Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1904, Page 1

T VOLUME 1. NUMBER ALL PARI S GOES MAD Wild Excitement on Bourse---There Are|Rusin Reor of Naval Fears of a World Wide War. First Land Engagement---Minor Battles! Between the Japs and the Russians. Paris, Feb. 20.—The wildestdictory reports concerning world excitement prevailed on bourse|wide complications today, and all Paris is crazed |of the Oriental wars. Thousands over the startling and contra-|believe that all Europe is to be onight and All Next Week we will sell all Muslin Underwear that has been mussed by handling at a disccount of PER 33 l- CENT. Ladies’ Muslin Gowns worth from 50 cents to $3.50, now two-thirds of regular price. Ladies’ Muslin Chemise worth from $1 to $2.50, now two-thirds of regular price. Ladies’ Muslin Drawers worth from 50 cents to S$1.50, now two-thirds of regular price. ————————————— Ladies’ Corset Cover worth from 25 centsto S1, now two-thirds of regular price. R O’Leary 2] Bowser {soon plunged in war. Iities depreciated heavily today 'during the closing hour. Paris ran riot and holdings were sacri- ficed without regard to value. | FIRST LAND ENCOUNTER. | St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—A dispatch from Port Arthur says that the first land encourter between the armies of Japan and Russia occurred today. The | Cossack picket attacked a small detachment of Japanese troops on Korean territory. The Cos sacks captured a number of Japanese prisoners on whom they found maps and papers. NO GENERAL ENGAGEMENT. St..Petersburg, Feb. 20.—The collision betweeu the Japanese and Russians mentioned in ear- lier dispatches was presumably between reconnoitering parties. A general engagement is not an- ticipated immediately. Paris, Feb. 20—A representative of the Matin, who has reached the center { of the Russian military concentration' ‘at Harbin after great hardships, due to the Transsiberian railway trains _ being crowded with thousands of sol- ‘ diers, in a dispatch from Harbin ! Thursday confirms the announcement | that that place will be the main base . of the Russian land operations. Thus far the base has succeeded in main- taining its communication with Port | Arthur. ! | The concentration of troops, the ! correspondent says, proceeds sys- tematically and provision has been made for the speedy arrival of 120,000 men from the divisions of Moscow, | %Kieff and Varsovie. Before twelve idays shall have elapsed the Russians i will have-disposed of an army of 400,- | 000 men through Manchuria. | Intense demoralization exists among the populace and the people of the surrounding villages are flocking into the town seeking to reach Western Russia. The railway trains, however, are blocked and over 2,000 voyagers are thus held up. The interse cold prevailing increases the suffering and adds to the difiiculties of bringing for- ward- troops. MAY REMAIN LIMITED TIME. Russian Warship Arrives at a Canary | Island Port. Madrid, Feb. 20.—A Russian war- ship has arrived at a Ca 'y island port. The authorities have notified hér commander that his ship may re- main in port for a limited time, but that he cannot be provided with couli in quantity more than sufficient to en- able him to reach the nearest Russian | port. Premier Maura denies the report that the British government hinted to essity for adopting meas- iard her neutrality in the se dispute, erti that no diplomatic negotiatio what- ever have heen received on the sub- ject and that the military ‘measures ‘taken were a step required by the { most elementary prudence. | Russian Residents Forced’ to Leave Manchuria, Harbin, Manchuria, Feb. 20.—The Russian troops are concentrated in the Lower Yalu valley. Everybody is in | high spi and daily expecting rein- | forcemen Rus n families are leaving Man- churia owing to the dearness of pro- {"visions, all ¢f which are required for 1 the troops. The Manchurian and especially the { Transbaikal railroads cannot cope with the demands for tramsportation. Women and children are unable to get trai and many are waiting at the | stations, suffering from cold and hun- | ger. | iADVANCING TOWARD SEOUL. Russians Occupy a Strong Position at = Pingyang. 5 New York, Feb. 20.—Reports re- ceived here from Korea state that Ru sian (roops are sdvancing toward Se- growing out/| All secur-| | TROOPS NEED 'ALL THE FOOD.. e Bemidji Daily T ———— T — D R e ioneer BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY., FEBRUARY 20, 1904 | ‘out ana that a strong position at Ping- | yang has been occupied by them, says | & Herald dispatch from Tokio., Their present movements, however, | do not indicate any immediate inten-| | 'tion of attacking the Korean capiwl. The .Japanese legation .in Seoul. has been greatly strengthened-during the | last few days. TWO JAP VESSELS SUNK. | Battle Off St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—The gov- ernment report of the naval action off Chemulpo, Korea, Feb. 8, says the Rus- sian cruisers Variag and Korietz sank a Japanese cruiser and a torpedo boat destroyer and crippled another vessel before entering the harbor. : The account of the officers of the Variag and Korietz shows the admir- able handling of the two Russian war- ships in the face of overwhelming odds. 8AID - TO BE SATISFACTORY. Russian Reply to Secretary Hay's Note Received. Washington, Feb. 20.