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

i | | i | 1 S A Pioneer : WANT AD :: Will Do Iv. e Bemidyji Daily Pioneer MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St- Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME NUMBER 120. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THU RP/?)'AY SEPTEMBER 8, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK STRIKE WILL CONTINUE | CHICAGO STOCK YAEDS UNIONSI VOTE TO MAINTAIN FIGHT AGAINST PACKERS. FEW MEN READY TO RETURN TO WORK OVERWHELMING MAJORITY BAL- LOT TO REMAIN OUT FOR BETTER TERMS. Chicago. Sept. 8—According to a statement just given out 97 strike ers voted 1o remain on strike and 2, | 402 for a return to work. | With the declaration that the "wi Jority had voted to continue the strike announcement was made that the fight would be prosecuted with renewed vigor. Secretary Tracy of the allied trades conference hoard stated that at midnight all meat will be declared “unfair.” The following statement was given out by the union: he vote of the organi on a proposition to dec off. Out of 28,000 strik to return to work and on strike until a fair proposition em- bracing arbitration can be obtained.” A committee has been appointed to confer with the packers, tions was we the strike s 2,403 voted 97 to remain The beel loaders, 200 in number, voted unanimously to continue the strike. It is stated by the packers that there were no de ons from the union ranks when their establishments opened for the day. C Schmidt, vice president of the Butcher Workmen, said it was esti- mated that not more than 25 per cent of all the strikers throughout the country voted on the peace proposi- tion. Vote to Declare Strike Off. Fort Worth, T Sept The striking butcher workmen have voted to declave the strike off at the packing plants and irn to work under the old conditions. The vole wus pricti- cally unanimous. President Donucily was notitied ot the vote. WRECK ON THE WABASH. Eight Persons Killed and Over Fifty Injured. Moberly, A ept. $—The south- Dbound Wabs train, irom Des Meinces for St. Louis, was wre near Fendleton, Mo., killing zers amd injuring more . train, which was composed of baggage and smoking cars, 1, dincr and Pullman slecper, it bei stimated by ‘Wabash officials that there were about 500 persons on hoard. ~The train was running at its scheduled speed when the accudent occuried. The day coach left breaking loost smoking cars, bankment, dra; The Pullm The heavy dining car cra of the coacl (d the majority of those killed and injured were passengers in the latrer I\mo was no one in the dining car, s stated, except the em- ployes, who escaped with injuries, the track and, from the b and an om- liner with it. : the track, hed on top REACH AN AGRéEMENT. Strike on the Manhattan Averted. New York, Sept —There will be no stiike on the Manbattan “L “L7 System tem. An agreement which is Imlum for three S Wi reached after a five hours’ conference. Both sides made concessions, but August Belmont, sident of the In- terborough em, yielded 1s,ore than the men. labor leaders claim a LItfln victory. Belmont backed down from his Reretofore minimum of for a ten- hour day for the motormen, granting the men a wage scale of §3. for a ten-hour day. The men had demanded 3.50 for \nine-hour day. s TWO KILILED IN COLLISION. Milwaukee Railway Trains in Fatal Crash on Siding. deo, Minn., Sept. 3.—A bad 1 here at mid- on the Chicago, Paul from the east wrecking both l\IIIwfll‘I\UU '|nll S struck an extra freight, engines and tenders and the mail car. Fireman Dan Fillmore was killed in jumping from the engine. Gus Buck- land, a tramp riding on the blind baggage, was also Kkilled. One un- known tramp was badly injured, but will recover. The express was late and the extra freight attempted to run down the main track to get on a siding when the collision occurred. MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED. Former Union Butcher Admits Killing White Man and Negro. East St. Louis, 111, Sept. 8.—Accord- ing to stateme de to Chief of Kane, formerly llow Dog saloon, the latter is guilty of killing the two men fourd dead under mysterious cir- cumstances near Black Bridge Monday night. Kane says his reason for Kkilling Reynolds, a white man, and Green, a negro, was that they were strike breakers. Kane was formerly a union butcher and says he wanted to help unionism all he could. Eleven Lives Lost in a Gale. St. Johns, N. B., Sept. 8.—The mail boat Virginia Lake from Northern Labrador reports that the seaboard ‘was swept by a fierce gale two weeks ago. Much damage was done to fishery property and five schooners were driven ashore, resulting in the loss of eleven lives. BIG FIGHT EXPECTED (Generals Kuroki and Oku Still Pursue Russians, Who Expect to Fight. t. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—A ‘dispatch from Gen'l Kuropatkin, timed 6:30 Iu>t evening, reported that Gen'l Kuroki’s army was about twenty-seven miles eastward of the vailroad and Gen'l Oku's The general’s stafl believes that a big battle will soon be fought. road. army twenty miles wost of the rail- Petershurg anthorities ex- 3 res as confident that the | critical stage of the Russian retreat is | st and that Kuropatkin is no longer in danger of losing any part of his forces to the pursuing Japanese. It is also given out in St. Petershurg that the bulk of Kuropatkin's army is now near Mukden, where it is taking up prepared positions, but a dispatch to the Associated Pres says that the main Russian army pushing northward and evacuating Mukden. While details of the situa- tion are lacking dispatches indicate | that the Japanese are the Russian re Gene is now Mukden. Tokio preserves an absolute operations. FORMING AROUND MUKDEN silence the regarding INDICATIONS THAT KUROPATKIN IS AGAIN PREPARING TO GIVE BATTLE. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—The hulk of the Ru in - Manchurian arm s near Mukden, where it now appea General Kuropatkin has been since Monday. His troops, it is understood, are not entering the city, but are (ai ing up prepared positions around Mulk- den. While there is no specific this point the gencr ves that ouly a small re: in the neighborhood of Yen No further fighting of importan: e pected south of Mukden. formation on sl guard tai. t beli stage is regarded as havisg and the announcement was during the afternoon that the war o bullet KUROPATKIN OUT OF DANGER. ce will no longer give out two s each d Russians Believe He Will Escape With Entire Army. I‘mmkh\nkfl Sept. 8.—From the rcceived by the war m ities now believe tha of Field Marshal O,\'flmu cutting ¢ General Kuropatkin has practicaily passed. According to their calculations the whole R an army should reach Mukden Thursday night. Generals Kuroki and Kuropatkin have been m; hing northward along pa lel lines, hoth armies being greatly hampered by heavy roads, the Japan- ese in a rough region and the Russians along & flat country. The general staff naturally is reti- cent about Kuropatkin’s plans, es- pecially whether he intends to stop at Mukden. His decision probably will depend on the intentions of the Jap- anese. Contingent preparations will probably be made to evacnate Mukden and there is considerable evidence that Kuropatkin, il compelled to go north, will make a stand at Tieling, w the Russians wintered last year. ling is forty miles north of St. the danger Tie- Tukden. At this point there is a narrow defile, with the Liao river on one side and mountains running almost down to the railroad on the other. Steps ar taken to guard against a po: tempt to cut I]lf‘ line there. JAPS MAKE GREAT HAUL. Capture Many Guns and Much Ammu- nition at Liaoyang. Tolkio, Sept. $.—No official report o the subsequent movements of General bave been reccived, but learns on ‘good being le at- i 'hxs near Heiyingtai, al»nul fifteen miles northeast of Liaoyang, occupicd a line from Yentai to the mines by hot pursuit of the Russians Sept. 4 and 5. The Russians, who were said Lo be concentrated twenty miles from Liac g, are now divection of Mukden. obstructed by the high millet. The Russians destroyed their stores, but numbers of guns and quantities of am- munition and other supplies were cap- The pursuit was tured in the fortifications and near the | railroad station. The Nichi Nichi say Japanese casualties may exceed those of the Ru: ns, owing to the latter having occupied fortified positions in guperior numbers. The mikado has congratulated the forces on their brilliant victory in the face of tremendous difficulties, adding: that the end of the war is still in the distant future and exhorting care and patience, WILL GET M(;RE MEN AND GUNS. it thinks the Kuropatkin Will Soon Receive Heavy Reinforcements. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—It is stated that by the end of October, the Fourth, Liighth and Thirteenth army corps, to- talling 152,000 men, will reach the front and that before the end of Sep- tember, 1,100 guns will have been dis patched to General Kuropatkin. PRESS PRAIS:S KULOPATKIN. Skillful Manner in Which He Upset Jap Plans. