Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 7, 1904, Page 1

N | g A Pioneer : WANT AD Will Do Tr. he Bemidji Dally Pioneer . ] i The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St. Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 119. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNEbDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK RUSSIANS NEED COAL JAP COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF LOOKS ROR NEXT ENGAGEMENT AT YENTAI COLLIERIES. General SE. Petershurg, Sept. ‘Whether he will continue hi; pends upon the action of the Japan KUROPATIN IS AT MUKDEN Kuropatkin has arrived at Mukden. retreat northward is not known heve, but de- EXTENDED REPORT ARRIVES AT TOKIO JAPANESE LOSSES NOT YET COM- PLETED BUTIT IS SAID THEY WILL PROVE HEAVY. Tokio, Sept. 7.—An extended report from Field Marshal Oyama, the Jap- anese commander-in-chief in the field, was received in Tokio during the day and made public. 1t is largely devoted to a review of the fighting which took place between Aug. 24 and Sept. 4. The announcement that the Russians still retain possession of the Yent collie indicates trong possibilit of u baitle there. Yentai is the only colliery in Northern Manchuria and its possession is of vital fmportance to the Russians in connection with the operation of the railroad. Field Marshal Oyama reports that a portion of the Russian troops hold Yingshiuis Yentai, and that General Kuroki's in close touch with the Russic lle an- nounces also that the left and center Japancse armies, under the command respectively- of Generals Oku and Nod- had halted on the left bank of the e river and that it is his intention portion of them to oceu- py the heights north of Muchang and along the lroad. General Kuropat railroad bridges ove The report ber of Japan s since Aug, is not known at pr , but that the casnalty lists ave being compiled. The field marshal predicts that the losscs will prove heavy. QUESTION OF CONTRABAKD in burned ‘\ll llw RUSSIA GRANTS SUBSTANTIAL CONCESSIONS TO GREAT BRIT- AIN AND AMERICA. London, Sept. 7—The preliminary representations made by Count Benck- endorft, the Ru ador, (o the foreign office indic is on the point of making substantial conees: to the United States and Great regarding the question of contr of war. It is under- stoud in official circles here that Rus sia, while not nowledging he i at fault for the captures mac ships in the past, will more spe describe the conditions under «certain goods such as foodstu cotton become, in he band. The British foreign office is satisfied from the representations made to it that such substantial con cessions will be made by Rus as will lead to an easy settlement ol the vexatious questio \\I\\ h and view, contia- JAPAN 1S FLOURISHING. Crop Exceedingly Good and Money Market Easy. New York, Sept. 7.—S. Uchida, Jap- anese consul in Ne York, has re- ceived the following cablegram [rom Y. Sakatane, vice minister of finance, at Tokio: “Rice crop exceedingly good, near 8,500,000 koku above the average. The money market being e 10,000,000 treasury bills will be issued at once. In order to encours s the In- Rice dustrial bank of Japan will ue 5 yen premium debentures for savings. The total of the amount of postal sav- ings on Sept. about 4,00 last yea Consul Uchida that this cable- gram shows a most encouraging con- dition of affairs in Japan and that he takes it to mean that notwithstanding the war his country is flourishing financially, industrially and commer- cially. 3 showed an increase of 000 yen over the same date DENIED AT ST. PETERSBURG. Report That Kuropatkin’s Rear Guard Was Annihilated. St. Pmeul»m;, Sept. 7.—The Asso- ciated Pre: cd in the name of the Russian general staff to deny the report ich was in circulation here of the annihilation of General Kuropatkin's rear According to the latest advices of the staff no Russian force was cut off and it is be- lieved that there is little danger of the Japanese intercepting Kuropatkin below Mukden. The information here is that the Japanese force at Benzihu does not exceed two divisions at the most. Russia May Buy Seized Vessel. St. Petersburg, Sepl —It is under- stood that Russia is trying to nego- tiate for the purchase of the British steamer Calch: captured by the Vladivostok adron while on her way from Puget sound to Japan. The Calchas is still at Vladivostok, but no decision L vet. been arrived at by the prize cour| Cruiser Diana Will Disarm, Tokio, Sept. 7.—The French minis- ter has formally notified the Japanese government that the Russian cruiser Diana will disarm at Saigon, French Indo-China, where she sought refuge Aug. 20 after taking part in the battle of Aug. 10 off Port Arthur. Fighting Is Quite Severe. St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.