Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 16, 1904, Page 1

—4 A Pioneer WANT AD Will Do Ir. Bemidji Daily Pioneer % The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth ‘rookston, St Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 10 . & BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK MAKE A SORTIE Russian Port Arthur Fleet Ad- vances to Meet Japs, But Without Effect. Mikado's Fleet Pursuing Enemy and a Severe Engagement Is Looked For. “The Chefoo, August 15, Russian ships made a sortie ca are now being pursued by the Japan- | ese squadron. A severe engagement is expected. Chefoo, August 16.—The it is reported, did not encounter the Japanese (leel. Nevertheless, tarned to Port Arthur, Russiaus, they re- ‘Washington, 16.—The state de- partment has received a dispatch from Chefoo to the effect that it is reported there that a general n: 1 battle at Port Arthur was begun at dawn, 16.—That a general was made apon the day is indi from various Chefoo, Aug. land and naval ai Port Arthur during cated by information sources. ‘The statement that the naval attack was made at 4 in the morning con from an authoritative but not matic quarter. Junks which arrived here during the day say the Japanese recently oc- cupied the Liauti hitls and Sus which is two or three miles north ot the fortres: Iive warships and s torpedo boat destroyers, according the junks, returned o Port Arthur o the night of Aug. 10, diplo A dispatch to th from Tokio confirnis avy fighting has oc- curred at Port Arthur during the past few days. The Jupanese capturcd three Russian batteries and securcid pusitions close to the inner fortii tious. Boih sides lost heavily. i Japanese have commenced a bomba. Berlin, Aug. 16 Lulu\l Anzeiger ment from Lang mountain on the h bor and inner defenses. REPULSED AT ALL POINTS. Japanese Made General Attack on Port Arthur Aug 10. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.—The em- peror has received the following dis- patch from Viceroy Alexieft, dated Aug. 13: “According to a report from Port Ar- thur Aug. 10 the Japanese altacked Talku ard Siaohou mountains in enor- mous force during the night of Aug. 9 and occupied them alter fifteen hours fighting on the night of Aug. 1U. Dur- ing a heavy rain storm the Japancse attacked our east front, but were re- buised at all point They also at- tacked simultaneously our whole front from Wolf hills to Taku mountain, but everywhere were driven back. The fortress has been bombarded from the east side for four days. The receipt of the official dispatch announcing the repulse of an attack on Port Arthur revived the hopes that the fortress may prove impregnabl General Stoes: dispateh also dis- pelled the ugly rumors current in the cily that the s(l()u;huh] had fallen. CRUISER RURIK GOES DOW RUSSIAN VESSEL SUNK IN BAT- TLE WITH ADMIRAL KAMI- MURA’S FLEET. Au" 16.—A dispatch to the n the naval establish went at Takesiiki says Adimiral Kan wmura met the Viadivostok squeilro. twenty miles trom Ulsan, Korea, ai o'clock Sunday morning. The batt ended at 10:30 a. m. The Iturik sa. by the stern, her bow standing . perpendicularly. The Japan cued 450 members of the Ru W Ture Rossia and the Gromoboi caugi.i fire several times and were heavii dan d. Only one o] hit. Two seven were the Japanese ships .. panese were killed ana wounded sikio, Aug. 16.—Vice Admiral Kar: mara encountered the Ru: n Vieas ok squadron at dawn Sunday north 1 island, in the straits of Koieo ked the enemy at once. T..: battle lasted for five hours and resi ed in a complete Jjapanesc The Rus and the i fled to the x\mlu tamed serious rd atter ha nage. $60,000 expended this yewr for The Amusement e Any N. . HALF || VIATHE RATES [~ -Pacific. Minnesota State Fair, Aug. Premiums and Purses satures and Iivening Fir tional and of the highest class. Tickets on sale August 27 to September until September It’s the biggest fair in the ¢ ountry and an education. Agent will ('?mm'lull) give full information. A. M. CLELAND, Northern 29 to Sep’t 3, inclusive. New Buildings and Tmprovements. amount to $30,000. High Class Racing—Over 300 entries in the trotting and pacing events. worlks will be very sensa- A Wonderful Stock Exhibit—The showing of Shorthorn and Hereford . Cautle will be National. inclusive, good to return Don’t miss it. W W Our August Clearance Sale will close the W evening of the 31st. It has bheen a record- ‘.:! breaker for low prices and will clear our :‘: shelves of Summer Goods. —: : 5 3 W I W ::; Don’t wait until the last day, but buy this W week when we ean show a good assortment of =—ONLY=—= ¥ Two Weeks More! B \ Light-weight Clothing, Wash Goods, w Ladies’ Suits and Rains Coats, W Ladies’ Oxfords, Sewing Machines, 3« ¥ Straw Hats and Mackintoshes w FruitJars,Ladies’andMisses’ Skirts 13 O’Leary & Bowser, # W Bemidji, Minnesota.. 