Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 10, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD Will Do Tt. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. - neer The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St. Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 122 ', BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK END OF THE STRIKE President Donnelly Acknowledges Defeat in the Packing- House Trouble. Struggle Began Two Months Ago And Over 50,000 Persons Were Involved. Chicago, Sept. 10.—The great meat strike which has been on for the past two months has been oflicially declared off by President Michael J. Donnelly. The terms under wiich the men are to return to work are the same which were offered by J. Ogden Armour last Saturday and which the strikers re- Jected by a referendum vote. They are, in substance, that the old emple wall be reinstated as fast as possible, being given preference when vacancies occur; that the wages of skilled butcher workmen will r main the same as before the strike and that there will be no discrimina- - tion against any man because of his connection with a labor organization. Donnelly cailed the ke off to save his union from disruption. The sym- pathizing unions decided to follow his lead. The packers announced that they would give places as far as possible to the skilled wen, but it was said at the same time that many of them would be unable to secure their old pluces, as in many cases the work was being periormed in a satisfactory man- ner by mey who had been secured since the commencement of the strike. Vice President Smith of the Me: Cutters and Butchers' union said the vote of the conlerence board of tue allied trades council to bring the trou- ble to an end was unanimous President Dounelly has telegraphed the decision to ail the cities where the workmen have been on strike. Fail to Secure Old Positions. Over 600 live stock handlers ap- peared at the olfice of Manager Shin- ner of the Union Stock Yards and Transit company early in the day o apply for their old positions. He Lad previously announced that he wonld employ all the old men needed, Noue of the stock handiers were taken back, being informed that they would be sent for when necded. It is under- stood that before going to work they will be required Lo sign an agreement setting forth that they return as in- dividuals and not as an orgaunizatiol £ it Golden of the te: t the teaw back to work as an o1gar at all. During the strike approximately 83,000 persons have been involved in the stiuggle, which is estimated to bave cost the men about 00,000 in we as against an estimated loss ters will go tion or not of § 0,000 to th kers in ihe lo: of busiess and in increased expenscs. The greatest number of men idle in Chicago duming the strike w: 26,000 | and the total in the country outside of this city is cstimated to be about the sam The original cause of the strike was a demand by the Butchers' union that the packers pay to the unskilled work- men 184 cents an hour. The packers refused to sign an agreement, but ol- fered to arbitrate the question. Mother Suicides and Body Crushes In- fant to Death, Des Moines, Sept. 10.—Because her husband went eball game over her protest Charles Evans of Monterey committed suicide by tak- ing poison. In a most extraordinary manner a double tragedy resulted. Her body, as it fell to the floor, accidentaliy struck her ten-months-old daughter, crushing her and smothering her to death. When Evans returned home both were ¢-ad DYNAMITER CONFESSES. | Topeka (Kan.) Prisoner Took Part in Cripple Creek Outrages. Topeky, Kan., Sept. 10.—B. F. Slagel, al Rolert Romaine, a deported Col- orado miner under arrest here for burglary, has confessed to the county attorney to complicity in the Inde- pendence depot and the Vindicator mine explosions in the Cripple Creek district last June by which fifteen nonunion miners were killed outright and others injured. Romaine says he helped to place the dynamite and wires running beneath the depot and by which the charge was set off. Ro- maine gave the names of the others whom he alleges were implicated with him in the plot. Cripple Creek, Colo.,, Sept. 10.—- Sherift Bell said of Slagel or Ro- maine: “We know positively that Romaine worked in the district while the strike was in progress and was a Spy enn- ployed Ly the Western Federation of Mine: e had long been under sus- picion. WRONG NEGRO LYNCHED. Man in Jail Confesses He Is Starling Durham. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 10.—It now looks as if the real Starling Durham, who committed an @ ult in Webster county, was not the negro lynched and burned at the stake at Rupora last June. There is a negro in the Jackson jail who says his name is Starling Durham and officers here are convinced that the wrong negro was Iynched. DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY TWO MEN HOLD UP TREASURER'S OFFICE AT POMEROY, 0., AND SECURE $14,000. Pomeroy, 0., Sept. 10.