Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 21, 1904, Page 1

T A Pioneer 2 WANT AD :: ‘Will Do It. YOLUME 2. NUMBER o1, 1004, BATTLE AT KAICHOU Report From Liaoyang Says a General Engagemont is Proceeding There. Japanese Estimate the Enemy's Total Casualties at Ten Thousand. Tlaoyang, June 21.—A general en gagement is proceeding near Kaichou. The fivst train hearing wounded men has passed’ through here going north ward. HEAVY FIRING HEARD. Enqngemant May Be Proceeding South of Haichena. Liaoyang, June 21.—A correspondent of the Associated Press-who spent the night at Haicheng reports having heard heavy firing to the southward and believes it to have been either an attack upon Tashichiao or the Japan: esc fleet again bombarding the coast near Kaiping: The firing continued from 10 o’clock at night until 2 in the morning. No explanation of tlie exact cause of it has yet been obtained. A heayy rain is falling here. Tokio, June 21.—Further reports re- ceived here show: that the blow inflict- €] by General Oku on the Russians in the fighting at Telissu (Vafangow) on June 15 was more severe than at first ‘was believed. The nuniber of Russians killed in this battle probably will ex- ceed 2,000 and their total loss, iuiud- ing prisoners, is estimated at 10,000. The Japanese losses are less tlian 1,000, or about one-tenth of the itns- sianftptal. Up to June 17 General Oku had bur- fed 1,615 Russian dead and he reports that many more dead have been fonnd. Chinese who waitched the fighting from the Rupsiamegidg report thai the FIFTY RUSSIANS KILLED. Japanese Patrol-Encounters Enemy at | Panhing. Tokin, June 21.—A Japanesc infan- try and cavalry patrol, which was scnt out from Takushan on June 18, reports having enconntered a force of Rus- sians at Panhing, thirty-sis miles west of Siuyen, and at other mmw and the | fighting of a series of 5. The Russians had fifty men and three men and many_arms o Detailed Repm of Losses. St. Petersburg, June 21.—A detailed report of the Russian I at the bat- | tle of Vafangow, given out during the | afternoon, places the total at 3,000 killed and wounded, mostly men who belonged to the troops forming the Russian right r‘anl‘. EARLY RELEASE EXPECTED. American Admiral’s Latest Report Re- garding Captives. Washington, June 21.—The navy de- partment has received a cablegram from Rear Admiral Chadwick, at Tan- gier; saying that Perdicaris and Var: ley presumably would be released in & day or two. Tangier, June 21.—Confirming the dispatch from Washingion on the Jject it was stated positivel, quarters here-that—Mes and Varley will: be relea twentyfour hours unless complications arise. Gibraltar, June 21.—Thg Ly States battleship squadion, consisting | of the Kearsarge, Alabama, Maine anil | Iowa, have arrived here and will sail for Tangier after coaling. 4 REVOLT IN FINLAND. Revolutionists Said to: Have Sacked Offices’ of Governor General. London, June 21.—A dispatch to Ulr\ Express from Copenhagen mation has been received there that a revolt has broken out in Helsin the capital of Finland, where Gov General Bobrikoff was assassinated last weel. A band of Swedish revolu- omsts sacked the offices of the gov- | ernor general Saturday night and killed eighteen employes, including a son of Admiral Rinken PANAMA CURRENCY SYSTEM. 8ecretary Taft and Isthmian Commis- | lease froni Toit [ least, SITUATION AT PORT -ARTHUR: American Correspondent Tells of Con- ditions There. June 21 —The Indian- apolis A\'u\~ it L received a spe- | { elal cable trom Hector Fuller, i cml stafl correspondent at L!\ giving the following account of hi Althur and the Indianape tion insida the bes “Chefoo, June 2 s]lvmlm" five d: in a Russian prison I W released and put on board a Chin junk and sent to this place. “The stories of starvation in Port Arthur, spread by the Japanese, are untrue as stores and supplies are con- | stantly arriving at the hesieged city from Chinese ports. The Japanese blockade is ineffective. “The garrison ~consists of between 50,000 and 60,000 troops and the health of both soldiers and civilians good. “The damaged battleships have all been repaired and the harbor entrance cleared of obstruction, Immense new forts_haye been constructed and. in my opinion, the place is in no imme- diate danger of falling into th¢ haunds of the Japanese. “The Japaunese attack hy sea, made on the 8th inst., repulsed. land and was casily | Newchwang, June 21.