Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 12, 1905, Page 1

—— Y, VOLUME 2. NU MER 216 FOR TEMPORARY PEAGE RUSSIA SAID TO >BE PLANNING SETTLEMENT WITH HER VIC- TORIOUS ENEMY. GREAT NAVY TO BE BUILT AT ONCE WHEN FULLY PREPARED CZAR'S! GOVERNMENT WILL REOPEN THE STRUGGLE. Parly, Jan. —The declaration made by Vice Admiral Doubassoff, the Russian member of the international commission to inquire into the North sea incident, in an interview, to thei eféect (hat an honorable peace hetween | Rus and Japan is likely to be made is considered highly nificant. Here-| tofore the members of the Russian em- bussy and all the other Russian offi- son 1o believe that these were e sive of personal views before heal from St. Petersburg, whe: Doubassolt has just arrived from St. Petershurg after a lengthy audience with Emperor Nicholas following the| fall of Port Arthur. The admiral, who is chief of naval construction, submitted to the emperor la: duy a plan to complete the tation of the navy. Doubassoff says| the emperor gave it most favorable consideration and said it would be sub- witted to the council of ministers. Must Sccure Naval Supremacy. said Admiral Dou- the immediate necessity for the reconstruction of our fleet, at all the Ru an and for for the purpose of securing sirength | guflicient to command supremacy at| sea. ‘T'his is absolutely indispensable il we are to expect victory from the next war with Japan. The remnant } of our lieet is hardly more than debris and entirely unequal to Japan's naval strength,” The admiral further said it was nee | essary to recognize these conditio however painful they might be to tional self-love. “ I'herefore itate to rehabili- “I am convinced, bassolt, “of he added, “T do not hes- v that we fend foward not far off peace. We will feave the Japa- nese Port Arthur and the territory they now occupy in Manchuria. We will ourselves resolutely to work to prepare a powerful, invincible navy, as this peacé will be but tempoli. s and the next time we shall be amply prepared.” The official view is that Admiral Doubassoff’s statement is expressive ot the growing sentiment. within Russia! favorable to peace. REMAINS _IN INDIAN OCEAN. Rojestvensky's Fleet Will Await Fur: ther Reinforcements. St. Petersburg, Jan. 12.—The admi- ralty has not given the slightest offi- cial confirmation of the report of the recall of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron. On the contrary the offi- cials point calmly to the preparations being made to reinforce the squadron with a division of the Third Pacific squadron as sufficient evidence that| Rojestvensky will not return to Euro- pean waters. The Russian ice breaker Ermack, at Libau, has been ordered (o keep the channel clear for Under maintained that Rojestvensky's ships | could cruise in the Indian ocean, coal- ing and pm\mumng from their own storeships. IT A FABRICATION. CALLS | Japanese Legation at Paris Denies Story of French Paper. Faris, Jan. 12.—The Japanese lega- tion pronounces the alleged disclosures of the Echo de Paris to the effect that Japan has planned a campaign against French Indo-China to be a fabrication. ‘The legation says: “We declare once for all that Japan has never had designs upon the Asiatic possessions of any European power, Its present war against Russia is solely for national defense against the men- aces of Russian invasion in the Far East.” DUE TO SEVERE CRITICISM. Vice President of German Reichstag May Have to Resign. Rerlin, Jan. 12—Dr. Paasche, the National Liberal leader who recently informed his constituents at Creuznach that Great Britain and Germany were on the verge of war in the latter part of December owing to the utterances of the Army and Navy Gazette of Lon- don, may have to resign the vice pres- idency ot the reichstag in consequence of the severe criticism. The govern- ment denies his declarations and his criti say that if they were true it was indiscreet of him to divulge the matter, while if untrue he should not have backed utterances destructive of good relations with Great Britain by his reputation. The government has been greatly annoyed, it having to deny the statements and explain mat- ters. the ships | which are being made ready for sea.! the Irench regulations it is| NEARLY A NILLION Suit Against Hannah Elias in New York Supreme Court. { New York, Jan: 12.