Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 14, 1904, Page 1

The Bemidji VOLUME 1. NUMBER BEMIDJL. MINNESOTA, MONDAY. MARCH 14, 1004 WAR Past Twenty 0GS Four Hours Brix 10 tne czar \ ‘ ‘Admiral ) off. comn.anding the \ fleet, reports from 1'org Arthur as fal lows [ “six torpedo boat: went encountered the cnen rpeda be i v No Changes in Situation in STORY THAT RUSSIANS HAVE EVACU- ATED PORT ARTHUR DENIED. Admiral Abasa, Secretary of Com- mission on Eastern Affairs at; St. Petersburg, Promulgates a Vigorous Official Denial of Ru-! mor That Was Given Liberal! Circulation. | St. Petersbure, March 14.—Admiral | Abasa, sceretary of the commission | on far eastern affairs, authorizes the Associated Press to deny the stor, which has gained very liberal circu- lation to the effect that the Russian forces have ted Port Arthur. The situati admittedly criticul but the evacuation without foundation and will story s result in aj eooooe - . Stock Reduction Sale. Today Water Tumblers. Fifty dozen glass water tumblers worth 50c¢ a dozen for 25¢. Ladies’ Jersey Ribbed Underwear. Twenty-five doz- en ladies’ ribbed vests and pants c for 19¢ worth Men’s Collars. Twenty.five dozen men’s lin- en collars.the Arrow hrand., regular price 15¢, for ¢ or 3 for 2 Ten doz- en ladies muslin ight at o ff from the regular price. Remnants. ends of dress zoods ribbons anc Short prints, silks embroidery. Candy. One barrel mixed worth 20c for 5e a pornd. candy | of s | thur an aggres the reputation throughout the lengthY| Official Story of Torpedo Boat En- and breadth of the empire of being dashing officer who delights in bril- his latest ac- as a bold and: to take the mueh stricter censorship i | future. by the dari naval comms personally to her rescue. nder-in-chief in forth there will be a complete ¢ tactics and that Admiral will make roff e force. liant achievements and tion adds to his laurels fearless fighter who loves OLEARY e DHOWSRR | oo BEMIDJI Dainty Lace. One hundred picces of Fal, lace, 12 yards the fleet at Port He enjoys u th exploit of the Russian going There is a deep seated conviction here that hence. nge | would be such a thing M D anduntil Saturday Night we will offer to our customers a choice lot of merchandise at less that factory cost. We are overstocked in the goods we advertise and are willing to stand a loss in order to turn the same into cash. Remember this sale will be for the entire week, but the choicest bargains always go first. fine to a piece, worth G(0¢, for 42¢a €. pie Ladies’ 15¢ Black Cat for Ye a pair. Cups and Saucers. cups saucers for 15¢ each. Ladies’ Shoes. One lot of ladies’ | lose and shoes § MAIL ORDERS WILL BE PROMPTLY FILLED Tor ka- Ar- Alexien followed by ¢ A hot action o torpedo boat des charged a Whitehes of the enemy the way back t stroyer Steregusch : her engine w in (o founder. likely to while any ats rema | chances of war. He is not e enemy mnch re: ot his cruisers or torpedo I | atloat. Something like a nieht o |~ “When the eritical position ¢ Stereguschtehi became evidont 1 {1 my flag on the cruiser Novik and went with the eruser Novik and the teruiser Boyarin to | "But as five of 1 I'surrounded our de | battleship squadro: tdid not succecd i i guschtchi, which foundered {the crew were mudo pris part were drowned | "On the ships which pa the night attack ¢ | riously and thy hitly wounded, two so wore killed and eighteen were wounded.” L rescue, cnemy's cruisars wer and as their was approaching I the Stere art of ars and icipated in NOVIK SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. Russian Crulser Hit During Japanese Bombardment. March 11 The o Chefoo, British col {rain storm, The not return the fire | eruiser Novik stean {bor, fiving at the cie [finally retired. She aged. CONE JAPANESE KILLED. batteries the ar autside the har The Novik lightly dam VICE-ADMIRAL MAKAROFF. peau AOACK on the enemy s pase ne- hind the Eliott islands, for instance, s the admiral would undertake. RUSSIAN CREW LOST. Cavalry Engagement Occurs Near Ka- ionerent san, Korea. 8 Seoul, March 14 An cngagement St. Petershurg, March 14.—The Story [ took place on the Sth inst : |»’,-|i:‘..’