— Secretary Hay has received by cable from Am- bassador McCormick the reply of the | Russian government to the proposition | relating to Chinese neutrality. It is considered by the department to be responsive to our note and its sub- | stance has been communicated to the | governments of Japan and China. Bidding for Chilean Warships. | New York, Feb. 20.—Both England and France are trying to buy four or five Chilean warships, says a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso. The Eng- lish bid is the better one. It is also| rumored that England has made a| proposal to buy all the Chilean squad-| ron excepting three French built ships. LACK CONFIRMATICN. | i Reports of Renewed Japa—nese Attacks on Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—None of tle reports from abroad of renewed Japanese attacks on Port Arthur has yet been officially confirmed, although private advices continue to report an attempted landing, which was re- pulsed. W. N. Kokovzoff, who has been ap- pointed finance minister in succession to M. Pleske, is.considered tg be a most determined opponent of the finan- cial policy of M. Witte, who resigned his position as minister of finance in August last. He has for many years been ambitious to become finance min- ister and was appointed M. Witte's assistant while the latter held the portfolio, but owing to a disagree- ment he resigned. M. Kokovzaff is regarded here as being a safe, cton- servative financier and it is believed that under his administration Russia’s credit abroad will be sustained. In spite of Kokovzoft’s appointment it is persistently rumored that M. Witte will be given supreme control of the finances. As a means of meeting the extraordinary war expenses the Bourse Gazette says it believes the present is a favorable time for an income tax, which will not meet with opposition owing to the general readiness of the nation to share the burden imposed by the war. The government has abolished the censorship in the case of all telegrams going abroad. DOWAGER EMPRESS DEAD. Report Circulated in Official Circles at Canton. London, Feb. 20.—A: special patch from Canton says: It is reported in official circles here that the dowager empress of China is dead. The Chinese legation here has heard nothing of the reported death of the dowager empress and discredits it. Neither Canton nor Hongkong are reli- able sources of news. REQUEST IS DENIED dis- RUSSIA REFUSES EXEQUATOR TO UNITED STATES CONSUL AT DALNY, MANCHURIA. Washington, Feb. 20.— Secretary ! Hay has been informed that Edwin V lMorgzm will not be. granted an e i quator by the Russian government an- thorizirg him to act as United States | | consul at Dalny. Mr. Morgan is now ion his way from Washington to his post. He will sail from San Francisco | and touch at Yokohama, at which point the state department will be able -to advise him a month hence ! , What course to pursue. 1 This decision of the. Russian go\'-i ernment s not altogether unexpect- | ed, but it neverthelgss the subject l | | of grave consideration by the state de- | partment officials. Se tary Hay regarded the matter as o ifficient importance to warrant a personal visit to the White House, | where he represented the facts to t president. | It can be stated that up to this mo- | ment a decision has not been reached ag to the answer to be to—th Russian government. It is said thd the re; gned for the declina- tion to Mr. Morgan are en- tirely im In gan, h of the / bassy_.at St. Pete popular with would be consul if not forbid. reason for I military, the that the on the orogre: the action oflicers i 7 , | Rae and six pri 1 of 500 TEN CENTS PER W EEK, ASPHYXIATED BY GAS. Bridgeport (Copn.) Business Man and Maid Servant Dead. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 20.—Asphyx- fation by coal gas from a furnace | believed to—have heen the cause ol the death: of Joseph B. Canfield, su perintendent of the Canfield Rubber company, and his Swedish maid ser- | vant, whose bodies were discovered in their sleeping rooms in the Canfield residence in this city. Mrs. Canfleld | apparently is suffering from the effects | of gas Inhalation. 7 Later in‘the day the superintendent of police decided to keep Mrs. Can- fleld under surveillance at= her resi- dence, though he said she was not ar- | rested. That Mr. Canfield, who was an ath lete of considerable local fame, should be fatally aifected by the gas while his wife, who has recently been sick with inflammatory rheumatism, was not completely by it, is regarded by the police as remarkable. PROTESTS OF NO -AVAIL. | | Rosebud Incian Reservation Will Be Opened to Settlement. ton, Feb. 20.