Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 8, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer :: WANT AD = Will Do T, MINNESOTA™ HlSTOR'r\AL_ The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St. Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME NUMBER ¢ BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, AU GUST 8, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK WRECK VICTIMS Latest Estimate of Number of Persons Killed by a Rio Grand Wreck. The Tatest estimate of the loss of life by the wreck of the Denver & Rio Grande train going through a bridge is placed at more than one hundred out of 125 person on the train. Only two dozen are ascounted for. Several carried four miles down the conches were the ercek by waters. foree of raging MANY JAPARESE ARE SLAL:: RUSSIAN CORRESPONDENT SAYS FIERCE FIGHTING OCCURRED NEAR HOUTSIATZE. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.—A dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from Liaoyang says that another great battle ha been fought in the neighborhood of Houtsiatze, on the railroad about fou.- teen miles west of Liaoyang, in which the Japanese losses ave estimated to have been from 10,000 to the Russian losses insignific ‘The dispatch to the Bours which is dated Thursday evening, says: “There has Dbeen fierce fighting ay, Wednesday and tod Lag api made a vigorous atiack o the Russian position at Houtsiatze. The enemy was fifty-lour battaiioag strong, thirty-six of which were uiar troops and the balance reserve men, General Kuroki employed the reserve men in the atlack, while il regulars carried out the feinis inte ed to delude the Russians. 'ihe te serve men attacked with despe Their ranks were decimated by tu Russian fire each time they advance ., but the vacancies were quickly hieid up with i The Russians i timately s red to suitable jos oL sitions, whenc inflicted greal losses on the Japan by heavy a.o lery five. The Japaun: losses aue eslin T ated at 10,000 Lo 13,000 men s were comparatively i sig St. Pelersburg, Aug. 5—|1u yang dispatch to the Bou is believed to refer to the fig Liao- 2| to His Death {12 couple of Tites westward of Yu- shu pass, when the Russians fell back on Anping after the battle of July 31. REPORT DISCREDITED. Nagasaki Hears of the Fall of Port Arthur. Nagasaki, Aug. 8.—It is reported here that Port Arthur has been cap tured by the Japanese. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8—The report of the fall of Port Arthur received from Nagasaki does not obtain great- er credence at the admiralty and w oflices here than previous telegrams on the same subject. New York, 8.—It is not prob- able that Na ki would be the first point and the only point to learn of the fall of Port Arthur. There are no advices from Tokio or the Japancse legations at W ington and London to confirm llm Nagasaki report. PLEASES THE RUSSIANS. Forhearance of United States Regard- ing Seizure of Contraband. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.—The satis- faction ol the Russian authorities at the forbearance of the United States government in connection with the neuiral commerce situation is echoed {in an cditorial in the Novoe Vremya, | which says the United States is nat | urally much interested in the declar [tion that foodstuffs are conr and points out that rice was made con- ;lrulmml during the Franco-Chinese {war. The paper says it is extremely | difiicult to draw the line once the pre- {hibition of war food supplies Is 'broached, but it expresses the hope that it \Vill be possibie, even in the face of the difficult existing, that some way may be found of meeting the wishes of the United States in this direction. GENERAL KELLER RECKLESS. Warned Against Exposure Which Led Liaoyang, Aug. 8.—Prince Shiren- sky, an eyewitness-ol Liewicnant Gen- eral Count Keller's death, says fi was due to a eckless inspection of the batteries made on foot. During a lull in the fighting about wmidday, July 29, General Keller, h warned by his subordinates his white uniform made a fine target, laughed and slipped from his horse and walked to the front of the battery just as a shrapnel shell burst. | He died wnhiu two minutes after being wounded. The railway carriage l!l which his body was brought here profusely decorated with ever- gnvuns and wild flowers gathered by his men as a last tribute to their com- wmander. St. Potorsin ropatkin Aug. 8.