Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 11, 1904, Page 1

1. NUMBER 2 VOLUME BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, FRIDAY., MARCH 11, 1004 TEN CENTS PER WEEK. RST GETS DELEGATES HEA Five Rhode Islanders Favor His Nomination for the Presidency. three of the del Greene delegates and Quinn-Money party. T were not instructed, but I bl announced that he favored the nomination of William R. Hearst for nresident Providence, R. I, March 11.—The Democratic convention for the selec- tion of delegates to the national con- vention was held here during the day. The ballots for delegates resulted in the election of five of the F ald- Dunn taken ill and was obligea 1o ask shelter at the home cf a farmer in Rosedale. A farmhand who was present suspected that the rugitive w Dunn. A telegram was sent (o Sheriff Spencer at St. Joseph, but Mike s a brother-inlaw of Dunn, to whe house Dunn had been removed from the farm, feared that Duwin’s identity might become known and had put the sick man in a bug ill Dunn started on a wild dr ACTOSS country. Sheriff Spencer and deputies came to Rosedale on the f train, but Dunn had forty-five minutes ' of them. Dunn m i had he not become so weak by time Guilford was reached that, despair, he dismissed his and team and said he could go no further. ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED Faces Death by Pneumonia and the Gallows. St. Joseph, Mo., March 11.—Facing death from pneumonia and death by the gallows Mark Dunn, murderer of Alfred Fenton at Rushville, Mo., was landed in jail here after a capture al- most as sensational as his escape from behind the bars here last Monday. e is in a dying condition fromi pneumo- nia, but unless his demise intervenes Dunn will be hanged in the jailyard here some time during the day Dunn's capture took place at Guil- ford, Mo., where, after an exciting chase, he had taken refuge in a hotel, too weak to offer resistance to Sheriit Spencer and several deputies, who had pursued him across the country from Rosedale. Shortly after Dunn’s escape from the jail here Monday, when he locked his guard, the jailer and a deputy sheriff in a cell at the point of two reyolvers that had been smueeled in. QUIET AT SPRINGFIELD. Eighteen Companies of Troops in Con- trol of Situation. Springfield, 0, March 11.—This city passed its first peaceful night of the | | tne week. wniie tnere was mucs - jety during the night, owing to dem- ations in the afternoon and eve there is a restoration of ce and normal conditions Shops which have run short &lb w are running as usual. Those who be angmenting the crowds in | streets are back at work, while ci een companies of militia oceupy public places and the street The trouble started last morning when Richard Dixon, colore killed Officer Collis and it ended dur- ing the day with impressive funeral | ses over the body of Sergeant | at St. Raphael's Catholic church General McMakin and Colonel Mead, with eighteen companies of militia, plied patrols for the city, so that entire police force, with all the and county offici were in at tendance. Some of the soldiers also attended. Only a small part of the populace about the church could gain admittance. The mob-swept the | 1 the | S | Sunday il the districts along the | levee, the public buildings and all | prohable points-of trouble are still | gtrongly suarded by troops. All the colored occupants of both districts | have gone and thefr whereabouts Is unknown. House Session Briet. March 11—When the | house convened Mr. Finley (S. was recognized and announced the death of his colleaguc, George Willi Croft. The usual T Washington, of respect . adjourned. adopted. the house, Young People Struck by Train. Oconomowoce, Wis, March 11. While returning with a group of you people from a wedding Miss lda Knopp, aged twenty, was struck and killed by a Milwaukee train and her sister, Annie, and Herman Raasch were seriously injured. Arguments In Canal Suit. Paris, March 11.