—The boldsst daylight robbe istory of the state took place here during the day. Two youthful ¥ entered the county treasure Treasurer T. J. Chase w and went through the cured §14,000, locked Chase in the vault and made their escape. Five thousand doll in gold in the bottom of the safe was overlooked. e, cove ol h revolvers fe. They se- MET AN AWFUL DEATH. Sliver Imbedded in Skull of Minneap- oiis Workman. Minneapolis, Sept. 10.—Frank J. Cis- | hovsky met death in an extraordinary manner in ithe Diamond saw mill at 2:30 a He was at work near cne of the when a sliver from a board was caught by the saw and hurled with the velocity of a cannon shot at Cishov head. It penetrated his left eye, going several inches into the skull, and knocking him down like a lump of lead. IFellow workmen attempted to re- move the sliver, but were unable to do 80, so firmly was it imbedded. They procured a saw and cut off the sliver within three inches of his head. Cishovsky was removed to the city hospital in the patrol wagon and died as soon as ha had reached there, LEADS WYOMING DEMOCRATS. John E. Oshorne of Rawlins Nominated 1 for Governor. Rock Springs, Wyo., Sept. 10.—For- mer Governor John E. Osborne of Rawlins was nominated for governor by acclamation by the Democeatic state convention. The remainder of the ticket follows: Congressman, T. S. Taliaferro; state treasurer, N. A. Alger; judge of the supreme court, S. T. Corn. Senator Davis at Baltimore. Baltimore, Sept. 10.— Ex-Senator v (. Davis, Democratic vice presi- dential candidate, arrived here dur- ing the day. Senator Gorman was at the hoiel when Mr. Davis arrived and these two held a conference. Mr. Davis announced that he would remain in Ealtimore two or three days and then proceed to Philadelnhia and New York. ..O’Leary & Bowser.. Bemidji, Minnesota. We are now showing Fall Merchandise in the following lines: g ¥ B Dress Goods, Trimmings, Hosiery, Underwear, Fascinators, Tams ing, Eur§i§h§ng Goods, Hats, Caps. IT IS THE CALM BEFORE A STORM WAR SITUATION SUMMARIZED. Dispatches from various sources es- tablish only the fact that the Russian army is safely at Mukden, Kuropatkin having accomplished his retreat in good order in spite of the harrassing Japanese, sodden roads and hampered by more than 12,000 wounded. Beyond this there is no direct news bearing on the military situation. Advices from Japanese sources are gignificantly lacking and the exact whereabouts of the three Japanese armies are unknown. No word has been received to indicate the present location of Kuroki’s army, which was last reported east of the Russian left flank and steadily pushing northward, but Viceroy Alexieff reports that rail- way and telegraphic communication between Mukden and Harbin are un- interrupted. European military opinion is that another big battle will be fought. WATCHING THE JAPANESE. Russian Cavalry Operating in the Vi- cinity of Mukden. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—Official news from the front confirms the re- ports of the Associated Press from Mukden that the Japanese.are still on a road in {he vailey Delween IL.ong { hill and Division hill, met a frightiul disastei through the explosion of an | eleci land mine on Sept. 1. All iwere terribly mangled Seven Japanese wa | close in to Port Arthu | and began a cannonad time the Japanese arm hips steamed Tuesday night At the same in the rear of the city made a deterrfined attack in | an effort. to carry the$nner fortifica- tions. < The Japanese were epulsed with jheavy losses. The skyen warships were unable to get ngar emough to shore to make (heirf bombardment ‘count. < TAXED TO THEZUTMOST. Red Cross Ambulances $are for Over Twelve Thousand ounded. Mukden, Sept. 10.—% e Russian re- treat here has been accamplished with- out losses and with theiprecision of a review at Krasnoye Sela. The accumulation off wounded be- tween Liaoyang and Mukden tested | to the utmost the resourges of the Red ! Cross. During the five days from Aug. | 30 to Sept. 4 12,300 wounded were | treated in Red Cross ambulances, the Bisters of Mercy vieing with the doc-: itors in physical courage and resist-| ance to fatigue. 4 Most of the transporf, was carried | in the ro est kind of! two wheeled ! thé slain. Thé Japanese sheil fire continued until Sept. 4, when the bridges over the Taitse were de- stroyed. The Russians admit that their positions at Liaoyang were too extended for their army to hold. The greater portion of the Russian forces crossed the Taitse during the night of Sept. 2 and engaged General Kuroki with two corps. The fighting on the first day was favorable to the Russians, but the conditions changed at night time. The Russian infantry suffered heavily from shrapnel and rifle fire. The fighting was continued Sept. 3 and 4, the Russians successfully pro- tecting the east side of the- railroad. ‘When the Japanese approaoched Yen- tai they immediately commenced to attack it. The Russian transport be- gan to retreat at midnight Sept. 4 and was attacked three miles from Yentai on the morning of Sept. 5 along the Mukden road. The Russians pushed out two corps and much artillery to protect their right flank. The condition of the roads ren- dered the retreat slow and the troops and horses were tired out. The Jap- anese seemed to lack enterprise and failed to recognize the serious situa- tion of the Russians, the morale of their troops having been severely