Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 1, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD :: ‘Will Do It. he Bemid ji Daily Pie ' HlSTORICAL The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crooknon'?m, Paul lnfl the North VOLUME 2. NUMBER 115. % % BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904. SOCIETY. ELEVEN MEET DEATH REGULAR AND SPECIAL PASSEN- GER TRAINS COLLIDE ON GRAND TRUNK ROAD. BOTH ENGINES SMASHED TO PIECES IN ADDITION TO THOSE KILLED ABOUT FIFTY PERSONS ARE REPORTED INJURED. s taken place \ce the Claire road occurred here during s province erin 1 the day when the regular No. 5 Grand Trunk train from Island Pond, Vi, collided with the special fair train from Montreal to Sherbrooke. Nine perso were killed outright, #wo of the injured died later of their hurts and about fifty others injured, twenty-five 5 Many of um dead are so badly mangled that wle. The identi- Blanchet, 3. P, ‘harles Sinard, acinthe, H. Hackett, route agent Canadian com- William Mountain, Windsor s packed with peo- a terrific crash and the cars in each train ge cars, while hed to pieces ter is unknown. There was two passen oped the ba; both engines were ma commenced. ) were telephoned for from all over the surrounding country and a special train was immediately sent from She brooke with half a dozen doctors and nurses to aid them. WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS. Ex-Governor Peck Will Be the Guber- natorial Nomince. Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 1.—The stale Democratic convention was called Lo order at noon at the Grand Opera House. A full state ticket is to be Lueck of Juneau ry chairman and Worden of this city tempor H. J. Killilea of Milwau ted for permanent chairman. The uummz\liuu of ex-Governor Peck of Milwaukee for governor is concedel. It will probably be done in the evenir or the following morning by acclama- tion. There are several for every other office. Ther test for the position of chairman of the state c al committee, the in- cumbent, A. . Warden of Waukesha, being opposed by faction which is putting fovth Jones of Portage. The convention is expected to make a recommendation with reference to the United Stat senatorship and the gentlemen who are looking for that fa- vor are former Senator William Vi Congre Mayor Rose of of Wausau and T. E. Ryan of kesha. The platform will the extravagance of the present publican administration and for primary election r(-F\)rm nominated. Martin was_chosen tempor F. L‘ Re- declare FROM THE CAR PL/\.FORM. Senator Fairbanks Addresses an promptu Meeting. Jamesport, Mo., Sept. l.—Senator Fairbanks, the Republican vice presi- Im- Iie came in on a s in over the Rock Island road and was heartily greeted along the route. At Trenton, the county seat of Grundy county, thare was an impromptu meeting and the senator made hi rear plat- form ech in this campaign. When the train pulled ‘into the station a large assemblage of people was found gathered on and about the platform and there were loud calls for the sen- ator. He responded promptly, saying that he had nowhere seen greater in- terest manifested in the campaign than at that point. The speech was received with applause and at its con- clusion many of those present came forward to §h:\ke hands. COMPLETES STATE TICKET. Minnesota Democratic Convention Con- cludes Its Labors. Minneapolis, Sept. 1.—The ticket inated by the Democratic state ntion is as follow :rnor, John A. johnson, St. Pe- licutenant governor, Fendal G. Winston, Minncapolis; secretary of state, John F. King, Red Lake Falls; attorney general, Thomas J. M mott, St. Paul; state tr > J. Mosier, Stillwater; justices of the ipreme court, Calvin 1. Brown, Mor- vis; John A. Lovely, Albert Lea, and Judge C. , St. Paul, for the term beginn 1906, and John Lind, Minneapol Jan. 1, 19 commission video, and W railroad and warehouse H. E. Hoard, Monte- F K(\l\m Hallock. Glant Blacksmlth Sulcldes. .NL\\ York, Sept. 1.—Albert Sachs, a giant German black ith whose al- leged cruelty had driven two of his wives to death by carbolic acid, took his own life in a similar manner while in a drunken frenzy during the day after his third wife, who had left him, refused to return. Dies at His Mother's Grave. Janesville, Wis., Sept. 1.—Edwin C, Johnson, formerly proprietor of Myers hotel here and at one time iwealthy, committed suicide at the grave of his nother in Johnstown cemetery during he night. He had recently lost all he swned in a hotel failure. Wrangle Over Organization. Springfield, IIL, Sept. 1.—The state convention of the Populist party, which met here during the day, spent the entire early session in a wrangle over the temporary organzation and took a recess without accomplishing Roything. the term beginning | RUSSIANS General Kuropatkifi Tokio, Sept. 1.