—General Ku- that the Japanese ten miles north of Haicheng repor and that they are also ad- in considerable force fr (Kutsia), on the Rus east flank. The Japancse were con- centrated in the neighborhood of Pu- lungov and considerable forces cf Jap- anese at Houtsiatze and Sikseys crossed to the right bank of the T river, but weve driven back. July 30, 31 and Aug. 1. The war office has not received any reports of luicr fighting and points out that Houtsia r—-v}:si 2B B 2T 3 B 3 2z 3 B e Be g 3 3B e 3B 2l 5B 2B i Al B 2B B B3 THE "FAULTLESS" ~STUMP Most. Simple and Durable Sii 2B 2 2B 2P 2B 2B WES WRIGHT, “1 PULLER”§ ump Puller on the Market. World’s Fair Prize. ¢ P ] E ¢ - Local Agent T T N O O T T U g G W R T g g g g g ‘ "\ AUG \‘ )\ UST BARGAINS Men’s Light Weight Clothin Men’s Straw Ilats, Ladies” Suits and Rain Coat s, « 50 « Ladies’ Summer Skirts % 25 g Fancy Colored Wash Goods L 50 {13 Ladies” and Children’s Oxfords, < 25 < 1 lot Men’s Ties, each - = = 13¢ 1 lot Men’s 50¢ Underweir, each - - 39¢ L lot Men’s 50¢ Shirts, each Ladies’ 50c Silk Gloves, per Mason Fruit J: sal’s, p & £ quarts, « « pints, New Home Sewing Machines, - = 5 39¢ pair - - 39¢ cr doz - - 65¢ o 5 d 5 55¢ v = 50¢ $25 to $30 O’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota. MANY QREGIMENTS SUFFERED. | Official List of Russian Officers Killed and Wounded. St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.—The army organ publishes the names of the offi- cers Killed or wounded July 31 and Aug. 1, showing that 7 were killed and 40 vounded, ling comm lery including General Deki nding the Thirty- L art brigades. In addition § officers ing and 1 offi died from roke. The paper does not say is a complete list. The oficers are from 13 infantry regiments, of which 4 are t Siberian regiments belonging to the late General Keller's corps, 5 European regiments belong- ing to the Tenth corps and 4 Siberian regiments, in all 48 battalions. SEIZURE ADJUDGED LAWFUL. Decision of Prize Court Commander Case. in Knight lawful prize. The trial of the ca; an investigation of e 1 ) ct that the and pers, ete., established “the ca sting principally of rail- way material, was consigned through a Japanese port to Chemulpo, leading de fairly fo the inference ghat it wa signed for use on the military railway under construction from Scoul to the Yalu. NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. Russtin Battleship Slava Accidentally Torpedoed. TLondon, Aug. 8—A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petershurg sa) the Russian battleship Slava was cidentally torpedoed during the day at Cronstadt, but sustained no serious damage. The Slava is a battleship of 13, tons. 516 REPORTS ON OPIUM TRAFFIC. Commission Favors Government Mo- nopoly in the Philippines. Manila, Aug. 8.—The opium mission appointed last Augu mer Governor Taft to investi laws and regulations with r opium in all Oriential coun rendered its report. The commitice recommends that the opium traflic should hecome a strictly governmental monopoly at once, that at the end of two years the importation of opium should be absolutely prohibited, with the exception of medicinal require- ments, only confirmed habitues of the drug who are over twenty- ears old to be granted a smok that an educational campaign against the use of opinm be started in the schools; that the habitues of the drug be treated free of charge i ment hospitals; that the pi importing opium be depor VIOLATED com- IMMIGRATION® LAWS. Charge Against Captain of Steamer St. Paul. New York, Aug. S.—Captain Fred- erick M. Passow, commander of the steamship St. Paul of the American line, was arrested here during the day by federal authorities on the technical charge of allowing an alien, ordercd deported, to escape. It is alleged by the federal officers that the steamships have frequently permitted aliens who! have been ordered deported and whom, under the existing laws, the steamship comparies would be forced to return to their own countries free of charge, to escape on this side, thus defeating the aim of the immigration laws, Cap tain Passow waived examination when arraigned before United States Com- missiouer Shields. BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. Republican Fight in Wisconsin Will Be Inaugurated Shortly. Milwaukee, Aug. 8.—The supreme court of the state of Wisconsin will receive judicial notice of the factional Wisconsin on ne: Tuesday and pre- liminaries will he inaugurated to de- termine the legal status of the two tickets now in the field and the posi- tion they. are entitled to upon the of cial ballot. The attorneys in the case {in Dehalf of the anti-Lafollette Re- publicans, will at that time commence proceedings before the court. The ! proceedings will be by an alternative ' writ, the petition for which will be | filed with the court, and the suit will be brought in the name of S. A. Cook and his associates upon the Repub- lican ticket. SAVES TRAIN FROM WRECK. Hiinois Boy Loses His Life in Per- forming the Deed. Chicago, Aug. 8.