tried. A Japanese army of 40,000 men is reported to be west of Mukden and it SUs ' ATTORNEY JOHN F. GIBBONS, Candidate for Republican Nomination for County Attorney. Mr. Gibbons is one of the ablest. attorneys in northern Minnesota, being a lawyer of long experience, genial personality a nd great strength of character. The great county of Beltrami needs a man in the county attorney’s office who is competent, fearless and prompt in the en- forcement of law. In Mr. Gibbons the county has an opportunity to secure such a man and to have a county attorney who will be under obligations to no one but to the people who elect him. festing (heir idin 1orces, but™ theil outposts are in contact with the Rus- sians. The latter continue to hold Sintsintin, sixty-six miles east of Muk- den, and Russian cavalry is operating over a wide earea east of Mukden to prevent a Japanese column from slip- ping through and making its way north. * The reports that six more army corps are to be mobilized are untrue. As stated in these dispatches only two corps are mobilizing and at pres- ent there would be no object in mob- ilizing more than the railroad is able to transport. The present facilities permit the tramsportation of a little over one corps each month, but this is expected to be increased with the completion of the circumbaikal rail- road, which Prince Hilkof, minister of railroads, who is supervising the work, reports {s expected to commence operations within a few days. COMES BY WAY OF BERLIN. Report That the Evacuation of Muk- den Is in Progress. Berlin, Sept. 10.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Mukden, timed 11:40 a. m, says the evacuation of Mukden is now in progress and adds that the Japanese have not yet crossed e river Hun, which flows a few miles 'south of Mukden. The dispatch fur- ther says: . “The Viborg regiment, of which Em- peror William is honorary commander, before advancing to storm the village of Sykwantun, Sept. 6, was drawn up in front of the tent of Major von Runckel, the German military attache, @nd cheered for the German empetor. he regiment in carrying Sykwantun lost 2 officers and 52 men killed and 15 officers and 300 men wounded, in- cluding the colonel of the regiment. It afterwards retired in good order. KILLED BY ELECTRIC MINE. Column of Seven Hundred Japs Re- ported Annihilated. Chefoo, Ee&t. 10.—A Japanese col: carts, bul Tae arrangements Tor provid- ing the troops with food along the line of retrcat worked magnificently. Much of the Japanese success is af~ tributed to the millet fields, in which the Russians were not accustomed to | maneuver. Rumored Massacre by Russians. Tokio, Sept. 10.—A private telegram received here says that a small Rus- sian expedition from Kamchatka vi ited Senshui island, north of the is and of Hokaido, and in the absence of the men killed the women and chil- dren and burned the houses. Official confirmation is lacking. b Communication Still Open. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—A dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alex- ieff announcing that the railroad and telegraph line between Harbin and Mukden are both uinterrupted. FIGHTING WAS VERY FIERCE| TOTAL LOSSES AT LIAOYANG CON: | SERVATIVELY ESTIMATED AT FIFTY THOUSAND. Mukden, Sept. 8, via Peking, Sept. 10.—A correspondent of the Associated Press who has just returned to Muk- den with the Russian rear guard, after having accompanied the army the whole time since the battle of Liao- yang, says the losses on both sides were enormous. As a moderate esti- mate he places them at 50,000. He confirms the reports that the fighting at Liaoyang recalled in frerceness the battles of the American Civil war. General Kuroki's flank movement east of the Russian position precipitated the retreat from Liaoyan! Wi 1 : Oct. 12. 15~ considered lik€ly, in View 0O lhe condition of the two armies, that hos- tilities may be indefinitely prolonged unless the Japanese are able to push on and force the Russians to give bat- tle. TO VISIT THE NORTHWEST. Senator Fairbanks Will Make a Tour to the Pacific Coast. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Senator Charles W. Fairbanks will go on a speaking tour to the Pacific the latter part of September. He will go out over the Northern Pacific by special train, and return by a special over the Union Pa- cific, landing in Omaha not later than Rear platform speeches will mark the trip, though several stops will be made for large evening meet- | ings. Senator Fairbanks will arrive in Chi cago Sept. 23, and that night will go to St. Paul. He will pass the follow- ing day as the guest of the Roosevelt Republican clubs of the Twin Cities. That afternoon or evening he will speak in Minneapolis or St. Paul. Departing that night the senator will go to orth Dakota. Rear plat- form speeches will mark the first day and the fore part of the second in Montana. From Montana he will go through Idaho, Washington, Oregon and North- ern California. Will Meet Western Chairmen. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Chairman Cortel- you has arranged to meet the Repub- lican chairmen of a number of West- ern states at the Auditorium head- quarters next week. The purpose of the conference is to get at first hand evidence of the political situation in states where the Democracy is active for guidance during the last two months of the campaign. 