—A Russian officer who was wounded in the baitle At Vafangow (Telissu) told an Asso- clated - Press pondent that®the I s were severe. He tussian casualties, at the at 7,000. He says no soldiers in the world could withstand the Japan- [ese as they have been fighting lately. Their artillery fire, he maints marvelously effective. The Rus fought — stubbornly—desperatety were unable to withstand the cuem; dashing persistence. Several hundr wounded Russians have been | north-owing-1o a lack ‘of hospit surgeons. All the available ta tation has to he used for supplics at {the expense of the sick and wounded. | The Jupanese buried most of thé Rus- sian dead after the battle. It is imated upon informition ob- tnnnhhv that the Japanese force mov- northward is 70,000 strong, with men in the aggregate engaged in the operations at Port Arthur, Several Japanese spies have recent- Iy ‘heen captured a few miles south of Newchwang, The Russians are “he—| coming more vigilant and are watch. Wz newspaper messages clos ig_stated here that General Ku- il flxz-’ni‘nln force of the Japa- It is believed he uniting with the force ad- vancing from the south and make a Absence of Centests Effects At- tendance at Republican Convention. Attempt to Smoke Fairbanks Out Regarding Vice Presidency Proves a Failure. Chicago,-June 21.—Utter ansénee of sharp political work s noticeable among the leaders of the Re ]nl'-h«.m sathored i this city in connecs tion with the national conventio: alization that “everythi Some. importance s tached to a ‘desultory disetssion Senator I for declining to the vic presidency and of the wisdom of his reticence. Wore it not for the gossip he has furnished and the litile fdurey raised by the possibility of tarifl re vision and reciproeity creeping. into the resolutions in a form obnosions (o “standpatters’” politics wounld be a dead letter in the Republican conven- tion - this ‘The hotels 1ot crowded—they ave not even well sl With no eontost for first place on the ticket “and apparently none 1oy the second no occasion exists for march- ing clubs of ¢ enthusiastic shoufing thousan headed by bands, mor for otler organizations which custoninily add to the din, the blare and thy: ex- citement a convention. “They are not nceded and they are not heio. As (he day advanced it bgeit dent that the ¢Yort (o “smolc Senator Fairhanks would not saccead The senator remained - sifent, but Throngh his Triends teiterated his post: tion, which is that the office of vice president is not one to he sonelit, yel cannot be declined by any man nomi- nated for it Tariff Plank of Platform. . “We pledge onrselves to make such changes from time.to timé in-the av- af- ol ave ovi ont’ conditions s | gnard et the b JOHN T. SULLIVAN DEAD. Popular American-Actor -Succumbs to Rheumatism. New York, June John T, Sulll- van, for fifteen years one of the m popular American actors. is dead at his hotel in this city from rheumatism, whieh finally attacked his hoart Mr. Sullivan beea ago. 1o had never from the disease which caused his death. Ile sank and for several hows preceding end was unconsclons, As a charactor actor had few equals fn Ame been-leadingman-to most nent actres: He starred jointly with kis former wife, Rose Coshlan, | with great success a few yemrs axo. ReCently he' had been an invalid. 1o was hON forly-(wo years ago in Do | troit, Mich. | |-for jter | Ca bt | wltimately | ¢ rapldly Sl the suiered |y h Mr. Sullivan | icaand had | ¢ MOYER CLOSFLY \;ARDED. Miners' President Landed in County | oy Jail at Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek, Charles S, Moyer, presidont Wostern federation of -~ Mine been limded sately i Uic County Anenglie and one conch carrying smalldefachment of the national sgilar (rain having ou prisoner and two deputy | hort distance ontside the ¢t they were transferied o the special, Phore wod o short stop al ! Vietor, a numbor of miners | gathered, Soldiers lined the plalform There was a 1tpetition of the Victor seene in this ¢ity. On leaving the car | ligh a hollow square was formod with|n Moyer in the center and the march was made-to-the jail; Colo., June 21 ol the tas L il o board the MAY RESULT STRIKE:. IN Referendum Vote of Machinists! Un:i “lon Being Taken. New York, June 21.—Mceémbers of the Infernational Association of Ma chinists avercasting d referendum voti upon the question of enforcement ul an article of the constitation which, decided in the afhmative, will’ Iu\lv about- a stike on July Lowhich: will throw thousanifs—of machinists ont of employment, Tho article was orig fnally wdopted Ang. 1, 1902, nnd pro vides that no member of the i tion shall operate more than ond ni chine or accept work-by the piice, pro minm, merit, ki or contract systendy under penalty of expulsion and thut in shops whore sueh systems Ave in op: eration they must he discontinued by July 1, 1004, i i G | ven rets tha ase !near of th Webster W Y mer ior, e ne il two weeks | missio om e BOER LEADERS Davis Cnu against G toning ke »at client e liding post e promi- | oponed at w ¢ SIXTEEN FERSONS and Ohio hound, Sundiy ran infe an open < with 5, resulting PO, Chester, standing under aeherey tree on g farn Folton,, were Kiiled hning Fortune for Minneapolis Officer. Miuncipalis, | clair, o | forc: | { home probia @ of wrandrathior, who o Ko, La caveinl Inyvostiy e e MUST NOT PACK BOATS. Dulutly;, o hefell Genetal Stocum i has cansol si departmentsof commeree clal instraction Dol castoms distriet vogarnd- ) § thiee senl { Philadelph and A Mason of ¢ Ay i tafned only shisht injnics | FOUR BOYS, Pa On caja ot] My ) 15 000,000 et Mafor ol M 011 Sunday The Bemidji Daily Pioneer |3 The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS any other news- Du}l,ull; st. Paul and the North Pole. Fails t Against to v Hos the lat rod W thers. the ©own ¥ for \ly was {1 and aslh poned. 1t futare timn. Passenger Train Runs Into an Open Switch. train No. LT of whon hart. i 1oL Withor Ihe INSTANTLY KILLED. [ Struck By Lightning While Standing Under a Tree. June 21, miles by o the ¢ ot June 21 in on the 1 1o {he ¢ ne of tho iy Geor ite more thy tion ot 1 Secretary Cortelyou’s Instructions Ars rive at Duluth. Iine e 21~ The [ENETTE New to to Cotle TEN CENTS PER WEEK DISCHARGED. the may, INJURED. Baltimore . wost witch, hit train of thivty in (e iy of sivteen iy yoars old, of Cinein Ky sus win oihors Four boys from here, s of boys Geo; laeal Sin palice e has recetved word from lig old tthat he hm:\ an ey Captain Sinclnbe has nide Mo, and will go - to- Scot land to look: after his interes the G disns (e i York harhoe < Tonists o vetary Cortelyon of the \o spe Willents in ’SEARCH IS CONTINUED 1 | More Bodief of Victims of the General Slocum Disaster Recovered. re Known list of gDead Now _Ag- gregates About Six Hun- derd and Fifty. Now York, East viver f Juue 21.—All along the ym North-Brother island down o w are known as the Sunk- en Moadows search was made during the day for hodies of unfortunates who Tost their, lives in the disaster to the excursion stenmer General Stocom Tast Wednoesa Althqugh. more than 630 bodies had been recovered up to. the previous night reports from the first few minutes of the day's work added five more 1o the total. These were. found at widely separated points and the searchers were of the opinion that before the day ended the list of miss- ing would be considerably decreased. They believe that the big steamers and afother-eraft will 50 stir up the water as (o cause bodies lying along the bed of the rivir 1o rise to the surtace: Several mare hodies were recovered diring the rorenoon, sone of thom i the vicinity of tho wreck of the Slo- cum Tha Noith bodiis, dopah of covered o re four df at rother and searching “for, One diver roports that at & ninety-fiyve fect he has dis- - : hollow in which he ° sayvs ore are a groat many budies Woacetors at work on, the wreck of tho Slocum have encouutered new. dit- fictlties. They were at work about the huil of theé sunlen steamer. when they found that lustead of the hull resting in mid a8 they thought it rest- ed on rocks which were never known to-exlst Phis, (hey say, will délny the work-sonewhat: = e BOARDINGHOUSE BURNS. . 1 Two Persons Dead and Six Others Injured. Cléyeland, Juiie 21—Two parsons wero urned (o death and six others . vork near; sioners Agree on Plan. ."h“g';{\“m“ Washington, June 2 crefary Taft and the commissioners for Pan- ama have concluded arrangements for a currency.system for Panama, which i8 to be submitted to the Panama’leg- fslature-for ratiication. The plari pro- vides generally for acsufficiently re- gerved bimetallic ‘'system. Russians removed many dead men to BREAKS ORE CARRY!NG RECORD. the trains with their wounded and that they buried or cremated many corpses in the village of Huasunghkou before they retreated. The number of{ prisoners and t.o- ! phies taken by .the Japanése is in-; ‘creasing. General Oku is not yet alle to report the total number of prisonc I oxeursion. s the dept Ay 1o see thal honts do not ex I the numbar of exeur slonists hey are allowed (o catry to be sivlet and, if noc ¥, Lo inslst on an actual count. The entire force of deputics is reanived fo he on duty on Juby 4 to sgee that excnslon bonls do not take on hoard more people than they are allowed ander the inspection, somunedsincon g He requires that | aq®in a fire that partially - do- « o saloon and boardinghouse. Columbus strect, The dead are Annie Moyatskl, nineteen years old, domestic, -and Fritz Wolf, forty-five ars old, porter. I'welve or fifteen people were nslaep In the building when the fire started. Several