Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 29, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD Will Do Tt. MINKESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Bemidji Daily Pioneer The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- rookston, St. Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 164. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK B B R R B R..0’Leary & Bowser...x Bemidji, Minnesota. Velvet Carpets, Stair Carpet, Draperies, )V S U U O O P e I D Ardahan Rugs, 6-9x9-9 Ingrain Carpets, a yd 35¢-90¢ Lace Curtains, a pr “ $2.50-$14 Carpet Sweepers, $2.50-$3.00 Window Shades, each 15¢-2.00 ' | HIHHEEEEEEHHI\ | P P s o B HOUSE urnishings: Ardahan Rugs, 9x12, - - Ardahan Rugs, 8-3x10-6 - - 5 Wilton Rugs, 9x12 - - - Wilton Rugs, seamless, 9x12 - - “ $1-81.25 50¢-$1.25 60c-$15 HOSTILITIES ~ AVERTED AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT IN CRI: S§1S THREATENING ANGLO- RUSSIAN RELATIONS. OFFER OF ARBITRATION AGCEPTED ] NORTH SEA AFFAIR TO BE 3UB. MITTED TO INTERNATION. & COURT OF INQUIRY. m lllllllll WARSHIPS HELD PENDING DECISION PORTION OF BALTIC FLEET IN- VOLVED WILL REMAIN AT SPANISH PORT. N o S | ANGLO-RUSSIAN SITUATION. It is announced from London that the crisis threatened in the relations of Great Britain and Russia bcause of the Norta sea incident ha§ been averted and a satisfactory settlement reached. A proposition to refer the matter to @ mixed court of inquiry has bgen ac cepted and the inquiry will be keld at The Hague under the rules of The Hague convention. The appointment H‘ of the arbitrators will be discussed | immediately Dbetween Ambassador | Benckendorff and Lord Lansdowne. ' In the meantime orders have gome E. from St. Petegsburg to Vice Admiral | Rojestvensky to hold his squadron at Vigo and Spain will be asked fo per- mit those Russian ships concerned in the incident to remain there until the inquiry is completed. Iow cost. CLOSING OUT BARGAINS: : Men’s New Wenter Overcoats. 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We han- dle the famous Walk-Over and the Meyer lines for fine dress shoes in all the latest. styles and lasts at equally reduced. We also handle the Chiffman and .the North Star rs; formerly $3.50; closing out 2 75 price o Patterson Hats in all the latest fall blocks and shades; regular price $3. 00' 2 25 closing out price e The Boss Hat, regu- e 1.25 selling out price g It will pay the people of Bemidii and vicinity to take advantage of our EAT CLOSING OUT SALE. As we are positively Going Out of Business! Our entire stock of the best and most up-to-date Mer- chandise is being slaughtered at prices at and be- The following are but a few of our Come and make your selection while our stock is complete! Men’s Trousers. Men’s all wool fancy cassimer wor- sted and cheviot, all $2.75 grade closmn— l 90 out price Men’s new fall pants, very nobby, $4 grade sel]mg out, PPICE: o wliee e im Men’s fine worste¢ pants in hand- some patterns, regu- lar 85 grade, sellma 3 90 out price . . Men’s Furnishings. Men's fleece lined shirts and drawers, regular 6o cent quality sell)ug out 408 price . . . All wool ribbed drawers and shirts in gray and blue shades, regular 60 cent quamyGOC sellinz out price . . All wool shirts and g drawers, $1.50 grade; l OO selling out price L) Extra heavy Tivoli, sold all over at $2.25 1‘65 closing out price Extra heavy, all wool. fancy ribbed shirts and’ drawers, regular $1.75 quality} 1.30 closing out price PALACECLOTHINGSTORE ! PORT ARTHUR HIS GRAVE. General Stoessel Wires Final Goodbye to Emperor. Shanghai, Oct. 29.—A private letter from Port Arthur, dated Oct. 21, re- ceived here during the day, says: “General Stoessel wired the Russian emperor and court recently: ‘I now bid you all goodbye forever. Port Arthur is my grave.’ “General Stoessel has instilled the | garrison of the beleaguered fortress with the spirit that to court a glorious eath is preferable to capitulation. “The Japanese shells are inflicting great damage to the Russian fleet in the harbor and to the fortifications, The arsenal, with its contents of am- munition and small arms, has been de- stroyed and preparations are being made for the last deadly struggle at close quarters. The water supply hav- Ing been cut off wells are being sunk. Provisions are scarce. Only tinned meats being left the soldiers hold gala teasts on horses killed by the shells. “General Simenoff, it is said, would surrender, but is overruled by General Stoessel. “The field and naval hospitals are crowded and hyegienic conditions are becoming desperate. The bombard- ment at times is so incessant that it is impossible to bury the dead to any depth. Over one-half of the original garrison is dead, wounded or sick. “The high angle at which their ar- tillery fire is directed by the Japanese has practically destroyed the new town. “The besiegers are pressing closer daily and it is hard to say how long we can hold out. When the end comes there will be a desperate fight and surprise. Thousands of the enemy will perish as everything is mined.” This letter was entrusted to a na- tive boatman, who ran the blockade and mailed it at Chefoo. The recipient is a prominent Continental business man of this city, with a branch house at Port Arthur. RETURNING TO RUSSIA. Viceroy Alexieff Issues Fareweli Ordes of the Day. Harbin, Oct. 29.