—The final stage in the struggle [or possession of nearly $750,000 |>etween John R. Platt, an aged v, and Hannah RKlias, & negre - @ charges, wrengfully obtaine . FNVCLVED. y from Him, began before . ...schoff in the supreme court « tie day. In this suit it was e: that the whole amazing story or (L ir which attracted the attention of tue entire country when the seciet of Platt’s relations with the woman were reveaied by the filing of his suit last summer would be brought out. Interest in the case was intensi- fied from the first by the strange and tragic death of Andrew H. Green, one of the city’s most prominent men, who was shot to death almost at the door of the Elias woman’s home on Central Park west a few months Dbefore the Platt suit was filed. Green's mur- derer, a negfo, who was captured and later sent to an insane asylum, said he had shot Mr. Green because he was jealous of the latter’s attentions o Mt Elias, evidently mistaking him for Mr. Platt. Mrs. Elias maintains that the vast sum named in Platt’s suit was given her voluntarily by Platt—that he lit- erally threw money at her. On the other hand Platt claims that the de- fendant resorted to every trick and device her ingenuity could command to exhort money from him during the twenty years of their acquaintance. Mr. Platt is now eighty-seven years old and very keme. FAVORS EARLV TARIFF ACTION. Presidenl Will Call Extra Session to Revise Schedules. ‘Washington, Jan. 12.— President Roosevelt favors the earliest possible action looking to a revision hy con- gress of the tariff. He so informed the senators and representatives who were in conference with him at the ‘White House last Saturday and he hag made plain his position to others since that conference, He will call the Fifty-ninth congress into extraordinary session as soon as the committees have indicated that they are prepared to submit a tariff measure for passage. One of those present at the confer- ence on Saturday said during the day, in view of the many conflicting stories published regarding the maltter, that the president informed him that while he did not believe in any sweeping re- ductions of the tariff and would abide absolutely by the judgment of the two committees of the senate .and louse, yet he did think the schedules should be thoroughly examined and the: should be a readjustment as to ce tain of them. Minne O’Leary & Bowser, § Bemidji, sota. m This is Inventory Week, but we will take x time to show our customers the won- derful bargains we are offering. H Ladies’ Fur Coats we are selling at cost. - 1 lot Ladies’ Cloth Coats 1 Tot i s - - - one-quarter “ Fntire stock of Children’s Coats 5 2 “ “ “ Ladies’ Suits “ < i “ « G Boys' Overcoats - - 2 (4 [ “ 1 lot Ladies’ Silk Shirt Waists - - - one-third [ “ 1 ot Misses’ Felt Shoes, per pair - - 85 cents Men’s Overcoats. We want you to see our Overcoats; nice, dressy Coats at The ones we sold before Christmas at $12.00 to $22.50. Men’s Underwear. . 1 lot Men’s All Wool Underwear, the $1.75 kind; per garment. - - . Men’s 50¢ Heavy Wool Sox; per pair - - - - - Men’s Heavy Buffalo Flannel Shirts, the $1.50 kind; per garment - . We have | | 1 Sheep Lined Coats. an immense stock of these Cdats; they are going at one-half off from regular price $9.50 to $16.50 <0 — 883 I 1.09 25 per cent off. R RN l«l;!l_l!!‘lmugw DEFENSE IN SENATOR Sf»’.iIZ)OT IN- VESTIGATION BEGINS CALL- ING WITNESSES. iflAlHJ MAN THE FIRST TO TESTIFY EXPLAINS ALLEGED BOYCOTT OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY BY THE MORMON CHURCH: ' ‘Washington, Jan. 12.A1‘ha‘._flerense in the Senator Reed Smoot iivesliga- tlon was begun during the day. The room of the senate corgmittee on priv- ileges and elections was as ¢rowded as during the progress of the inquiry into the secrets of the Mormon, church, which was conducted by the attorney for the protestants againsi Senator Smoot retaining his seat..’Senator Knox, recently appointed a member of the committee, attended the'hearing for the first time. % William J. McConnell ‘of Northern Idaho was the first witness calied. The examination was conducted by Walde- mar Van Cott of Salt Lake, wlo is as- sociated with A. S. Worthiugton of Washington as counsel ‘of ‘Senator Smoot. *The witness was a: scribe the political conditions in