men aud women Jumped=from (he windows to escape. The origin of L the fiep s unklm\\n HENRY BUENTHER Naturalist and Taxidermist Postoffice Box No. 686 | MINN. the S Steamer Wolvin Carrnen Over 10,000 Tons on"Maiden Trip. Duluth, June. 21-~All for iron oOre CArgoos were s during the day when the hig sicam Augustus B Wolvin on her voyage took ont of Two Harhors 9. N5 Lons, or 10,894 10115 of ore. Witl this immense load -fhe steamoer drew bat 18 foet inches forwiard and 18 feet. 6 inches aft. The Wolvin g 10 Lalke 1§ The largest —previous cargo over carried wus that of the Willianm 12den born, amounting to 8807 gross fons, from Escanaba (o Sonth Chicago las year. The Wolvin was lannched at Lorain, O, this s one of the largest fr American flag of gro DLo- unoi ihAt no made 10 Siege Dperahons Not Yet Begun. St. Petershurg, June 21.-—A dispatch from Licutenant General Stoessel, com: mander of the Russian milit forcen at Port Arthur, dated June 17, just re ceived here, reports that no serious fighting has occurred around Port Ar | thur. Only a few skirmishes have taken place, the siege operations hav- ing not yet begun. CANNONADING AGAIN HEARD | posed and it become svident further will be those demanding a revision. 10 is as- serted by the Republican leaders that will cause isturiance in business with- out adding to it a definite promisc of tariif rovision by the next session ol congre The present national commiftee met during the moruing for the last time, finished _the lew detad left e its consideration and then adjonrned for good. No national committee meet- ings will he hold until thi new organi- zatlgn is formed at (he close of the convention, When the nbers met Senator Scott of West ool the chair. Senator MceCom, My Jand at once introhuced o resolution providing that Acting Chiinman Jenty Payne e made ch i the re- vt e He paid a ligh tribuie to Mr, abilily and parly Servi 1 moved the adoption of his resalution. It was adopted by a rising vote, The question of seaiing the six doles gates from the Philippines was then talken up and it was decided 10 admit them as delegates with a tolal of two votes. Cummins Will. Continue Fight. cmphatically Towa delegi- POSSIBILITY THAT VLADIVOSTOK | FLEET HAS REAPPEARED IN KOREAN CHANNEL. 208 Second St. BEMIDJI, 7 55, BIRDS, WHOLE ANIMALS, FISH. F I MEADS mounted to order and for sule. | carry of INDIAN_ RELICS und CURIO: FUR GARMENTS made to order, repaired and remodeled PURS I sen: bought. 7 R RUGS AND ROBES LOVER TRIES TO KII L. Woman Who Rejecled Him Probably Fatally Shot. Stevens Point, Wis, June 2 Anni Gustomski was pro v Peter Zamda, w v, on the Wisconsin river 5 p . Miss Gustomshi, woman friend, was promenading the bridge when Zumda ran up hehind her and fized four shots, only otie of which todk effeet. That lodged in her spine-and cansed complete paralysls of the lower limbs. Zumda was ar- rented John Felds, a traveling man from Plainfield, was shot In the right Arn by a stray bullet. | guarantee my-work-mothproof and -the-most tifelike of any in the state — MY WORIK IS BQUALIL FEW, EXCEL fExtraor;l:nary . JWASH GOODS VALULS.. ¢ bility that the Russian Viadivostok sauadron is again in the Korean chan- D ebort trom - StiimonoeeNi- stifes that cannonading was heard there dur- ing the day. —Today we place on sale— 100 pieces of Up-to-Date Wash Goods u; 590 \h _45c. u, 45c | w 25c \u W bridy with «a 1088 St. Petersburg, June 21.—The Vladi- vostol squadron returned to port Sun- i day. The admiralty has received a| ‘“The Jowa idea” was long Teport of Vice Admiral Bezobris 1810 on the table by ilic : Z0iT's cruise. It goes not mention a [bion: . [Lis undersiood, however, thul bombardment of the Japanese coust. | Gavernor Cummins will advocalc it ot In view of Vice Admiral Skrydlofts | the floor of the convention in suppart statement that the Japanesc transport ther T imsyron i LeROTUonS Kot Sado W nk the admiralty Is await- | triff revision and pociprocit [ing an: cxplanation of the Tokio tele- e Iowa. delegation mel and organ- | grams saying the Sado was bemng | ted. TS preliniay 00 Gt PO ot v + | Governor Ciimmins. took the floor and ° presented his ‘i embogl- led in a set of resolutions. Discussion which lasted for an hour and a half followed, when_the tesolntions were laid on' the table hy an overwhelming Pvote. The details of the vole were not recorded. John D, Tong of M r-m(;l T ()f I)w na A Deposit Required on All Work OLICITED - YOUR TRADE 75¢ Fladed Nouveaute, per ynrd W W w w W W W w W 65¢ Fancy Bourette L\'Q\'elths, per yard G Rt @ ao e BHGRBOGE NGOG REDR DY Special For This Week HIGH ART CLOTHIERS. 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