8lx Injured in Trolley Wreck. Noblesville, Ind., Sept. 10.—A south- bound limited car and a northbound local car on t,he1 on LINDSAY FOR GOVERNOR. Montana Republican Platform Favors Eight-Hour Law. Billings, Mont., Sept. 10.—William Lindsay of Glendive was nominated for governor by acclamation by the Republican convention, Joseph Dixon of Missoula was nominated for re- election to congress. The platform endorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks; declares for the initiative and referendum and direct nomina- tions; favors an eight-hour law and a fellow servant bill and declares that “the Republicans of Montana will brook no interference from any cor- poration whatsoever in political af- fairs.” Z VERMONT RETURNS COMPLETE. 8light Increase Over Republican Plu- rality Four Years Ago. ‘White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 10.— The unofficial tabulation of the returns for governor in Tuesday’s state elec- tion has been completed with the receipt of the vote from the remote towns of Sherburne and Somerset, and the grand total places the plurality for Charles Bell, Rep., at 31,556. The total vote for the two leading candidates was: Bell, Rep.,, 48,077; Porter, Dem., 16,521. The Republican plurality four years ago was 31,312. NEW JERSEY TEAM WINS, Captures the Most Important Event in Rifle Contest. Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 10.—New Jersey won the Dryden match Thursday, the most important event of the meet by surpassing the work of the other com- petitors at the 1,000 yards ring. At the longest range the Jersey men forged to the front and passed the United States Marine corps, the Dis- trict of Columbia and Ohio and won the contest with a lead of 9 points, and a score of 907 out of a possible grand totai of 1,200. There were eight nen to a team and 400 shots at eacl distance giving each man 50 shots ai each target. New Jersey is entitled to hold the Dryden trophy, valued at $4,000, for one year and to receive $150. Ohio will receive second prize, $100, and the United States Marine corps third prize, $50. Princess Louise in Paris. Paris, Sept. 10.—Princess Louise of Coburg and Lieutenant Count Matta- sich Keglevich are staying in the Cen- tral quarter of Paris, but their exact habitation is carefully concealed. The princess, however, rec Count Mattasich Keg: ist, and told him the cape from Bad Elster. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Calvin S. Stewart of Kenosha was nominated Thursday for congress hy the Democrats of the First Wisconsin disctrict. Mexico will shortly establish a le- gation at Peking. Don Carlos Lera, now Mexican minister to Japan, will also be minister to China. Advices from Paraguay show that negotiations for peace between the government of that republic and the Paragnayan insurgents have been re- sumed. Hou in New York city actively engaged in trade with Cuba report a distinct revival in business through- out the island, according to the Jour- nal of Commerce. Sir Thomas Lipton will leave Eng- land ahout the end of September for St. Louis, where he probably will be the guest of David R. Francis, presi- dent of the exposition. The keel of a new North German Lloyd line steamer has already been laid at Stettin, which in glze and speed js designed to surpass the turbine steamers of the Cunard line. Bishop J. M. Walden, retired, of the Methodist: church and his wife were serfously hurt in a rundway at Cin- cinnati, Mrs. Walden’s arm was broken and the bishop was badly bruised. Austrian Ambassador Baron Hengel- muller and Count Appeni, leader of the Liberal party in the Austro-Hun- garian diet, were guests of the presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill Friday. The proposition to send to the Asi- atic station a torpedo boat flotilla as an adjunct to the flotilla of destroyers sent out in the spring is under consid- eration at the navy department. It is probable they will be sent eventually. Denies Anti-Jewish Disturbances. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10.—The min- Ister of the interior says no reports of extensive anti-Jewish disturbances in several governments of Southwest Russia have been received. The only recent disturbance, it is added, was a small affair at Biela, near Kieff, in which no one was killed. State Pacing Record Broken. Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 10.—Prince Alert broke the pacing record for geld- Ings, going the mile at the state fair track in 1:591%, which beats the record by one-quarter of a second. The first quarter was made in 29%, the half in 59 and the three-quarters in 1:29%. Employment for Thousands. Sharon, Pa., Sept. 10.—Fires were lighted in the blooming and bar mills at South Sharon during the day pre- paratory to a resumption next Mon- day. The wire nail works will also start on Monday, affording employ- ment to over 2,000 men. Blast furnace No. 2 of the Carnegie Steel company has also resumed. ORDERED DEPORTED. Two Hundred Gypsies Held at Ellis Island, New York. New York, Sept. 10.