—The Russian right south are retreating this afternoon, TI St. Pete til midnight with frightful s column across the Taitse river, left lank., Kuropatkin gave orders to ughter. HRE RETREATING Battle at Lioayang Continued Until Twelve Last Night With Fright- ful Slaughter. Gave Orders to Fall Back, But Japanese Outflanked the Movement. and center defending Liaoyang on the he Japanese are pursuing. sburg, Sept 1.—The battle at Liaoyang last night continued un- The Japanese succeeded in getting a northeast of Liaoyang, turning the Russian fall back but owing to the pressure of the Japanese the movement wa i not executed. Linoyang, Sept. 1.—The bz'tle was resumed at dawn in the southwest There was desultory firing all night. The 1 attack of the Japanese Tuesday was made at 7 p. m. on the Fengwangcheng road. The battle is still in progress, bu the strength of the cannonade docs not equal that of Tuesday. The Japanese are getting around the Russian left flank, Over 500,000 men and 1,300 guns = 2 engaged on both sides. Practically the whole Russian force is ou the fir- ing line. One regiment which has just arri; from Russia went into action with its band playing. CAPTURES TWO BATTALIOLS GENERAL SAMSONOFF REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN MANY JAP PRISONERS. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—A dispatch from Mukden says it is reported there that General Samsonoff has captured two Japanese battalions. The telegraph department declares that communication with Liaoyang is not interrupted. VICTORY FOR KUROPATKIN RUSSIAN OPINION OF FIRST AT TACK BY JAP ARMIES ON LIAOYANG. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—Success crowned the Russian arms the first day of the great battle of Liaoyang gnd the utmost confidence prevails here that the issue of the fight will be a complete victory for General Ku- ropatkin. From dawn until dark Tues- day the battle raged, first in the cen- ter and left and then on the right of the Russian line. The Japanese charged gallantly and desperately in an effort to break the center, and then in the afternoon came a movement ; against the opposite flank. This attack w delivered from the west, but Gen- erla Kuropatkin had evidently antic- ipated just what happened, for he not only met and repulsed it but actually was able by superior force to overlap and envelop the Japanese. “No attempt was made by Lieutenant General Sakharoff in his report to es- timate the Japanese losses, except to say that they were extremely heavy, and the Russian losses were only ap- proximated at 3,000. No Russian gen- eral oflicers fell. One of the striking features of the battle was the splendid work of the Russian artillery, in which arm the Japanese heretofore have excelled. One of thé Associated Press Russian correspondents says that a report was ent at Liaoyang that forty-six Jap- guns were captured during the here is great rejoicing in St. Pe- burg over the news on the bulletin The dispatches posted there arrounded by eager crowds. The Is of the war office are in high s. The Japanese, who have been continuously advancing for a week, are now said to be utterly exhausted @ fighting and no doubt exists here that if the opportunity offers General Ku- ropatkin will not fail to follow up the advantage he has achieved. TERRIFIC ARTILLERY FIRE. Roar of Guns Causes Liaoyang Hills to Tremble. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—A dispatch to the Official Messenger from.Liao- yang under date of Aug. 30 says: “All around Liaoyang the hills are trembling today from the artillery fire, which has not ceased for a moment. Liaoyang has become the center of a terrific, sanguinary engagement, but we are prepared for it.” Hospital trains are in readiness and other trains are bringing in reserves, stores and for- nge, together with artillery and rifle Ammunition.” LIAOYANG WILD WITH JOY. | pied by the Japanese !repulsed along the whole line. 'troops made several counter attacks, been filled wi that the Rus joy owing to a report ians took forty-six can- ‘|non Tuesday. The Japanese assault on the Russian center was. desperate in the extreme. The Japanese losses were very great. The attack was sustained mainly by (| the Eighth Siberian regiment. TO MODIFY MANIFESTO. Russian Officials Discuss Question of Contraband of War. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—A meeting was held at the foreign office during the day at which representatives of the marine and finance ministries were present to discuss the question of con- ditional contraband of war in relation to food stuffs, etc., as set forth in the Russian declaration on the subject. on was reached, but the foi e strongly favors a construc- tion in the direction of meeting the views of the United States and Great ain is good reason to believe that the foreign office’s views will prevail eventua NO CHANGE IN PLANS. Baltic Squadron Will Soon Sail for the Far East. St. Potersburg, Sept. 1.