-‘u iday’s naval Dbattle in which a |jyssian and Japanese cavalry scouts r Kasan, filty-seven miles noe th ol Pingvang Ong Jat an and Japanese hoat were sunk [y is told in the following report mads B D e R e S R R AR S SRR S S e A i Six Days of Great Bargains Choice Merchandise. VESOTA Better not delay. Men’s Underwear. Men’sOuting Flannel Night case of One men's Mecce Men's faney ; E lined mder- outing flan- wear worthH0¢ o [e, ey nel niglht the rohes, $1.50 qual- A on Ladies’ Collars. S Tinen col- Ten dozen ladis lars. the 15e kind, for He o 200 each. or 6 for Shoe Dressing. Dress Shirts. We have put all broken Imes [ 1 and men's into one lot and I8¢ Choice of - any 25¢ dressing for 19¢. b Dress Pri shirts LesSIkrints. made the price of Gie for Five thousand yards of dress vour chice, prints worth up to Se for - Sea yard. 4 s T e Ladies’ Outing Night Robes ladies Men's cotton flannel i 5 115 Our entire Sock of . e “‘1 robhes e outing night ol cach. Men’s Mit the 10e kind, for e a pair. Men’s Shoes. Men’s Suspenders. shoes wortly O for sy a pair One lot of men’s Children’s Shoes. One Jot children’sshoes worth fo1 St. Petorsbure, March 14.—Admiral s on A Tc T Neen | Makaroft's name is on every lip in St calned L Rpon AR S ICeRthaR st | ol DB attack made by the Japanese, has just : l v arrived here. She hour. The sorrow over the loss of the e A ’Rns n torpedo hoat destroyer was wan made an attack on Port Arthur ! swallowed up by the adm ion caused at midnight on the inst., durir {8 bonded to fulfill his a to send only fifteen correspondents with the first column, eight Dritish, | five Amorican, one Frenchman and Fhere that Britons Tender Use of Naval Hospital Daily Pioneer TEN CENTS PER WEEK. AGAINST MERGER | KITIGd furtng the nght. eventually retired. s DeCISioN of U. S. Supreme Court WORRYING JAPfI\IESE OFFICIALS.‘ in NOPthePn Securities Case ~ Made Public Today. | Question of Arrangements for Large Number of Correspondents. Now York, March T1—Qu¢ arrangefMdnts for the large number-ot foreign correspondents here who are desirous of accompanyty the Japan ms-of ese field forces have been botheving the war office a great deal, says a Herald d from he the corre ble facility comfortable Japanese spondents possible to while campal the | diicnlty owing to the difference of couditions of living to which toreign | ent re tomed. The best the army could offer was the regular Japanese ration, with | transportation of seventy pounds of Daggage. After a prolonzed discussion it was finally arranged for the corre spondents to appoint a contractor to run 2 ficld canteen and undertake field E The war office proved this scheme and expec correspondents to rely upon the con tractor, but will supply rations in an emergency, The conteactor also sup plies the forelgn military ches. He coment The war office has finally determined overy T make them but rec one German, this being a representa tion proportionate to the respective numbers of correspondents here. Sub quently lots will accompany the dif- ferent columns. SEVERAL KILLED OR WOUNDED. Result of Thursday's Bombardment of Port Arthur. Port Arthur, Iriday, March 11. Last night ed without incldent The Japanese squadron, which disap e d after Thursd Hombardment and naval fight, has not returned. Although during the hombardment a number of shells from the Japanese ships burst fn the streets of the town the damage to the bulldings was com paratively slight. The new town sustained the great est damagi hell burst a fow yards from the house of M. Sidorski, o luw ye M. Sidorski and his daughter were killed on the spot, the latter's head being blown off. Mme. Sidorskl was injured by fragments of the shell and a girl named Waleritseh W wounded and died soon afterwards in a hospital. A Chinaman was killed and seyeral Chinamen were wounded. General Stoossel, the commander of the Russian troops at Port Arthur, and his staft, while watehing the bombard ment from a battery, were peppered by splinters from a shell, but sustained no Injuries. Two sentrics on Electric cliff were wounded. A Japancse lronclad was struck by a Russlan sholl and slowly withdrew. The bombardment, which was severe, only ceased at 12:46 In the afternoon, QUIET AT KOREAN CAPITAL. Legations Continue Guarded by Marines. Seoul, March 14.