—Viceroy Alexieft has issued his farewell order of the day. It is as follows: “In execution of his majesty’s orders I am leaving for St. Petersburg. 1 thank all the officers of the Pacific fleet most heartily for their self-sac- rificing work at sea during the la:! ten months, which, in the matter c! destroying the enemy’s mines, ha: been attended with grave danger. ] consider it my duty to thank particu larly the seamen at Port Arthur, wh: while showing great fighting power: have worked harmoniously and zeza! ously in conjunction with the gali.at soldiers in the fortress and, with their guns, their valor and their knowledge, have helped in the heroic defense of the fortress against the advance of a self-willed, stubborn enemy.” ANOTHER LETTER TO. TYNER. President Replies to Last Communica- tion Received. ‘Washiggton, Oct. 29.—By direction of the president Secretary Loeb has sent to James N. Tyner, the former assistant attorney general for the post- office department, a letter in reply to Mr. Tyner’s letter dated Oct. 8 and made public Thursday night. The let- ter says that as the question of Mr. Tyner’s guilt on the criminal charge on which he was tried has been passed upon by a jury the president acqui- esces in the jury’s finding, but the evidence “seems to him overwhelming that you (Mr. Tyner) were guilty either of moral obliquity in perform- ance of duty or the grossest ineffi- ciency.” The acts for which Mr. Tyner was placed on trial were alleged to have taken place while he was assistant at- torney general for the postoffice de- partment, from which office, as the result of the general investigation of the postal service, he was removed in April, 1903. MILLIONS FOR CHARITY. Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds Wilder and Appleby Wills. St. Paul, Oct. 28.—By a decision of the supreme court rendered by Chief Justice Start, without a dissenting opinion, the Wilder and Appleby chari- ties are held valid. The decision shuts out nephews and nieces of decedents, ‘who wanted to intervene in the settle- ment of the estates. It holds that a provision for “the worthy poor of St. Payl” is sufficiently definite to consti- tutg a valid trust. The trustees who organized the charities are empowered to begin the operation of the charities and dis- tribute the estate according to the terms of the wills of Mrs. Wilder and -Mrs. Appleby. There is about $3,500,000 available for the charities. IOWA DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Fatally Wounds Wife and Kills Himself. Des Moines, Oct. 29.—William Ped- dicord, a farmer living about eight miles southwest of Perry, attacked his wife with a club, inflicting injuries from which she cannot recover, and then killed himself. The family was well respected and apparently well-to- do, although it has developed that Ped- dicord owed $1,200 of which his wife was ignorant, and he feared the revela- tion of their true financial condition, the farm being a legacy to Mrs, Peddi- cord and in her name. Farmer PARKER THANKS BRYAN. Candidate Sends Telegram of Appre- ciation to Nebraskan. Esopus, N. Y., Oct. 20.—Judge Par- ker has expressed high appreciation of the part William J. Bryan has taken in the present campaign and has sent him a telegram as follows: “I wish to thank you for the splen- did service you have rendered to the Democratic party in Indiana and else- where during the present campaign.” Routine Matters Discussed. ‘Washington, Oct. 29.