Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 13, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer :: WANT AD :: Will Do Tt e The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St- Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER TEN CENTS PER WEEK ADMIRAL KILLED Rear Admiral Withoft, Command- ing Port Arthur Fleet, Lost Life in Action. Five Battleships, a Cruiser and Smaller Craft Again at Port Arthur. August 13.—Rear in command of the was killed baitle, He bip Crare- St. Petersburg, Admiral Withoft. Russian Port Avthar fleet, in Wednesday's naval met death on board the (l viich. blown off by Japanes ofli- cers bes also Both jegs were shells. Several other admi es rear al were killed in the cngagement. Russian Vessel Refused Shanehai, Aurust 13, The Russian tiser Askold arrived here today susly damaged and asked permis- sion to dock. The request was denied by the Chinese officials. Twelve of the crew of the Askold were killed and fifty were wounded in Wednesday's fight. P ser Czareviteh Disabled. St Petersburg, August 13 machinery of the battloship Crave- viteh is practically worthless as a ve- vesult of Wednesday's light. The vessel last 210 officers and men killed and sixty wounded. London, Aug. 12 s from various points indi the af- tempt of the Rus Port Arthur squadron to reach Viadivostok failed and that the have hecome widely scattered. One torpado boat destroyer put into Chefoo, where she was boarded and captured by the Jap- anese. The battleship Czarevitch, the ser Novik and a torpedo hoat have 1 at Tsingchou, at the entrance of Kiaochau by sion ou the Shantung per other dispatch the cruiser Askold is also at Tsingchou, but advic to the German foreign office do not include her. Another Russian er r oand a torpedo boat destroyer are reported as near Shanghai and four battleships are off the saddie ihout sev- enty miles southeast of that port. foo reports that one Russian torpedo boat was captured off the Chinese coast and Tokio hears that a number of vessels of the squadron have re- turned to Port Arthur. - The German foreizn the German conces- the n shore of According to lands, fice has given Port. | | instructions that the uninjured “Rus- sian war vessels at Tsingchou must leave port within twenty-four hours. The Japanese system of communica- tion heretofore been so perfect that there can be little doubt that the government is thoroughly informed of the position of the various vessels of the escaped fleet and will be able to either drive them into neutral ports or attack them with overwhelming force. 13.—A dispatch to gram company from St. 1ys that the Japanese or Kasuga (formerly the Argentine Rivadavia) was sunk with all on board during the eii- gazemeat off Port Arthur on Wednes- CZAREVITCH IS DAMAGED London, Aug. Reuters Tel Petersburg armored cru RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP REACES GERMAN PORT ON SHAN- TUNG PENINSULA. Berlin, Aug. 13.—The foreign office confirms the arrival at Tsingchou, at the enuance of Kiaochau bay, the German concession on the Shantung peninsula, of the Russian battleship ovicch (not the protected cruiser Id), the protected cruiser Novis 1 unnamed torpedo L ‘zaveviteh is in an unseaworthy con been damaged in s fight e foreign office is sending in- structions o the German authorit ai igchou to the effect that ti Novik and the torpedo boat must leav the harbor within the twenty- nours prescribed by international la... he government’s instructions 1o aptain Truppel, governor of Kia - u, which is in the jurisdiction o uavy department, although explicit th (n that the Novik and the torpedo bo::: must e Tsingchou within (. twenty-four-kour limit, do not, it .. understood, provide for the po refusal of the Ru n vessels i leave that port. The Czarevitch, being un- s:-;\\mn . must naturally remain th zested by one in authorit: that e Russian ships refuse tu depart they will be required to dis arm The Nor nan Gazette, in be- a1l of th nment, affirms th. many will enforce neutrality a. pbserve international law strictly. TO TAKE EFFECT IN 1206. Typographical Union Adopts the Eight: Hour Law. 1g. 13.