—James Jensen, a farmer hoy, aged eighteen years, was killed through his efforts to save a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul pas- senger train from destruction near Corliss, I1l. While the youth and his brother were crossing the track with a steam thresher the machine became stalled. When the Milwaukee-Chicago passenger train came on James ran up the track waving his straw.hat and 50 determined was he that he stood on the track in the glare of the headlight until he was bore down by the locomo- tive and crushed to death. The engi- neer saw him in time to slacken speed and though the locomotive crashed into the thresher the train escaped a wreck. BULL GORES BODY TO PULP. Farmer Meets Horrible Death in His Barnyard. Madison, Wis., Aug. 8.—William Stang, a farmhand, met a horrible jdeath in the barnyard of Albert Braaten in the town of Burke, near bull and when found his body was a ipulp of broken bones and mashed fesh. The unfortunate man was fifty- two years old. AGED MAN SLAYS SON. Family Dispute at Waupaca, Wis., Re- sults in Murder. Waupaca, Wis.,, Aug. 8.—Edward Kemp of Blain, aged seventy-five, \killed his son, aged thirty-five, with a ,small knife by stabbing him in the | neck. The voung man died within ten minutes. trouble was a family . dispute, ni was en to Stevens Po it snd laced f?flk troubles of the Republican party in | this city. He was attacked by a vicious CERTAIN TO FALL Russian Refugee From Port Ar- thur Says Japanese Will Capture Stronghold. Casualties Lessen Garrison But Besiesers Are Constant- ly Reinforced. Chefoo, Aug. &—“Port Arthur cer- o S o e (DU%2 | tainly will fall inside of one or two er Kuight Commander and its cargo a | MOnths, depending upon how fast the Japanese move.” This opinion was expressed by sition at Port Arthur are regarded as valuable. that, while the Japanese constantly receive reinforcements, every Russian casualty decreases the defensive effi- ciency of the g cannot be reinforced sel, commander-in-chief at Port | thr, is compelled to!husband his ara munition. He can manufacture shells, but it is impossible ito make proper explosives. The necéssity of protect- ing the men for the final stand ex- plains tie retreat of the Russians fro. jthe strong outpost positions, wheie i their losses were far less serious than those sustained by the assailants. According to this Russian General Stoessel is in dailyl communication with General Kuropatlin. The thice days’ fighting of last week was done chiefly with artillery. FIGHTING WALA HEAVY. | Port Arthur Newspaplr Describes Re- cent Three Days’ Battle. Chefoo, Aug. 8.—A mewspaper pub- lished at Port Arthur gives mentary details of the recent heavy fighting there. The Japanese artillery opened a desuitovy fire on the aiter- noon of July 25. That night the Rus | sians slept on their arms in the trench- es. They occupied a line sixteen mi long. The next morning, July 26, the fog cleared away at 6 o'clock and the Japanese then began to fire along the entire line. This fire was kept up until dark. The Japanese marksman- ship was most accurate, showing that they had derived benefit from. the practice of the preceding day. Their heaviest fire was directed against the batteries, which included the 12-inch naval guns commandel by Prince Tscheidse and Captain Skryd- loff. A perfect shower of shells hit the earthworks or went screeching {iuto the valley behind, doing consider- able damage to the artillerymen. The hottest fighting began at day- break of July 27. The Dbattle com- menced under the rays of a scorching sun. The Russian right wing was com- manded by Major General Kondraten- ko, who was compelled to undergo the brunt of the terrific cannonading. To this fierce fire the Russians replied with deliberation. The naval battery was again made the target for the heaviest fire and it was evident that the Japanese were trying to silence the most dangerous Russian position. A perfect shower of shrapnel was thrown into the valley behind the Rus- |sian batteries. As the day wore on the activity of the Japanese Fire Increased. In the meanwhile the Russian infantry, passive witnesses of the artillery duel, lay in their trenches awaiting an at- !tack. They were well protected and but a few shells felk among them. At 9 o’clock volley firing gave warn- ‘ing that the Japanese assault would | follow swiftly. As the Japanese infan- itry advanced the Japanese artillery fire slackened somewhat, but the Rus- slan batteries replied with increased ;vlgur while the Russian riflemen vol- ileyed rapidly and with great anima- tion. Tor an hour the Japanese ad- vanced intrepidly in the face of a fire which is described as a thousand vol- canocs in simultaneous eruption. The Japanese advance against the Russian ight wing ceased and the Russians heered, but at this