—The arguments in the case of Colombia against the Pan- ama Canal company were continued before the first chamber of ‘the Seine throughout the day. Maitre Brunct further set forth Colombia’s clait against the transfer of the concessio! Douglas 9 Shoes 5. $5.00 BEMIDJI, AR BHONSE: MINNESOT Lampher Hats for MEN’S HOSIERY Bl MEN'S GLOVES. Men’s Silk Lined' Kid Gloves &1 to Men's Cotton Ho: 15,25 and 50 ce Men'sKinel Hose, blacl fancy, 25 anc cents. Men's mere Hosey and fancy, and 50 cents. Meén's Bla Silk Hose $1. Men's Unlined Kid Gloves $1“to $1.50. Men's Buck Gloves $1.95 to $1.50. . Men's Torse Ilide Gloves $1. MEN’S SUITS. We aim to sell the latest styles and the highest (u al- ities for the least money. You never see old shop worn clothes in this store. = ©) them here. There is a certain nobbines: Sprin Copyricht 1903, by David Adier & Sons Clothing Co, styles now veady for in- spection. " Adler" clothes that appeals to every stylish black UR Spring Sack Suits are not of the or dinary character. You see a group of vek 10, nts, HCE and 1 50 sh- TS Men's Rain Coats $12.00 to $15.00. s in these man. These are decidedly"young men’s clothes" They have dash—you'd admire your own appearance if you wore one. MEN’S NIGHT SHIR Men's Outing Ni Shirts | at §1.25 and $ JSPEND Here 3 rhit 65 cents. $1, T 1.50 each. a choice sele Suspenders. Hewes and P the Presiden buekles and v MEN’S EK can find ction of Crown, stter and t. New OFFICIALS ARE WARNED | PRESIDENT ISSUES [\ECUTIVE‘ ORDER REGARDING RUSSO- JAPANESE WAR. IRRITATE COMBATANTS | WUST NOT SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM ANY AC- TION OR SPEECH LIKELY TO GIVE OFFENSE. ngton, March Roosevelt, affer a Secreta il following executive the obser cently promulgated decl trality of the United S Russia and Japan, the t pations in the Far Eastorn war now v of S ued or ance of the pri wion 1e new {yeen of - the i and naval a directed not only 4o obseive dent proclamation of the pending war bhetwe Japan, but also to absiain action or speech which se irritation to eit The governme ed States represents the | United States, not only in with which it is endeavo to keep the scales of neutrality exact and ovei, but in the sincority with which it de plores the breaking out of the pr { war and hopes that it v at th earliest possible moment and with Ui smallest possible I to those en gaged. Such a itably in creases and inflames isceptibili ties of the combatants o unything in the nature of an Injury or Slight by Outsiders. Too often combatants make confiicting claims as to the duties and obligations of neutrals, so that even when dis charging these duties and obligations with scrupulons care it is difficult to avoid giving offense to one or the other party. To such unavoidable « offense, due Lo the perfoimanc tional duty, there mu: any avoidable causes, It is always un sortunate to bring old world an tipathics and jealousics into our lite, or by speech or conduct Lo excite an ger and resentment toward our nation in friendly foreign lands: but in government employe, whose official po sition mal him in some scnse the ive of the people, the mis ction i reatly o and self-confident particularly careful of the rights; but of th ceptibilities of its neighhors; n ys all the nations of the world are neighlors one to the other. Cour and self-restraint national; no Jess rse. s of the government alifare expected 50 to carry themselves hoth in act and in deed to give no ¢ e of just of fonse Lo the people of any forcign and friendly power—and with all mankind we are now in fricndship, FAVOR POSTAL INVESTIGAIION. zoverime herehy the presi ity la and either.t imate the Unit ple of the in Ius hc of na dded ng be should mark than private, i “All the ofli civil. mil Republican House Lcaders Agrec on a Plan. Washington, March 11—The Repub lican Jeaders in the louse have hastily arranged a plan for an investigation of the counection of members of - that il e s department investigation, plan su post + authorit of every been miade it by members the honse of 1 entative member whose ci taken the committee will be given an oppor tunity to be hes In this wa to in repre 1o the of it will ha iito the de up by believed that the whi members feel ha v done them Dy the publication of the report Trom the departmont may be remedied The indi; the report and vote heen t Wednesday the tion for a full whole postoffi have D) been al when the presented an amend it by inve it the publication of ubsided had a proposi would not 101 that during the Diemoeratic wtion cpartment plan ha » winority and will be 1ma : provision for the o which the Dem 14 be i ener lien DISCUSS RECENT REPORT. Speaker Cannon and Chairman Over- street Conf With President. Washingtor 11.