Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 9, 1905, Page 1

i P 5 g HISTC AL MIN SOCIES (- Sy VOLUME 2. i NUMDER 213, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1905, WAS KOT UNEXPEGTED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AT MUKDEN|, LEARN OF CAPITULATION OF PORT ARTHUR. AWARE OF DESPERATE SITUATION TENOR OF OPINION THAT IMPOR-| TANT EVENTS WILL OCCUR BEFORE WAR ENDS. Mukden, Jan. 7, via Peking, Jan. 9. ~—Though the news of Port Arthur’s capitulation was first generally known here today it was surmised by the Russian army Jan. 4 from the cheer- fng heard in the Japanese camp along the entire line, when cries of “banzai” were heard. While concerned at the r the Russians are lost in ad- miration of the wonderful and unex- ampled defense. Although the deaths ©of Generals Iock and Kondratenko were not published here the facts re- garding Fock had been accepted for bix weeks and the condition of Port Arthur was known throughout. The author here, as early as Dec. 25, denied that relief vessels had success- fully run the blockade as reported and candidly admitted the desperation of the heroic defender: The Russians regarded the expectations of toreign expert visitors to Port Arthur beiore the war that Port Arihur would doubt- less resist for eighteen months as be- ing 100 optimistic, provided Lhere was no reliel, \While it is impossible to telegiaph the teuor of opinion yet it is evident that greater events foie the end of the war is app T'here was an unusuai caanonading Yesterday aiong the center. It was continied in moderate form today. JAPANESE WERE CONFIDENT. Awaited Baltic Fleet With Feeling of Assurance. Jan. 9.—In naval circles here 1l of the Russian second Pa- ¢ squadron is not regarded as a that Russia. does ered that the authorities burg have realized the improbability of the second Pacific squadron aione deteating Vice Admiral 't'ogo and have recalled it to awail reinforcements and to further train its officers and men preparatory to a supreme eifort for the A mnaval ofiicer said to the clated Press correspondent: Japan has confidently awaited the al of the second Pacific squadron &l of the Russian navy in the kFar East. It would have been a splendid fight. Now Wwe mast piepaie iof Lo iaiioy, of which we are not afraid.” RUSSIA’S SAD CHRISTMAS. Usual Rejoicing Absent Throughout the Empire. St. Petersburg, Jan. 9.—With a heavy heart Russia celebrated Christ- mas. The day was peculiarly a fam: ily fete. The trials of the war and losses at the front had brought sorrow and mourning to countless homes and the usual rejoicing was absent. In St. Petersburg all the departments of the government were closed and in- tense cold kept the people indoors. All the ordinary public festivities and private entertainments were omitted. The imperial family observed the day quietly at the palace of Tsarskoe Selo. There was a large Christmas for the children, but there was no elaborate celebration such as 'generally marks the day there, SPREADS ALONG WHOLE FRONT. Russians Open Heavy- Rifle Fire on General Oku’s Army. General Oku’s Headquarters, Jan. 7, via Fusan, Jan. 9.—The Russians cele- brated their Christmas eve by begin- ning a heavy rifle fire at 10 o'clock yesterday evening opposite Linihimpu. Their artillery joined in at 11 o'clock and kept up two hours of the hardest firing known since the Shakhe river was reached, spreading along the whole front of General Oku’s army. The Japanese sustained no damage and refused to reply. They simply moved into their trenches, preparing to repulse an expected attack, which was not attempted. There were no casualties amdag the Japanese troops. Russian Vessels Disarmed. Tokio, Jan. 9.—Rear Admiral Kata- oka, in his report just received here, says that the commanders of the flo- tillas sent to Kiaochau and Chefoo have returned at last, satisfied that the German and Chinese -authorities have completely disarmed the Russian vessels which have sought refuge in those ports. Open to Jap Vessels Only. London, Jan. 9.—A dispatch to the Japanese legation from Tokio, in con- firming the announcement of the rais- ing of the biockade of the Liaotung peninsula, adds: “For the present, however, no ships except those in the Japanese governmernt service will be allowed to enter Port Arthur,” Thanks Port Arthur Captors, Tokio, Jan. 9.—The emperor has is- . | sued a rescript thanking General Nogi, the Third army, Admiral Togo and the combined fleet for the taking of Port Avthur. Admiral Togo has issued an order abolishing the blockade of the Liaotung peninsula. Contraband for Russians. - Portland, Ore, Jan. 9.