—No matters of state importance were considered at the meeting of the cabinet. Secre- taries Hay, Shaw, Metcalf and Hitch- cock and Attorney General Moody and Postmaster General Wynne were pres- ent. There was a discussion of poli- tics and departmental questions. NEARER THE FORTRESS JAPANESE DESPERATELY ATTACK PORT ARTHUR, CAPTURING SEVERAL POSITIONS. SOME FIGHTING SOUTH OF MUKDEN RUSSIANS DISLODGED FROM HIGH HILL AFTER A HAND-TO- HAND ENCOUNTER. WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED. Tokio hears unofficially that the Japanese opened a desperate attack Oct. 26 on the forts around Port Ar- thur, occupying several positions and :Ilencing a number of Russian batter- es. Chefoo reports that advices received there from the besieged fortress say that fighting is almost continuous. The main Russian and Japanese forces which confront each other south of Mukden have not yet become en- gaged, although small affairs continue. Thursday the Japanese rushed a high hill held by the Russians and succeed- ed in dislodging them after a hand-to- hand fight. The position was defended by about a regiment, with five ma- chine guns. It is described as impor- tant as a post of ol DRIVER AGROSS THE STREAM RUSSIANS LOSE ONLY POSITION HELD BY THEM SOUTH OF SHAKHE RIVER. General Kuroki’'s Headquarters in the Field, via Fusan, Oct. 29.—The Japanese gave a stirring exhibition of sharp and determined fighting Thurs- day. They drove the Russians from a high hill ten miles east of the railroad in General Kuroki’s front, which is important strategically as a post of observation, and was the only point south of the Shakhe river which the Russians held. About a regiment of Russians were entrenched there, with five machine guns. The Japanese rushed the Russian trenches, shot many Russians as they weré running down the hillside and captured two machine guns. The Japanese had twenty men killed and eighty wounded. The Russians left thirty dead on the field. There was hand-to-hand fighting when the trench- es were taken. The Russians retired across the river. When the Japanese flag was raised over a tower surmount- ing the hill the Russian batteries showered shrapnel on it for an hour, but without result. SILENGE RUSSIAN BATTERIES JAPANESE MAKE A DESPERATE GENERAL ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. Tokio, Oct. 29.—It is reported that the Japanese opened a desperate gen- eral attack on the eastern forts of the Keekwan group, north of Port Arthur, during the morning of Oct. 26 and silenced the Russian batteries. A shell exploded the Russian magazines. Simultaneously the Japanese at- tacked the forts on Rihlung mountain and Sunghohowian mountain, silenced the Russian batteries and stormed and occupied the forts in front of these mountalns. On the night of Oct. 26 there was a conflagration in old Port Arthur and on Oct. 27 a shell hit the Russian battle- ship Sevastopol and two Russian steamers were sunk. Official confirmation of the above is lacking, but the reports are believed to be true. GARRISON DECREASING. Russian Force at Port Arthur Numbers Ten Thousand. Chefoo, Oct. 29.—Japanese at Dalny report the continued arrival of huge siege guns. A junk from Port Arthur, with eloven Chinese who left there on Oct. 19 on account of the costliness of food, arrived here during the day. They say that several of the Russian warships have been hit by dropping shells, but none have been sunk. They estimate the ablebodied soldiers there now at 10,000, saying a smaller force would be insufficient to garrison the various positions, Scarcely a night passes without small engagements .over minor posi- tions and artillery fire is exchanged daily. RUSSIANS THE AGGRESSORS. Greater Activity Manifested South of Mukden. St. Petersburg, Oct. 29.—More and more activity is being manifested south of Mukden, the Russians being the aggressors. A dispatch which reached the war office during the day from General Sakharoff describes a Russian reconnaissance far south of Erdagou, thus putting an end to the rumor that the Japanese had taken it. He also reports the capture of two vil- lages southwest of Sinchinpu. Jap Laborers Ordered Home. Missoula, Mont., Oct. 29.—Japanese section hands on the Northern Pacific railway have received word for all members of the first reserve of the Japanese army to return at once to Japan for mil.l'.ary purposes. FAR FROM CONCILIATORY. Russian Press Comment on the Norih Sea Affair. St. Petersburg, Oct. 29.—The morn- ing papers print Vice Admiral Rojest- vensky’s report of the North sea inci- dent with extensive comments, the tone of which does not favor concilia- tion. The Russian admiral's report is accepted without reservation as the true explanation of the happenings at Dogger bank and stress is Jaid upon the concurrence of Vice Admiral Ro- jestvensky’s report that he was at- tacked by torpedo hoats with the dec- laration of the fishermen that two tor- pedo boats, of which the Russian fleet had none, rgn in close to the trawlers before head®ng for the vessels of the Russian squadron. Attention is called also to the statement by the fishermen that a small vessel remained six hours at the scene of the disaster, while Vice Admiral