Idaho and took up-early days when he said he had lobbied befoie the legislature when the first effort 'was made ti franchise the @lormons. He declared 4 thal he was prejudiced againust Mor- mons, but that he found that mnost of the Gentiles were practicing “the ence which in our.country is called poker.” He said he had nev Mormons to gamble and dr followed this testimény with a review of his acquaintance with Mormons during the agitation’ against the reli- glon in Idaho, - He assisted in bring- ing about the repeal of the test vath of citizenship and! afterward went among the Mormons’on a lecture tour. He had observed the people, ke said, and their morals were of a high, praiseworthy character. Knox Questions S;moet‘s Counsel. Senator Knox asked counsel to in- form him as to whal pait of thie case the examination of Mr. McConnell was relevant. Mr. Van Cott said fhe tes- MOy U e MoQeSITen v particularly to that of Charles H Jack: son, chairman of the Idaho Demo- cratic committee, who testified that no candidate for office, Democratic or Republican, could stand against the Mormon church. * The witness was asked concerning eauses of the Moi- mon vote being cast for Gooding in his canvass for the governorship and said he was surprised that any Mormons had voted.the Democratic ticket. He gave as one reason that he had chal- lenged Senator Dubois to a public de- . bate and received an answer declining the invitation on the ground that he could not afford time to debate with anyone who was not a candidate for office in the party which w: “de- fending criminals, as he Lelieved the Mormons to be.” He submitted a lithographed reproduction of Senator BDubois’ letter. “Was that letter personal to you?” asked Senator Dubols. “It was an answer to my challenge. It was not marked personal.” “Well—all right.” The senator started to reply and stopped abruptly, dismissing the subject. Mr. McConnell repeated a number of reasons why the Democratic party was boycotted by the Mormon church, saying that one of the principal canses is that Senator Dubois called the Mor- mons criminals. The defense closed its examination with a statement ' from the witness that he did not know of any polyga- mous marriages among Mormons since the manifesto, On cross-examination the witness correcied his statement in regard to the “poker playing Gentiles,” sayving i that it was confined to the members of the legislature and not to the peo- ple. PASSED BY THE ;ENATE. Resolution Relating to Cases Before Commerce Commission. ‘Washington, Jan. 12—Mr. Elkins presented and the senate passed a resolution calling’ on the interstate commerce commission for information giving the total number of cases that have been before the commission. The resolution asks for specific information as to the number of complaints made to the commission by railroad compa- i nies, the number of complaints of ex- cessive rates and of unjust discrimi- nations, and also the complaints of yiolation of published rates: It asks, |llsu for information in each case as to the number of decisions, the num- lber of appeals to the courts and the ! pumber of afirmations or reversals by | the courts in cases of appeal POSTAL APPRQFR IATION BILL. i House Com ee Completes Prepara- tion of Measure. Jan, 12—The house ‘Waskington, ! pommittee on postoffices and post- i toads has completed the postoffice ap- propriation bill and will report it to the house -early next week. The items ave not yet been computed, salaries are pro- legislation ia. SECR -The conventions entered WMinnsapolis Firm Gets Sampie .of Grain and Scale of Prices, * " Minneapolis, Jan. 12—A sample of wheat bearing the:union label was re- ceived by a Minneapolis grain com- mission firm during the day, with an offer' to sell a carload at $1.20, which is the minimum scale of the Tarmers’ union.