—Private re- ports from Mukden say that some of the rear guard actions in progress are Quite severe, but no details have been received. Fighting continuous rear guard ac- tions with the Japanese, who hang to his flanks, fall back over roads made sodden by ' heavy rain. The heads of ary trains have passed through Mukden and continue | northward. It reported that in, Bpite of the bad roads and persistent attacks on the Russian rear the retreat Is ovderly. the exact positions of the opposing armies are lacking. The Russian gen- eral staff, while admitting it has 1 ceived no oticial advices for twenty- four hours, denies the report that Ku- s rear guard has been ann From Tokio comes the official report | that the bulk of the Russian forces is still at Yentai. Whether or not make anoihe: Kuropatkip will tand at Mukden is not fndicated in the day’s advices. Petersburg it argued that the fact that his commissary trains passed on through Mukden does not indicate that the Russian commander proposes Lo evacuate the city without a struggle, but oniy that they are taking up th proper position in the rear. LONG LINES OF RUSSIAN coO:i: MISSARY WAGONS MOVING TOWARD HARBIN. S Mulkden, Sept. 7.—The retreat of General Kuropatkin’s army is being arried out in good order despite the terrible condition of the roads, 1c.- dered sodden by the rains which fell | Monday and Tuesday, which mire the ! lumbering trains. Long lines of commissiaiat wagons, drawn by steaming mules, horses and even bullocks, are st ing their way north over the soaki: cut up main road from Yentai. them come long trains ol artillel The Japanese are hanging on Kuropat- kin's fanks, keeping the Russians el gaged in a coutinuous rear guard a tion. Ihe progress of the retreatin army has been slow, owing to the ne- cessity of first getting through the and guns, but the heads of the commissiarat trains already have passed through Mukden and are con- tinuing their way towards the north. The wain Japanese army is march- ing up along the roads eastward of e Kussian lines of retreat, which . at Mukden. Another Japan- sc force is heading for Mukden from the westward, coming from the direc- tion ol the Liao r al Gyama seems to be making for Mukden. He evidently ha superiority in numbers, espe- of the Associated Pre: r the booming of the Japan- ese cannon, which are in play fourteen wiles from Mukden. The skies are black and the air is stifling with the sense of suffocation, which is felt here before a storm bre: trange harmony between the elements and the menacing attitude of the contending armies. WAR OFFICE NOT WORRIED. Belleves Japs Will Be Unable to Cut Off Russian Retreat. St. Petersburg, Sept. T.—Apparently the war office is not greatly disturbed by fear that Field Marshal Oyama will cut off General Kuropatkin before he reaches Mukden. According to the latest advices the Russian retreat is being effected in good order. The fact that the bag; trains continued on their way northward of Mukden, tie war ofiice explains, does not mean that Iuropaikin is bound further north at this time, but is simply a natural pre- cautionary measure, even if he intend- ed to hold Mukden, the Russian for- mation during the operations of an army locating the baggage train four- teen miles and the ambulance corps four miles in the rear of the main body of 1roop: The news from the front indicates that Oyama, having failed to surround Kuropatkin at Liaoyang, is pressing Ku in’s rear with all the power of his tired troops, while hurrying for ward a column which crossed the Tai- tse river at Bensihu, thirty miles north- st of Liaoyang and five miles due east of Yentai station, in the hope of cutting the Russian line of retreat be- low Mukden. This column may con- sist of fresh troops in light marching main road from Yentai where the lat- ter is intersected by the Hun river, three miles below Mukde Once this point is passed Kuropatkin’s army will have the Hun river between it and Oyar The only uneasiness is due to the possibility that Japanese light draft gunboats which, according to re- poifs, are coming up from Newchwang, might suddenly make their appear- aunce, the river being navigable to this point. Viceroy Alexieff at Harbin. Harbin, Manchuria, Sept. 7.—Vice- roy Alexieff and his staff have arrived here from Vladivostok. D!SAPPOINTMENT. Russian Pres) Discusses Evacuation of Liaoyang. St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.