Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer’ WANT AD :: Will Do . The Bemidji Daily | MINNESOTA | VOLUME 2. NUMBER 90. BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1904. The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, 8t. Paul and the North Pole. HISTORICAL TEN CENTS PER WEEK & Bemidji Pressed Stone and Tile Co. Boyd & Erickson, Proprietors. £ ffi?’m (% i =i —MANUFACTURERS OF— Cement Building Blocks, Sidewalk Tile and Stone Fencing. 53 AT A variety of moulding designsfor blocks, tiling and fencing. Cement building materials are taking the place of brick and quarried stone, and in many ways it is a su- » perior material. o e TETETE TAIETS , | | | | 7 7R Call at fac- tory and yards on America Avenue, near city hall, and 3 personally in- # speet the work and sale Territory machines fo Aa&a&-&a‘.&a‘.&.&fi.&.&-&n&‘mu“m&# THE“FEULTLESS” .STUMP PULLER... Most Simple and Durable Stump Puller on the Market. a8 P 2P 2P 28 2B e B 3B 2B fifl World’s Fair Prize. WES WRIGHT, - Local Agent. T T T T T O N g G O U I WO O g : t : ? | J JAPS MAKE SLOW PROGRE:S. Position of Port Arthur Less Critical | Than Supposed. | Entered Mine Too Soon After Touch- Paris, Aug. 3.—Tt is believed in well ing Off Blast. informed quarters heve that ihe posi-| Sault Ste, Marie, Mich., Aug. 3.— FIVE MEN SUFFOCATED. tion of Po Arthy much less criu-| An accident at the Shakespeare gold cial than generally supposed, the mine at Webbwood, on the Soo branch an, efforts hei directed towa of the Canadian Pacific railroad east strengthening positions around | of here, resulted in the suffocation of Port Dalny rather than to advancing| five men. to the attack matter of T, it Full particulars of the accident have is said, their advance has not made| not yet reached the Soo, but it is un- serious progress during the past th: weeks. der stood that it was the result of the | men entering too soon after a blast, the result heing that they were suffo- cated before the fumes dispersed. Russian Press Eulogizes Keller. St. Petersburg, —The Russ'an| The Shakespeare mine is a gold press is filled with culogics of the lnte | Droperty opened up last year. Lieutenant General Count Keller, who | S was considered to be one of the most | May Succeed Von Plehve. dashing commanders in the Russian| g H Petersburg, Aug. 3.—The em- army. i peror Lias received in audience Genersl | Count Koutaissoft military governo Will Coal at Prevch: Port, l'of Irkutgk, Siberia, which lends sup- Cherbourg, France, Aug. ? port to the rumors that Count Koutais- worthy report is current he soff will succeed the late M. von Russian warships are expected to coal Rlehve as minister of the interior. at this port shortly. i RANCE} We are giving GREAT BARGAINS in X A a Straw Hats, A Men’s Clothing, Douglas Oxfords and Button Shoes, K Ladies’ Suits and Rain Coats, ¥} K Shirt Waists, .| A A .| Shirt Waist Suits, Skirts, Wash Goods, Laces, Ribbon Remnants, Canvas Shoes. E TUESDAY Morning We will place on sale 5000 yards of PRINTS worth from Ge to Se a yard; your choice for 5c a yd. Print sale closes Saturday night. O’Leary @ Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota.. . TEST OF ENDURANCE BOTH SIDES STRIKE SETTLE DOWN FOR LONG STRUGGLE. IN PACKINGHOUSE ALL DEPARTMENTS IN OPERATION PLANTS AT PRESENT TURNING OUT FIFTY PER CENT OF THEIR CAPACITY. Chicago, Aug. 3.—The strike of the stock yards butchers and allied trades has settled into a tdst of endurance. Both sides are quite emphatic in expressions of satisfaction with the situation and each asserts that victory is in sight. Despite the claims of the strikers that the packers myst shordly give inj there is no question ‘but that the plants are now working up to 50 per cent capacity and that the forces are be- ing steadily augmented. The packers during the day applied for police protection for their dis- tributiug plants at Sixteenth and State streets and George street and Lincoln avénue. The branch houses of the packers were surrounded by union pickets, who turned back all the retail butchers with wagons after supplies of meat. Police were dispatched to prevent further interference with the retailers. The first eviction resulting from the strike was made during the day. A crowd of strike sympathizers stoned two constables who put Mrs. Mary Anderson out of her home in Forty- fourth street for non-payment of rent. Mrs. Anderson’s husband, a strike had left Chicago in search of work. The wife was ill in bed when carried out by constables. Mrs. Anderson was cared for by neighbors. A patrol wagon of police stopped the stone threwers. Before the arrival of the police, however, the crowd had wrecked the cottage from which the woman had been evicted. Nothing was left for any other tenant except bare walls. Windows door: shelves, plumbing, ete., were smashed beyond all repair. The allied trades announced during the afternoon that mandamus proceed- ings will be instituted against City Building Commissioner Williams to compel him to take action against the packers for alleged violation of the city ordinances in housing strike breakers in the stock yards. Coercion and Violence Charged. Sioux City, Ia., Aug. 3.