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—As the Rus- an newspapers begin to realize more fully the catastrophe which General < thin avoided at lLinoyang and JIfu} manner in which he upset hal Oyama's plan to surround the an army they take a more cheer- ful view of the result and are begin- praise, . retreating in the ; | untavorable | why purpose by pressing the Russian posl- tions in front of L yang s to hold | Kuropaikin's attention while the Jap- lanese right wing was thrust around the Russian rear to block the Russian line of retreat. But Kuropatkin at its very conception had his eyes upon this flanking movement and countered by early withdrawal of his main army to ht bank of the Taitse river. The Novnsli ays: “In England, France and Germany | the serious nature of the consequences | of the defeat of the Russian army is fully appreciated and as the views of their military ics are by no means there exist no reasons we should give way to despair over a defeat which never took place.” The Novoe Vremya, reviewing the situation, declares emphatically that neither mediation nor peace are now even thought of. No further details of the losses suf- fered by the Russians during the ten days’ fighting have bheen ceived. How long the roll of casualties ulti- mately will be can be estimated by the offici cport of the number of offi- cers killed or wounded between Aug. 26 and Aug. 31 in a single division. This division, that of General Kon- dratsvit which under General Zaroubaieff and which formed part of the Russian right helow Tiaoyang, lost 12 officers killed, 35 wounded and 1 missing. OUKTOMSKY IN DISGRACE. Russian Admiral Disobeyed Orders In Returning to Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—Although the report that Rear Admiral Ouktom- sky, in command of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, is to be courtmar- tialled is untrue the admiralty has decided to recall him, probably plac- ing Captain Wiren of the armored cruiser Bayan in command. It has been realized all along that Onktomsky lacked the requisites of a commander of a fleet under such difficulties, but owing to the impossibility of sending a_ fiag officer fo Port Arthur he was allowed to remain in command. The admiraity is greatly dissatisfied with his action in returning to Port Arthur Aug. 10, in the face of the order of the late Admiral Withoft not to do so, and this led to the decision to sup- plant him. CELEBRATING AT TOKIO. Japanese Regard Liaoyang Battle as Great Victory. Tokio, Sept. 8.—The general staff has not yet made public any details of the hattle of Liaoyang. The people are still celebrating the victory, but there is considerable spec- ulation over the official ce regard- ing General Kuroki's movements since Sunda It eported that the Japanese, noi- withstanding the ravages of fir tured vast accumulations of Ru: stores and ammunition at Liaoya NEW INTERIOR MINISTER Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky Succeeds M. Von Plehve. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8.—The Asso- ciated Press learns on high authority Mirsky has that Prince Sviatopolk been selected to succeed the late M. von Plel of the interior. The prince is a military officer of the rank of general. Formerly he was governor of Penza and Bkaterinoslav and occupied the post of chief of the gendarmaric and assistant minister of the interior under the late M. Sipui- gune. He is fi cven vears of age and is considered an able man. He has not heen identified with harsh measures and his appointment proba- bly will be hailed as the inauguration of a mild regime. MAJOR HENRY SE‘B?‘I DEAD. Veteran of Civil, Indian and Spanish Wars Passes Away. Baltimore, Sept. 8.—Major Henry Seton of New York, a veteran of the United States armies in the Civil and Spanish-American wars, a noted Indian fighter with General Crook, a brother of Archbishop Seton of Rome and a grandson of Mother Elizabeth Ann Bailey Seton, founder of the Sisters of Charity in the United States, is dead here. % Major Seton was sixty x years old. | About a year ago he contracted pneu- monia while stationed in Arizona and coming Kast fell a victim to tubercu- losis. His last aclive service was with the Twelfth infantry in the Philip- pines. MISSISSIPPI'S BLOODY RECORD. Nearly Six Hundred Murders in Past Eight Months. Meridian, Sept. 8.