moment news ar- ived from General Stoessel, the com- | mander-in-chief at Port Arthur, an- nouncing that the terrific pounding was nothing more than a mask to 'cover the concentration of Japanese troops preparatory to an attack upon the Russian left wing, of which Wolfs mountain was the key. At noon the Japanese, who had been attacking, suddenly ceased firing and presently observers, with the aid of field glasses, could see the enemy quietly eating rice. After this the right wing was occasionally reminded of the presence of the Japanese by the descent of a huge shell, but the worst was over. In the meanwhile the main attack, which resulted in- the capture of Wolfs mountain, had been developed. CONDITIONS STILL son, as the Russians General Stoes- Ar- 1 IRREGULAR. Disappointing Reports on Wheat Off- set Good Advices on Corn. I New York, Aug. 8—Bradstreet's | weekly review of trade says business and industrial conditions are still ir- ! regular and render generalization as to the future difficult. Continued good reports from the co: crop and absolutely brilliant conditions in cot- ton tend to offsét undeniably disap- pointing reports in the premier ceieal ‘Wwheat.- Dispatches to Bradstreets dicate an appreciable enlargement in the distribution of merchandise at iW stern points, collections show a | slight gain and Southern advices are Eoptimistch The iron trade, too, is | showing improvement, and even bi- ‘tumm()us coal is looking up. Other basic industries are not so favorably situated. Anthracite coal production {1s curtailed and demand is slack, ex- i cept where stocks need replenishing. Demand for boots and shoes is less | than a vear ago, but leather is active and higher, owing partly to the effect of the meat strike upon the hide mar- ket. A few large gtocks are responsi- ble for considetable fleness In dif- ferent industries. Gross railway earn- ings indicate a slight loss from July a year ago. Altogether the outlook, while cheerful enough in the main, |needs definite assurances/ of good crops and of settled labor difficulties. JUDGE GRAY MAY ARBITRATE. Operators Propose to Submit Controversy to Him. ‘Wilkesharre, Pa., Aug. 8.—At the meeting of the anthracite board of conciliation held at the request of the miners the operators present- ed a plan for the settlement of the check weighmen and check docking boss questions, which have caused so much trouble in the upper coal fields. The operators ask that the entire con- troversy be submitted to Judge George Gray, chairman of the anthracite coal strike commission, his decision to be final and binding. Thé miners asked until Aug. 12 to consider the proposal. Coal BRIEF EITS OF NEWS. The alien labor bill, introduced by Sir Willlam Mulock, has passed the Canadian house of commons. Gustavus W. Nagle, a noted bridge builder, is dead at Elmira, N. Y. He was born in Germany. During the Civil war he organized and superin- tended the bridge corps of the United States military railroads department. Rev. Walter J. Shanley of Hartford, Conn., president of the Catholic Total Abstinence 4Inion of America, an- nounces that he has called the thirty: fourth annual convention of the or: ganization to be held in St. Louis Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Union men laid off by the Pullman company last week when the working force was decreased have protested to the Chicago Federation of Labor that they will not be re-employed unless they make application for work through the employment bureau of the Chicago Employers’ association. FORTY THOUSAND AFFECTED. Building Trades Lockout in Force in New York City. New York, Aug. 8—The building trades lockout declared Friday is in effect. carried out it is estimated that nearly 40,000 union men will have been forced out of employment. The Felt and Waterproofing Work- ers’ union has been added to the long list of unions affected by the lockout. The Association of Journeymen Stone- cutters of New York and vicinity have special .grievance with the lockout or- ders, as they emphatically state they ! lived up to all agreements with the tion. INSECT KILLS MAN. Blood Poisoning Follows Bite Thought Harmless. Osceola, Wis., Aug. 8.