Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 19, 1904, Page 1

The — 3 VOLUME 2. NUMBER 206. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK Pictures..... We have received 300 Xmas Pictures: they are now on sale at 10c each; they’ll go like hot cakes; make your selection early. : : : : : O’Leary @ Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota.. dobddddddddrddddddddddddddd ; C. W. Hastings, President. A. P. White, Cashier. #& 3 F. P. Sheldon, Vice-Pres. G. N. Millard Ass’t Cash. i g e g . ' % First National Bank, i Bemidji, Minnesota. 3 % ; e e e e L4 fi General Banking Business. b . 2+ Savings Department in Connectioa. Fire Insurance. i —_— #43{9%#*%%%%%%%%%e?fi?é!'#%%%%%%’fi“fi% WILL RESEAT PEABOCY REPUBLICANS NOW IN CONTROL OF BOTH BRANCHES OF COL- ORADO LEGISLATURE. FIVE DENVER PRECINCTS THROWN OUT DECISION OF SUPREME COURT IN ELECTIONCONTEST OF FAR- REACHING EFFECT. Denver, Dec. 19.—Chief Justice Gil- bert during the day announced the de- cision of the supreme court to throw out the entire vote of three precincts of Ward 5 and one precinct of Ward T at the late election on the ground that gross frauds were committed in direct violation of the injunction served upon the election officials. Judge Campbell concurred in the de- cision, but Judge Steele dissented. The decision does not affect the votes for president and congressmen. Through the action of the court in excluding five Denver precincts from the abstract of returns to date Repub- Hcans will secure a solid delegation of the legislature from the city and county of Denver and will obtain con- trol of both branches of the legisla- ture, which canvasses the vote for state officers. On the face of the returns Alva Adams, Democratic candidate for gov- ernor, had a plurality of about 11,000, but the Republican managers assert that when all fraudulent votes are eliminated Governor Peabody will have a plurality and will be reseated. AFTER LENGTHY TRIAL. Promoter Hooley Acquitted but His Co-Worker Convicted. London, Dec. 19.—After three weeks’ trial a jury in the central criminal court found Ernest Terah Hooley not guilty and Henry J. Lawson guilty of obtaining money under false pre- JUN M M R P ” O o for the Hurra - Opportunity! Holidays The best of everything for Christmas in Fancy Goods, Novelties, Toys, Children’s Books and Faney Sta- tionery. You cannot help being pleased when you see our beautiful Holiday Stock which is as complete as it is beautiful. D0 NOT MISS IT! A Great Christmas ! Stationery. Don’t fail to see our special attractions in Cuff and Collar Boxes, Dressing and Toilet Cases, Albums, Fancy Glass and Chinaware, Glove and Handkerchiet Boxes, also our big assortment of Lamps, Cracker Jars, Silverware, Books and Heads in all sizes and prices. ter Dolls, such as Happy Hooligan, Foxy Grandpa etc. Dolls and Doil Heads. Celluloid Heads, unbreakable and no paint to to come off. China and Bisque China, Bisque and Kid Dolls. All the latest Charac- Don’t worry about what to get for Christmas but come in and see our line. Everything for everybody. Candies and Cigars our specialty. o’clock Christmas Eve. Don’t forget that we are Giving away a Beautiful $12 triple plated gold clock. Come in and see how you oanget it. We will give some one a beautiful present at 12 Vincent, Arnold & Co. Respectfully Yours, THE FAIR IR R P | | | tenseg, - Lawson was sentenced 1o a year’s imprisonment at hard labor. Hooley, whose colossal bankruptcy and the proceedings therefrom were the sensations of 1898, was arrested in London May 10 last on the tharge of conspiracy to defraud. Since his bankruptcy Hooley had been connect- ed with various promotions, some of which led to court proceedings. Law- son, another company promwotfer, was taken into custody the same day in connection with the charge against Hooley. The technical charge against the prisoners was defrauding A. P. Hayne of $50,000 by selling him shares of Siberian gold mines and ' other worthless concerns. Hooley was bailed in $40,000 and Lawson’s bail was placed at $30,000. In 1898 Hooley was the biggest company promoter in Great Britain . He was a multimillion- aire and prominently interested in bicycle, land and meat companies. He reached the pinnacle of his prominence iu 1896, when he promoted a tire com- pany, as the result of which he was supposed to have cleared $12,000,000. At the time Hooley was living a sort of Count of Monte Cristo existence, buying yachts and race horses and a number of historic country seats: ADVISE CORPORATION CONTROL. President Expected to Send Message to Congress. | Washington, Dec. 19.—Among those who are best acquainted with the president’s views and purposes in re- gard to the solution of the trust prob- lem it is expected that in a message to congress, after the holiday recess, he will urge the wisdom of requiring that all corporations engaged in inter- state commerce sholl be organized un-|. der federal chart¥®; and thus pass under the control of the general gov- ernment so far as their corporate capacity and behavior are concerned. This course will be the result of a long study and exhaustive inquiry into the conduct of interstate corpora- tions and their effect on the public} in the matter of trade, prices, supply and demand, transportation and dis- tribution. The range of this inquiry will finally be shown in the published reports of the investigation of the beef trust, the oil trust and the to- bacco trust. The beef investigation is finished and a voluminous report, embracing the work of a number of special ex- pert agents of the department of com- merce and labor, has been in the hands of the president for several weeks. The oil and tobacco inquiry is now being prosecuted and probably will be concluded within the next few weeks. Liberal Nobles Disfranchised. Tver, Russia, Dec. 19.