—Law and order organizations are being formed throughout this state because of a reign of murder that has resulted in 569 killings in the last eight months. Judge Miller of this place, who is active in the reform work, says the people have too much money with which 1o buy whisky and gamble. This is a prohibition state, but there is much illicit liquor selling and this is one of the reasons assigned for the reign of crime. Others are hoom towns and gambling. Most of the victims of slayers are negroes. Two Killed at Crossing. Clevelan®, Sept. 8—A freight train on the Chagrin Falls branch of the ' ‘Wheeling and Eake Erie road collided with a two-horse wagon on a grade ! crossing near Chagrin Falls, resulting in Lhe death of two persons and th ning to bestow upon Kuropatkin great | s FIGHTING IN URUGUAY GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS SUFFER DEFEAT IN A BATTLE WITH REVOLUTIONISTS. CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES HEAVY 3 TWO THOUSAND ARE KILLED AND FOUR THOUSAND WOUNDED IN THE CONFLICT. New York, Sept. 8—Two thousand men were killed and 4.000 wounded in the recent Dhattle between the Efru- guayan government forces and the rev- olutionists, according o a Herald d patch from Buenos Ayres, Argentina. General Vasquez, minister of war, who led the governmcnt troops, is as- serted to have heen defeated and driven back, abandoning arms and munitions. In a previous battle the revolution- ists were driven back and General Vasquez, while pressing his victory, was suddenly met by stubborn resist- ance, The reb reassembled their scat- tered forces and engaged the govern- ment troops. For thrce days the bat- tle raged, with terrific losses on both sides. Gradually the rebels drove Vasquez back and, according to last reports, the minister of war was in full re- treat. Reports from Paraguay state that the revolutionists there are holding their own. AMERICAN CONSUL REPORTS. Tells of Massacre iand Suffering of Armenians. Washington, Sept. 8—The American consul at Harput has reported to the state department that he has visited Bitlis and is now in Moush. The consul states that the district of Sassun is tranquil and pacified and the strategic points are garrisoned by infantry detachments and permanent barracks erected. The survivors of the massacre are in a destitute condition, but are attempting to rebuild the burned villages with a little govern- ment aid. The consular corps at Bit- | lis estimates the numler massacredl and dead from expasure, hunger, etc., as 3,500. “In the Moush district insurgents have adopted a guerrilla form of war- fare, ambushing troops and bodies of Kurds. A number of villages have been plundered and burned and many persons killed and maltreated and an- other massacre is daily expected by the Armenian population, which is in destitute circumstances. About 15,000 have lost everything and are starving, many being ill and \vouuded STANDS BY FREE TRADE. English Trades Union Congress Adopts Strong Resolution. Leeds, Eng., Sept. 8.—The trades un- ion congress at its morning session adopted by an almost unanimous vote the following resolution: “That in the opinion of this congress any departure from the principles of free trade would be detrimental to the interests of the working classes, on whom the burdens of protection would Dpress most heavily, and injurious to prosperity of the nation as a whole; that protective duties, by increasing the cost of the people’s necessaries, are unjust in_incidence and econom- ically unsound, subsidizing capital at the expense of labor, and that a sys- tem of preference or retaliation, by creating cause for dispute with other countries, would be a hindrance to in- ternational progress and peace.” RICH HERMIT SLAIN. Murdered and Mutilated at His Home Near Antigo, Wis. Antigo, Wis., Sept. 8.—REvidence of one of the most sensational murders in the history of this vicinity came to light when the mutilated body of Stephen Daugs was found among the ashes of his home about three miles east of this dity. Daugs was an old man and had lived alone and is supposed to have had a large amount of money in the house. In addition to his accumulations he was supposed to have money from the sale of his farm recently. The sirongest evidence of foul play was a hole in the temple made by some blunt instrument. NO MORE BOXING. Fort Erie Club Decides to Close the Doors for Good. Buffalo, Sept. 8.—The last fight, at least for the present, and more than likely for all times, has been pulled off in the arena of the International Ath- letic club at Fort Erie. Canadian oflicials have put the ban on the fighting game and fight promo- ters here realize that they are in earn- est. So coniident are they that it will be impossible to hold fights in the near future that they havg decided to dispose of the clubhouse-at auction. The sale will be held within a few days. Knights Templar in Session. San Francisco, Sept. 8.