceeds of a live stock sale. Uncon- scious from the cold Snyder was dis- covered three hours later and brought to his home. The money was drawn from the bank to meet some obligation due. There is no clue. - FIREMEN NARROWLY ESGAPE. Whole Company Nearly Suffocated Be- fore Rescued. Cleveland, Feb. 6.—Three firemen were injured and a whole company cut off by flames and nearly suffo- | of a fire in the Severance building at 278 to 288 Seneca street. The fire- men were cut off from-the exits by an explosion of gas and were rescued through a basement window just in «ime to save their lives.® FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. Verdict in Blydenburgh Trial at El- , dora, la. .Eldora, Ta.,. Feb. 6.—The jury in the Blydenburgh ‘murder case came in at 1 a. m. with a verdict of guilty of mus der in the first degree and recom: mending life imprisonment. ¥ The defendant appeared stolid when nonchalantly in his chair. He is suspected of having Killed three wives. : WILL AGAIN BE DEPORTED. Sixto Lopez Refuses to Take Oath of Allegiance. Manila, Feb. 6.—Sixto Lopez, the well known Filipino agitator, whose unfriendly disposition toward Ameri- can rule in the Philippines has been exhibited mupon occasions in the past, has arrived here and refused to take the oath of allegiance. He will be promptly ‘deported. | HUNDREDS PERISHED. | Entire Town on. the Island of Java H Wiped Out by Eruption. Amsterdam, Feb. ©6.—Advices re- | ceived here say that an entire town in | the island of Java, Dutch East Indies, is reported to have been swallowed up by a volcanic eruption and that hun- | dreds of persons. were killed. i sSIX BWELLINGS BURN. Nalf a Dozen Persons Perish at Tren- ton, Pa. Mahanoy City, Pa., Feb. 6.—Six per- cated by gas and smoke as the resuit | the verdict was announced and sat! eccccessocecssooroseoroosose WIDESPREAD DEPRESSION. Commercial Circles Fear General Eu- ropean Conflagration. { = New York, Feb. 8.—Prospect of & | great war in the Far East, which is { acknowledged even in hitherto most I“pacitic quarters, has been brought ap- }preciably nearer by the developments {of a day or two. That a Russo-Jap- | anese conflict will be followed by a Balkan outbreak later, likely to de- velop into a widespread European con- flagration, is also considered extreme: 1y probable and increases the depres. ! sion pervading all political and com- mercial circles. Official circles, the press and the public have already practically decided nothing can avert war and probably the termination of the long delay and suspense, when the first gun is fired, will cause a sense of relief and pos- sibly business improvement. Already Tokio dispatches announce that relief is felt there at the fact that all doubts regarding the outcome of the negotia- tions have practically been set at rest. Prices on the Stock Exchange fell again during the morning, consols opening three-eighths lower, Japanese 13, lower and Russians 1 point lower. Later consols improved one-sixteenth. LAST ARMY ' FLAG LOWERED. Emblem of American Military Occupa- tion of Cuba Taken Down. Santiago de Cuba, Féb. 8—Quarter- master Williams during the day com- pleted the sale by auction of the army effects, including the city warehouse, and invited the American colony to witness the lowering of the last Unit- ed States army flag on the island. Con- sul Holoday made a short address, during which he complimented: Cuba and pointed to the fact that American promises had been ‘uifilled. FIRST. TRAIN__IN_ _TEN DAYS. Four Locomotives Drive Snowplow in- to Lewistown, Mont. Lewiston, Mont., Feb. 8. —Pushed by four locomotives, a great snowplow on the Montana railroad headed® the first train that has reached Lewis- ton in ten days. During these ten days three express trains have been itied up between Lewiston and Helena !and some of the passengers suffered . In some places snow is twenty feet deep. JURY UNABLE TO AGREE. Unsettled. Duluth, Feb. 8—The jury in the case against Charles F. Leland, charged ‘with receiving deposits in his | for food. Two trains are still tied up. | Case of Banker Leland of Duluth stlll4 the pasture. Betty watched him until a clump of serub oak hid him from view. Then she sat down with her back against the trunk of the plum tree.and thounght it all over. As she thought angry tears came to her eyes, coursed down her cheeks and splashed impudently on the hands clasped tightly in her lap. She sat there until the shadow of the tree had reached the fence, and the breeze coming in from the water made her shiver. She r and turned her face toward the scrub oaks behind which he had disappeared. “You left rather abruptly, Mr, Jer- rold Neil,”” she said between her white teeth, “and you may stay away as long as you please. You're hardly worth crying over,” she added as slie brushed away her tears. Neil next morning sat on the veran- da of the casino, solemnly rolling and smoking innumerable cigarettes, which utterly failed to bring him the peace of mind he sought. trim white sails were darting to and fro in the bay, and each one suggested the joys of a morning sail with Betty. But the memory of the parting at the plum tree was still strong within him. A wretched hour dragged past, and he gave up his vain atfempts to inter- est himself4n thecolumns of the morn- ing paper. He. flung away his ciga- rette and, getting to his feet, strolled down the gravel path. “I'm a fool,” he mused, “‘and a brute. I needn’t have left her in that fashion. By George! TI'll go over to the plum tree and get some of those damsons. T’ll send ’em up to her by Tom. She'll understand.” Mr. Jerrold Neil strode across the fields whistling a gay aria. He emerged