® Some interesting facts were contained in a number of documents ‘which accompanied the offer, but they. ‘were not made public immediately be- cause of the influence they might have bad on the market. The farmers have started a union. The organization is not one of farm- hands, but of owners of farms. The union is novel in that it has no provi- sion for strikes. It fights merely with the boycott and this weapon is di- rected against the members of specu- lative markets, whom the promoters of the organization consider tyrants. A minimum scale has been adopted, fixing a price below which the grain must not be sold. No union label Wheat can be sold at less than $1.20 a bushel, no union label corn at less than 50 cents, no union label barley at less than &8 cents, no union label oats at less than 40 cents. The headquarters of the union are at Indianapolis and it is known as the Neational Union of American Farmers. »VlCTORY FOR LA FOLLETTE. Succeeds In Organizing Wisconsin Sen. ate and Assembly. Madison, Wis, Jan. 12,—Governor La Follette, in the assembly and sen- ate caucuses, succeeded in organizing both in his interest. This is taken as aiding him materially in his contest for the senatorship, for he will be able, it plans do not miscarry, to rush through such legislation as he has been working for before Jan. 17, when the vote for senator will be taken, The assembly was in his favor by a large wmajority, The senate was won by securing the yotes of three doubtful senators who were able to control the pityativn and who, by securing the chief clerkship for their nominee, ‘were persuaded to vate with the gov- ernor’s supporters for the other offi- cers of {he senate. FOUNDERED CURING STORM CHIEF OFF|CER AND TWENTY-ONE MEN OF AMERICAN STEAM DREDGER LOST. ‘Waterford, Ire,, Jan. 12—The steam- er Zeno arrived here during the day with the captain and twelve men of the American steam dredger Texas, from Dantzic via Southampton Dec. 12 for Galveston, which foundered in a storm off the Hebrides. The crew en- tered the small boats, but one contain- ing the chief officer and twenty-one men sank immediately and all its oc- cupants were drowned. 'The survivors drifted for several days before being picked up. The survivors, who suffered terribly from cold and hunger, say that just prior to sighting the Zeno they had| drawn lots to decide which should be killed to px'ovnde tcofl fox the rest. AGAINST RADIC/AL CHANGES President lnkima(:s He Will Withdraw Treaties. ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—If the arbitra- tion ‘reaties mow pending before the Unitil States senate are emasculated the president will withdraw them from consideration, Pr mt Roosevelt has let this be understood clearly. At the confer- ence last Saturday between him and prominent men of the senate and house ot representatives he informed the senators that ne desired the arb tration treaties to be ratified. In hi; ppinion such action is of the highest importance. He desired them to know that he would not permit the pending treaties to Le radically changed, as it has been intimated they might be in the course of their consideration by the senate. He says frankly that, rather than have the treal afiected in principle by their consideration in the senate, he would absolutely with- draw them, The treaties now pending were ne- gotiated by Secretary Hay with the representatives of the powers and all of them were signed in Washington. into were with France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, = Switzerland, Spain and Austria-Hungary. The president and S tary Hay felt, in negotiating the treaties, that.a long step toward universal arbitration. and conse- ‘quently universal peace, had been | taken. Both have expressed surprise] that an attitude inimical to the con- | ventions should have been assumed by some senators, The president has ex- pressed the hope that this attituile may not be maintained successfully, as not only the people of America, but the peaple of the world, as represented in the conventions, are anxious that | these negotiations looking for peace- ful “settlement of guestions which otherwise might cause war, should be concluded. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED, Terrific Crush of People in Run on a © New York Bank, New York, Jan, 12. great a panic among the crowd of 5,000 persons wampg to. withdraw. thelr dgposits from the State bank on Grand street during the day that the emergency detail of it Deqime 50 securing their deposits they rushed against a heavy iron railing around a light ‘well in front of the bank aud tore it from its fastenings. To prevent the crowds from falling Into the well a detail of police forced the crowd back, but in the struggle three pol.comen- were injured in the Jar the iron railing. Two wo- me:: v dly hurt, but both refused to diip vit of line, so anxious were they to secure their deposits. Mean- time (he Lank was paying all who ap- plied. The 1un* was caused by a rush of depositors to place their money in the bank Tuesday, which was misinter- Dreted hy spectators, who jumped to the conclusion that there was some- thing wrong with the bank OPPOSES COOPER BILL, President of Export Association Before, Committee. ‘Washington, Jan. 12.