—By ment Speaker € m and Representa tive Over et rirman of the house commities post roads, hud ne with (he pre appoint- The Postma fmthe-da; an | | l | river are that WATER RECEDING RAPIDLY. Residents Along the Susquehanna Re: turning to Their Hon . a fall ¢ last twenty f ts are clear are retur is no in of the Many of the s and _ prople 11} . that ken At Plymouth the water ha y from the main street s sitnation is much better ev any At Nanticoke the flood has lossened | | | flood is receding at the ches an hour. Reports from the flood is o 1s no change in 1 t I'he hank river from Shic 1 dist e of o5, -outbuild ele, e strewn Mines that were floode pumped out Estimates of the amount of dama done by the flood in the Wyon resion run from §1,000.000 to §2 000 The total dam between Pittston and mated at §6,500,000. FOUR MEN BURNED TO DEATH. of L the ry are heing Car Containing Gasoline Accidentally Set on Fire. Harrishurg, Pa, March unidentified men wore hurnd ontaining caught fire at Branch | miles east of this city barely escaped with their lves, bodics and clothes b hadly burns The men woere et d the Pennsylvania railroad fmprovement at Buola and were being sent 1o Bain ze 1o clear the fee from the tracks cars, in which twonty-six men w carried, contained five bar rels of gasoline and other Hehting materials to be used for night work nearly all aslecp as the was pulling into Branch Inter setion. One of the men steuck mateh (o light his pipe while near on of the gasoline barrels. ©A spark must have landed on the barrel, for in an instant the interior of the car was o fiery furnace. The men, awakencd the fotense i, could not at once realize their uation. There was a scramble Lo g out, but four were unsuceossful. They wore tramplad on y the others and their bodies were afterward found burned o erisp CUT OFF FROM OUTSIDE WORLD. California Experiences Storm of Un- precedented Severity. san Francisco, March 11.—A of ruin and snow prevail Pacific coust wraph wire averywhere are prostrated. The b rometer here fell to 20.23, the lo on record. The wind reached o vel ity of forty-six miles an hour. Somc damage has been done i this ity anid shipping in the harbor sidorably injured gchooner Ernest fs ashore on Goal isl and. An abundanco of rain in California 18 antleipated. Lake City, March 11.—Sincc morning Californla has beon cut from tele phic com ith the outside world Some meager reports from Southern Oregon point th effect that the storm was un precedented in volocity zon aral all along the Califor i Al the wires are down it Is impossible to learn anything definite as to the extent of the storm or the possible damage dono: 11 —Four ta death which o Lersection, their o W on One of the h: sover t Southern Salt oar oft complotely munication almost HIRAM F. STEVENS DEAD. Prominent Minncsota Lawyer Expires After Brief lliness. PPani, March 11—Hiram I one of the hest known lawyers Minnesota, is dead after an illness of ten days' durati o, Intestinal tron ble was what canbed death Mr. Stevens was born in St Vt., ffty-two years ago. He St. Panl In 1879 and soon be of the best known attorneys tafe. Mr. Stevens was president of the St Paul Bar association and viee dent of the American +also a menib; state uniy St Albans came e in one the of the sity and of the gchool, He had been epublican for twenty rved geveral terms Int ota legislature as and senator. During he had been actively en man of the state statul mission. M fnent Mason and a mem! nesota and Commerc uentinl 4. He fal CONGRESSMAN CROFT DEAD. Scuth Carolina Representative Victim of Blood Poisoning. bl Reprosent Alken s city Mother and Daughter Kilied <hin Maru wre ‘hemulpo, Korea ship and cargo were totally lo: Two others | receding | JAPS LIKE TO NAPOLEON All Europe Is Staggered by the News of the Japanese Victories. Torpedo Boats Fight---Russians _ | MIKADO'S i celved FLEET SHELLS PORT ARTHUR INTERMITTENTLY FOR EIGHT HOURS. NO DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR GIVER BRIEF REPORT RECEIVED SAYS RUSSIANS REPLIED TO THE JAPANESE FIRE. | CZAR'S TROOPS .DEFEATED OH LAND JAPS SAJD TO HAVE CAPTURED A TOWN, THEIR OPPONENTS RETREATING. " ot March I bout | broad fotorsbury faln torpedo v loft Arthiue at wy T Ui and atti the Japuanese In for I thi 1ne outy ved here t of war dlspateh o fresh £ Maren 11 ortant roc from 1 of L new plece during the day the A Port ociated Arthur annoind wa from that the Jupancse dispateh contadned no de attack floet tail Another telopram o the Assoctated Proan from Viadivostok U makes no mention of fight sumed that afl | place by has heen re fng andl it 1y o thero, ‘Fhie reports that the Japanese have entored Manchurin west the Yalu river dnd have renchod Funghuan chong, on the Poklng rowd, which the Russian Hue of communieation to the Yaiu, cannot bo confirmed. If the Information proves true o land gizemont of, some magnitude cannot (uict ol on long be deluyed, as the Russians have a heavy force south of tho Hne be tween Linoyang and Mukden, and they are also occupying strong positions along the Yalu, A Japuncso column between them would be dnow desporate stradt unless it moved by tho flank Lo tale the Russians Yalu in the rear and wis ci Tty supported by a forwird Japancse movement from Korea X Londou, March 11.