—About 150 Liberal nobles have been debarred from participation in the zemstvo elections on technical grounds by the marshal of the nobility, togethey” with several others-who belong to the re- actionary party. DECIDEDLY CHEERFUL IN TONE. Year Drawing to a Close With Trade and Industry Good. New York, Dec. 19.—Bradstreet’s weekly review of trade says crop and Industrial conditions are mainly fa- vorable and with seasonable activity in retail and holiday distribution én most seclions the year is drawing to its close with a decidedly cheerful tone prevailing in most lines of busi- ness effort. The acreage of wheat ‘will not equal that planted a year ago and conditions on Dec. 1 were low, but since the government report was issued the Western drought has been fairly well broken by rains and snow. Cold weather has stimulated heavy dry goods, clothing and footwear and helped reorder business with jobbers Bast, West and North. Exceptions to reports of widespread activity in holi- day distribution come from the Pacific coast and from portions of the South, ‘which latter reports cotton marketing slower and collections tardier. Plen- teous supplies of cheap money render the holding of cotton easier than in other years. Industry as a whole is active, iron and steel notably so, but building trades feel seasonable quiet- ing influence and cotton manufactur- ing is not strong in all its branches. Railway earnings for December show increases on gross of over 9 per cent. NEWSPAPER MEN EJECTED. Scene of Unusual Disorder in Brook: Iyn Supreme Court. New York, Dec. 19.—A scene of un usual disorder was witnessed in the supreme court in Brooklyn during the day, where Justice Marean, during a hearing in the case of Mabel Spang, daughter of the Pittsburg steel manu- facturer, ordered that admission to tke building be denied all newspaper men. Some of them took exception to the authority of the justice in or- dering them from the building and de- clined to leave. Attendants were then _ordered to clear the corridors and eject the unwelcome ones, but they met with violent opposition and for a time serious trouble was imminent. The corridors were finally cleared after a hand-to-hand serimmage. The hearing in the case of Miss Spang, who It is alleged has been wrongfully confined in an insane asy- lum, was continued behind closed doors. CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED. Two New Cruisers and a Battleship to Be Built. Washington, Dec. 19.—Secretary Morton has approved the recommen: dation of the naval board on construc: tion for tne award of the contract for the constiuction of the armored cruis- ers Montara and North Carolina to the Newport News Shipbuilding com- paay at its bid of $3,575,000 for each vessel and the contract for the con- struction of the battleship New Hamp- shire to the New York Shipbuilding company at its bid of $3,748,070. Result of Boiler Explosion. Indianapolis, Dec. 19.—An explosion of a 300-horsepower boiler in Brower & Love Bros. cotton mills seriously scalded W. A. Watts, Curtis Boyd and John Perkins, three stokers; reduced to wreckage two batterigs of nine boil- ers, blew down the walls of the boiler- house and also a storage room and crushed in the front of a one-story brick house one block away. STRANGE STORY OF CRIME.. Insane Mexican Indian Kills Four Persons. Mexico City, Dec. 19.—A strange story of crime has been received from the small town of Tamachanchala, in the' state of San Luis Potosi. An In- dian known as Cahuantzi, who was suffering from an attack of hydro- phobia, efcountered Vincente Silva and her mother, who were coming to town, and killed them with a long knife. He then Kkilled, a shepherd. Rurales were sent out to capture the man. When they approached him, Cahuantzi fired, killing one and wounding another. -‘He was finally killed by the Turales. Cahuantzi is supposed to have gone | mad as the result of being bitten by a coyote some weeks ago. . | SMUGGLED FROM THE THAMES. Large Quantities of Explosives Sent to the Far East. London, Dec. 19.—The -Daily Mail asserts that thousands of tons of dyna- mite and other explosives, shells and ammunition, all clearly contraband, have been smuggled from the Thames the past few months on barges and transferred to mysterious steamers at a rendezvous at the mouth of the river, for the far East, the authori ties apparently being powerless to prevent the trafic. The Daily Mail comments upon the terrible dangers attending this traffic, saying a spark or a collision might cause a catastrophe within a stone’s throw of the house of parliament. { Bank Cashier Suicides. Omaha, Dec. 19.