—While in- sisting that Marshal Oyama missed his main object at Liaoyang most of the Russian papers do not disguise their profound disappointment over the result of the battle of Liaoyang. EXPRESS (The Russky Invalid, organ of the army, Kuropatkin continues to | Details of the fighting and | In St. RETREAT THROUGH MUKDER " guns and heavy transpo.t ! Betad | and ! K of them still Kuropatkin's army. | -h was filed the cor- order. The Benzihu road joins the ' ‘howe\u, is of the opinion that Gen- eral Kuropatkin both strategically and technically got everything possible out of Liaoyang, saying: 1 “It enabled him to cope with an army very much superior to his. Field ! Marshal Oyama was compelled to | waste several tens of thousands of men to capture a position which is of no importance now that Kuropatkin has left. It is evident that Oyama’s | plans miscarried since he failed to surround and inflict a decisive blow ‘on the Russian arm { The other view is Russ as follows: | “The fact that Kuropatkin was com- pelled to leave Liaoyang has not only [mmrmy but political significance. It is no use concealing the fact that the evacuation of Lizoyang was a surprise for the Russians. Bverybody was led 'to believe that the hour had arrived (for a decisive struggle. It was thus we interpreted Kuropatkin's telegram saying that the men were thirsting for an opportunity to meet the foe. Dash- ing our hopes means a prolongation of the campaign. The moment for taking the ofiensive is now indefinitely postponed.” represented by the RETREAT FROM LIAOYANG. | Panic Occurred When News of Aban- i donment Became Known. Paris, Sept. 5.—A dispatch to the Temps from Liaorang, dated Sept. 3 but delayed in transmission, grapl ally describes the panic which oc- curred when it became known that the town was to he abandoned. The cor- respondient says: “A crowd of people rushed toward i the depot. 1 was standing in the re- fw‘xl\mom room of the station when 'Uuec Japanese shells burst in s ssion about 150 feet away. Many LS We killed and a Sister of wounded. The people | were temified and fled, leaving their baggage, whereupon the Chinese plun- dered the trunks and valises and the i Cossacks grabbed the stock of cham- pagne in the refreshment room. | “Military trains continued to leave | the depot regularly. I left at 2 o’clock for Yentai, where a battle with Gen- eral Kuroki had already begun. ‘A Russian officer whe held back the first Japanese assault on Liaoyang {told me that he never saw. s The Japanese hurled themselyes in ma against the barbed wire de- fenses and fell into trap ditches, but they continued their steady advar “At Yentai General Kuropatkin ha the disadvantage of being on a plain, while Kuroki has the advantage of having positions on the crests of neigh- “boring hills.” | . Expects Attack on Vladivostok. | Washington, Sept. 7.—The navy de- partment has received a cablegram from Lieutenant H. A. McCully, dated at Mukden, ying that he is leaving there immediately for Vladivostok, Lientenant Mc¢Cully has been at Port Arthur almost constantly since the outbreak of the war. That he is going here that he expected the Japanese to turn their attention to that port in the event of the fall of Port Arthur. | Rumors of Uprising Discredited. London, Sept. 7.—Official reports re- ceived at the foreign office here di credit the rumors that an uprising i similar to fhat of the boxers is im- minent in China. It is declared that the disturbances reported are of local character and that the Chinese gov- ernment is summarily dealing with *hem, Japanese Pressing. Northward. Yentai, Sept. 7.—There was heavy fighting northeast of this place Mon- day. The Japanese troops are now pressing northward along the ridges east of the railway and several skir- mishes have already taken place with- in twenty miles to the southeast of Mukden. Artillery Hurried to the Front. ‘Warsaw, Russian Poland, Sept. 7.— Twenty quick firing batteries which the emperor expected to inspect this week have been hastily placed on trains and have left for the Far East. Kuroki Occupies Yentai. | Tokio, Sept. 7—It is reported here ! that the Russians have retired beyond Yentai. General Kuroki has occupied the town. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE. Ten Thousand March Through Streets of San Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 7.