—The convention ional Typographical un- coneurred in the report of the ttee on eight-hour law, whi advocated the adoption of an hour law and fived Jan. 1, 1906, a. time when such a law should be e tive or a strike declared. The que: is left to the subordinate unions for final decision on a referendum vote. 20 ol 3B 2 2P oix 20 o B 2 ¥ o B 3B 28 M B 3 B 2 B 2B B THE "FAULTLESS" +.3TUMP PULLER... World’s Fair Prize. WES WRIGHT, vwwvvvvvmwwvmv SEASONABLE 4 o % Most Simple and Durable Stump Puller on the Market. g tl I T - Local Agent | | | | N 2 4 =7 ) MERCHANDISE Is what we are offering at our AUGUST CLEARANCE SALE. Goods that have been bought for this season’s business; in many lines only a small amount Ieft, but in perfect condition. Some storekeepers would pack them away and next spring bring them out as new goods; that is not our way. We will take a loss now and show New Goods next spring. : : : O’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota.. T RUSSIA WiLL PROTEST. Say Japs Had No Right to Attack Tor pedo Boat at Chefoo. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—The action of the Jap: torpedo boat destroy- ers in aitu and towing out the defenseless an torpedo boat de- stroyer Ryceshitelni at Chefoo is re garded in diplomatic circles as being a very grave matter for Japan. A soon as the facts are officially esta lished no doubt exists that Russia will promptly call the attention of the pow- ers to this breach of the neutrality of China. Aside from the possible questionable right of ar uninjured ip to seek when not of weather or lagit of conl aml proyi s all the dip- lomats agree as to the absolute ille- gality of belligerent ships ‘@&tering al ports and there committing hostile ac The case, so far as the facts are known, is considered much more flagrant than that at Chemulpo, where all the foreign commandc > cept the commander of the Ameiican warship there, protested against the proposal of the Japanese to enter and fight the Russian cru s Variag and Korietz in a neutral harbor. The Associated Pr is able to an- nounce that Russia has already for protested to ]rm’lll. through torpedo boat destroyers in at- tacking the Russian torpedo boat de stroyer Ryeshitelni at Chefoo and tow- ing her away from that port and that the protest has been communicated to the powers. CZARINA GIVES BIRTH TO SCH EVENT C.\USES GREAT REJOICING THROUGHOUT THE RUS- SIAN EMPIRE. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—A son and heir to the Russian throne has been born. The empress and the child are doing well. The people throughout Russia have been praying for an heir to the throne and the famous Greek priest, Fathor John of Cronstadt, has recently heen visiting the Alexandra villa at inter- vals to join in the prayers for an he to the throne of Russia. The emperor and emp: (formerly Princess Al of Hesse) who were married Nov. 14, 1894, had previous to the birth of the child just born four daughters, Olga, born Nov. 3, 1895; Tatiana, born May 29, 1897; Marie, born June 14, 1889, and Anasta- sia, born June 5, 1901. The announcement from Peterhot was immediately followed by a salute of 101 guns from the imperial yacht lying at anchor off the palace, but it was 2:45 p. m. when the guns of St. Peter and St. Paul fortress, opy the Winter palace here, conveyed the glafl tidings to the people oi the Rus- an capital. The elfect was electrical, ith the boom ol the first gun the people in the streets, who had been momentarily expecting the event for twenty-four hours, stopped to listen and count the guns. Only thirty-oue are rired for a girl. When the thir.y- second boomed and the people were aware that at last an heir to the throne was born there were scenes of rejoicing everywhere and before the salute was finished the whole city had bloomed out with flags and bunting and the shipping in the harbor was dressed. Then the bells of the churches began to ring wildly. In the meantime the announcement had been telegraphed to the most re- mote corners of the empire. In all the towns and cities the glad tidings weie spread with the clangor of bells and the booming of cannon. Thanksgiving services followed in all the churches. : of Russia HAVE NO OFFICIAL NEWS. Russians Still Hope Port Arthur Fleet Has Escaped. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—Everything else, from a military standpoint, seems to be forgotten in the general anxiety concerning the fate of the Port Arthur squadron. The future plans of the admiralty hang upon the preservation of the bulk of the squadron and it is not too much to say that the present is regarded as being the most critical mowent of the war. The admi ty till noon declared that it was without official advices as to the whereabouts of the squadron and could not confirm the report that the protected cruiser Novik and another Ru n warship (the Dbattleship Czarevitch) had put into Tsingchou, at the entrance of Kiaochau bay, the German concession on the Shantung peninsula. Never- theless piivate dispatches seem to show that the squadron may have been communicating with Russia after pass- ing the Shantung promontory and hope is high that the squadron successfully broke through the Japanese ships and is now steaming for Vladivostok. The departure of the squadron in the face of the superior Japanese fleet is com- mended by all classes. NO CHANGE AT THE FRONT. Kuropatkin Reports Small With Japanese. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—The em- peror has received the following dis- patch from General Kuropatkin, dated Aug. 11: “A forward movement of a small detachment of Japanese against the south front of the Manchurian army was observed today. “Bands of Chinese bandits led by Japanese ofticers are beginning to ap- pear in the region of the Liao river, above Newchwang.” General Kuropatkin also reports a irmish in which the Japanese lost Skirmish fifteen men killed or wounded and the Russians one man killed. He says no important changes have taken place on the east front. Japanese Advance Stopped. Paris, Aug. 13—A dispatch to the Temps from Liaoyang says: The Jap- anese advance, has entirely stopped. The Chinese affirm that several regi- ments have been detached from this army and sent to Port Arthur, - SERIQUSLY Action of JapaneseiWarships at Chefoo May Cause Inter- national Trouble, Feared Incident Will Plunge China Into The War as Aet- ive Ally of Japan. Washington, Aug. 13—The report of the capture by the Japanese torpedc boat destroyers of the Russian de stroyer Ryeshitelni in the harbor ot Chefoo, conveyed to Washingan by the consul general at Chefoo, was re ceived with the deepest interest and also concern, for it was realized that there were in this incident the germs of serious international trouble. Con sul Fowler spoke of the affair as a “cutting out” expedition, thercby dif fering in an important point from tic press dispatches, which at first rea. ing appeared to indicate that the seiz ure of the Russian hoat was in al least some degree caused by the acticn | of the captain of the craft in atiacking the Japanese boarding lientenant. 1t may be that upow this pomt will tury the decision as to whether or not theie has been a viclation of Chinese new | Lality by the Japanese. 1f the expedition was a genuine cut ting out one then there is no question in the minds of the officials here th. the Japanese have committed an o. lense agalnst international law b, violating Chinese ncutrality and, iu addition, have brokcp the agreemen. they entered into at the beginning of the war, at the instance of the United States government, to limit the Field of Warlike Operations to Manchuria and Korea and theit waters. Should this prove to be tlie case the r Its probably will be grave ous. Under the tenets of in- ternational law the® captured vesscl must be returned to the custody of the Chinese government and an apology rendered for the offense against Chi neutrality. But if Russian live have been lost, as reported in the pres dispatches, a greater complication wiii follow, for Russia may in turn holl China resprnsible for the punishmeut of the Japanese who caused the death of her sailors when gudex the shelter of the Chinese port authorities. Alic- gether the situation is full of dange: and the main apprehension of the ofii- cials here is that it may be the inci dent that will break down the agree ment of the powers and plunge China into the war as a full fledged bellig: erent and ally of Japan. The conse- quences of such an act on China’s part upon existing alliances between Japan and Great Britain and between Russia and France can only be con- jectured and the prospect is so alarm- ing that it is not doubted the stai department will do its utmost alon: with the rest of the powers to effect such a setllement of this incident a: shall preserve the agreement as tr China in full force. JAPS [VADE NEUTRAL POR ENTER CHEFOO AND SEIZE RUS SIAN TORPEDO BOAT AFTER FIERCE FIGHT. - Chefoo, Aug. 13.—At 3:30 o’clock Friday morning the large Japanese torpedo boat destroyers Asashio and Kasumi, which entered the harbor un- der cover of darkness Thursday night, sent a boarding party against the Russian torpedo bhoat destroyer Rye itelni, which had previously been disarmed oYy the Chinese. After a fierce fight the boarding party hoisted the Japanese flag on the Ryeshitelni and towed her out of the harbor in a northerly direction. Of her crew of forty-seven nearly half were killed or wounded. Captain Shetakovsky is badly wounded. Seven swam ashore, landing near the American consulate. Some were picked up by sampans and three, including a lieutenant, were rescued by a lightship. Captain Shestakovsky of the Rye- shitelni, who was wounded in the leg by a bullet, and twenty of his men were saved by boats from the Chinese cruiser Saiyung. RAISES SERIOUS QUESTION. British Opinion of Japanese Action al Chefoo. London, Aug. 13.