—The steam- ship Olympia will leave Portland ghortly with a cargo of contraband destined for the Russian army at Vladivostok. The cargo will consist of oats and canned beel. AMOUNT OF BOOTY UNKNOWN. Burglars Wreck Treynor (la.) Bank Building. Council Bluffs, Ia, Jan. 9.—Word has been received here by Sheriff Can- ning from Treynor, Ia., @ small town sixtéen miles east of Council Bluffs, that the Savings bank of Treynor was dynamited during the night and: the building badly wrecked. Cashier Flood, who reported the dynamiting of the bank building, was unable to say at the time if any money had been secured by the robbers. Sheriff Can- ning and two deputies have left for Treynor and will endeavor to seek traces of the robbers. The Treynor Savings bank was held up some months ago by Karl Kar- rer, who was subsequently sent to prison, after returning the stolen funds. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Kentucky Negro Who Escaped Three Mobs Must Die. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 9.—After being out an hour the jury in the case of Ed Tazlor returned a verdict of guilty and fixed death as the pen- alty. He is one of the three negroes who on Saturday, Nov: 20, killed Will- iam Moore in a raid on “white dogs,” firing a fusillade -into a company of white men in a saloon. Militia guarded the prisoners for several weeks. Three mobs to lynch the ne- groes were organized but were o awed by the strength of the militia and’ police. AGED I0OWA MAN MURDERED. Christain Wolmsdorff Killed With an Axe by Unknown Persons. Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 9—Christian ‘Wolmsdorff, aged eighty years, living at Brighton, Jefferson county, was found dead as the result of a blow on the temple, inflicted with a blunt-in- strument, presumably an axe, as the deaa man’s axe was later found in its usual ‘place, covered with blood. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death by the hands of an unknown per- son. RESULT OF FAMILY QUARREL, Aged Man Shoots Son, Daughter-in- Law and Himself. Joliet, 111, Jan. 9.—William Rapson, after a family quarrel at the Higgin- botham farm, fatally shot his son Her- ber(, after which the old man called Herbert's wife out to the barn, shot and killed her and then shot and fa- tally wounded himself. Alleged Embezzler Brought Back. New York, Jan. 9.—James Wallace, who was arrested in Liverpool Nov. 7 REPUBLICAN SENATE AND HOUSE LEADERS SUMMONED TO THE WHITE HOUSE. PARTY UNANIMITY ‘DESIRED BY PRESIDENT ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE. ‘Washington, Jan.-9.-~Several of the leading Republicans in gmgress had a conference with President Roosevelt during the afternoon onsider with hind legislative questiGggs now pend- ing before congress. The conference was held at $he instang® of the presi- dent, invitafions entirely informal in character having been: extended by him to those present. Those invited were - Speaker Can- non, Senators .Aldrich @f Rhode Isl- and, Allison of Iowa, Spooner of Wis- | consin .and Platt of Cépnecticut and Representatives Payne of New York, Dalzell . of Pennsylvanis, Tawney of Minnesota and Grosvenc: of Ohia. The senators are members of the senate steering committee and.the represen- tatives are members %f the house ways and means committee, in addi- tion to the speaker. The personnel of the ‘deiegation in- vited naturally would suggest that matters relating to the’g}an‘fl were to be considered at the donference, as the senators called by the president are the tarifi experts he hody they represcnt, and the representatives, ex- cept the syeaker, are the leau Liein- bers of the ways and means. coiiit- tee, whicle would initiute any tarin legislation that it might be deemed desirable to present to gongress., The president has indicatea it to be his purpose to consult with members o: congress - beiore recommending - any action regarding the Proposed Revision of the Tariff. That consideration of thit subject was one of the objects of the day’s confer- ence is known. Differences of opinion have arisen as to what, if any, action is to be taken and an efiory was made at the conference to 1econcile those differences and, if poss.nle, to. deler- 24- last, chavsed with- the-theft of m-AMEe. UPOL & Kno iyl clure ihal stock certificate valued at nearly $30, 000 from Edward M. Breitung, a Mar- quette (Mich.) banker by whom he was employed as confidential secre: tary, arrived here during the day on the steamer Lucania from Liverpool in : custody. He will probably be taken to Michigan at once, aillilllllillWlllll!lllll! 0’Leary & Bowser,z Bemidji, Minnesota. JESC P e P B B o1 Ladies Cloth Conts s one-half off from regular price Lot # o - - - one-quarter *° “ l Entire stock of Children’s Coats - < “t [ u - Ladies’ Suits 3 5 . o [ “ 4 w - Boys' Overcoats - 2 = “ “ “ . 