—Ten thou- sand Knights Templar marched for miles through the gaily decorated city streets, inspired by the music of forty: bands and the cheers of thousands of spectators, who lined every foot of the way, crowded windows and doorways and filled the grandstand and review stands erected for the purpose. The order of formation included twelve divisions. The parade started in the heart of the city, wound in and out of the down town banking district, thence for twelve blocks up the main thor- oughfare of Market street to the broad and beautiful boulevard on Van Ness avenue, where a number of grand- stands were erected. From one of these Most Eminent Grand Master Stoddard, with the chief officers and members of the grand emampment reviewed the palade IS SCORCHED. Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire Occurs at Hatton, N. D. Northwood, N. Sept. 7.—Fire started in the Lion drug store at Hat- ton, N. D., and destroyed the drug store, the Hatton Mercantile company and Ed Colton & Co.’s general mer- chandise. -The total loss amounts to about $50,000, fully insured. Dr. Currie escaped from his office by jumping from a window. The town was saved by hieroic work. TOWN to Vladivostok leads to the supposition SUBMITTED TO UNIONS QUESTION OF CALLING OFF PACK- INGHOUSE STRIKE TO BE DECIDED BY BALLOT. SCRAMBLE TO SECURE OLD PLACES OVER ONE THOUSAND FORMER EMPLOYES DO NOT AWAIT OFFICIAL ACTION. Chicago. Sept. 7.—After a long ses- sfon the conference board of the al- lied trades council has voted to sub- mit the proposition for a settlement of the strike to the unions. A vote will be taken by the unions imme- diately. According to the statement of £ass Schmidt, vice president of the butch- ers, the proposition upon which the unions are to pass provides for the calling off of the strike, the men to be re-employed as soon as possible, the skilled hands to receive the former scale of wages and the abandonment of the office of steward by the unions. The beginning of the end of the strike came early in the morning when, according to the packers, more than 1,000 of the strikers applied for their old jobs and were taken back. Meetings of all the local unions in- volved had been called to hear the result of the deliberations of the al- lied trades board, but many of the men, who have been idle for eight weeks, feared to await their action. Strikers in the other packing cen- ters—Rast St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha, Fort Worth, Sioux City and South St. Pa also assem- bled by order of President Donnelly for the purpose of ‘“aking a referendum vote to declare the strike off. PREPARING FOR TROUBLE. New York Transit Company Appar- ently Fears Strike. New York, Sept. 7.—Although nego- tiations looking to a peaceful settie- ment of the differences between the management of the Interborough Rapid Trausit company and its em ployes on the question of wages fou motormen jn the new subway weic continued during tie day and neither side would admit &at a severance of relations was imminent hurried prep- arations were being made to meet any circumstances that might arise. The car barns between Second and Third avenues at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street were being fitted up to accommodate 2,500 men, who may be housed and fed there in event of a strike. Provision has been made for pre- paring and serving food to an army of 5,000. MURDERS ARE TELEPHONED. Bodies of Negro and White Man Found as Indicated. Kast St. Louis, 1L, Sept. 7.—By fol- lowing directions telephoned by an unidentified man from an unknown place Coroner McCracken found the dead bodies of a white man and a ne- gro lying in the road. Through papers found in the pocket of the white man it is presumed that his name was Robert Reynolds of Ce- dar Rapids, Ja. The negro was George Green, a striker, formerly employed by the Nelson Morris Packing com- pany. ESCAPE WITH $800. Robbers Overpower Employes and Blow Open Safe. Lansdale, Pa., Sept. 7.—Six masked robbers early in the day visited the Lehigh Valley Traction company’s car barn at Souderton and, after beat- ing and gagging four employes, blew open a sale and escaped with between 700 and $800. There were two safes in the office, but only one of them wai broken open. The burglars had made preparations to crack the other safe, but the alarm in the office sounded and they were frightened off. VICTIM OF TOR'FURE. Two Vagrants Nearly Kill Companion in lowa Jail. Des Moines, Sept. 7.—Pat Crowe and Walter McNeely, two hoboes, are held for fiendish cruelty to Ole Hura. All three had been placed in the “bum” cell of the county jall charged with drunkenness. The two men gagged their victim, stripped him of his clothes, burned him all over the body with matches and then nearly drowned him under the water faucet. The victim is nearly insane now and physicians say he may die. TWO KILLED IN A FIGHT. Bloody Feud May Follow Attempted Collection of a Bill. Huntington, W. Va.,, Sept. 7.