—Detachments of Korcan soldiers marching up and down the main streets In the neig borhood of the palace at all hours of the day and evening glve an alr of martial activity to this city. But few Jupanese soldlers remain he All have gone north and the forelgn lega tions continue to be guarded by ma Hnes. Tho American legation has thirty-five men on duty in the grounds and others are quartered at Ameriean business houses for the suke of better accommodation Forelgners, how over, feel perfeetly sufe, although there 15 more real business activity at Chemulpo, The Japanese authorities treat for ofgners very courteously and have Just given Amorican Minister Allen per. Foreign to Be mission to go to the front with a pas sage on a trangport to Chinnampo. here Ko- War preparations continue methodically, while about 30,000 reans pursue thelr normal, every life’ free from excitement. HELENA WILL WITHDRAW. American Gunboat to Quit the Port of Newchwang. Washington, March 14.—It fs sald while no orders have been the navy department to er, commanding the gun to withdraw from New be that Admiral Evans commanding the Asiatic tion, has glven such a direction. It 18, of course realized that the Helena would be In a Issued from Captain Sa hoat Helena, chwang It ma very disagreeable tlon if the port were 1 od ¢ sorves no purpose In her present berth useful n-to-drag-Into neutralization of no-digposit tion of the the port of arig at this stage and the withdrawal of the He as on she Is om the lce will make toward t 56 ACCEPTED BY JAPAN. Sir Clande ster-to-Ja s tend of tk n the treatment sailors Vice ister of the offer on behalf of the Japan fur- s that it is all the returns have been re: d the subscriptions will exceed 1 500,000,000 yen. pected that || {EXPRESSED OPINION OF U. S. CIRCUIT COURT STANDS APPROVED. Washington, March 4. The Un States supreme court toduy down its decision in the of the Great Northern Pacitic raily It 18 in favor of the gover aflivms the opinio es cireuit court. The decision writtea by Judge Havlan and curred in by Justices Brown, Chiof MeKenna and Day er and Justices White, Peckhanm and Holmes dissented. Th&eourt holds that in the merg the stockholders of the two roads dis- wppeared and 1 hern Securities o, practically consolidated. The court SCOTIA A TOTAL LOSS. Details of the Wreck of the Cable Steamer. | The follow- ington, March 14 alls of the loss of the cablo mer Scotiy reached the navy de- | partment during the day i cable- | | In gram from the naval commandant on the fsland of Guam | Scotin (cableship) hag been wrecked on Callalalin bank in marks intact; entrance buoy is i tially sunk, Yossel is Iying In a dan itlon, hut cargo can be r It wreeking v arrive weather continues favorable. [ am rendering assistance with all | ources avallable. 1 am feeding and sheltering part of crew on shore tin was sufforing from want of pro- vislons, Roported to be totally rulned. No wreckod people were lost.” gorons Cover while sels FIRST MEETING HELD. Utah Gentlles Will Organize a Non: Mormon Party, Lake, March [4.—Representa- ntiles of this city held a moeet- ing here and took preliminary steps | towards the organization of a non- Mormon party. A commillea was ap: pofnted to formulate a plan of cam- paign and organization to mcot the conditions now existing In Utah. A committoe was Mso appoluted o pre- pure and submit to a future mass meet- ing of non-Mormons a protest to con- gross against the statoment of Presi- dent Smith of the Mormon church to the effeet that the people of Utah have condone® the offenses agalnst the laws of the state forbidding po- lygamous Hving. Salt tve G EIGHTEEN WARRANTS BERVED. Bribery Alleged Against Many Persons at Green Bay, Wis. Greon Bay, Wis, March 14.—Eight- ecn warrants have been served as a result of true bills returned by the grand jury on the day of its discharge. The followlig persons wero arraigne and pleaded not guilty Alderman A. L. Gray, against whom were five Indictmonts; George J. | Schwartz, three fndictments; City At | torney A, B. Fountain, two indfct- ments; Chlef of Pollee Hawley, two Indictments; Notary Pulilie Henry C. Reber, Dr. Harry 7. Vermiren, Clty As sesgor X, Parmentier, three indfet- ments; Contractor J. P. Delaney. Most of tho bills returned were for bribery. NAMED BY SPEAKER. Commlttee to Investigate Charges of | Postal Officials. March 14.