—Opposition to the Quarles-Cooper- bill, extending au- thority to the interstate commerce sion to fix freight rates, was made before the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce by F. B. Thurber, president of the United States L‘(pmt association. Mr. Thur- ber stated that he had heard the statement made at the St. Louis con- vention of the Interstate Commerce league that congress was owned by the railroads. Not only, he said, did Mr. Bacon make this statement, but others made it. Mr. Bacon, who was bresent, made a hot denial of the au- thorship of the statement, whereupon Representative Mann called his atten tion to the subsequent proceedings be- fore the committee, when he had given Mr. Bacon opportunity to deny the Statement and he had declined to do 80, “I wanted you to deny it and you refused to demy it. I thought you ought to deny it for your own integrity and that of your association,” contin lann, con, continuing, said: “Well, I never had such a thought in my life and T think this ought to end this con- troversy.” HOUSE CONS]DERS ARMY BlLL Measure Under Discussion in Com- mittee of the Whole. ‘Washington, Jan. 12—Upon the con- vening of the house Speaker Cannon announced the committee on inaugural ceremonies. The army appropriation bill was taken up in committee of the whole, M Dol (1 dn she chudie b o agreed that there should be three hours general debate. Mr, Hull (a.), having the bill in charge, explained the several changes which the com- mittee had made in existing legisla- tion, the principal items. of which al- ready have been published. MOTHER AND CHILD PERISH. - Four Other Persons Injured by Fire at Lishon, N, D. Lisbon, N. D, Jan, 12.—George Han- na's farmhouse burned during the morning und Mrs. Thomas Hanna and her infant, who were there visiting, | were burned to death. Four of the members of the family were seriously buined or frozen. Snow Storm General in the West and Northwest. Topeka, Kan, Jan. 12—Snow has been falling over Kansas for the past twenty-four hours and the ground is covered fiveinches deep. Very little wind has accompanied the snow, while the temperature has remained at 10 degrees above zero. Norfolk, N Jan. 12.—Four inches of snow fell here during the night and till snowing in North a and South Dakota. The 1s accompanied by a moderate wind. GERMAN STRIKE SPREADING. Abhout Thirty-five Thousand Miners De- sert Their Work. Cologne, Germany, Jan. 12.—The strike of coal miners has spread. Part or all of the diggers in seventeen ad- ditional mines did not go to work dur- ing the morning. The number idle is about 35,000, or one-eighth of the total. Divisions exist among the min- ers, minorities disapproving of a strike and refusing to quit work, so that the proprietors of some of the affected mines continue to werk them on part time. Madman Leaps From High Dome. Dubuque, 1Ia, Jan. 12—Swinging into space at the height of 400 feet, erazed with liquor, James Murphy, a steeple painter, jumped from the dome of the courthouse to the first balcony and miraculously escaped death. When picked up it was found that an arm and leg were broken and he was also internally injured. He was removed to a hospital and may recover, Four Mlehlgan Mmers Killed. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 12.—Four men Were instantly kllled and two others injured at a shaft which is being sunk at Rockland by the Victoria Mining. company for a hydraulic power. The accident was due to the breaking of a cable while six men were coming to $ie flurfa('e in a skip at the noon hour, Engineer and Fireman Killed. Cleveland, Jan. 12—The boiler of a locomotive attached to tne eastbound fast express train on the Erie road ‘blew up while standing at the Creston (0.) station, killing the engineer and flremun Instantly and badly injuring nother mau wi owurdlngi “AJ#J:?S s fh Bl CHICAGO MAR KILLS WIFE, TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND AT- PTS CUIZIbE, MURDERER’S WOUNDS KAY BE FATAL TRAGEDY FOLLOWS REFUSAL OF THE WOMAN TO GIVE HER - HUSBAND MONEY. Chicago, Jan. 12.