—Seventy-five of the group of 200 gypsies from various Bohemian countries, who have been held on Ellis island for about a week, ‘Were sent on board the Cunard line Steamer Campania for deportation. The remaining 125 members of the band will be deported as soon as the forty children sick with the measles have recovered. The gypsies were or- dered deported under the law which says that bands of roving gypsies are pt to become a publi THROUGH A TRESTLE Seven Killed and Many Injured In Wreek on Seaboard Air Line Ry, Freight Following the 111 Fated Passenger Piles on Top of the Wreckage. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 10.—Seven persons were killed and many injured In a wreck on the Seaboard Air Line at Catawba Junction, S. C. Passen- ger train No. 41, from Portsmouth to Atlantic, five cars and a sleeper, went through a high trestle over a small stream. An extra freight train fol- lowing the passenger piled in on top of the wreckage a few minutes later. The dead, so far as known, are En- gineer Barksdale and Brakeman Fer- guson on the freight, Ed Robertson, colored fireman, and four women, who were in the passenger train. Conduc- tor Chapman of the freight and Con- ductor R. T. West of the passenger train and Engineer Mears of the pas- senger were hurt. Mrs. Sidney Hur- bert of Florida was seriously hurt, one leg being crushed. The dead and injured were taken to Monroe. The train had crossed a bridge over the Catawba river and was on a trestle when the trestle fell in. The train, with the exception of the Pullman car, fell twenty-five feet to the ground. It will take about two days to clear the track and repair the trestle. George 8. Fitzwater, chief detective of the road, says he found evidence of work of wreckers in the removal of spikes. NURSE BITTEN BY PATIENT. Insanity May Be Communicated Like Hydrophobia. New York, Sept. 10.—Apparent proof that insanity may be communicated like hydrophobia is shown in a case which is attracting much attention at Bellevue hospital. The subject is Nel- lie Halpin, a trained nurse, who was bitten on the hand by an insane pa- tient in the Kings county sanitarium nearly a year ago. Since then the wound frequently has given Miss Halpin great pain and never completely healed. About two months ago she began to show periods of mental disturbance. These grew Ionger aud finally her friends had the young woman removed from her home to the hospital. She now suffers se- vere convulsions, resembling the mani- festations of rabies, while the mental delusions are almost continuous. DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE. Redwood Grove Destroyed and Some Lives Lost. San Francisco, Sept. 10.—A forest fire has swept through the big basin, Big Tree grove, one of the few sequoia parks remaining in California. The basin was recently purchased by the state and was being converted into a park. Its giant redwoods were second in size only to the famous Mariposa big trees. Some lives have been lost in the fire, but the number is not known. Hundreds of persons were camping in the Big Tree district. The fire is fanned by a hot wind and is Sweeping on and a vast area of red- wood timber will be destroyed. RUN DOWN HIS NIECE. Railroad Engineer May Not Recover From Shock. Elgin, I11,, Sept. 10.—Miss Anna Roy- croft, eighteen years old, was run down and instantly killed by an en- gine in charge of her uncle, Taylor Sergeant. The tragedy so affected his mind that Engineer Sergeant col- lapsed with his hand on the emer- gency brake. He is completely pros- trated and the attending physicians fear he may not recover from the shock. MINING TOWN WIPED OUT. Beaton (B. C.) Practically Razed by Flames. Victoria, B. C., Sept. 10.—Particulars have just been received here of a fire which practically obliterated the min- ing town of Beaton, in the Kootenay country, but nine buildings, and these isolated and comparatively unimpor- tant, escaping the flames. The fire started in the Kkitchen of the Pros- pectors’ Exchange. There was no in- surance on any of the buildings. NORWEGIAN BARK MISSING: Vessel Carried a Crew of Over One Hundred Men. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 10.—The Halifax agents of the Norwegian bark Konig Svere [ear that she has been lost. She left Durban, Natal, May 24, and was last heard of at . St. Helena, whence she sailed July 2. The Konig Svere hailed from Sandefjiord, where she was built in 1870. She registered 463 tons and had a crew of 126 men. Trainmen Held Responsible. Montreal, Sept. 10.—In the verdict of the coroner's jury rendered in the case of the fatal collision on the Grand Trunk near Richmond, in which a number of lives were lost, Conductor Atkinson and Engineer G. Saeger of the excursion train were held respon- sible and the Grand Trunk Railway company was recommended to exer- cise more care in the handling of train orders. Judge Kirk Hawes Dead. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Judge Kirk Hawes died suddenly at his summer home in Les Cheneaux islands. For nearly forty years Judge Hawes had been a prominent figure in the law ‘machinery -of Chicago and for twelve years he served on.the superior court beneh ot PRI