—Frank Arndt, twenty-one years old, died during the day of blood poisoning. Monday night he was bitten by some poisonous in- sect, but thought nothing of it. Later the wound grew worse and he came to town to see a physician, but it was too far advanced to save him. Fatal ‘When all the orders have been | Building Trades Employers’ associa- | EIGHT WADE OUT TO DEATH. Hand-in-Hand. Alton, Ill., Aug. 8. —While bathing in the Mississippi er Michael Riley, his daughter and < of the latter’s little g friends were drowned. One child who was in the party was res- cued. Riley lived near the river in the southern part of the city and was ac- customed to bathe on the beach in front of his home after his return from work. His little daughter begged to go with him and Riley took her and seven of her little girl friends to the beach with him. ‘When they entered the water Riley bade the children join hands and they all waded into the river and walked along a sandbar which stretches out into the stream at that point. They had gone some distance from shore when suddenly the whole party disappeared beneath the water, having in the darkness stepped from the sandbar into the deep channel. The children struggled and screamed, fighting desperately to reach the sand- bar, where the water was only a foot or so in depth. Riley, who is said to have been a good swimmer, is thought to have been made helpless by the girls clinging to him and hampering his efforts to save them. The only one in the party to regain the sandbar was Mary Timiny, eight years old. ONE DEAD, TEN Trolley Car Struck by a Train at Kan- sas City. Kansas City, Aug. 8.—. ! peka and Santa INJURED. Atchison, To- ke passenger train No. 1 from Chicago crashed into a trolley car at Fifteenth street, at the Belt line crossing in the eastern end of the city. One person was killed and ten injured, one seriously. The accident was caused by the hars be- ing up. Harry Black, the flagman, who was hurt slightly, says that he was sick and unable to bring the bars into position. There were fourteen Dbersons on the car. The engine struck it square in the center and pushed it eighty feet off the roadbed, the car over and partially ing it. J. L. Morris of Pleasant Hill, Mo., who was standing beside the track, was caught in the debris and was badly hurt that he died in tw minutes. Mrs. Minnie Stanber: Kansas City was perhaps the most seriously hurt. She suffered serious injury to her back and probably w hurt internally. She may recoves The i es sustained by the others consisted in cuts 'md bruises. | 2 == TAGGART VISITS GORMAN. demolish- Democratic Chairman Selecting Na- tional Headquarters. New York, Aug. 8.—Chairman Tag- gart of the Democratie national com- { miztee called v Seaator Gorman carly | in the day and then visited the differ- ent buildings which are under consid- 2ration for headquarters in this city. Arrangements are about completed ;ior the assembling of the Parker noti- ‘fication committee in this city Tues- day and the trip to Esopus Wednes- day morning. Party of Bathers at Alton, Ill., Perish| turning | SCARE FOR THE SULTAN Washington Officals Order the European Squadron to Turkish Waters. - Fleet is Now at Nice and the Journey Will Occupy Only Three Days. ‘Washington. Aug. 8.—The European squadron has been ordered to Turkish waters. The orders were cabled to Rear Ad- miral Jewell, commander of the squad- ron, at Nice. His ships a¥ the Olym- pia, Baltimore and Cleveland. =The destination of the fleet is Smyrna. This place was selected because it af- forded direct cable communication with Washington and is only about 300 miles distant from Constantinople. The trip probably will be made in three days and when he arrives there Admiral Jewell will put himself in communication with Minister Leish- man and also report to Washington. This action of the officials was taken as a means of securing recognition of American rights and settlement of American claims which have been un- der discussion for some time and which the sultan- has time and again promised to remedy. > RUST REPORTS EXAGGERATED. But Few Sections in the Northwest Are Affected. Minneapolis, Aug. 8.—Reports from the wheat fields of the Northwest show that the widespread talk of rust is unfounded to a large extent. While in some sections the farmers will lose practically all of their crops there is little damage outside the immediate localities where the rust is the worst. A conservative estimate of the loss from this source places the shortage in Minnesota at about 10 per cent, in South Dakota at from 15 to 20 per cent and in North Dakota about 5 per cent. There has been no widening of the affected area and unless the rust does spread there will undoubtediy be an average crop. EDUCATED IN UNITED STATES. One Hundred Young Filipinos to Take Four-Year Course. ington, Aug. ‘The 100 young Filipinos, Whose -arsisal at St. Louis heen reported to the bureau of in- sular affairs at the war department, will be placed in educational institu- tions throughout the United States with the opening of the school system this fall and then will go through a four-year course of study. They will spend six weeks at the St. Louis fair. Magazine. METROPOLITAN 5 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY R. H. 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