—The Cudahy Packing company has applied for an injunction in the federal courts to re- strain individual strikers in Sioux City from interfering with the work of the company and from threatening em- ployes. One thousand strikers are made defendants. The company charges the strikers with resorting to coercion and violence. Meat Drivers Quit Work. St. Louis, Aug. 3.—Members of the Meat Drivers’ union of East St. Louis stopped work during the day in sym- pathy with the butchers and meat cut- ters who struck some time ago. Man- agers of the packinghouses say that the strike of the teamsters will incon- venience them, but not affect the out- come of the strike. WEALTHY FARMER ROBBED. Clubbed Into Insensibility and $4,000 Cash Taken. Ortonville, Minn., Aug. 3.—Some time during the night robbers entered the residence of M. Rasmussen, a wealthy farmer living in the town of Prior, this' county, and, after beating the old man over the head with a pump handle until he was insensible, secured $4,000 in gold and currency which was in a tin box secreted under the old man’s bed. The robbers made their escape and no trace of them has been discovered. Mr. Rasmussen only regained consciousness at intervals and is unable to give a description of his assailants. His injuries may prove fatal. GOOD CROPS, SAYS WILSON. Secretary Declares Year Will Be Very " Successful. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—“In. my esti- mation we are going to have a very successful crop year,” said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. ‘“‘Corn is look- ing better than it has at this season for three years. Wheat compares well with past years—is better, in fact, than at this time last year or the year before. Reports from the cotton belt are encouraging. All the hay crops are reported good and so are oats.” BUILDING WORK TIED UP. Union Claims Stone From Nonunion Quarries Was Used. New York, Aug. 3.—The Building Trades alliance, made up of seventeen unions, has declared a strike against the George A. Buller Construction com- pany and work is tied up on many buildings. The reasonegiven for calling out the men was because of a4@sim that the Fuller company has been using stone from nonunion quarries and trimming yards. Railroad Operators Strike. ‘Waco, Tex., Aug. 3.—The strike of the telegraph operators on the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas railway is on. Many small stations, where operators act as agents, have been closed. The management of the railroad claims to be‘running traine practically on sched- ule time, using long distance tele- phones in transmitting train orders. Four Wounded by Robbers. Hutchinson. Kan., Aug. 3.—Three men held up and robbed a quartette of harvesters in a box car on the Atchi- son, Topeka and Santa Fe railway near here and in a fight that followed wounded all of them. g The robbers | escaped. S THE RUSSIAN FORCES EVACUATE HAICHENG AND BEGIN RETREAT Japanese Completely Victerious as a Result of Great Battle of Haicheng---Russians Left 1500 Dead on the Field in Saturday and Sunday’s Engagement. P Tokio, Aug. General Kuroki re. ports that the Russians left 1500 dead dead on the field afier the battle of Tomucheng Saturday and Sunday. The Japanese losses amounted to 950 killed and wounded, St. Petersburg, Aug. 3.—A brief telegram from General Kuropatkin re- ports the evacuation of Tai Cheng. The Russian troops are now concen- trating upon Liao Yang and are fall- ing back respectively upon Anshan- shan, Liandiansian and Amping These points form closely knit de- fenses around Liao Yang and enable Kuropatkin to risk a general engage- ment. MRS. NELSON A. MILES DEAD. Expires Suddenly of:Heart Disease atl West Point. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Mis. Nelson A. Miles died here during the night of heart disease. She and Gen- eral Miles had been visiting their son, Sherman, who is a student at the mili- tary academy. General Miles was not present at the time of his wife’s death, he having gone out of town the previ- ous day. The death of Mrs. Miles is the cul- mination of a series of attacks of heart trouble that had left her in an en- MRS. NELSON A. MILES. feebled condition during the past year | and a half. She had a severe illness with complications last winter and her life was at one time despaired of. Mrs. Miles was an active leader in | ‘Washington society and was one of the most popular matrons who ever entertained there. She was sixty-two years old and was the daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John 'Sherman of Ohio and General William T. Sherman. ILLINOIS CENTRAL MOLDUP. Robbers Secure Less Than $1,000 and‘ a Number of Watches. St. Louis, Aug. 3.—It was learned | after the arrival of the Diamond spe- | cial on the Illinols Central railroad from Chicago, which was held up dur- ing the night, that the robbers who held it up obtained probably less than $1,000 and a number of watches from passengers. William Toolan of Lan- sing, Mich., and Leonard Christmas of Ontario, Can., who were beaten on their heads, were able to walk from the train, but, Toolan was in a dazed condition. L. V. Combs, conductor of the train, made the following statement: “I am positive that the men who robbed us are former railroad em- ployes. The men in talking to the Dassengers and to each other used the vernacular of a railroad man and thor- oughly understood the railroad sig- nals.” SMUGGLE OVER BORDER. Uncle Sam’s Agents Investigating in Northern Minnesota. Duluth, Aug. 2—Special agents of the treasury department at Washing- ton are now investigating the report ‘that smuggling is being done along the Northern Minnesota border. The claim is that early last week a systematic scheme of bringing goods across the border near Rainy Lake was un- earthed. Men were dispatched at once to look into the matter. The claim is that Canadian manufactured goods are being brought across the border and sold to country people at prices cheap- er than they can buy American goods. The report is that some professional New York and Canadian smugglers are working the scheme. Postoffice Department Announces Plan to Be Followed. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—In the adjust- ment of the salaries of rural carriers in the postal service it has been de- cided that all carriers appointed prior to June 30, 1904, who were entitled to the maximum pay of $600 under tha rules which governed the establish- ment of routes at that time, shall re- ceive the maximum of $720, but that the schedule which became effective July 1, 1904, and recently announced shall prevail in fixing the compensa- tion of all carriers appointed since June 30. BB B BB BB RE BB R Hack Driver to Be Hanged. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3.—Edgar G. Bailey, the union hackdriver convict- ed of the murder of Albert Ferguson, a st ed Mon- Bail . here. 'HER COAL SUPPLY SHORT REASON THE KNIGHT COMMAN- DER WAS SUNK BY VLADI- VOSTOK SQUADRON. Viadivostok, Aug. 3.—The Vladivos- tok cruiser division has returned to port. The cruisers were in perfect condition. They captured during their cruise the steamer Arabia and de- stroyed some schooners, a small Jap- anese steamer, one German steamer and one British steamer. The last mentioned two were carrying contra- band material and had nearly reached their destination—Yokohama, but were almost without coal and it was there- fore impossible to send them to Vladi- vostok. The cruisers steamed up and down in front of the Japanese capital, but saw nothing of the enemy’s wal- | Vardaman, ships. had only three doors through which to Perouse strait and Tsugaru strait— which apparently could easily have been barred mura’s vessels, bad luck pursued the Japanese admiral him. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3.—The Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Vladivostok brought the first statement of the rea- son for the sinking of the steamer | Knight Commander, which was that | she was so short of coal she could not be sent to Vladivostok. It also con- tained the first announcement that a German steamer had been sunk for the same reason, but gave no clue to the identity of the latter vessel. POPULACE GREATLY EXCITED. Serious Disorders Anticipated at Port au Prince. Port au Prince, Hayti, Aug. 3.