Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 28, 1904, Page 1

.. six additional ones. NUMBER 288. Fortresses ‘Russians Build Number of Strong in Vicinity of Anju. MOBILIZATION OF MANCHURIAN ARMY IS FINALLY Navigation Begins to Open Up and Shipping Agents Nonl‘ied of Departure of Vessels From Ports Along Coast of China. 4 Toklo; March 28—A private tele- gram from Korea states that the .Rus- siang are establishing a strong: posi- tion in the vicinity of Antung. . They are said to'have seven fortresses com- pleted and to be engaged in' erecting It is also repoit- ed-that four batteries of ‘artillery have been established at Chyangsyons. The Russians: are reported to bej holding the north bank and the Jap-| anese the south \bank of the Anju river, where the latter have thrown up intrenchments. The" hostile- forces:are_thus_face 10| face and desultory shots bave nhoady4 been exchanged. > KUROPATKIN AT : Mobilization of the Manchurian Army, Complete. % St. Petershurg, March\ 28.—The mobilization of (he-Mam_hunnn army -d8:now_compl General K ki stopped at Harbin to visit the Tortress| there, reaching Mukden Snkumay night. The Russian authorities have privately informed that the Eg)’lltmn government proposes to exercise welllance' over ships other than w ships passing through. the Suez canal |’ in order to ascertain ‘whether they carry contraband of war. ‘i the re. port is officially confirmod Rissia will immediately protc.. it as a violation “of-the i ternational . agree: ments covering the canal. The statement telegraphed from/ Newchwang that all the Russian state property there will.be confided to the: care of M. Kreutler, the newly ap-: pointed French consular agent, is offi- cially denied: at the foreign office,’ where it is explained that Russia has no interest in the appointment, which probably was made solely with the view to the protection of French in- terests in case of Newchwang being. attacked. % LIAO RIVER NAVIGABLE. Coaiiy Russians Issue ‘Orders Regulating.. Shipping at Newchwang. Newchwang, March 28 —The Liao river hecumc navigable Friday and shipping agents have received no- tices of the départure of vessels from ‘ports along thé entire coast of Chma ~for Newchwang: The Russian military authontics’ have issued an order regulating ship- ping at this port.. The order. pro- wvides that-all-incoming-vessels must anchor five and one-half miles below the fort and can proceed into the har- bor only between the hours of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m., after undergoing an-ex- amination of papers and cargo. The merchants here are protesting against the “order in the hope ‘that ships will be permitted to anchor within-two aniles of the-foreicn settle EFFECTED. ment before submitiing to an ex- | amination by the authorities. Al though further compromising tl.2 { rights of neutrals, the surveillance of all ships passing by the fortifications is considered by the authorities to be & necessary military precaution. i RUSSIAN TRA!TOR SENTENCED: Gets Twenty-five Years 'in Prison for Selling Secrets to Japan. St. Petersburg, March 28.—Captain Irkorff of the Manchurian commiis- Bariat service, who was arrested 'on the charge of having sold information in connection with the quartermaster’s department to " Lieutenant Colonel Askashi, formerly military attache of the Japanese legation here, has heen tried by courtmartial and found guil- ty. He has been sentenced to twenty* five years penal servitude, 3 It transpires that Captaln Irkorit had_the most friendly relations with M. Kurino, ‘the former Japanese ister to Russia, and with othe: T bers of the Japanese legation, .vl\ere the negotiations for the sale of the in- formation by the' captain were con- ducted. TURN THE RUSSIAN FLANK ~TRATION OF JAPANESE SOL- DIERS AT ANJU. - Liaoyang, Manchurfa, March 28— General Mishtchenko has been ' in- formed that the Japanese have sus- pended their advance on the Pingyang- \Anju line. Three thousand Japanese troops are stationed at_Anju and 1,000 -p.event—bhe—xssmnce~uf~1~fra.u&'orderrrcmm‘?!d 7 ocean, and foresecing that it will Le necessary for you as a licutenant to transfer your residence to a more cen- tral position; for instance Harbin or some other place of your choice, I have found it expedient to send to your assistance ‘General Kuropatkin for the direction of the land forces, with the rights of army commander, and Vice Admiral Makaroft for the direction of the séa.forces, with rights of fleet _commander. —I-amconvinced that the appoirftment of these inde. pendent, responsible commanders-in- chief will enable you, as my lieuten- ant, to discharge the difficult and his- ;orlc task which has fallén to your ot.”” = APPEAL FOR REFUGEES. Japanese on the Island of Sakhalin In Distress. St. Petersburg; March 28.