—With a pistol and razor John ‘Miller; a cook, killed his wife and infant daughter, Anrie, fa tally wounded another daughter, Mar- tha, two and a half years old, and then, after shooting himself through cut his own throat. is believed by the pelice to have been the cause of the tragedy. The unconscious forms of the Miller family were found in their home by by neighbors. They were hurried to the hospital. Mrs. Miller died on the way. Her younger child was dead be fore removal by the police. The older child survived only a short time after arriving at the hospital. Miller will probably die. In the hurry of getting the victims from the honse Police Sergeant Will iam Saver s dewalk and broke I s taken to a hospi 1 the same ambulance that carried Miiler. S M Miller appears te have made a terrific struggle for life. Her hcad was almost severed from her body, there was a cut four inches long in t. back of her head and a six-inch gasi near her heart. She had also received, a bullet through her lungs. Miller squandered his money in sa« loons, Ris wife was forced to care for all the family, including her huss band. She had savel part of her earnings as a wait The t.ageds was preceded by a quarrel over this money, which Miller had tried to se- cure for the ostensible purpose at starung a restaurant, RUMORS OF SETTLEMENT, Northaen Securities Fight May Yet Be Compranised. says: The rumor of a settlement of the Northern Securities fight was current again in Wall street during the day, this time embroidered with a-bit of political gossip. It was said that Mr.eHarriman in- duced Gavernor Odell to withdraw his opposition to the re-election of Senator Depew on the understanding that De- pew would resign the chairmanship of ’| the New York Central, the vacancy to be filled hy Harriman. Whatever the details may ba it is generally conceded that the Union Pa- cifie to form a very close alliance with the New York Central and the Northern Pacific is 1o enter upon very friendly relations with the Harriman system, There is little doubt that the North- ern Securities suit will be carried to the United States supreme court, but as a frienlly action, it is believed. That Erie is to play an important part in the final settlement there seems lit- tle doubt. Harriman interesis in Erie are large and it is said Harriman will lend his aid to the development of the Erie, GRAND JURV BUSV AGAIN. Oregon Land Cases Under Investigas tion by Federal Body. Portland, Ore., Jan. 12—The federal grand jury has reconvened and sensa tional developments are expected he- fore its sessions close. The men said to be now subject to its evamination are Fred A. Kribs of this city, Who has located over $00,000 acres of timber land, and €. A. Smith, the Minneapolis milliionaire, reputed to be Kribs’ backer, A. R. Booth of the Booth-Kelly Lum- ber company, a brother of J. H. Booth of the Rogeberg land office, is said to be under the farreaching shadow of the grand jury and if he is involved it may mean the connection of the com- pany as well with timber frauds. Colonel A. R. Green, special inspec- tor of the interior department, has re turned from a secret mission to Wis- consin, the home of: Horace G. Mc Kinley and of the Weyerhauser syndi- cate, whose dealings in Oregon and Washington timber lands are said to have teached enormous proportions, EDITOR BROOKS TESTIFIES, Eyewitness Describes the Murder of Dr. Gebhardt, New Ulm, Minn.,, Jan. 12.—In the trial of Dr. George R. Kach for the murder of- Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, Judge ‘Webber decided that the state need not call Editor A. P. Brooks, who saw the murder, as a witness. The ccurt then called Brooks to the stand and he described the murder as he witnessed it over the transom. The witness did not know the murderer, but swore pos- ftively that it was not the defendant, Dr. Koch. Four Guilty of Contempt. Denver, Jan. 12.—Four men were ad- Judged guilty of contempt of the. su- preme court during the day for con- the police, who had been summoned - ‘duct at the polls at the recent election in yiolation of the court’s or | were. sentenced, to. fm tye.