—The prelim- inary meeting of the grand encamp- ment of the Knights Templar was held during the day. The address of wel- come was delivered by Governor Par- dee of California on behall of the knights of the state, who was followed by Mayor Schmitz on behalf of the ‘clty of San Francisco. The grand mas- | ters of the-priory of England, Ireland and Wales were present as guests, Farmer Killed by Lightning. Montrose, Minn., Sept. 8—Herman , Otto, a farmer living about four miles east of Montrose, was struck by light- ning and instantly Kkilled during an clectrical storm while building a wire fence near his dence. His son, 50 sho d yegse W Store will W W W W until 10 o’clock Saturday night. Friday and Saturday BARGAINS W Mason Fruit Jars. Pints, 2¢ each. EEEETTTSCESTEESE ~~§§S§e§§§§§ '0\ be open O’Leary @ Bowser, v Bemidji, Minnesota.. Mt Chouks (only a few left) 1-2 gals 3¢ each. Colored Silk.—4 pieces Silk, 18 inches wide; to close out this lot we have made Knives Knives and For in a box; worth $1.00; Friday and Sat- urday, - - . = the pri a yard. and Forks.—Good quality plated lopriceseny 6 knives and 6 forks Men’s Shirts.—All broken lines in our 65¢, The and $1 Shirts go at 45¢ Friday and Saturday. 69 cents Sewing ing Machine; Friday and Saturday $30 Mens Suspenders.—oO pairs of Men’s Machmes.—$40 New Home Sew- 25¢ and 35¢ Suspenders for 19¢ per pair. price. Dress Goods Remnants.—We have taken from stock about 50 short ends of Dress Goods; Friday and Saturday we offer the lot at much less than regular Shoes.—Men’s Mill Shoes, flexible sewed soles; $2.50 a pair; Men's Satin Calf Dress Shoes. $1.50 a pair; Ladies’ Solid Dongola Shoes; $1.50 a pair. _ | Men’s Clothing.—We are now showing will Ribbon Remnants.—1 lot Remnants, 10¢ fall styles in Suits and Overcoats at from W cach; 1 lot Remnants, 25¢ each. $10 to $25. 7 W | Ghe September Metropolitan contains readable things on War Business Marriage Art Love Poetry Beauty Motoring Animals Romance Nature Letters and ‘ Kipling’s New “Soldier” Story For Sale by All Newsdealers A 35-cent Magazine for 15 cents TO RELIEVE FiRING LINE. Hostilities Suspended at the Battle of Bull Run. Gainesville, Va., Sept. contintous o’clock on tho defense line established by General Bell Tuesday night on a line running north and south through Thoroughfare, hostilities were stopped by Geperal Corbin at noon in order tical that the men, firing are many other consideration which may have a bear- ing on the general result. General Grant took ‘up his task of forcing General Bell and his Brown army through midnight. Sltlfl,ns and. tha line for pr: hours, might be relieved. Just before the recall was sounded Colonel Wagoner, chief umpire, sus- tained the advance of the Blue army practically through General Bell's left wing. This would give the advantage to the Blue army on its face, but there Fighting did not begin at that hour, but the realignment of po- umi} Foster being re-elected. The Iatest re- ports indicate that the next state sen: ate will be solidly Republican, the Democrats losing their present five seats, and that the Democrats will lose about ten representatives. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS. ments of the Blie army to-arrive dur ing the night from Fairfax Courthouse reached their destination and were placed in position on General Grants Jeft. General Bell was officially noti- fied of the arrival of these reinforce- ments, on the principle that he would have ascert ined the fact through his mfulcements real. OVER THIRTY TH_OUSAND. —With prac- fighting since 8 Henry F. Hollis of Concord Nominated for Governor. Concord, N. H., Sept. 8.—When the Democratic state convention assem- bled Oliver E. Branch was made chair- man and in the course of his speech he attacked President Roosevelt, whom he classed as a “secret ally and co- partner of secessionists and rebels in Panama.” He also accused the presi- dent of insulting General Miles and of exploiting the military spirit. Nothing occurred to change the plan with reference to the gubernatorial nomination and Henry F. Hollis of Concord was chosen by acclamation. Four presidential electors were named and a resolution was adopted condemning the “action of the Repub- | T 3 who had been. on the tically thirty-six Republican Plurality in Vermont State Election. ‘White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 8.— With 11" towns out of 246 cities and} i i towns yet to be heard from later and revised returns indicate that the Re- publicans carried the state of Vermont Tuesday by a plurality in the neigh- borhood of 31,800. This is a Repub- | lican gain over 1900, when the plural- ity at the state election was 31,312. The total figures for all but eleven towns give Charles J. Bell, Republican, 46,816 for governor and Eli H. Porter, Demoeut, 15,979, or a plurality of 30,- 836 for Bell. points to be taken into Thoroughfare gap at