1 lot Ladies’ Silk Shirt Waists - - 5 one-third i . 1 lot Misses’ Felt Shoes, per pair B - 85 cents : This is Inventory Week, but we will take m time to show our customers the won- derful bargains we are offering. Ladies’ Fur Coats we are selling at cost. Men'’s Overcoats. We want you to see our Overcoats; nice, dressy Coats at The ones we sold before Christmas at $12.00 to $2: Men’s Underwear. . 1 lot Men's All Wool Uhderwear, the $1.75 kind; per garment - = - Men’s 50c Heavy Wool Sox; per pair - - - - - Men's Heavy. Buffalo Flannel Shirts, the $1.50 kind; per garment - iz % P P | ) Sheep Lined Coats. - We have an immense stock of these Coats; they are going at 25 per‘égnt' off. 9.50 to $16.50 bl oo o e oo e WO I ) will be satisfactory to Republicans generally. The members summoned to the conterence spoke for themselves as individuals and for other Repub- lican members of the senateand house | with whom they have consulied rega.u- ing the tarift question, S It is likely aiso that other lesisiative uestions, . addition to that of the arift, were discussed with & view w0 'securing unanimity of action Ly the i Republicany regarding slavion ai : the present session, 'Fhere is no prob- } ability of action on the tariff guestion | this winter. Indeed it is intimated very strongly that if action shouid be determined upon it will be taken next fall at an extraordinary session, al- though some presswre has been brought to bear upon the president and the congressional leaders to in- duce the holding of an extraordinary session at an earlier date than that. Farlier in the day, in line with his policy of consulting members of con- 1 Bress concerning proposed legislation, the president had talks, with Senators Cullom of Illinois, Beveridge of Indi- ana. Nelson of Minnesota and Lodge of Massachusetts, Several topics were discussed, but no conclusions were reached: ARRESTED AT LEBANON, PA. Man Accused of Threatening Hungar- ian Premier. Washington, Jan. 9.—Chief Wilkie of the secret service has received a i telegram from Lebanon, Pa.; stating that Ignas Wenzler, a laborer in one of the mills there, had been arrested and held under a $3,000 bond for attempt- ingto blackmail and threaten the life of Count yon Tisza, the premier of Hungary, Some weeks ago, it is said, Wenzler wrote the count, signing three fictitious names to the letter, stating that Wenuzler, a distant relative of his, 4 was in great neéd and demanding a remittance of $2,000," in default of which a representative of the “Black Hand” would go to Budapest and kil the count befarg Christmas day. The Jetter came to Chief Wilkie through the state department and secret serv- lce operatives were at once put on the case. HOPE FQR HIS RECOVERY. Bishop Spalding of Peoria, Ill.;, Suffers: #Paralytic Stroke, Peoria, Ill,, Jan, 9.—The condition- of Bishop Spalding, who was stricken with paralysis Friday night, is un. ehanged. After the first effects of the gtroke the distinguished patient seemed ta rally somewhat and passed &n easy night. Dr. L. Spalding, a brother, who is attending the bishop, sald that none of the relatives of the sufferer had been summoned, it being the opinion of his friends that his con- GUPREME COURT APPEALED TO. Election ~€oinmissioners . Refuse to “Turn Over Ballot Boxes. Denver, Jan. 9.—The election com- missioners of Denver have refused to turn over to the legislative committee of fifteen: any of the ballot boxes in their possession. ; John K. Waldron, representing the committee, applied to the supreme court for an order on the commission- ers directing them to surrender.to the committee certain ballot boxes. Sen- ator T, M. Patterson, appearing for the commissioners, requested forty-eight hours to answer the petition. He was given four hours. During the debate the argument between the two attor- neys became 50 heated that Chief Jus- tice Gabbert directed a bailiff to get between the two, who stood face to face, arguing fiercely. Mr. Waldron, in upholding his legal contention, ciled a local case in which the supreme ‘court had taken action and alluded to a man by name, who was, he said, a friend of Senator Pat- You say he is a friend of mine, you say what is not true,” said the senator. “He was a friend of yours.” “He never was a friend of mine.” The senator arose and approached Mr. Waldron and the two men stood Wwith noses about six inches apart, “Wasn’t he a friend of yours?” “No, he never was. I always fought him.” “Mr. Bailiff, get between those men,” 8aid the chief justice. The bailiff stepped between them and pushed Senator Patterson gently back into his seat. “If you two men cannot act as at- torneys and gentlemen should,” said Chief Justice Gabbert, “we will not hear either of you.” Quiet was restored by the chief jus- tice’s words and the argument pro- ceeded. ERIBERY HINTED AT. Defense. Springs Sensation at New Ulm Murder Trial. New Ulm, Minn,, Jan. 9.