from the clump of scrub oak in the pasture and made straight for the plum tree. As he spied the tree one note of the aria was prolonged into a whistle of®surprise. Against the base of the tree was a stepladder, and ' i | 1 I { mentary flush of white wuslin. Then he resumed the aria, quite as if this { delightful Dbit of information had not been vouchsafed to him. Ie took down the stepladder, folded it up ynd t-ulmly sat down on it. Some- thing suspiciously like a gasp of dis- may came from the branches above his head, but to this he gave no heed. With his chin in his palm he sat on before he began to muse aloud. “is strange,” said MraJerrold Neil beneath the plum tree—'"’tis passing | strange-how the human heart will al- ways seek the scenes of its afHiction. It s here we quarreled”—another | sigh. “She said—0 Lord, what didu’t ghe say? If I'm all she made me out | because the moon was approacking the full in a clesr sky. the plum tree and break my neck,” she | said. Catboats with | {among the branches he caught a mo- | the steplpdder and sighed ponderously | “Madam,” ha sald gravely, “since you are so reckless with your own life you'd better give it into my keeping.™ And once more the daiusons were for- gotten. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE. A Dozen Persons Injured in a Wreck Near Lockport, N, Y. Lockport, N. Y., Feb. 6.—A dozen persons were injured, five of them geriously, in a rtar end collision be- tween two passenger trains on the Niagara KFalls branch of the New York Central last night at the Lock- port junction, near this city. The for- ward train was stalled in a snow bank, when a theater train following it plunged into the rvear coach. It was impossible to see far ahead. heavy locomotives. The leading gine plowed nearly half way througlt the rear passenger coach and droyve it ahead with such force that it tele- scoped the coach ahead where most of the injured were found. TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN. Frank Dunham Shoots a Woman and Commits Suicide, Adrian, Mich., Feb. 6,—Frank Dun- ham, former superintendent of sewer congtruetion, Thursday shot the.wo- man who has been known as his wle. He later shot himself through the head when brought to bay by a posse of citizens and died Instantly. The bullet entered the woman's back and pagsed out of her mouth. She may dfe. The couple eloped in 1895 from Sodus, N. Y., where Dunham induced the woman to desert her husband, Willlam Dunn. The shooting occurred on the business street of the town. Dunham was forty-five years of age. The woman is younger. REYES MAY BE DEFEATED. Belleved Joaquin Velez Is Elected President of Colombla. Colon, Feb. 6-~~The Royal Mail steamer Trent has arrived here from | Savanilla and Carfagena and brings | reports of great excitement at both !'these places over the presidential elec- tion. It is understood that General Rafael Reyes will carry the depart- | ment of Bolivar, but it is believed | generally that Joaquin Velez is eleat- ed. There is still much war talk both :at Savanilla and Cartagena, and it is | asserted that Colombia will attack | Panama soon. e e e O INO UpposItion to Lockran. New York, Feb. 6.—No nomination was made by the Republican congres- sional convention of the Twelfth New | York district, and it is probable W. Bourke Cockran (Dem.) will have no opposition at the polls. The vacancy {8 caused by the resignation of George | B. McClellan. Heavy winds blew the snow-so that | The theater train was hauled by two | en-| Sergeant Winter kept the soldier’s death from the women, for it indlcated that Indians were planning an attack, and he did not wish to create an alarm. The next night he watched with the gentry, who was relieved every two hours. Winter toward morning went into quarters for a few minutes to get a cup of coffee, and when he returned the sentry was lying on his back with a bullet in his brain, Winter resolved to sit up and watch the next night himself, e slept sev- eral hours during the day, divecting the men to make a sentry of straw and | clothe it in uniform. At 10 o'clock, while: the moon was obscured by a cloud, the dummy scntinel was set up. Then the sergeant posted a Sen- tinel in concealment, and after arvang- ing a signal for his admission he erawl- { ed out some distance from the fort and took position behind a stump. e | elio¥e a point before the gate Lecause | there was evidence that the sentrles had been shot from that divection. Winter waited till after midnight | without experiencing anything unusu- {al. Then he saw something approach- ing. “When It came near enough for him to see it plainly, he discovered that it was a bear, It was waddling along, occasionally pausing to nibble, but gradually working nearer, The béast .passed within a hundred fect of. the gergeant, who then recognized the gar- rison’s pet, Uncas. He watched it sl- lently, not daring to muake a sound for fear of a hidden enemy, and saw It jdraw closer to the fort than he was ! himself. : ; Winter made up his mind that the { wily Indians bad sent Uncas in, expect- i"“‘ the garrison to cpen the gates for him and they would be ready to make {a rush at the same tlme. Doubtless at that very moment they were-lying in concealment near by. Worst of all, he feared that those in the fort, seceing their old friend Uncas coming, would not deny him entrance. What should he do? While he was deliberating Uncas sat up on his hind legs, hear tashion, and the s¢ ant eaught sight of a black line about a yard long extending from the bear's nose toward the fort. Sud- denly a bit of flime shot out from the farther end of the black line, and a momont later came a crick. The dum- . my sentinel on the fort toppled over, Winter changed his surmises, The Indinns had-doubtless killed Uncas and were using lils skin for a cover under which tc plek off the garrison one by one. till all were killed. Cautiously the sergeant stole forward toward the dis- gulsed savage, the latter meanwiile waddling on toward the fort. Then Winter espled off to his left, but near- Colonel George W. Johnson, chaplain | of Clarence MacKenzie post, G. A. R, 'sons, all foreigners, were burned to Brooklyn, who served in the Civil war death at Trenton, near here. The fire with the Fifth Minnesota volunteers, destroyed six double dwellings. 