4 W § Full Line of Fall Goods Sep’t 1. ! m W : : " SQUADRON QUITS SMYRNA. American Vessels No Longer Neces- sary in Turkish Waters. Washington, Aug. 16 —Rear Admiral Jewell, comimanding the American Eu- ropean squadron, has cabled to the navy department announcing the de- parture of his command, comprising the Olympia, Baltimore and Cleveland, from Smyrna for Gibraltar. This ac- tion is taien on the instructions (rom Minister Leishman, at Constantinople, that the squadron’s presence is no Jonger necessary at Smyrna. Constantinople, Aug. 16.—After con- siderable haggling on the part of the Turks a satisfactory solution (Qf the American school question has® been arrived at, This mALter which is the most im- portant of the American demands, was settled by extending to American schools the same treatment as that accorded fo schools under the protec- tion of other powers. A settlement of other matters affect- ing American interests in Turkey of secondary importance has also been effected and Minister Leishman has telegraphed to Rear Admiral Jewell, in command of the United States squadron at Smyrna, instructing him to salute the batteries on land and depart. WHILE CRAZED WITH LIQUOR. Chicago Man Runs Amuck and Shoots Two Persons. Aug. 16—Two men were shot Sunday night by William Pfeiffer, who was running amuck. Preiffer was talking to several men near his home on West Fourteenth street when he suddenly drew a revolver and fired a shot into the ground. He was evi- dently crazed by liquor, and his friend: attempted (o take the weapon from Lim. Prfeiffer started to run and the crowd followed. He opened fire and shot James J. Cunningham in the right arm and in the right knee, both wounds being serious. Another bul- let struck Leonard Biehler in the right arm, passed through and lodged in the abdomen, inflicting a wound that will prove fatal. Pfeiffer was arrested by the police after a hard fight. TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE. Chicago, Pennsylvania Teamster Has a Nar- row Escape From Lynchers. Beaver Falls, Pa., Aug. 16. Cox, a te: homie at Eastvale Sunday the house and cut her throat with a razor. When the police arrived on the scene, Cox was tied with a clothes- line. The excited neighbors also had a rope around his neck, and all that prevented a lynching was the fire at the Cox home. This was put out with some difticulty and some time was consumed. During the e: ement Cox’s twelve-year-old son shot at him with a shotgun but missed. Mrs. Cox is fatally injured. et fire to ONLY ONE PERSON SAVED. Steamer Penguin Wrecked Off the Coast of Natal. Durban, Natal, Aug. 16.—The coast- ing steamer Penguin has been wrecked and twenty-five persons who were on board of her were drowned. The boat- swain is the only survivor. The Penguin was chartered to search for “Kruger's millions,” alleged to have been sunk with the steamer Zululand off this coast three years ago. Four previous expeditions with the same object in view have ended disastrously. CHINESE BANDITS ACTIVE. Force of Several Thousand Men Will Attack Railway. Mukden, Aug. 16.—The Chinese ban- dit leaders, Kitsushan, Tulisan and Folingn, e: with a thonsand follow- ers, are now in the Sinminting district, moving up the Liao River valley with the object of attacking the railway. Each of the bands, which were organ- ized by the Japanese, is accompanied by a hundred Japanese with mountain guns, FATAL BASE BALL INJURY. Patrick O'’Reilly Broke His Back in Sliding to Base. Sioux City, Ta, Aug. 16.—After ter- rible suffering for two weeks from a broken back sustained while sliding to second base in a base ball game, Patrick E. O'Reilly of Akron, Ia., died in a hospital here. He was twenty- five years old. BRITISH SHIP SUNK. Torpedo Boat DestrGyer Decoy Col- lided With Another Boat. London, Aug. 16—The British tor- pedo boat destroyer Decoy sank off the Scilly islands as the result of a collision with another destroyer. The crew was saved. Baltic Fleet Ready to Sail. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.—There is considerable activity aboard the ships of the Baltic fleet. A large amount of sailors’ baggage is being taken to the new Dbattleship Orel. Orders have been issued that all torpedo boats and destroyers of the Second division shall be coaled to full capacity. The boats are to await further orders in the small roadstead at Cronstadt. Policemen Badly Battered. New York, Aug. 16.—Captain Lantry and four patrolmen engaged in the beef strike work were badly battered before they succeeded in subduing and placing under arrest a man who had made a fierce attack on several non- union men employed by the Schwarz- child & Sulzberger company. Martial Law in Paraguay. ‘Washington, Aug. 16.—Consul Ruf- fin cables the state department from Ascuncion that martial law has been feclared in Paraguay. The forces of the revolutionists and the government {have had a fight and considerable dis- order prevails, Strike Breakers Injured. Omaha, Aug. 16.