—The Jap- anese government, through the United States embassy, has requested Russia to permit the Japanese consul and con- sular staff at Turbussi, [sland of Sa halin, with 600 refugees, to return to Japan, Many of the latter are repre- sented to be suffering from lack of food. Russia has been asked to notify the Japanese authorities, = through Richard T. Greener, the United States commercial agent at Viadivoslok, when a ship can be sent to take the Japanese off. At the reauest of Japan Ambassa: dor McCormick will facilitate the jonr- ney of forty-cight refugees now at Chita, Siberia, to Berlin, in case they desire to go there., The expenze of their transportation will be bhorue by Japan. Czar Not Going to the Front. St. Petersburg, March 28.—The re- GREATES WO STATES MAJORITY OF HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS ADMISEION OF CER- TAIN TERRITORIES. ARE NAMED ARIZONA AND OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO'AND' RITORY MADE PART GF NEW COMMONWEALTHS. INDIAN: TER- HEAVY RAINS IN OHIO nan startea ino e buiain Broadway, occupied. by the European and Awmerican Expres pany. When the neighborhood in which the fire started is taken into | consideratfon it was the most spectac com- Washington, March 28.—The states of Oklahoma aud Arizona are created in‘a bill which has been completed by the Republican members-of the sub-| committee of (he house committee on territories. The Demgiratic members. of this sub-committee hiave been placed in possession of the bill and after they have considered it for o few days meeting of the full sub- ommittee will be held. The two stat@s mentioned are composed of Qklahoma and Iudiag Territory as OKlahoma, and Arizona and New Mexico ag drizona. I The admission of the latter two tory ritories is not delayed l») a tions of Iaw; but may Lo soon as a convention can be called (o form a state constittion. The bill provides, however, that Oklahoma and the Indian Territory shall not be ad- mitted-as a state untig the’ year of 1906. By this time all the Indian lands will have Leen allgtied. The state. constitutions to be formed | under the bill must coptain an abso-| lute prohibition of polysamy. Suf-| frage cannot be restrléted except for ignorance, imbecility, age and sox. This will not prohibit woman sulf £ if the constitation to be adopted shall § s0 provide. Negrd suffrage cannot he restricted as.such, LOSS PLACED AT $4(0,000. Thousands of New Yorkers View Sptc~ tacular Fire. Al Wall port printed abroad that the empe is going to the front in the summer roceives absolutely no_credence-in mu highest amcm Llrcles. Now York, March 2 streot_and the down town New York were thrown into scitement durinz the 41y by jon_of nusual a ll-n | thickly. S -eh:u Minister Titonni, 1 arrest him. ular daytime blaze that b oceurred for a long time In that part of the ¢ Thousands of people poursd from .t populated:—financial —disteict into the narrow canyon of Droadway and massed hack for squares above and below the blaze. The . flames spread ta the ‘adjoining building ocen- spied by the Adams EXpress company, but tho fire was brought under'contval shortly after 1 o'clock, nearly two hours after it started, and at (hat time the loss was estimated by au under- writer at §400,000. Kalser Meets Italian King. Naples, Ttaly, March 28=—King Vic- tor Emmanubl, accompanied by For- arrived here at afterwards boarded al yacht Holenzol jern, After lunching™ with Ewmperor William the king went on board the {talian flazship Sicilia, where he was tojoined by the ompoeror, with whom be inspected the uunun ll(‘u noon and. shortly the German impe; Detrolt Pollneman Killed. Petroit, March 28.—~Patrolman Clar- ence R. Cummings of the Chene street ! station was shot and killed by Urbanowicz at the latter's hom ! danowicz, who had been Ainwdg: sArned his wife out of-the house ani , the officer was shot in an attempt to Four M(fl'lrs Luqc Thexr Lives. Wilkesbarre, - Pa,, March 28 Four . men lost their lives by thu falliug of a cage in the shaft of the Dorrance col Hery, - The bodiva have hean recov- ered-from-the debfis at the HOUOM of | the shalt. KANSAS SENATOR IS GUlLTY Company For Influence With Postal Department St. Louis, March 28.