—The nows of the appearance of Japanese (orees at buancheng, about forty-five miles itof Antu in Manchuria ashan, o few miles inland frow mouth of the Yalu river, Is regard a8 most hnportant Ihe Daily ‘Telograph si that if the news of this strange and marvel ons collapse of Russlan power ou land is nothing to-preveut the om using Mukden and. the has beon nothing this e the paper taggered Buropo Ita on t st I to from the clo i t out the ka il be stupendou JAPS CAPTURE A TOWN. Russians to Abandon Their Position. Compel Tient March 11 0 force rive dr vici Jupa TURNED OVER TO CONSULS. Foreign Crews Captured Vessels s crews of Jap | grees per and Japs Each Lose One. 1ma sniL remal The conl steamer Her ha Norwegian Leen reiea. RUSSIAN FLEET ABSENT. Japanese Report of the Attack on | Viadivostok. March Vice Admiral Kaminuira, teporting the hombard- ment of Vie March 6, says he attack eor v 1:50 In the as kopt up Toklo, t aftorncon and t about forty m bombardment moralizing n forts did not ry o fire s Japanese connoitere the coast, encmy. e full Kamimura, Japianosy “As prean | we reached east entran Viadivostok on morning ot se; 1o encmy outside the harbor, yproached the batteries ou the northeast coast from a point beyond the range of the on the Balzan promontory phe jalt. After bombard- nuer bor forty minutes from 1:50 0 I in the afternoon, we retired [ belie the bombardment effocted constderanle damage. Soldiers wore seen, bat the land batteries did not reply to our fre. Black smoke wad observed at tie east entrance to the p. m. and thou nemy's ship: but th was to the el erai soveral adjacent pla but found no trai of repert Vice Admiral the second the the : not seen ing the from th wluall “On 1ih of March 7 w connoltered L bay and Strelok bay, hul saw notbing unusual. We ap- proached ‘the east entrance to Viadi- vostok at poon, The enemy's ships were invisible and the batterles did pot fire. We turned toward Po bay, but not seeing the enemy retired RUSSIAN MIN!STER PROTESTS. wrhor W to b e Objeots to Activity of Chinese Troops on Manchurian Frontier. Par! firmed that Peling has to the Chit the activity ot the Manchuria ly con- Russian minister at + firm representations gouvernment concerning Chinese troops along 1 frontier, with a point- ed intimation of the defensive meas- muay be compelled to adopt. substanco of the represen- tations follows: Russia has taken cognizance of the presence of considerable forees of Chi- nese troops along the frontler. For the present it is recognized that these forces are independent of the direct futhority and col | of the imperial government which ore, s not respunsible for their presenc the fact of their presence is called to the attentio the imperial govern- ment and should their continuance on the fronticr lead to depredations and acts of lawlessness Russia will tal the measurcs necessary to safeguard her {nterc The fo 2 but {s the pury representations referred to are and General Y shi Kai, the com- mander-in-chict. The latter s the viceroy of Chili provinco and his troops originally were organized by the late Li Hung Chang Therefore they are subject {o provincial instead of tmperial control. not the literal text, t of the terms of the 0 Chinese troops of General Ma WORK WILL BE RUSHED. Japs Begin Construction of Seoul-Wiju Railroad. h 11.—Japanese mil- . with 8,000 of the pio- commenced active the Seoul-Wiju rail- Herald correspondent » now en route A large number of Ko- will be employed .and 1l be made to complete year. \ neer corps coustruction Japan laborers y effort w the work thi Rilsian Torpedo Boat Lost. Canea, Island of Crete, March 11— port from Port Said here. Members of her that the Russian torpedo 2,221” was lost while on her way to this port. The crew of the tor- pedo boat were rescued by the trans- port. Exportation of MOrses rorolagen. St. Petersburg, March 11.—An impe-: rial ukase ibiti: the expor until furthe portation of single horses with pedi- from the head of the remount dep: ent must be obtained. Report of Sea Fight Untrue. began | and in all 400 \d Germans hay Viadivostok, March 11.—The acting chief of the aff has officially an- | nounced that the re| between the Rus: | squadrons on Sunday last are absolute 2| ly unfounded.