—The British offi- cials and foreign diplomats regard the action of the Japanese in cutting out the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitelni at Chefoo as raising a serious question of importance to all nations. The foreign office received a dis patch from the British consul at’ Che foo confirming the capture of the Rye- shitelni and her removal by her cap tors from the harbor. The consul add- ed that the facts were immediately re- ported to the Chinese governor and the foreign diplomats at Peking. The former evinced considerable concern, not so much at the fact that the at- tack was made on the destroyer as at the precedent established by Japan, which Russia may follow in case ¢ emergency, thereby extending the area of hostilities, which Secretary Hay sought to circumscribe. RUSSIAN VESSEL AT SHANGHAI Torpedo Boat Destroyer Arrives at Chinese Port. Sharghai, Aug. 13.—A Russian tor- pedo boat destroyer arrived here dur- ing the day. It is reported that four Russian bat- tleships are off the Saddle islands, about seventy miles southeast of this STRIKE TO CONTINUE. Chicago Retail Dealers Will Take No Further Action. Chicago, Aug. 13.—Retail meat deal- ers will not continue their efforts for a joint conference of packers and stock yards strikers. They will now seek to arrange with the union team- sters so their business will not be tied up. George Duddleston, a mem- ber of the retailers’ committee that called on the packers, said: “I can see no reason why the retail meat dealers should make any further effort to bring about a settlement be- tween the packers and the strikers. ‘We devoted many hours to arguments Thursday and it came to naught. I fear another meeting would be equally futile.” There is Dbitterness anifong the packinghouse teamsters because other teamsters are alleged to have failed to give desired support to make the teamsters’ tieup effective. Strike leaders are preparing to force the lesul department of the United States government to take a hand in the settlement of the strike. The plan is to make the government put the perpetual injunction against illegal combinations in operation against the meat trust. The packers are said to be making arrangements for running when the strike is over with 5,000 less men than were employed before the strike. It is asserted to be the intention as soon as things are normal to employ ju enough men to give all a full week work and a full week’s pay. This, it is estimated, would mean that 5,000 men would be dropped permanently. Heretofore many cattle have been bought on one day and fewer on an- other. The result was that the whole force was employed on some days and only a part of the force on others. POLICEMAN WOUNDED. . Rioting in Connection With New York Butchers’ Strike. New York, Aug. 13.—Demonstrations against the nonunion men who are taking strikers’ places in the packing plants of Schwarzchild & Sulzberger and the United Dressed Beef company were renewed during the day by the strike sympathizers. A meat truck driven by a nonunion man and guard- ed by two policemen was attacked by ! a mob at the corner of Fifty-second, street and Second avenue. A stone hurled by one of the mob crashed through the helmet of the policeman on the driver's seat and cut an ugly gash in his head. With the help of the driver the other officer disperser the crowd and the team proceeder Wwith the wounded policeman. No shots were tired. TROLLEY CARS RUN DOWN. Three Persons Killed in Crossing Ac- cident at Defiance, O. Defiance, O., Aug. 13.—Three per- sons were killed and three badly in- jured in a trolley car wreck at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing in this city. The killed and injured were residents of Cleveland, Defiance and Hicksville. The crossing is at a ~urve and the motorman did not see a cutoft of cars backing down. The trolley car had a trailer and both were crowded. The injured will recover. EIGHT MEN PERISH. Heavy Rains Flood a North Carolina Gold Mine. Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 13.