Rojestvensky reports that the whole Russian squadron proceeded to the southward. ‘While it is the general disposition to throw the blame for all the loss of Iife upon the Japanese some of the newspapers do not hesitate to intimate that it is Great Britain’s private affair. The Novosti boldly suggests the possibility that the torpedo boats de- scribed by the Russian commanders ‘were boats loaned to the Japanese by the British government. The Novoe Vremya says that, not- withstanding Great Britain's numerical superiority upon the sea, there is no need to flaunt the fact in the face of the Russian people, who are able to await eventualities, trusting in God. The Russ congratulates Vice Ad- miral Rojestvensky upon “beating off the Japanese attack” and says his re- port, as it was expected it would, puts an entirely different face upon the whole matter. REITERATES HIS STATEMENT. Rojestvensky Positive of Presence of Torpedo Boats. London, Oct. 29.—The Daily Chron- icle publishes an interview had with Admiral Rojestvensky at Vigo which gives a few interesting statements not yet published. The admiral is quoted as saying that when the vessels of the Russian squadron found themselves surrounded by the fishing fleet the warships had to stop their engines continually so as not to get their screws entangled in the nets. - The warships frequently gave way to the trawlers. Suddenly the cruiser Au- rora saw ahead two torpedo boats com- ing towards the squadron at full speed. She turned her searchlight on them and then noticed two floating mines close to her. An order to fire on the torpedo boats was immediately given, with the result that one of them was sunk and the other escaped and was lost sight of among the trawlers. The admiral added there were two men injured on his flagship. One, a priest, had a hand shot off. Six shots fired during the incident hit the Rus- sian vessels. The Aurora was hit and has not yet been repaired. NO TORPEDO BOATS THERE. Fishermen Deny Report of Admiral Rojestvensky. London, Oct. 29.—In reply to an in- quiry regarding the alleged presence of torpedo boats among the Hull fish- ing fleet Dr. Jackson, solicitor of the owners of the fieet, wires as follows: “I have personally interviewed the crews of the Moulmein, Mino and Guill and the boatswain of the Crane and the other men from the Crane. They unanimously and emphatically deny Admiral Rojestvensky’s suggestion concerning vessels like torpedo boats moving rapidly among the fishing fleet, which they characterize as a fabrication. Trawlers could not be mistaken for war vessels nor our fish- ermen for Japanese. “The steam trawler Kennett has sent in a report that the last Russian vessel fired at her at 7 a. m., the shot passing between her funnel and fore- mast. The Moulmein and the Mino saw the Russians at 4 a. m. and 6 a. m. respectively.” FIRED SHOT AT VESSEL. Russians Did Not Use Blank Cart- ridges in North Sea. Gefle, Sweden, Oct. 29.—The captain and crew of the Swedish steamer Alde- baran, from Hull, previously reported to have been fired on in the Skagerack by a foreign cruiser, apparently Rus- sian, have been examined on oath by a magistrate at the instance of the gov- ernment. All affirmed their conviction that the cruiser fired shot and not merely blank cartridges. The captain reports that shells were seen to burst in the air near his steamer. Tle guns used are supposed to be quickfirers. The ships were a half a mile apart at the time of the attack. The witnesses said they were convinced that the warship from which the shots were fired saw distinctly the Swedish flag on the Aldebaran. SITUATION IMPROVED. Statement Issued by Russian Embassy at London. London, Oct. 29.—A statement is- sued by the Russian embassy is as fol- lows: “We are in constant communication with the British government. As a result of these communications the embassy hopes that there will be a speedy and satisfactory settlement. The whole aspect of the situation has decidedly improved.” LEAVES OF ABSENCE CANCELLED. British Naval Officers Must Be Ready for Duty. London, Oct. 29.—Admiralty orders have reached Portsmouth to stop the leave of all officers and men and direct- ing that the torpedo boat destroyer flotilla be kept in readiness to proceed wherever ordered. ACTIVITY AT GIBRALTAR. Boom Defenses Being Rigged at Both Ends of Harbor. : Gibraltar, Oct. 29.—Boom defenses are being rigged at both ends of.the harbor. The battleships of the channel fleet are still in port with steam up and decks cleared. . British Warships Sail. Gibraltar, Oct. 29.—The British cruisers Lancaster, Suffolk, Hermes, Doris, Endymion and Theseus sailed to the westward during the morning.