—Charges of bribery were made during the moin- ing in the Koch trial by the attorneys for the defense. Bdward Dingler, aged twenty-three, & leamster, was on the stand. He said he hauled sand to the Koch house in 1903. In response to a question by Gen- eral Childs as to whether he had seen th(xedmumer hammer at Df. Koch’s he aaid: “Yes. I saw it on the window sill.” He was very positive, on cross-ex- amination by Attorney Abbott, who suddenly asked: “Did you not in Sittaurer’s saloon 8ay to Henry Goede: ‘There is $500 .in. this for.ame?.” 2 The witness answered, “No.” Attorney Abbott then asked three other questions along the same lines, intimating that the witness had said that he was to get $500 after the trial was aver for his testimony. RESULT OF HEAVY RAIl. Four Thousand Mill Employes Out of Employment. Philgdelphia, Jan. 9.—The effects of the night's heavy rainfall, which was driven by a thirty-six-mile gale, are in evidence in all sections of ihe ¢ and environs. The most serious 1e3 is the swollen condition of the Schu kill river, which is seventeen i above normal at Manayunk, a suburb. Fourteen mills are closed as a result of the flood and 4,000 hands:are idle. The residents of the place w aroused early in the day by the screeching of the factory whistles and the employes, after several hours’ strenuous work, succeeded in saving many thousands of dollars’ worth of goods, - i ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 9.—The Sus- quehanna river at this point is four- teen feet above low water mark and rising slowly. There is an ice block- ade at the dam at Nanticoke. Below the dam the water is only four feet above low water mark, NONE FATALLY HURT. Sixteen Persons Injured in Brooklyn Street Car Wreck. ‘New York, Jan. 9.—A trolley car of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, carrying forty members of Adirondack council of the Royal Arcanum, jumped the track on a curve at the foot of a steep hill in Douglass street, Brooklyn, early in the day, turned on its side and was smashed, injuring sixteen ol the occupants and dumping them into slush and water two feet deep. None of the passengers was fatally injured. Several were temporarily pinned under the wreckage of the car and help was gummoned in frantic haste in the fear that they would be drowned before they could be released. The wreckage was pried up and the uncanscious men- taken out in time to prevent drowning: As fast as the in- Jured were removed hospital ~physi- cians gave them first aid and then hastencd them to the hospitals. A number of others besides the sixteen most badly hurt were able to go home in carriages. YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD. Steamer Carr:‘ing Eight Hundred Per- sons in Quarantine. New Yark, Jan. 9—Illness reported -dition is not sufficiently serious to warrant such action. Close friends of the distinguished churchman attribute his condition to overwork and worry, superinduced by the recent public renunciation of the Catholic church by his ward, the Mar. quise de Monstiers-Merinville, former- 1y Miss May Caldwell. AFTER MANY YEARS. Senate Confirms Crum’s Nomination Despite His Coior. Washington, Jan. 9.—The nomina- -tion of W. D. m, a negro, to be col- lector of ¢ ms - for the port of a yote of 33 to 1 nominated by ‘th ti > d st of these recess nts. Confirmati nh was_ op- DEEECAT among some of the passengers on the steamship Dora, from Colon, Panama, and Port Limon, Costa Rica, to Vera Cruz, Mex., has been diagnosed as yel- low fever, Tables a correspondent of the Herald at Havana. There were 800 passengers aboard, including 200 for Cuba, when the ship reached Ha- vana and was detained outside owing to the iliness of three Cubans, two of ‘whom- were women, The vessel was placed in quaran- tine and the patients were transferred in mosquito proof ambulances to the yellow fever hospital. The man died and both of the women are said to ‘have such severe cases of yellow fever that they are not expected to live: No is expressed of the disease RESULT OF ILL HEALTH. E_x-Ma‘y’or Vila: Manidtnwoc, WI-.. YOI it S e AR I\/"™ ma A years, commiiied suicide Guiing day by firing a bullet through his brain. The body was found in his bed several hours after the deed had been- committed. ~Mr. Vilas had suf- fered for years from incurable dis- eases and this is assigned as the rea- son for the act. Mr. Vilas was well known throughout the state, having been prominent in politics. He served one term in the state senate and was draft commissioner during the Civil war. i BROKE- HIS NECK. Boy Performer Falls From™ Flying Rings and Is Killed. New York, Jan. 9.