—The Asso- ciated Press is enabled to state au- thorvitatively that there has been no change of plans regarding the Baltic squadron on account of the result of the sea fight off Port Arthur Aug. 10. The maneuvering and firing trials of the ships have heen completely suc- cessful and the squadron has now re- turnéd to Cronstadt to await the fin- ishing touches on the battleship Orel and the cruisers Oleg, Izunfrud and Jemtchug. Czar Returns to Peterhof. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—The em- peror returned to Peterhof during the morning from the Don districts, where he reviewed the Cossack troops bound for the Far East. NUMBER THREE THOUSAND ESTIMATE OF RUSSIAN CASUAL- TIES IN ONE DAY'S BATTLE AT LIAOYANG. Bt. Petersburg, Sept. 1.—Lieutenant General Sakharoff, telegraphing to the general staff on the conclusion of Tues- day’s sixteen hours of fighting around Liaoyang, estimates that the Russian casnalties throughout the day were 3,000. The battle ended at 9 o’clock Tues- day night, when many positions occu- were retaken and again held by the Russians, The report from Lieutenant General Sakharoff is as follows: “From 5 o'clock a. m. until 9 p. m. the Japanese forces attacked our front positions before Liaoyang and on the left bank of the Taitse river. Both their artillery and rifle fire were in- tense. Their main efforts were direct- ed against our center positions and left flank, but numerous attacks were Our culminating in bayonet fighting. “Many positions which had been oc- cupied by the Japanese were retaken at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. During the artiilery attack our battcries did very effective work. About 4 p. m. the enemy were observed attempting to turn our right flank with considera- ble forces, but several battalions of after Tuesday’s hard and unsuccesstul | Yeserves advanced and, after a fierce engagement, checked the Japanese and compelled them to retire. The batile continued until dark and only ended at 9 o'clock. “Our casualties have been consid- erable, reaching about 3,000. The Jap- anese losses must have been heavy.” Wireless Station Dismantled. ‘Washington, Sept. 1.—The state de- partment has received a telegram from Consul General Fowler, at Chefoo, say- ing that the Russian wireless tele- graph station there has been disman- tled. Will Fight Extradition. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 1.—Melvin Bartlett, vital statistic clerk in the pro- vincial department of agricultfure at ‘Winnipeg, Man., has been placed un- der arrest here on the request of the ‘Winnipeg authorities. He is charged with failing to account for certain Reported That the Russians Captured Forty -six Cannon. —The town has sums of marriage license money be- longing to the goyernment of Mani- toba. He intimates that he may fight oxuaiifion. 3 TEN CENTS PER WEEK CREATE MEAT FA VRN E {0 W 0’ PROBABLE RESULT .OF LATEST MOVE BY STRIKE LEADERS AGAINST PACKERS. ' HARY MIJHE MEN WILL QUIT WORK _wmww‘: | o BUTCHER WORKERS THROUGH- e OUT THE LAND ORDERED TO JOIN FIGHT. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Famine in meat s declared by the strikers to be the probable result of their new move in the strike against the packers. ' Orders have been issued for a general strike of all butcher workers throughout the country. They are expected to go out at once. The order will affect In all about 2,000 men in Chicago and Ten- nessee independent plants. The order, if observed, will also affect independ- ent plants of large capacity in East St. Louis, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux City, New York, Milwau- kee, Syracuse, Stickney, I, arid hun- dreds of small plants throughout the country which employ from ten to twenty men. Altogéther union offi- cials assert that 15,000 men will go out and the meat supply will be seri- ously crippled, leaving as the only sup- ply the output of the big packers by their nonunion help. At 10 a. m. in the stock yards unsaddled their cow ponies and, putting them in the barns, quit work. 