—Pearl Porter, as- gistant postmaster at Fairfax, S. D, and cashier of the Bank of Fairfax, committed suicide during the evening in a resort on Ninth street by shooting himself through the head. No reason is known for the act. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Charles La Dow, a well known in- ventor and manufacturer of agricul tural implements, dropped dead on the street at Albany, N:°Y. Judge BE. H. Hammond of the fed- died in New York city after an ill- ness of four days with pneumonia. well known banker of St. Paul, is eritically ill in New York city, where he has been residing of late years. eral district court, Memphis, Tenn.,| Albert Scheffer, for many years a| PLEA OF NOT GUILTY MRS. CHADWICK ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT AT CLEVELAND. MAKES NO EFFORT TO SECURE BAIL HER ATTORNEY ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD REMAIN IN CUSTODY FOR THE PRESENT. Cleveland, Dec. 19.—Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, President Beckwith and Cashier Spear of the Citizens’ National bank of Oberlin, O. were arraigned in the United States district court be- fore Judge Wing during the afternoon. All of them pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them. United States District Attorney Sul- livan asked that bail be fixed in each case and J. P. Dawley, attorney for Mrs, Chadwick, declared that his cli- ent had no desire to offer bail and would remain in custody for the pres- ent at least. Beckwith and Spear were ordered by Judge Wing to increase their bonds to $25,000. they having been held pre- viously under bonds of $10,000. They furnished the bond and were allowed to depart, Mrs. Chadwick returning to the jail. MRS. CHADWICK FAINTS. Physician Says She Is in a Bad Phys ical Condition. Cleveland, Dec.© 19.—During the morning Mrs. Chadwick announced that she was sick and a physician was hurriedly sent for. Before R. A. Wall, who' was summoned, had reached the jail Mrs. Chadwick fainted. A few restoratives soon restored her to con- sciousness and the physician left after being with her for about fifteen min- utes, “The woman is in no condition ta receive visitors or transact business,” said Dr. Wail as he leit the jail. "She is suffering from complete mental ex- haustion.” After Dr. Wall had departed Mrs. Chadwick’s son, Emil Hoover, called to see her, but was told to return dur- ing the visiting hours prescribed by the jail rules. Sheldon Q. Kerruish, one of her at- torneys, called with a bundle of mail, which Sheriff Barry refused to allow him to deliver, as it had not been ex- amined by the United States marshal. MINNEAPOLIS DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Well Known Young Man Kills His Fiancee and Himself. Minneapolis, Dec. ¥9.—Supposedly in a fit of acute insanity Frederick B. Richmond killed Miss Lena Christian- son, his fiancee, with a revolver on the street in Minneapolis during the aft ernoon and then blew out his owm brains. Both Richmond and the young wo- man were prominent in their own walks of life and were widely known. He was for some years employed in the city clerk’s office under Charles F. . Haney and later was connected with the Sowle Grain company. Miss Christianson has for a number of years been engaged with her sister in conducting a fashionable dressmak- ing establishment and in a business way had an extensive acquaintance among the society women of not only the Twin Cities but of a number of the smaller towns throughout the state. 5 Those who kmow Richmond think he was temporarily insane. He was suffering from a physical malady that caused him much worry and letters written by him some time ago ex- pressed the fear that he might become insane. Business matters entered into the relations of Miss Christianson and Richmond - also and it is said they quarreled before the shooting over some mining stocks belonging to Rich- mond and held in trust by the woman. ‘Washington, Dec. 19.—Governor- elect Douglas of Massachusetts re- cently wrote Secretary of War Taft asking him if he would detail Lieuten- ant General Miles, retired, for his (the governor’s) staff if he should make the request after his inaugura- tion. Secretary Taft replied to Gov- ernor-alect Douglas stating that he will make the detail when requested to do sa. O O llllllllillll: We Must Make Room X Y for our NEWDEPARTMENT JANUARY Ist. All Goods sold at 25 and 50 per cent off From now until January Ist. Including Silverware, Chinaware, Cut Glass, Louwelsa Weller Goods, Leather Goods, Belts, Perfumes, Manicure Sets, Hair Ornaments, Parker Fountain Pens, Solid Gold Brooches, Solid Gold Cuff Buttons, Solid Gold Stick Pins, Sterling Silver Belt Pins, and hundreds of other articles too numerous to mention. Meerschaum and French Brier Rogér Bros” Knives and Forks, per dozen - - - = = 2 $3.00 Rockford Knives and Forks (stamped A. E. Winter) per dozen - - 3.60 R. Wallace Knives and Forks, per dozen - o & = = 7.50 James W. Tufft's Knives and Forks, per dozen ~ ° - - - =it 5.00 BLACKINGTON and RS SIMMONS Watch Chains; look for the stamp on the swivel All goods in this space are standard and are guaranteed by the mauufacturer. Bring in your prices and we will cut them one half. REMEMBER THE BIG WATCH. e All our goods are engraved free of charge. Al E. The anélifig Jeweler. U P P A W W 3