—The juay in the case aguinst Senator Barton of Kansas, charged with receiving a ‘bribe from the Rialto company for using his influence with tl vardict ot guilty at Pakehieng, while forty Japanese| Ay tion for a new trial was made and sentencehas been deferred. warships and transpoits are anchored i at\Chinnampo. ~ According to Russian advices the object of the Japanese is to turn the Russian flank, for which they are awaiting the concentration of their army. = A Cossack patrol encountered a Jap- anese post near Pakchieng March® 24 and_exchanged”shots. - While retiring the Cossacks met a Japanese patrol and opened fire -with the result that )-one Japanese officef, one man and a ‘horse were _killed, The Russian force suffered no casual RUSSIA’S AIMS ANNOUNCED. War Will Assure Her Predominant Po: sition on the Pacific. _St. Petersburg, March 28—The text of the emperor’s message to Viceroy Alexieft, notifving him of the appoint- ment of General Kuropatkin to the command,of the Russian troops in the Far East and of Vice Admiral Makaroff to command the fieet at Port Arthur, not only clearly defines the latter’s po- sition but specifically announces Rus- sia’s aims. The message follows: “The importance of the impending strugsle, which is; intended to finally assure thc predominant position o Rngefa ‘an the shara of ‘tha Pacific WN IN TOWN Will not create half the excitement that the little two-year- ¥ old will with one of our Buster Brown Suits, Overcoats and Patent Leather Ox- wowemsa fords on. O’LEARY &BOWSER postal department t MANY BUILDINGS UNROOFEG: STORM AT LOUISVILLE INJURES EIGHT PERSONS AND CAUSES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. were nmu(-d mur 5 was done, to city and suburban prop: erty by a storm which swepl over| Louisyille. The wind attained a veloc- ity of sixty miles_and the rain fell in torrents. The entire city was for a time flooded, Third avenue, néar the Confederate monument, being three: fect deep in water. Streel car-service was suspended for several nours and on one or two lines it remains at a standstill. The roof of the main bullding at the Industrial School of Reform was Loy completely off, falling clear of the building on the ground, and & panic ensued among the 100 boys slecping in that section of the school, but for- tunately 1o one was injured, Two hundred and forty-five inmates of the-Masonic- Widows and Or home were marched into the ¢ the building after the storm had tornd away a part of the roof. It was feared| the building would collapse. Ten Houses Unroofed. In an area of a dozen squares, of which Preston street and the Louis ville: and Nashville railroail crossing is the central peint, ten hous unrcofed and several persons hurt: The residence of Henry on the Eighteenih street road, blown away and his family of ¢ had a remarkable escape from Near the Dubourg home "Alex: Lawson was caught under the of-his-wreeked-home-and-sav jured. Reports from various parts of city indicate that about 1 houee: were more or 1 of the distillery of Bernhe was unroofed and the wire: telegraph companies from Dubourg, {b of ‘ol | Louisvilie | tacilities by the storm w: spread and unparalleled thal wire wa: king south through Ri mond, the great centers of on either side of the the Atlantic westward Mississippl. FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED. Taken From Jail by Mob and Shot to Death. Tittle Rock, Ark., March 28.—A sp cial from Dewitt. Arkansas cOun'v. | a posse to find | ject to a fine of | pe nve NERIDLS N 110 add neen arrcst el as a result of (Lo rave-tronble al St. Charles were ‘m(-n from the guards by a crowd of men and shot o dm(l The five victims were Jim Smith Charley . gmnh. Mae Bzldwin, Abe Bailey and rrett Flood. This makes nine negroos-that™hay: been killed within the past week in the-vicinity of St. Charles on account of racial trouble! __The trouble arose over the efforts of two megro brothers named Grifiin, who had beaten soin¢ white men. Other “negro fnsulted the posse and drew. their pistolg. The posse then shot them to.death 1t is reported that the Griffin hovs| have been <captured and will pmlnbly te lynched. say wiANY WITNESSES HEARD. House Committee Closes Hearings on Eight-Hour Bill: Washington, March-28.—Hearings on the eight-hour bill, which have been proceeding before the house commit- tee on labor for the past six wee were-closed during the day, both side to the controversy being beard and the friends of the bill having the last word. Daniel Davenport of Bridgéport, Conn., representing an anti-boycott as- gociation, closed the gument against the bill. He maintained that, taken in connection with the law of 1892 limit ing work in government navyyards 1o eight hours, the pending.bill, if pass would be an infringement of the p sonal rights of contractors:and: therc- foreunconstitutional. Under-the former—law; Mr:—Pave port said, a contractor violating the propoged: eight-hour law would be sub- $1,000 and imprison- ment for six months; the sub-con- tractor would be subject to the same alty. Then, under the proposed | this same contractor would be| sulject to-a fine of $5-a day for cach man in his employ should he operate his plant one minute over eight hours. The law, he said, W to thel construction of the F a1, all | river and harior Improvements and all | public buildings. 