'The men marched out of the yards and were greeted by cheers by the union pickets. The packers say it is Donnelly’s aim to create a meat famine, which he thinks will arouse the ‘public to such ' a pitch of indignation that a settle- ment would be forced. “Donnelly is undertaking the impos sible,” said a representative of one of the packers. “There is little chance of a meat famine. The independent packers who,-by their collusion with unions have profited much during the strike, will suffer most.” Wagon Drivers Will Assist. President Donnelly i said to be de- pending upon the union drivers for the success of his attempt to make meat scarce. What action the 3,500 y_and meat market wagon driv- take remains to be ‘seen. buy from the independents. It is also said that an attempt will from every retail market in Chicago, the union’s “‘unfair” list. President Donnelly has ordered 1,500 butcher workmen employed in the in- dependent racking the 600 stock handlers ¢ $2.50, $3.00, 3 o 2 o3 O 0 » % PINGREE -MADE The largest from. Northern Minnesota to select The makers make the I prices; the same in Bemidji as in New York. stock of Shoes in Douglas Shoes for Mt;n $3.00, $3.50, $4. Pingree Shoes for Ladies 00, $4.50, $5.00 $4.00, $5.00 Little Giant Shoes for Children $1.50 te Story Books and Blotters free to school children. s $2.50 O Leary @ Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota. l U O O | |lllllllllllll woik. e <aid that if These fed con- | tinue slaughtering cattle they would | be handling stock previously looked | after by the men who take the places of the stock handlers selected to quit Work. Frank F. Hawley, grand master of | Heretotore they have refused to handle ' the Switchmen’s union of North Amer- | meat from the strike n:'sv'twl packers fca, has been summoned to Chicago the guest Wednesday of the Broome and their employers were forced (o |with the view of getting switchmen , county fair, throughout tke United States to refuse to handle cars containing anything for be made to shut off the ice supply the packers. Representatives of the independent since all meat products are to be on ' packing firms had a meeting with the members of the allied trades council with a view of arriving at some set- tlement in regard to the stock haml-, nlants to cease lers, but nothing was decided on. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Dr. Thomas Herran, who represented Colombia at Washington for several years up to the time of the Panama i)?mdent, diel Wednesday at Liberty, Former Senator David B. Hill was which is being held at 'Whitney Point, N. Y., and delivered an address. M. Olginsky, one of the Associated Press Russian correspondents, has been decorated with the Order of St. Anne for bravery on the field of bat- tle while wich General Mistchenko. Adalph C. Zinn of Milwauke: 2ved (fifty-five years, is dead of appendicitis after a week’s illness. Mr. Zinn was well known in banking circles and ‘was prominent in the malting industry. First Class Apprentice Schrade, a seaman attached to the United States battleship Massachusetts, fell from the gang plank of the United States steam- ship Hartford in Annapolis harbor and was drowned. Goes to Prison for Life. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Milton M. Car- son has been sentenced to imprison- ment in the penitentiary for life after conviction of mistreating Mable May- field, fourteen years ‘old. His wife also was found guilty by a jury in Judge Kersten’s court and sentenced ‘o a year's imprisonment. slow Pflylfl"' customers. J. A. McCONKEY VER SINCE COMING TO BEMIDJI I have been confronted with the same problem every merchant has to meet—namely, whether to do a cash business or to extend credit. merchant is obliged to mark his prices a little higher in order to cover losses he meets through bad debts and I have always thought it an injustice to those who pay promptly to be obliged to pay for those who do not and consequently have finally detelmmed to put my prices down on a strictly cash basis. Pearl Tapioca, per b 5 25 cts. kernel ought to pop, only 5 A 40 cent Tea, per pound 30 cts. or 3 1-2 Fine Geerman Sago, per 1b 5 Note the Following: The best Tea Dust I can get, usual price per pound 25 cts., now 15 cts. or 2 pounds for 25 cts. bs. for $1. cts., usal price 3 Ihsfor 25 cts. cts., usual price 3 lbs for Pop Corn, very dry, bought over a year ago SO every 5 cts. per lb. Fancy large Lemons, per doz. 20 cts. Seeded Raisins 10 cts. per 1b, usually sold for 15 cts. above are usually sold at 5 sale. 25 cents per cake. Everyone knows when cradit is given a Kirks Soap Co.’s Laundry Soaps, none better made, 9 bars Satinet for 25 cts or $2.65 per box, 7 bars Dome or White Russian for 25 cts. or 15 bars for 50 ects., box $3.25, 8 bars Cabinet for 25 cts. or $3 per box. per Toilet Soaps—Bengal Castile 3 for 10 cts, per doz. 40 cts.; Butter Milk 3 for 10 ects., per doz. 40 cts; Oat Meal Soap 3 for 10, per doz. 40 cts.; Daily Queen 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts.; Golf 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts. All cts. straight. 3 for 20 ets., per doz. 75 cts.; Jockey Club 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts;; Shandon Dell 3 for 20 cts, per doz. 75 cts.; Heliothorpe 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts. Above are especmlly low prices, some brands less than whole- Juvenile per cake 15 cts. Violet DeParm This is usually sold for v+ Continued In Our Next. % J. A. McCONKLEY | PHONE 233. AR