—S. F. Lucas the postmaster at Bonesteel and presi- | dent of the Commercial club at that place, has arrived here to appear i3 fore the committee on Indian affairs of the senate to repudiate the memo: rial filed with that committee by thoe Indian Righ association prote i azainst the ratification of the tro: with the Rosebud Indians for opgenin up their S for entry un the homestead law on the ground t 2 per acre is not an adequate pay for the Indians to receive for their t Mr. Lucas is armed with affic ! showing that the pay offered by ‘ government to the Indians is cient and that thousands of acres ol i | Jand adjoining the reservation can bhe purchased for §2.50 per acre. Senator Gamble said that the Rose- bud. bill would be passed at early date in spite of protest. a very | INDICTED FOR WIFE MURDER. | i Stepdaughter Chief Witness Against‘ Des Moines Man. Des Moines, Feb. 20.—Charles \V.: Graves, under arrest charged with | “putting his wife-to-death “and-burning— the body, has been indicted for mur- der in the first degree. The remains of Mrs. Graves were found by her hus- band Dec. 18, 1903, locked in their | home in Fast Des Moinos. Evidence | of 'threats expressed against his wife together with conflicting stories told' by Graves regarding the finding of her body led to Graves’ arrest. A daugh- ter of Mrs. Graves, Miss Winnie Read-| er of the Grau Grand Opera company, arrived home a week after her moth-| er’s body was found, to spend the holi-! days and was first informed of the tragedy in her own home as she alight- ed from a Pullman car. She is the principal witness for the state against her stepfather. s, GIFT FROM COUNT CREIGHTON. Catholic Institution Receives Valuable Omaha Property. | Omaha, Feb. 20.—Count John A.! Creighton has deeded without re- serve to Creighton university, a Catholic institution, a down-town busi- ness block valued at $250,000. In all Count Creighton has given to the in- stitution in cash and valuable proper- ty about $750,000. For his liberality Pope Leo bestowed on him the title of “count.” JEMpIoyes WIn Tneir Strike. Menasha, Wis., Feb. 20.—The strike at the Menasha Woodenwar com: pany’s factory has been settled, and the men have returned to work. “The company has decided to pay the min for each hour’'s work. Formerly they worked eight hours a day and receiv- ed pay for their work by the day. Tifteen hundred employes are af- fected. KILLED BY BOLOMEN LIEUTENANT MACREA AND SIX PRIVATES OF CONSTABULARY VICTIMS OF FANATICS. Feh. 20.—Lieutenant Mac- ates of the constab- ulary have been killed by a bolo rush ! fanatics while patrolling the east coast of the island of Samar. Private Saloman of the Fourteenth cavalry, stationed at Jolo, has Manila, also | been killed by belomen. J. MALCOLM FORBES DEAD. | Widely Known as a Horse Lover and Yachtsman. Mil Feb. 20—J. Milton, Mz Forb light man Malcolm died during the da) tdence here. Mr. Forbe suf- fering from E for about per- forme Mr eholder . com- in the Am an Bell pany and « r prope As a horseman he wa both as an owner and famo acing stock and man he had actively p international cup races. ‘Woman D¢ad and Child Dying. Wheeling, W. Va,, Feh. 20.—At May «tramp ot feet and voic | mittal Twenty-Five Persons Killed and DYNAMITE LET Fifteen Others Injured By an} Explosion. : Ogden, Utah, Peb. 20.— Twent destroyed today by the explosion Jackson telegraph statian of the y-tive persons were killed and 15 ‘others injured and a great amount of railroad property was of a carload of dynamite at the Southern Pacific railroad. The |explosion was caused by the collision of two freight trains. POST USRI S S S e 2 REVERENCE FOR DEAD | CITY OF CLEVELAND SUSPENDS BUSINESS DURING SENATOR HANNA'S FUNERAL. SOLEMN SERVICE OF THE EPIS: | COPAL CHURCH PRECEDES THE INTERMENT. Cleveland, Feb. 20.-—The .last rites over the body of Senator Marcus A Ilanna were held dur tle aftersoon at St. Paul's Episcopal church. Dur- ing this solemn service Cleveland was a silent city. Nearly all busingss was suspended for the entire afternoon. Street railway and steam/road traffic on every line in the: city/ was stopped for . five minutes from 1 to 1:05 o'clock. People generally in all pavts of e eity bowed their heads-in-rey- erence for a brief space of time at that hour. Cleveland mourned as it has never mourned before. Promptly at 12 o'clock the funeral ; cortege left the Chamber of Commerce building. Preceded by a platoon of police the funeral-procession took its way out Iuclid avenue to the church. Following the police came Troop A as guard of honor. Then came carriages containing the pallbearers, the Washington delega- tion, the governor's staff, chamber of commerce committee, Loyal Ilegion committec and delegations represent- ing various civie societies. Admittance to the services at the church was by card, limited to 800, the scating capacity of the auditorium. A few moments before 1 o'clock Mus. Hanna, accompanied by her son, Dan, entered the church. She was dressed in deep black and was heavily veiled and as she slowly walked down the e 1o the first row of secats the stillness of death