Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD :: Will Do It. e e L 2 Tne Bemidji Dail The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St- Paul and the North Pole. Pioner VOLUME 2. NUMBER 131 BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK FIGHT AT PORT ARTHUR » JAPANESE RESUME ATTACK ON| | RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD BY LAND AND SEA GARRISON COMPELLED Tu RETREAT BESIEGERS SAID TO HAVE CAP- | TURED TWO IMPORTANT POSITIONS. WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED. far the | eat of war is ted only at Active hostilit day's news from the concerned, were mani Port Arthur, where the Japanese ve-| sumed their attack of Monday by land and sea. The e reported to have captured two important forts. General Kuropathin reports to St. Petershurg that the Japanese positic at Bentsiaputze is strongly held by a Japanese brigade with guns and that large Japa forces i : JAPANESE FORCES MAKE A GEN- ERAL ASSAULT UPON PORT ARTHUR. Chefoo, Sept. 21.—Authoritative in- formation has been received here of a general attack upon Port Arthur by the Japanese forces which began Mon- ! day before dayb K and continued until dark. All indications point to an effort to capture certain northeast main forts. Shanghai, Sept. 21.—The general at- tack on Port Arthur which began Mon- day and in which the Japanese flect is co-operating, was resumed Tuesiay morning. ‘The Japanese captured two important forts on the east side of Sueuzeying, north of Port Arthur, The general assaunlt on Port Arthur is the attack for which the Je have been prepaving ior the p teen days, with slight hope of ted in these dispatches the ttack on Port Arthur is di- inst the nortk The main object is to capture the for- tifications of Kikwan mountain, I lung mountain and (ke intermed The foregoing comes from a an of standing, whose pre information has been correct. He ad that the attack at the end of which was represented WO separale assaults, really cos ited a ten da battle, the fighting being the heayv dlu'illg ihe iir three days and the last four days of that period. The Japanes: have heen tanght some respect for of the fortre: the resisting , according to ¢ Japanese who has recently ar- od from Port Dalny. If they suc- iuml in capturing Rihling mountain or other forts they will realize that this 1 will be only one step, although an im- ‘nmmm one, towards the capture of | Port Arthur. The Russians, who have | been obse! g the new tactics of the j Jananese, did not expect another at- tack before the first week in October. The Japanese are endeavoring to pro- ceed slowly Um a!lxulv ‘ ORDERED TO THE FRONT. | Russian Officers at St. Petersburg to Go to Scene of War. . Petersb Scpt. 21.—There is a atloat that a sudden call has been ; issued w officers of the guard regi-| wments stationed at St. Petersburg to | report for service at the front. Ac-; cording o report the order directs that | eight of a total of fifty-six officers of | ,each regiment should be chosen by lot | and drafted to serve with regiments ' inow in the far East. It is stated that ;Lh(. order has aroused great discontent. Whole regiments are anxious to go to he theater of war, but the officials in- tensely dislike the prospect of the or- tions being split up. It is im- ble at this time to obtain any au- tative confirmation or denial of | the report. CAPTURED MUCH SUPPLIES. List of Stoies Taken by Japs at Liaoyang. Tokio, Sept. 2l.—Field Marshal Oyama, commanding (he Japanese s in Manchuria, has telegraphed as follow “An in igation of the trophies captured by us, made since our las report, shows the number of Rus buildings occupied by us in the nen"h borhood of Liaoyang station to be ; houses and 214 warehow: an area of 58,000 square 5 i also seized 79,360 bushels barley, i rice, wheat and millet; 1,300 cases of kerosene, 1,800 cases of sugar, 1.6 tons of coal and much cordwood. The amount of coal captured by General Kuroki will be reported later.” Additional | JAPS CROSS THE TAITSE RIV | Kuropatkin Reports Result of Recon- | naissance. { St. Petersburg, Sept. 21.—The ioi- | lowing dispatch has been received | from General Kuropatkin: The reconnaissance made Sept. 17 established the fact that the Japanc position at Bentsiaputze is strongiy held by a brigade with guns. The was no enemy east of mnmapm, o but Japanese reinfc Sept. 18 in the vicinity Large Japanese forces from Liaoy have already ssed to the right bank of the Taitse river. “A Cossack patrol attacked a Jap- nese convoy west of Bentsiaputz ptured thirty horses, with their Russian*Warship at Mare Island Ren- dered Harmless. Vallejo, Cal, Sept. —The dis- larmament of the Russian Lransport !Lena has been completed at Mare nd na d. Her ammunition | will also be removed. It is prob- able th vate A the Lena will go to a p shipyard for repairs to her boile: small number of her crew will re on board of her as a guard. ! ‘army General Corbin says (PERMISSION TO MARRY GENERAL CORBIN WOULD HAVE SECRETARY OF WAR PASS ON FITNESS OF OFFICERS. SAYS OUR ARMY IS OVERMARRIED APPLICANT SHOULD BE FREE OF DEBTS AND PROVE ABILITY O SUPPORT FAMILY. ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—That no army officer be permitted to marry until he has secured the perm of the secretary of war and satisfied that officer that his income i | to support himself and family and that he is entirely free from debt is the ! recommendation by Major General Henry C. Corbin, adjutant general, commanding the Atlantic division and department of the East, which was issued at the war department during the day. Regarding marriage in the “I desire to reiterate in effect what 1 have formerly said on this subject, which statement, however, has been misread, misquoted and misunder- stood. “Marriage of army officers who have made no proper provision for assum- ing the responsibilities therefor is hurtful both to the army and to the officers themselves. To this broad statement there ave, of course, excep- tions, as there are to all broad state- ments, but the general fact remains that our army is overmarried. The pay of a subaltern officer is barely enough for his proper support and the of his equipment and uni- If to this is added the inevitable expenses attached to a family it is not only probable bui almost certain that when an oflicer strikes his balance of the year he will be behind if he has no income but his pa; “That a bachelor ofticer is more val- uable to the service than a married officer does not follow, nor do I wish to be understood as so ng, but the married officer is less ble if, in marrying, he has not exercised that prudence which should transactions in lif _Further on in hi report General Cor- rmly of the opinion that no officer should approach the marriage relation without first getting the au- thority of the war department and as a necessary condition thereto that his income aiter marriage will be suffi- cient to support himself and family and, above all, if he is to live on his pay, he should state on honor that he is free [x()m (](,1)1. FOR PROTECTION OF Proceeds of Land Sales to Be Depos- ited in Banks. Washington, Sept. One of the most drastic orders ev sued by the government, for the protection of the INDIANS. govern all; several Indian tribes against fraud and robbery was promulgated during the day by Acting Secretary of the In- terior Ryan. The order in question amends the rules for theé sale of in herited Indian lands so as to require that the proceeds derived from their sale shall be placed with the most convenient United States depository to-the credit of each heir in_proper proportion, subject to the check of such heirs or their recognized guar- dians for amounts not exceeding $10 to each in any one mohth. Before be: ing paid, however, it will be necessary for these checks to be approved by the agent or other officer in charge. For sums in excess of $10 per month the money will be paid upon the approval of the agent only when specifical authorized so to do by the commis- sioner of Indian affairs. Acting Secretary Ryan said that heretofore the lands have been sold to the highest bidder and the proceeds paid directly to the Indians, with the result that in many instances the In- dians were soon divested of their money. WOMAN SECURES $20,000. End of Sensational Breach of Promise Suit at Duluth. Duluth, Sept. 21.—After being out less than one hour the jury in-the breach of promise suit brought by Sarah E. Ham of Dubuque, Ia., against G. A. Potter, a wealthy Wisconsin lum- ber merchant, brought in a verdict awarding $20,000 to the plaintiff. The trial consumed one weck and the testimony was the most sensa- tional ever heard in a Minnesota court. The defendant was accused of drug- ging Miss Ham to accomplish her ruin and his love letters. extending over a period of twenty-nine years were read in court to establish her contention that he intended to marry her. His defense was made in an effort to establish that she was a woman of immoral character. Miss Ham is forty- nine years old and Potter is sixty-two. It is expected that the case will be appealed. Masons Meet at Boston. Boston, Sept. 21.—Masons from all of the Northern states who have at- tained the highest rank—the thirty- third degree—gathered at Masonic Temple during the day for the ninety- second annual meeting of the supreme council, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, for the Northern Masonic jurig- diction of the United States of Amer- ica. Henry L. Palmer of Milwaukee, the sovereign grand commander, pre. sided. Weather Observers in Session. Peoria, I11,, Sept. 21.—The first day’s session of the convention of United States weather observers found about seventy-five present, with Professor Willis L. Moore, chief jof the United States weather bureau, in the chair. After Professor Moore's address papers were read by Professor A. G. McAddie { of San Francisco and Professor H. F. Bigelow of Washington, Congress of Free Thinkers. Rome, Sept. 21.—The congress of Free Thinkers assembled here during the day at the Roman college, erected by Pope Gregory XIII. The event as- sumed special importance, this being the anniversary of the fall of the tem- poral power of the pope and also on account of the recent Franco»Vmican conflict. There were over 5,000 dele- gates present, the ernchmen alone Bumbering about 1,000, XX TR p=d o YR R-RoRoR-RoRo R ic il R R R g el e R R @ fol R RoR R R RoloR o o R R Rl R R Rl @@&@@@@@fi@@@@" @fi-%}@@fi%@@ fiifi?ifi%%‘@@@@@fi@ SREE g Fol I-.os‘éii}@@@fi & French Pattern, 'III-@' Largest display of Every brought to the city. =FALL= linery Opening at the only Exclusive Dry Goods House in Bemidji .. THE BERMAN EMPORIUM.. Tailor-Made and Street i‘:iéli}%‘?fimfi"}t}@@@@@@%@@@ \ Hats Friday and Saturday, September 23 & 24 we will also show the most extensive line of new attractions in Fall Suits, Tourist Coats, Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks and Jackets in all the newest makes. 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