—As a result of an attempt to collect a long standing Dbill by -a clerk at Green Shoals two men were killed, one fa- tally injured and another seriously injured and two more men who es- caped and have disappeared are sup- posed to have been injured. The fight may result in another bloody feud. The dead are Allen Brumifield and William Adams Will Be Married in Berlm. Berlin, Sept. 7.—The wedding of Crown Prince Frederick William and the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg- Schwerin will take place in Berlin, where the visiting members of royal families can be entertained better than at the bride’s home. The mar- riage will probably take place early in the new year, Wounds Wife; Kills Himself. Minneapolis, Sept. 7.—Jacob Gran, living at 1387 East Franklin avenue, shot his wife with a rifle, inflicting a serious wound, and afterward turned the weapon upon himself. He died a few hours later and his wife is at the clty hospital in a serious condition. lack Silk Voiles, per yard . Douglas Shoes for Men, $3, $3.50, $5. Men’s Fall Suits at $10, $12, $1 B Exclusive Dress Patterns, no two alike; fall shades, each OUTING FLANNELS. We are showing a large assortment of Fall Outing Flannels at 10c, 12¢ 18¢ per yard. CLOTHING. Shoes. $18, $20 and $22.50 Pingree Shoes for Women, $3, $3.50, $5. O’Leary @ Bowser,X - Bemidji, Minnesota.. . DRESS GOODS. Black and White Mohairs, 42 inches wide; per yard - - Heavy Storm Serges, 52 inches-wide; per yard - - 60c S - $1.15 - e - 2.00 6.50 IR R U P 3 P W BY DECREASED PLURALITY. Governor Davis of Arkansas Secures Third Term. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 7.—Sufficient returns from the state election have been received to indicate the election of Governor Davis to a third term by a plurality of 20,000. Several other stale officers were voted for, but the other Democratic candidates had an open field, Governor Davis alone hav- ing opposition. Governor Davis will run something like 16,000 votes behind his vote two years ago, when the total vote was 120,000 in round numbers. This year there has been an mc\ea se of 10,000 votes and if Governor Dav plurality is not over 20,000 his los in! the aggregate will be 30,000 votes. Myers, the Republican Cundlflate, will probably increase his vote over two years ago not less than 10,000, Sev- eral counties have given Republican majorities which heretofore have gone Democratic, but in the main the coun- ty Democratic tickets have been elected aBie. 2B P 2B B e 2B B 2 2B B 2 2 B B 2B B B B A B B B THE "FAULTLESS" {..STUMP PULLER.... Most Simple and Durable Stump Puller on the Market. w ES WRIGHT, World’s Fair Prize. . b - Local Agenu vvmmvvwvvmvmv SLOWLY STARVED TO DEATH. New York Woman Lived Forty-two Days Without Food. Paxton, Mass., Sept. 7.—Mrs. A. Stahma of New York is dead here after the longest fast in medical his- , forty-two days and nights, with- out the slightest bit of food. She fully vealized that she was slowly starving to death, but because of can- cer of Lhe stomach was unable to take any nourishment. Through the long siege she had been cheerful and ap- parently happy, receiving friends who called to see her. .Mrs. Stahma has been a sufferer for a number of years and specialists who ! were called could do nothing for her. Her mouth and lips were moistened War Roman Nature Letters Business Animals Wwith ice Whenéver they bhecame ary, but that was all any one could do to relieve her. She was fifty years old. FIVE TORN TO PIECES. Boiler of Threshing Machine Engine Blows Up. Mason City, Ta., Sept. 7.—At the farm of George Halverson, near Brice- lyn, Minn, a station on the North western thirty miles north of Mason City, five men were instantly killed by an exploding boiler of the thresher engine. Peie Daly, the owner of the outfit, was killed and also Chris Sunke, James Seymour, Willard Dadlow and Abe Foster. The latter was cremated in a Ghe September Metropolitan contains readable things on Marriage Art Love ce and Kipling’s New “Soldier” Story For Sale by All Newsdealers A 35-cent Magazine for 15 cents Poetry Beauty Motoring straw stack whlcl\ took . which he was blown. All the men’s bodies were hurled a hundred feet or more and mangled be- yond recognition. George Halverson was seriously injured. The cause of the explosion is un- known. Chippewa Chieftain Dies. ‘White Earth, Minn., Sept. 7.—Joseph ‘Woodberry, ‘“Hole-in-the-Day,” head chief of the Chippewas of Minnesota, died here during the night in the fort, eighth year of his age. He was twice married and leaves a widow and four children. His oldest son, Clarence ‘Woodberry, living in San Francisco, will fall heir *n the title and chieftain- ship. )