—A car carrying strike breakers to the Swift packing plant at South Omaha was bombarded at Sheet station and three of the in- mates, names unknown, were injured, one being knocked nnennscl ith brick. T0 SETTLE TROUBLE Way Paved for the Re-Opening of Negotiations Between Pack- ers and Strikers. Committee of Workmen Meets Employers But the Result Is Not Known. Chicago, Aug. 16.—What is believed to he tantamount to a reopening of ne- gotiations for peace, emanating from the packers, brought a session of the allied trades conference board to a termination. The board had been in session sev- eral hours when a messenger arrived bearing word from the packers. Word spread that vhe way had been paved for ‘the reopening of peace negotia- tions. The news was greeted with en- thusiasm. A committee from the eon- ference Dboard was quickly selected and left, ostensibly to meet the pack- ers. The utmost secrecy governed the steps that followed the appearance ot the messenger. Adjournment taken shortly after. The confer were instructed to remain within easy call to receive a report from the com- mittee that was sent out. It w nearly an hour before the strikers' committee, headed by Presi- dent Donnelly and Nicolas Gier, re- turned to union headquarters. The Lunleu,n(e of the allied trades then to receive the commit- The importance with wlnc].\ it egarded was obvious by the anxiety with which the return of the committee was awaited. A long session followed. Meat dealers pleaded with Mayor Harrison during the afternoon to stop the stock yards strike. Oscar F. Mayer, George Duddleston and others of the committee of ten appointed Friday evening for the purpose went into se: sion with the mayor. Mr. Duddleston, who supplies meat to five railway com- panies, said he had suffered severely by the boycott and had been prevented from making deliveries. Mayor Promises to Assist. ~ Mayor Harrison told the meat deal- ers’ committee that he woald try to get the packers and strikers together with a view to ending the strike. Previous to the meeting of the al- lied trades council President Donnelly of the butcher workmen said: “I have read the stories that we secretly met representatives of the packers within the last two days and that we intended to hold another meet- ing. The stories are absolutely un- true. Neither we nor any persons rep- resenting us have seen any represe talives of the packers. I have no rea- son to believe the packers have sought to see us. Any conference that is held nwst include all the interests affected and must be held with representatives of the allied trades. Any agreemeni that might be reached would have to be ratified by the allied trades. Any agreement made would have to take care of all the labor interests in- volved.” The packers were just as positive and their expressions indicated that thev considered general negotiations fully as useless now as they did a week ago. STRIKE |IN EFFECT. Cleveland Cloakmakers Want More Pay and the Closed Shop. Cleveland, Aug. 16—Two thousand cloakmakers went on strile here dur- ing the day. An increase in wages, recognition of the union and “closed” shops are demanded. Owners of a number of factories were willing to grant the increase, but declined the ‘“closed” stop demand. About 10,000 people are employed in the various de- partments, not including hundreds of contract cloakmakers, who also are out. At noon a parade was formed and marched through the downtown streets. Cleveland, next to New York, is the largest cloakmaking city in the country. ON THE ISLAND OF SAMAR. Inhabitants of Several Districts Or- dered Concentrated. Manila, Aug. 16.—Governor Wright has issued an executive order direct- ing the concentration of the inhab- itants of the Banos, Cathalogan and ! Gandara River districts of the island of Samar, ordering the island authori- ties to quell the disturbances there and to suppress the roving bands of natives, and instructing the authori- ties to provide shelter and food for the reconcentradoes and to punish all engaged in the disturbances. Washouts Delay Traffic. Kingman, Ariz, Aug. 16.—Heavy rain storms in this county have washed out several hundred feet of Santa Fe track in Truxton canon. Trains are held up by washouts in ‘Wallapai valley, where great floods of water are coming down from the mountains. Much of the Arizona and Utah railroad track is washed out and it may be a week before traffic is re- sumed on that line. Suicides the Mississippi. Minneapolis, Aug. 16.—Madly insane because he could not live peaceably with the woman who was supposed to be his wife Ed McGuire jumped from the upper deck of the steamboat Cy- tlone nto the waters of the Missis- sippi river and was drowned. Hun- dreds of Maccahees who thronged the decks of the excursion boat witnessed the scene. Strike Sympathizers Arrested. Omaha, Aug. Haler, 1n the county court, issued a blanket = warrant for- twenty-seven strike sympa.thizers, charged with par-" ticipating in a the packing- t ight. Part of 16.—Judge Vinson ' ONE DEAD, MANY Elevator Accident Occurs in New York City. New York, Aug. 16.