—The Bar- ringer gold mine, located near Gold Hill, was'suddenly flooded with water, causing the instant death of eight men employed in the mine. Nine men were in the mine shaft when a large pond located near the entrance to the mine suddenly broke loose, the hreakage heing caused by excessive rams DUEL IN NEW YORK. Boy Onlooker Is the Only One Injured by Shooting. New York, Aug. 13—Tony Rodi, aged twenty-five, and John Doncelo, aged twenty-three, had a quarrel in a tailor shop and agreed to fight it out with pistols. The police were attract- ed by the shooting and Rodi and his second were arrested, but the other two men escaped. Abraham Garlick, a boy, was shot in the shoulder. Former Congressman Dead. Sheboygan, Wis.,, Aug. 13.—Ex-Con- gressman George H. Brickner died suddenly of heart trouble during the day. While walking oufside the office of the Brickner Woolen Mills com- pany he fell prostrate and died in half an hour. He was seventy years of age. Mr. Brickner was in congress from 1889 to 1893. Receiver for Gram(e Trust. Milwaukee, Aug. 13.—John J. Bryant Thursday was appointed receiver for the Western Consolidated Granite company, better known as the “granite trust,” and his bond was placed at $50,000, by Judge Jenkins, presiding in the United States district court. IRRIGATION IS DELAYED. South Dakota Farmers Slow to Accept Terms of Government. Belle Fourche, S. D,, Aug. 13.—It is feared that the government will prt off 7oing active work on the irrigation ditches along the Belle Fourche river until next vear on account of the diffi- culty of getting all the farmers and ranchers (o consent to the terms that the government has set for them. BANK IS BLOWN UP. Robbers Wreck Building and Secure $5,000 at Hazel Run, Minn. Hazel Run, Minn, Aug. 13.—Th~ Bank of Hazel Run was robbed of 2,000, the contents of a “burgla: proof” safe, at midnight. The robbers used dynamite and wrecked the bank building. They made their escape. Insurrection Paraguay. Buenos Avres, Argentine, Avg. 13.— It is rumored that the Paraguayan in- surgents have captured the p ot Humaita, Villa Pilar and Concecion. They also are said to have taken the steamer Vila Rica, which had on board the minister of the interior. The minister escaped. BRIGHTER OUTLOOK Indications Point to an Early Ad- justment of Difference With Turkey. Line of Action to Be Taken In Case Negotiations Fail is Decided Upon. Washington, Aug. 13.—After several days’ silence Minister Leishman has been heard from through a dispatch dated at Constantinople recounting the results of the last exchanges be- tween himself and the foreign office officials there. The state department did not see fit to make public the min- ister’s communication, but did make the general statement that the nego- tiations had taken a more favorable turn and there was an expectation of a speedy and satisfactory adjustment. It cannot be learned that -any further instructions have been sent to Mr. Leishman and it is believed that the department will refrain from doing so until he has completed the present phase of the negotiations and has not been able to succeed. 1 Foreign affairs, to the practical ex- clusion of everything else, were con-; sidered at the day’s meeting of the; cabinet. Secretary Hay, prior to the| meeting, had received a cablegram from Admiral Jewell, commander o: the American European squadron,! which has arrived at Smyrna. The| cablegram was received by the navv department and transmitted at once to Secretary Hay. The Turkish situa-, tion was discussed at length and a line of action, in case Minister Leish-| man’s efforts are unavailing, was agreed to, but its nature was not dis- closed. MAKE MORE PROMISES. Turkish Officials Call on United States Minister. Constantinople, Aug. 13.—Naoum| Pasha, snder secretary of foreign afj fairs, called on Minister Leishman a Therapis (a town on the Bosphoru: nine miles northeast of Constantinog ple). He reiterated the assurances of the government regarding a speed) and favorable reply to the demand: touching the rights of American citi zens in Turkey. Subsequently Izzet Pasha, secreta of the palace, and the minister of mines, Selim Pasha, had a long inter: view with Minister Leishman for the purpose of 'etermining upon the texi of a reply which may prove accep! able to America. <24 New Story in the of the Richard [eGallienne’s August Number Metropolitan Magazine R. H. Russell, Publisher New Yok Gy A 35-cent Magazine for 15 cents Agents wanted everywhere to obtain subscriptions. ‘Watch our other advertisements appearing in this paper CACRCRR R R R R R R i R R R R Kok ReRol R R R R R R R R -E-F -] & “It is what you Save, not what you Earn, that makes Wealth.” Open a Savings Bank Account! 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