fell over those with- in the walls of thé church and all heads were howed in (oken of sym- pathy. Other members of the family followed. | Final Services Over Remains. After a moment's waiting the light s of ‘elergy an in-the building The clergy nee 1w as peated 1wen the body | nourced the presenc of the body of the dead. met the body at the ent they preceded it up the the usual_sentences. had been"gently placed upon the bier and the pallbearers had been seated | chanted the Thirtieth ident I the choir and | Ninetieth i 1, followed with the | «d and prayer. . The anthem, "I a Voiee Prom Heaven Say,” | ung by the choir. | Bishop Leonard then read the-com ‘ service and pronounced the Bonediction. The body accompanied only by the family. pailbeare and Hishop Leo ard, procee owly out Euclid av t. Panl's chur nue-to Lakeview cemetery, where a final tarcwell of the dead was taken in W [ al chapel. The ser fce consistc )y of a prayer by the hishe body was deposited ina crypt in the chapel to await burial at the p + of the family On the to the cemet two atril 7111 of respect were shown the de tor. At Adelbert college the studentsdrew up in line frontof Hateh library and stood with uncoy | er ads as the “cortege passed Agzain at the Buclid aven car harn ne, the entrance of—1 eemetery, ral hundred employe ere drawn in 1 and with bared and bow he de: 1 their last respects to th Vast Throng Views Rémains. “ Just 25 dawn began to break over| ! the city the doors of the Chamber of | , Comm e auditorium, where the body | lay, was 10 Ve who de dead se¢ and « wiied bl en mile: weather not ta 1thins into ce by the people ting a stove fous to pay homage 16 the one thg h clothir had fearned 1 s hurne Early morr mar old, | exc towns and o swel long d| in | the gene WHEAT UP FOUR CENTS MAY OPTION ON THE CHIGAGO BOARD OF TRADE PASSES THE DOLLAR MARK. iBUUY PLACED IN TEMPORARY TOMB SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE ADVANCE FEAR OF A GENERAL WAR AND SCARCITY OF CEREAL FOR MILLING PURPOSES. Chicago. Feh, 20.—~Attended by ex- cltement not often ecqualed wheat ad- vanced nearly 4 cents a bushel. The grain pits on 'Change were from start to finish a scenc of almost continuous pandemonium. ‘The long coveted goal in speculative trading, “dollar whe 2 was aade a mere reminiscence, Ma delivery selling as high as $1.03 a bushel. The sharp advance wasg due to fear that the war would not be confined to Russia and Japan. Bulges of over a cent on the Liverpool and Berlin mar- kets were the immediate factor. Scarcity of cash wheat suitable for milling purposcs was an additional alement of strength, Trading was exceedingly actlye, the aggrogate of bhusiness for the day be- ing cnormous. M wheat opened at $1 to $1.01 and, after touching $1.01, to $1.01%, declined suddenly to 991y cents on selling by the Armour inter- est. ‘The price rebounded, however, as easily as it had fallen and soon reached the top netch again, Late in the day the price touched $1.03. Ix- cept during a corn in 1 May wheat has oot reached this record since 1891, Advances were also made in other speculative articles, notably in provi- sions. Pork for May delivery jumped up 52% cents a hundred pounds. ] tne. TROusanas wno.o nad have an opportunity to pass by the bler of the dead senator abandoned the idea when the aw how hopeless was their chance of galning admission. Several thonsand men, who stood in line waiting weir turn were also dis- appointed whoen the doors to the cham- ber were cloged at 11 o'clock to pre- pare for the removal of the-body tothe church for he funeral seryic At 10 o'clock the members of the gtate legislature, who recently chose Mr. Hanna to represeat the common- wealth of Ohio in the United States senate to suceeed himself, drove from their hotel to the Chamber of Com- merce in a body and looked for a last nopea o of Gambi the i y ; which Was from First Corinthiar | time upon the face of the dead states- teenth chapter, from the twenti I A S verse to the end of the chapter. During the time that the body lay in choir then sang the hymn, L | state, Trom 1:30 to-9:30 p. m. Thurs- Kindly ‘Lizht,” and Bishop day and from £ to 11 a. m. Friday, it | delivered the eulogy. i8 estimated that not less than 60,000 The choir then sang the hynin, people zaz pon the features of tho sGrover With. the Lord, Amen, So| dead sénator.: Thousands upon thou- Let It Be Dr. figbke Mekirew, roctor | ands. knowing how futile the effort wonld be, did not attempt to zain ad- mittance to the chamber, Abner McKinley Improves. Somerset, 12 Feb, 20.—Abnep-Mc- Kinley's condition is fghtly ~ im- . proved. His phys fused to ex- press an opinion fu than that he is not_in imminent Mr, Mc. Kinley's attacl as. the nd in six manths, He new shortly after the holi hi 1s not ted and North about FULOGIZES LORD ROBERTS. King Edward Rescues Mi Awkward Positign. The cial army orde King Edward erts as of the leeply incensed comma in-chief and this shared by the public to yfent that it threatened to office Lo s, whe hown to th sent out by