18 dead. i blaze started from an overheated i private bank when he knew that he | The | Henry W. Oliver, the well known iron and steel master, is lying crit.l-i g]ly ill at his home in Allegheny; Pa, e is suffering from an affection of he kidneys. 5 Twenty-four midshipmen of the fourth class at Annapolis are to be dropped from the naval service, the academic board having reported them deficlent in their studies. P During February we will give a decorated dinner _plate with every $2 purchase— FREE SPR goods on our shelves. and All Overs, Ginghams, Men’s Furnishing Goods, Carpets, .our Spring Line of Dress Goods, but the recent storms h ING G During the past week we h stove. = German Officials Muraered. Berlin, Feb. 6—Telegraphic com munication with Windhoek, Germar Southwest Alrica, has beea restored. The authorities; there cable. that the Hereros murdered Assistant Directol Hoepner of the colonial bureau and ‘Herr Watermeyer, an agricultural ex- ° | pert. was ingolvent, failed to reach a ver- dict. They were thereupon discharged. 1t is understood that they stood seven |to five and did not vary materially from that Hay Leaves for Washington. Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 8.—Secretary of State Hay left for Washington dur- ing the morning. The secretary left by the Atlantic Coast Line via Savan- nah and is due to arrive in Washing- ton in twenty-four hours. He is well and in excellent spirits. QLEARY = DOWSER BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. goods that were due here last week. 00DS ave received partial shipthents of Laces, Chambries, Waistings, Linen Suitings, Corsets, Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, Trimmings and Draperies and Shoes. It was our intention to announce at this time the opening of ave delayed traffic to such an extent that we have not received she’s well done with me”—sighs ad libitum. He drew out a pipe and filled and lighted it. By vigorous puiling managed to send quite a respectable cloud of smoke up among the branches. he efforts, and it was with difficulty that he restrained a chuckle. Presently a mall voice crept down from the “Mr. Neil!” Neil started violently. D e s New idea fashion sheets for March ready— FREE now It’s rather cold to be talking about Spring Goods, but we are busy un- packing, marking and placing 1904 Embroideries, Beadings Canadian Town Scorched. er the fort than he, an Indiun crawl Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 6.—A fire at UP from behind the bank of a creek. Buckingham destroyed the center Then came another and another til part of the town. Between twenty and | Winter counted twenty ges. A little choking cough rewarded hiy | thirty buildings, including business establishments, private residences and Masonic hall, were burned to the ground. The loss {is estimated at $120,000. Must Close on Sunday. St. Paul, Feb. 6.—The state supreme { court nas held that the law passed by ; the last legislature prohibiting grocery | stores, butcher shops and other busi- ness places from being open on Sun- day is constitutional. The court up- holds Judge Jaggard of the Ramsey county district court, Admiral Schley, who has been sur- fering with a slight attack of grippe, is reported better. He I8 able to leave his room. All the Michigan rallroads report traflic conditions, which have been greatly interfered with by snow for the past few days, as much improwsd. INDIAN_STRATEGY [Original.] More than half a century ago a com- pany of United States cavalry station- ed at Fort —, in what is now Arizona, bhad a pet bear they called Uncas. Un- cas was as tractable as a Newfound- land dog, mwoving freely about the post, usually spending his time either beg- wing the cook for something to .eat or 1t now flushed through the sergeant’s brain that the Indians bad killed the sentinel this time with a view to sur- | prising the garrison before they were aware that the only man on guard was dend. Winter's blood ran cold. The garrison would be murdered while he, !thelr commander, was outside and un- able to help them. There was but one llf’l'l'» By firing on the Indians they - aight think there was a force without { on which they had not counted, but in doing so he would give away his pres- ence and would probably be taken and | tortured to death. Winter resolved to take his chances {on the first of these two suppositions. Raiging his rifle, he took a sure aim, ‘with a rest on the stump, and fired at the pretended bear. It sprang up with | & yell and Pell in a heap. Winter wait- 'ei‘l,' expecting to bear from the Indians, | but, whether they did not catch the di- vection from which his shot was fired and supposed that it came from the fort or whether they feared a conceal- ed force without, no sign of an Indian was seen again. At daylight Winter got up and walked to the fort. On Ms way he found a dead Indian in Uncas” skin. Before sunset the command returned, and before three menths had. passed Winter was a commissioned officer. MARK O BENTLRY.