--One man was killed, another so badly hurt that he will die and sixteen others received painful injuries in an elevator accident in the ten-story building at 270 Mercer street. The accident was caused by heavy counterweights breaking from their fastenings and falling from the top of the shait onto a freight elevator on the ground floor, in which were about a score of people. Most of those injured received severe scalp wounds, caused by debris and the breaking of the roof of the car, which was smashed to fragments by the immense counter- weights, which weigh more than a ton each, The elevator operator and the su- perintendent of the building were ar- rested. BULGE INJURED. Fatal IN WHEAT MPRICES. Startling Stories of Damage to Crops | | Bandits Destroy Portion of Railroad the Cause. 20, Aug. 16.—Wheat prices ad- Chi vanced 2% to 21 cents on the board! of trade during the day. The strength held well until the close. Startling advices that whole fields of wheat in Southwestern Ontario had been win- ter killed and information from rail- road sources that in Minnesota and the Dakotas there had been damage from r estimated at 15 to 20 per cent of the crop caused the bulge. The early tone was nervous and un- certain, but the market repeatedly gained strength, the high point being reached almost at the close. GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REUN- ION AT BOSTON IS LARGELY ATTENDED. Boston, Aug. 16.—For the thirty- eighth time since the Civil war the surviving veterans who fought in the | Union army assembled during the day ' in annual encampment. The encamp- : fully | the ment of the veterans, as well as of the subsidiary organizations, including the Woman's Relief Corps, the Daughters of Veterans, the Sons of Veterans and organizations, other was formally of Veterans, stationed at the railroad terminals, received the incoming delegations and escorted them to their hotels or head- quarters. The American flag was seen everywhere and red, white and blue bunting, the seal and badge of the order and the words, “Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,” the motto of the order, were shown from the fronts of business houses, hotels, theaters, newspaper offices and residences from one end of the city to the other. Not- able in all the display was the city's greeting to the veterans as spoken by the flowers in the public garden, where beautiful designs had been made to reproduce the Stars and Stripes and the various insignia of the veteran organizations. REPAIRED IN A FEW HOURS. Near Liaoyang. Liaoyang, Aug. 16.—Chinese bandits blew up a portion of the railrcad ten miles south of Liaoyang. The road was repaired in a few hours. welve Chinese bandits have been brought to Liaoyang for firing on Rus- sian scouts, during which two dragoons were wounded. The weather is cool and the sky dull, rains falling occasionally. Al- ready there are signs of autumn. The Russian troops are refreshed by their long rest. but they are down- hearted at the absence of ws from Port Arthur and the impossibility of going to the rescue of the fortress. Gunbcal Dubuque Launched. New York, Aug. 16—~The United States gunboat Dubuque was success- launched during the day from d of the Gas Ingine and Power company at M Heights. She was christened by M Margaret Tread- way, fifleen, ars old, of Dubuque, Ia. New Yurk Strike Spreads. New York, Aug. 16.—Between 600 ,and 800 men employed by the George A. Fuller comps have joined the ranks of the st ng building trades worke The unions affected were the marhle workers, stonecutters and mosaic workers. CHINESE BLAMED Russia Accuses Celestial Empire of Complicity in the Ryeshitelni Affair. Punishment of the Chinese Com- modore and Return of Vessel Demanded. ‘Washington, Aug. 16.—Mr. Conger, the American minister at Peking, has cabled to the state departmem as fol- low: “The Russian minister has sent to the Chinese government a strong note | charging it with complicity in the Rye- shitelni affair, charging the Chinese commodore with cowardice or treason, and demanding a full explanation, the restoration of the destroyer and se- vere punishment of the commodore. The Chinese government has demand- ed from the Japanese the restoration of the destroyer.” St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.—The war office has received a message from Port Arthur in which General Stoessel, under date of Aug. 1, reports a suc- cessful repulse of a general assault on the Russian outer positions during the night following the departure of the Russian squadron. He does not mention a naval engagement or refer to the return of the warships. The foreign office has received a telegram from M. Pavloff, the former Russian minister at Seoul, Korea, from Shanghai, reporting the presence there ol Captain Reitzenstein’s flagship, the Askold, and a torpedo boat destroyer, both severely damaged and in need of repairs. He does not mention the other three Russian vessels reported to be off Shanghai. 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