—Losing his hold on a flying ring while he was per- forming acrobatic feats before several hundred pupils in a Harlem public school Henry Talbott, sixteen years old, fell headlong to the floor, breaking his neck. The exhibition was being given for the benefit of the children, some ol whom were pupils of other schools. Although the distance was feet he was killed almost in- Husband Under Arrest. T Peoria, I, Jan. 9.—Otis Botts, ‘whose wife was found strangled with a hair 1 on Friday, has been arrest- ed by the police at the home of Will- iam Trautmann, a negro. His face was covered with scratches and when faken lo the jail he was in a state of collapse. Botts denied that he knew anything about the murder. _Result of Lamp Explosion. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 9.—A lamp exploded in the house of Peter Smith at Brodericks, near here. - The dwell- ing and one adjoining were totally de- stroyed. Bertha Smith, aged five years, wag, burned to death and Mrs. Jacob Fritz was probably fatally in- jured by jumping from a window. STORM OF WIND AND RAIN. Much Damage Bone Along the New England Coast. Bosion, Jan. 9.—The heavy storm of wind and rain that visited Southein New Ingland during the night cieatec a tremewdious surf along the coast anu in Connecticut the excessive rainjail caused a rapid rise of the rivers anu smaller streams. Several vessels were driven ashore. ‘At Winsted, Conn.,-the Mad river overflowed so that the main steet was ten inches under water. Trolley trai- fic was partly suspended. Trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, Central New England division, were stalled by snow all night at Boston Corners and Copake, N. Y. No serious delay oc- curred on the other divisions of the road. Later « dispatch from Portsmouth, N. H., said that the schooner Lizzie Carr, ashore at Rye Beach, began to break up.” One of the crew was car- ried overboard by a falling mas: and drowned. The other six men on board were brought ashore in the breeches buoy. JEASCONABLE QUIET PREVA Zut Wholesalers and Jobkbers, Loc for Prozperous Year. New weexly able i ent. of pasi results for what is confideatly hope to be a p OUs Y ' trade ¢l 8ross s and jobbers. Co wealhe makes for'a fa retail tiade in winter goods, and th Wwith necessary replenishment of ken stocks, induc a fair reasse:t ing demand at leading centers, but tressing the expectations of a satis- factory spring trade to come and the fair voiume of orders alveady bookec in leading lines of dry ds, shoes, clothing and kind and the generally small stocks reported car ried in final distributors’ hands. West- ern jobbers’ stocks are reported 10 to 30 per cent smaller than a year ago at this time and this fact, couplel with the knowledge that the coming thiee and six uionths’ business will compare with a redicett volume a yeer ago, leads (o the belief (hat comparis from now on will favor the pr year. Other features coming to ban suggestive of favorable interpreta: are the activity in many lines of i dustrial effort, notably iron and steel and its many side lines. o IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE. Tidal Fleod Inundates East Coast of England. London, Jan, 9.—A tidal flood on the east coast caused an enormous amount of damage at watering places from Scarborough as far south as Dover. Eight hundred feet of the pier at Scarborough, which cost $175,000, Is swept away and the promenades on the sea front were broken up. Nearly all parts of the town of Yarmouth were inundated, hundreds of houses were flooded and the inhabitants were obliged to vacate the ground floor. The Esplanade and .beach gardens were swept bare. Big blocks of concrete were tossed - about, wrecking every- thing they came in contact with. Sim- ilar destruction was caused elsewhere. Seawalls were washed away and waves swept over adjoining esplanades, de- stroying numerous costly, permanent attractions, inundating houses, church- es and stores and causing immense losses, both to corporations and in- dividuals. HEAVY FINE ASSESSED, MNlinois Man Pays $3,000 for Selling Liquor lllegally. Paxton, IIl, Jan. 9.