—The most serious disorders are anticipated The population is very much excited by the continued rise in the prices of all merchandise and a band of soldiers made an attempt to pillage the central market and the shops i that vicinity. Other troops and police immediately intervened and re-estab- lished order. All the stores in Port au Prince, however, are now closed. During the day a number of Syriana were stoned in the streets and their stalls surrounding the central market i were destroyed by soldiers. Mr. Powell, the United States minis- ter, has informed President Nord that all engagements entered into with American citizens must be respected and that the railroad from Port au Prince to the interior, being an Amer- ican enterprise, must be protected by the Haytian government and enabled to continue in operation. CRAZED BY COCAINE. Nebraskan Kills One Man and Is Fa- tally Shot. Nebraska City, Neb., Aug. 3.—While under the influence of cocaine Johu | Carr, a_ carpenter, shot and Kkilled Chris Hartman, aged fifty-five, shot Chief of Police Schoonover in the hand and was himself shot and mor- tally wounded by officers before he was captured. % Fatally Shot by Policeman. Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 3.—Officer Pilger fatally shot Lewis Aultman of Boston while the latter was attempting to avoid arrest. Aultman came here from Bonesteel, S. D., where he is wanted in rconnection with the lawlessness which occurred during the Rosebud registration period. Although the Russian vessels' was so vile and indece: { unfit for reproduction. by Vice Admiral Kami-| and the Russian cruisers had no difiiculty in eluding | .JAPANESE OCCUPY EXPLANATION BY ' PAYNE. Reason Mississippi Postoffice Was Not Named Vardaman. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—Postmaster General Payne has made the following statement explaining the reasons for refusing to name a Mississippi post- office in honor of the governor of that state: “On May 6, 1904, a petition was filed with the department asking for the establishment of a postoffice at a cer- tain point in Calhoun county, in the state of Mississippi, and requesting that it be named Vardaman. “The usual investigation made by the department as to the necessity for the establishment of the office was un- dertaken. Pending the inquiry a copy of the Daily Clarion Ledger paper published at Jac m, Miss., Aug. 25, 1903, was filed with the de- partment containing an article to which the department’s attention was called. This article was a copy of an editorial printed in the Commonwealth dated Jan. 10, 1901, which paper is published and edited by Governor The article in question nt in its state- ,ments concerning the mother of the get home—the straits of Korea, La' L president of the United States as to be The postmas- ter general did not esteem it proper to give a postoffice the name of any man ; who had used such language regard- ing any woman The postoffi i question has been ordered establish and given the name of Timberville. “In exercising discretion given him by law the postmaster gemeral fre- quently rejects names suggested for proposed postoffices. He has never been clearer to his duty than in this case. “It is proper to say that President Roosevelt had no knowledge of the in- cident referred to.” Will Manage Campaign in East. New York, Aug. 3.—David B. Hill and William F. Sheehan made a trip down town to confer with a number of prominent Democrats in the business istvict. It seems to have been defi- nitely settled that Mr. Sheehan is to be chairman of the executive commit- | ter and that he will have charge of the campaign in the East. BATTLE RAGES TWO DAYS IKHAVUEN '3 AND YANGSE PASS, EAST 4 | OF LIAOYANG. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3.—General Ku- ropatkin reports that the Japanese have occupied Ikhavuen, east of Liao- yang, and the Yangse pass, thirty miles east of Liaoyang. It is officially announced that the Russians have fallen back from Yangse pass, but are holding their positions on the Saimatsza road and at Hai- cheng, Tokio, Aug. 3.—After two days’ fighting General Kuroki has defeated the Russian forces in two separate ac- tions fought at Yushulikzu and the Yangze pass. Yangze pass is situated thirty miles east of Liaoyang. The Russian army engaged there is generally known as the Eastern army and was commanded by the late Lieutenant General Count Keller, who was killed by the explo- sion of a shell. Yushulikzu is possibly a village near Simoucheng, fifteen miles south-south- east of Haicheng, at the juncture of the Fengwangcheng-Siuyen roads, where the Russian forces have ap- parently sustained a defeat. | MINERS MAY QUIT WORK EXECUTIVE BOARD OF UNION IN- 8ISTS ON RULINGS OF CON- CILIATION BOARD. DATE OF STRIKE NOT YET AGREED ON IF THE ORDER IS ISSUED EIGHTY THOUSAND WORKMEN WILL BE AFFECTED. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 3.—The follow- ing official statement has been issued from the executive board of United Mine Workers, in session here: “The executive board af district No. 1 has decided to approve of the posi- tion taken by the miners’ representa- tives on the board of conciliation. They insist upon the resolution of the Pitts- ton convention being complied with.” The Pittston convention was held two weeks ago. It instructed the ex- ecutive board to declare strikes against all operators who refused to abide by the decision of the conciliation board and the rulings of Umpire Wright on the question of collecting wages for check weighmen. District No. 1 contains about 80,000 mine workers of all classes and in- cludes the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys. It ie believed here that the order for a strike will be in the nature of an ultimatum to the operators and condi- tioned on their immediately receding from their position in opposition to the mine workers’ contention that the check weighmen matter was settled by Carroll D. Wright's letter to Presi- dent Nicholls. The board adjourned to meet at the call of the president, which will probably be as quickly as the names of all companies refising to accede to the check weighmen demand have been obtained. MODEL SALOON OPENED. Bishop Potter Delivers the Principal Address. New York, Aug. 3.—Bishop Henry C. Potter delivered the principal ad- dress at the formal opening of “The Subway Tavern,” a model saloon which was established by a number of leaders in the reform movement in | the city. The purpose of the promoters | of the enterprise is to serve pure liquor and food at low prices under the best possible moral conditions. In his | address Rishop Potter said the key- ! note had been struck by this attack on the liquor situation. He said he be- | lieved in the old .village tavern as a meeting place where a long evening i could be spent without the necessity | of intoxication. “I belong to a dozen clubs,” he said. “If 1 want to go out to dinner or a social evening I can do so in any one | of these clubs. But what of the man who lives in two rooms with five small children? He has no club. To get his glass of beer with' his luncheon he must go to the saloon. “This is the greatest social move- ment New York has ever known. It is a movement every one of you must take into account if you would save the republic.” Bishop Potter concluded by wishing every success to the movement. The formal opening ended by the singing of the Doxology. DEVILS LAKE OPENING. Final Orders Issued by the General Land Office. Washington, Aug. 3.—The general land office hap announced that the registration at Devils Lake and Grand | Forks, N. D., for the Devils Lake In- dian reservation lands which are to be opened to settlement will begin at 9 a. m., Aug. 8. The registration will close at 6 p. m., Aug. 20. The regula- tions prescriigod in the president’s proclamation will be strictly followed. Only applications on government blanks will be selected from soldiers’ agents as well as others. Blank forms of power of attorney will be issued upon application to the general land office, Washington, D. C. All other blanks are required to be procured at one.of the registration places. THREE BOYS DROWNED. Get Beyond Their Depth While Swim- ming and All Perish. Good Thunder, Minn., Aug. 3.—A triple drowrftg has occurred in the treacherous Blue Earth river about three miles from this place. Winslow Paul, aged fourteen years; Clarence Paul, aged ten, and Frank Mountain, aged ten, sons of well known farmers, while swimming got beyond their depth and all perished. The bodies have been recovered. Two other boys in swimming barely escaped death. e R R R ol KRR RoR R R R Rollc ol R oo R R R R R R R R R - “It iswhat you Save, not what you Earn, that makes Wealth.” Open a Savings Bank Account! Get a Home Bank Free! NoCharge for the Little Bank It is loaned to you Free. The first dollar you deposit is held as a guarantee that you will return the little Bank. How- ever, this dollar belongs to you, draws interest and can be with- drawn by you any time you re- “turn the little Bank. ErEoxcaeor, Loseor LT W Tr e Savings Department FIRST NATIONAL BANK Bemidji, Minn. Capital and Surplus, $30,000 C. W. Hastings, Pres. - F. P. Sheldon, Vice-Pres. * 'A. P. White, Cashiel BOBORBVOBBOBBOD