—When wker Cannon an provided for in Washing hou the 3 met Spe special committec MeCall resolution adopted by the house gate the report aceuss me css with influ- | encing postal officials. The committee | I8 made up Mows MeCall chai Sl Hitt (Rep. (Rej | Mateate MeDErmott | (Dem 1 (Den,—Ga-| and Richardson (Dem., Ala) | BAD BLAZE AT RIPON, WIS, | | i Chief of Oshkosh (Wis.) Fire ment Badly Hurt. Depart- Oshkosh, W Ripon, Wik, sust « during the mornin jraver of | this city, who, of Osh- kosh firemen, we Ripon, was struck hurt House emont and involve lowing Pedrick hall, B Eve hoe stol Commonwealth 1 dry goods store March 14—Cha 4 nt, now assistant attor- | I for the pe 2 =t s s been select ! sy goneral fo succeed Hen A appointed solicitor general of the department of justice. { and the commi Wall Street Discusses Probable Effect of Decision With But Little Apprehension, Shrewder Brokers Having Anticipated Court’s Disposition of Matter Weeks Ago. also holds that the principal object Wils te prevent competition. Wall Street u expecting the decision for several and iy 1sed no flurry in the shrewder b 0 1 the court’s, interpre i of the issuo and it had but little visible ef after its omicial promulzation. soeeeee scesoses BIG BATTLE REPORTED CABLEGRAM OF AMERICAN MINIS- TER SAYS FICHTING CONTIN- UES IN SAN DOMINGO. ENGAGEMENT OCCURS NEAR CAPITAL INSURGENTS WORSTED BY GOV- ERNMENT TROOPS IN CON- FLICT ON MARCH 4. Washington, March 14—Very much belated cablegrams from. United Statas Ministor Powell, just received at the state department, report a bige, battle across the river from San Do- mingo March 4, in which the insur- gents were worsted and fled, leaving thelr gung and ammunition on the fleld. The Insurgents, however, were reported to have been In possession of the town of Azua. The United ates crulser Topeka touched at San Domingo March 8 and proceeded to Azua, Havana, h 14.—Admiral Dewey and his party landed during the day from the auxiliary crulser Mayflower and, with Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and Minister Squiers, called on Presldent Palma. With reference to the situation in Santo Domingo, which Mr. Loomis in- quired into to a cousiderable extent, the assistant tary of state said to the corre: t of the Associated Press that to be no cession of revolutions appeared ries of the and fighting which had been going-on for a long time. He declined to dis- cugs the situation as it affects the United States’ relations thereto pend- ing the delivery of his report to Wash- ington, bLut sald the United States bhad no present intention to intervene in_any manner except for the protec: tion of its interests. No American forces liave been sont ashore except temporarily. Counsel for Panama Company Sails for Paris. New York, March 14—William Nel- son Cromwell, counsel for t Panama Canal company, sailed for France dur- fng the day on the steamship New York to arrange for the final transfer of the propertics and records of the company to this government. Before leaving he announced that the Isth- mian commission will sail from New York for Panama on March will attend to all the formalities,” said. ‘The holding of final meet- fngs and the getting -~ ready of the archives of twenty years and all nece essary papers for the final transfer. 1 will alsc ange the details so that the turning over of the company’s property will be simultaneous with the turning over of the property and rights on the isthmus. [ will bring back the deeds of transfer and they will be formally turned over to the attorney gene and the secretary of v in New York.” s are in such a shape on the 1 Admiral Walker ion. which sails from York on March 29, will be in & position to undertake the work lead- ing to-the actual transfer and he had given orders to the company’'s agents in Panama to afford to the canal com- mission every facility to examine and 1y or for such action as they desire to take the same as though the canal was formally in possession of this gov- ernment. > Kuropatkin en an Ovation. St.” Petersburg, March 14 —General Kuropatkin was given a great ovation in the streets and at the railroad sta- tion when he left St. Petersburg for the front at 6 a. m. New