18 l LEADERS OPPOSE STRIKE. W’luld Accept Proposition of lowa| Operators. | March 28—Prominent | g the nitimatum | { by the operatdrs that u ge scale in certain dis a general shutdown wi to accept the prop- ition and will e this course at t conferenc ()thr\l less ative, are inclined to permit the erators to close down, notwithstand ng 30,000 men will be thrown out of otk | | Healy " garded the décision as unjusi. I.IABI' ITIES: UF A MILLI[m ADVERTISING AGENCY OF PET- TINGILL & CO. IN FINAN. « CIAL DIFFICULTY. ton, March 28.—'T'lic newspaper ‘adverlising agency of Peltingil-& Co-| has anronnced (hat it hag splaced Tt affairs in the hands-of its creditors. Counsel - representing Peftingill & Co.. stated that the liabilitics may reach -$1,000,000, with_assets possibly one-quarter of that amount. The announceément-of—the financlal troubles of the company was made in a statement ssped by counsel, which gaid the corporation had hecome liadiy embarrassed through many erro Judgment In the extension of cr £ and in the general conduct of its husi ness. No papers of formal assignment have heen filed and it is yet to be de termined whether the corporalion proceed 1o the bankruptey courts undertake an adjustment througli. friendly receiver. Pettingill & Co. have heen doing business in Boston since 1845 and huve a wide cennection, among the new papers of Hm fmulll) a TEMPORARY TRUCE DECLARED. Absolute Peace in Underground Work: ings of Butte Mines. Butte, Mont., March 2 first—time 0 yoars there i peace in the nnderground the Butie mines and by the terms trice, declared temporarily b the representatives of the and the Boston and Moniana »5, each agrees 1o withdray from ground In dispute un rwrership-shatt-have-heem aly {tlad by the courts or other: wise, ther side shall attempt to eatract ore or do work of any kind until that time and each v 10 ces all overt acts such as blasiing, ioking and the use of wate. m, ele. for the purpose of holding or | gaining ground. the Minnie all min it golute ag SAYS DECISION WAS UNJUST. | Young Corbett Declares He Whigps( His Opponent. San Francisco, March 28.—The 1~ sult of the Corhett-Rritt figh Britt was given the de end of the twentieth round, ter disapnointment to Corbett, was a bl who re When Corbett reached his dressingroom after the fight he burst-into tears. Com- lrise fiftecn oot In four hours, |80 that—strest—ears—are—stoppedl ‘Heaviest Rain Storm in Many Years Prevailed Throughout State Saturday Night. MANY TOWNS FLOODED AS RESULT OF RAPID RISE OF RIVER. Cincinnatt ch 28.~-The' heaviest TAln storm-in-years-provaftod-thromshs ont Ohio during the night and foods aro causing damage. along all yhe tributaries of the Ohlo viver im this state. At Hamilton the Big Mirmi re ing over 200° familles homeless. The reservoir north of Hamilton luukn‘ flooding paper mills @nd tying up road and tractlon lines. There are na trains In or out of Hamilton and the traction lnes are very - seriously waghed out. All towns west of Cincinnatl along the Big Mianii are flooded. Tho same i true of all towns east of Clncinnati along the Little Miami river from Toveland to Coney Island, while the rallways and traction lines suffcred numerous washouts. At Findlay the Blanchard river has flooded the city business houses arel suffer same conditions provall al Blanchaid and the Mavmue river the crecks in Southern Ohio madc gudden rises during the night angd o out of thole Lanks; At Washington, Ind,, ghere was a rainfall ol 7 inchies within twenty: four Nours sind evory part of the coun: try along White ll\('l s fluode: CHECKED BY COLD WEATHER. Crest of Flood In "Michigan Streams Reached, Detroft, Maveh 28.—The temporaliire has chie * e small Btreams (hat have ‘boen pouring flouds of waler 16lo the rivers=aud-causing the most serlous flogds In many yeavs Grand Rapids. reports thut (he Gri river is stiil lging, but it is bel that the crest of the food i the ot swollen_strcams-of the state has b reachod. drop in Grand Rapids, Mich,, March 28. the wost alde of Grand Rapids residences are surrounded by and the occupanti are gelling abs In bGAls 1t all. «Fhe Grand rviver continued to rise throughout the night and g now I than aC_any time knnv\n In the history of the river. A number of west stde stroets have verituble streams with the waler |\I5|I“U,' awiftly through them to @ depih of [rom three to five feet. In the nprthern part of the city, near the Grand Trnic bridge, the nd river has sent out’a channel due south, in- stead of fallowing the nsual bend, and -the-water— s swoening down- the north area he ot de the : nave b before | treaterd as helieve it; 0 hadly UeRien. L was s that 1 wonld A bitt-1-did v deprived of the clglon—unjustly, At thé end of ninetcenth connd they had to Britl o his corner, yet!he was given | the decision. Harry ‘Iuihill, Corbetts trainer, an- nounced that he woult mateh Corbett agalnst Britt, the fight to come off in threc-weeks, winner (o take all HANSBROUGH 'AND DUBOIS. Oppose Move to Repeal Desert Land Law'and the Timber Law. pate 1” the tim- uu;- ta- | répeal of the ber and tion ¢ b ol thie due 1o the efforts n'y of those hot fracts from 16, Uhere ho of @ 1o My rising rapfdly. Big Miami Rises Fifteen Feet in Four Hours, and Two Hundred Famtlies Are Rendered Home- " less--Railroad- and ’I‘raellon_ Lines Tied Up, | and south streets near tne river, HUNDREDS LEAVE THEIR HOMES. Lowlands Along the Wabash River In- undated. Vinconnes, Ind., Mareh = 28.—The Walash rlver 18 ninetecn feet and ris- ing at the rate of three Inches an hour. QOver 200 houses are surpounded. Huns dreds of people are coming In from the lowlands, - Levees-have-brokenand factorles have closed down. White river Is ¢ rapidly and is causing divmi ‘he. Evansville and Haute rond ‘has annulled all trains. The Baltimore and Ohlo South- westorn hag run” no trains for twenty hofirs ‘Phe- Indianapolis and Vin cennes rond 1s closeil to trafie and th Big Four is running-a tew tralns. The rainfall has been over six inches Im twenty hours, 5 Washingtoh, Ind., March 28.—-Whl'.a Hyer is ton miles wide in places and Thousands of acres of farm land are under water and much damance has been done, Many farmerd: havo, acrlved here with their tamilies. ATL traffic on the Evansville and Indianapolis rond has been sus- 8 ncnded s TORNADD SWEEPS ISLAND MORE THAN A SCORE OF PEOPLE KILLED AND THOUSANDS RENDERED HOMELESS. Island of « Mauritius, tornado caused wide- spread ‘ruin (hroughout this island Mareh 21 and 22, doing an enormous amount of demage. 'Twepty-four per- sons are known to bhe Killed and thou- sands are without food ‘or shelter. Crops,- honses, bridges and telegraph lines were destroyed Port Louls; March 28—4A J. prennan, wQo was sentenced to a year In the hoiise of correcticn on a i charge of traudulent election methods, has been granted a new trial by the. appellate court. Similarizction. was | taken In the case of Charles E. Mc Carle, but the court confirmed the de- cislon In the ease of Herbert Kent. Rescuers Lose Their Lives. Portland, Ore., March 28 —John Latly ana Otis Downing were drowned during the day while making an effort to rescue David Knoll, an aged farmer + Who had driven off the levee with his team near the city. cued later. recovered. Knoll was res- The bodies have not been BRIEF BITS OF NEWS: Presilent Schurman has vetoed box- Ing coutests at Cornell university. Buhonic plague has broken out. a San Pedro, Callao and Lima, Pern. Dank loans, for the first time in the history of the New York clearinghouse, | have exceeded the billion dollar mark. Dub pressure for repeal w holding in question Dubols contended would: be unwise € favored modifications of that WISCONSIN .WINS THE SUIT, Circuit Court Decides Insurance Case in Favor of the State. Madison Judge i Friday the ca commiss: Life Insu States w state. T ca in which 'Ih the insura about § among o The case will be apj : held the contention that the became permissive after failure of the commli, o enforce them is not! sufficient. et & e sociely vor of the brated ene menting on the decision he said: “I am a stranger in this clty and T New Trial Is Granted. Chicago, March 28.—Aiderman John .1y Injured by the ove: Recciver Taft gays that It will ba at least a week béfore a statement ot the aftairs of the D.J. Sully. firm can be made public. Two men were killed and two severe- rturning of a ca- boose on a branch line of the Erie railroad near Pequannock, N. J. A _westbound -Pennsylvania—passen-— ger Gain struck a buggy containing John Foust and his daughter near Lima, 0. Both were instantly killed. George Homer Ball'is dead at Bos- ton: He was vice president of tha Evansville and ‘Terre Haute lmld and director of the Chicago af ern Ilinois road. = A Liberal-Radical, demunsu-atlon, in ‘which about 20,000 persons took: part, against the introduction’ of Chinese: labor into South Africa was held lr London Saturday. In an insane frenzy Rudolph:-F. S!ml. & son of the famens soldier, the late General Franz Sigel, attempted to kil Mzs. Uriah, the elderly wife ot.nslsll- bor, at Egg Harbor, N.J. Divorce proceedings have been in- ; stituted in New York by Panl the actress, against George B: McClek lan, the well known theatrfeal m: ager, whom she married In 1892, -