—Henry Houts of Gibson. City, tried by jury in the Ford county circuit court for the il- legal sale of liquor, was found guilty on sixty counts at $50 each and fined $3,000. The president has appointed John ¥. McCall to be federal judge for the ‘Western district of Tennessee to suc-| ceed the late Judge E. H. Hammond. The war department has assigned Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, i of S. A, retired, staft of Governor chusetts, i WA Chaplain Joseph McGrain has been dismissed from the navy by order of the president. He was tried by court: as a member of the Douglas of Massa- martial on the Asiatic statl o uet., cgnrga o GERMAN FORCES IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA DEFEAT ONE THOU- SAND WITBOIS. LOSSES HAVE NOT BEEN ASCERTAINED. GROSSNAEBAS OCCUPIED: BY GER- MANS AFTER FIFTY-HOUR ENGAGEMENT. " Berlin, Jan. 9, von Trotha, comman !¢ German forces in Geirs Africa, cabies that M stubbern figit 1,000 Withois and bas after fifty hou:s' fizhti The losses have not yet be tained. STRIKE PROBABLE. Two Hundred Tiousand German Min- ers May Quit Woik. = Berlin, Jan. 9.—Meetings of repre- sentatives of 200,000 miners empio, cd in the mines of the Rhenish Westphu- lian cval syndicate are being hewd throughout the district regarding tie silence of the members oi the synui- cate on the workmen’s 1equests ior a different system of i hours of work. Tae min individual company muiag: whole allotted pro vt o keted by tlie sysuicaie. and fifty men 1n oue work, but a ge in inunediace GENERAL hours of wo the time of artiva: ai o until they reach th turning instead o: reaching the woik ceasing {0 work. The miners aver that the diggings are more unheaithy than ever anu w 55 per cent of the men are now w.s- eased. According to i 1epoits the average life or mine:s is less than formerly. The mineis’ leaders urge moderation and the 'observance of or- der. The public geneially is deepiy interested in the result of the dispute. “ AVERTEI BY CIPLOMACY. Great Britain and Germany on ' the Verge of War, Berlin, Jan. 4.—The National Lib- eral leader, Dr. Paasche, addiessing his constituents at Cie &, ma the astonisking state: many and Great Britain wer verge of war last week, referring evi dently to the lepresentations whici the German foreign office made to Great Britain regagding a beilicose threat against Germany in the Army and Navy Gazette. Dr. Paasches words were: : “l know with absolute certainty that Germany and Great Britain last week were much nearer warlike coni- ! plications than many people dream. Our diplomacy succeeded in averting the danger, though with difficulty.” Referring to the American duty on German wines Dr. Paasche said he mentioned the matter to Chancellor von Buelow, ‘who-had promised to do everything in his power to prevent it, Nevertheless, he added, the Americans were incensed against Germany be- cause of difficulties thrown in the way of the importation of American goods into Germany. RECENT ORDER ABROGATED. Mrs. Chadwick Under Sele Jurisdiction of Sheriff. Cleveland, Jan. 9.—Judge Wing of the United States district court has abrogated his recent order that mno person should be allowed to see Mrs. Chadwick in the county jail without a written permit signed by the United States marshal. “The attention of the court,” said Judge Wing, “has been called to the fact that the provision conflicts with the rules for the conduct of the sherift as keeper of the county jail made by the judges of the court of common pleas under the authority of the stat- utes of Ohio.” This decision places Mrs. Chadwick absolutely under the jurisdiction of the sheriff while she continues to be con- fined to the county jail and the latter official will have the sole authority to say who shall or who shall not see her. It is intimated, however, that the federal officials may take further ac- tion to prevent this, possibly by re- moving Mrs. Chadwick to some other jail or -prison. SHAW FAVORS FREE SEED. Secretary of the Treasury Will So Rec- ommend to Congress. ‘Washington, Jan. 9.—Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will send a letter to congress recommending that seed wheat from Canada be admitted free of duty. Speaking of the recent re- quest in behalf of Minnesota farmers ‘who want seed wheat this spring trom Manitoba Secretary Shaw said: “There is a provision of the law Wwhereby grass seeds are imported free of duty, but nothing providing for free admission of grain. I shall soon send.a communicaticn to Speaker Can- non and the president of the senate recommending a provision authorizing the department to refund the duty on imported wheat used for seeding.” POOLING NOT FAVORED. = Chairman of St. Paul Board Would See All Rebates Abolished. New York, Jan. 9.—Roswell Miller, chairman of the board of directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad company, in an interview here said: “I do not believe in legalizing rail road pools. All railroads would be glad to see rebates abolished and the laws strictly enforced. atest meed: