Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 18, 1905, Page 1

[ i { § Pio T MINNESOTA HISTORICAL - SOCIETY. neer = VOLUME 2. NUMBER 221. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1905. 'TEN CENTS PER WEEK HORTON BILL PASSED MEASURE GIVING COMMISSION CONTROL OF CAPIT(’L GOES THROUGH SENATE. HOUSE MEETS BUT ADJOURNS WITHOUT TRANSACTING ANY BUSINESS. St. Panl, Jan. 17.—Senator Horton’s bill authorizing the state capitol com- mission 1o maintain and operate the new bailding during its construction and occupancy, prior to its completion, passed the senate Monday night. Only four senators voted against it— Senators ler of Isanta, Naeseth of Goodhue, Thorpe of Kandiyohi and Wood of Todd county. Fifty-five votes were recorded in its favor, aiter Seu- ator Horton had explained the bill. The bill gives the commission pow- er to hire and discharge all employes, and provide for the adornment and ornamentation of the capitol ground: The board is to elect one of its members as resident supervisor and sup; itendent of the capitol building, who all bave exclusive charge and direction in the management thereof subject to the orders and control of the hoard, and who shall receive as compensation for his services as_such resident supervisor and superintendent a salary of $2,000 per annum, in lieu of all compensation to him as a mem- ber of the board. For the proper care and maintenance of the building the sum of $75,000 shall be set aside trom the general fund each year. The act is to take effect from and after its passage. The state capitol commission was appointed under the law of 1893, to hold office until the completion of the building. The governor is ex-officio a member of the commission, presid ing at every meeting he happens to at- tend, but he has no vote. The legislature may refuse to ac- cept the report of the statute revision submitted Monday, Senator H. A. Morgan of Albert Lea gave a strong intimation Monday night that he would oppese a reference of the proposed code to the senate jwli- clary committee of the code in the form of a bill for passage, in the sen- ate. The charge that tha statute revision commission has legislated instead of revised is furnished as warrant for the proposed objection to the reception of the report. Senators Get Revised Code. On ev senator’s desk night reposed a copy of the revised e, bonnd in buckram, and 1,070 es of the fi communication re- ceived, to-wit, from Secretary of State Monday Hangon. That official informed the senate that 500 copies had been re- ceived for ( bution. He further stated that the West Publishing com- panw had oftered to print and publish 1,000 additional copies bound in buckram for $1,470, or an equal num- ber hound in manila for $975. The secretary of state’s communi- cation included a letter from Supreme Court J ce T. A. Jaggard, repre- senting that body. stating that the court would not take any action rela- tive to the distribution of the code un- til action had been taken looking to the publication of additional volumes. It was the sense of the senators, ex- pressed by Senator Thompson, that 1,000 additional copies be published for distribution, and after adjourn- ment it was arranged that a joint com- mittee of three from the senate and five from the house be authorized to make a contract for the publication of the adaitional volumes. Students of the St. Cloud normal school, who suffered Ic by the fire et Lawrence hall—the girl's dormi- tory—Ilast Saturday night, will be re fmbursed by the state, if the house concurs in a resolution offered by Sen- ator Morgan and unanimously adopted. It directs the principal of the normal school to forward estimates of the losses sustained by the individusl students to the end that each may be reimbursed if found expedient. Senator Brower of St. Cloud in- dorsed the resolution. Senator Durant introduced a bill forbidding the sale by any person of wood alcohol naless it is conspeuously labeled “Wood Naphtha,” and impos- Ing a fine of not less than $50, nor more than $100, for a violation of the law, When Hennepin county Republican senators and house members met Monday and decided to vote for Sena- tor Moses E. Clapp, the Republican caucus senatorial nominee, they set- tled Senator Clapp's re-election by the Minnesota legislature. Both houses of the legislature will meet at noon Tuesday and ballot separately on can- didates for United States senator. HEARS PRAYER AND ADJOURNS. House Meets But Transacts No Eusi- ness. A surprisingly large number of members responded to the roll call in the house Monday night when Speak- 21 Clague cailed the body together af- ter a recess extending from last Thursday. Nearly every member was present, but in view of the fact that many believed there would not he a quorum, no bills were introduced or other business transacted. Represen- tative Willlam Wikman of% Morton moved an adjournment one minute after Chaplain Copper’s prayer. BRANDS THEM LIARS MITCHELL OF OREGON REPLIES TO HIS ACCUSERS IN SPEECH IN THE SENATE. SCENE A MOST IMPRESSIVE ONE AGED SENATOR MOVED TO TEARS AND MANY OF HIS AUDITORS VISIBLY AFFECTED. Washington, Jan. 18.—Senator Mit- chell of Oregon made a statement in the senate during the day regarding his indictment in connection with the Oregon land frauds. At the outset the senator declared that the charges made against him. if true, unfitted him to oceupy his seat in the senate. He then detailed the charges and 3 “I assert in the most pos: and unqnalified manner that each and every one of these charges, inso; they relate to or involve me, are abso- lutely, unqualifiedly and atrocionsly SENATOR MITCHELL. false, and I here and now indigndntly and defiantly denounce their authors, and each and every one of them, and brand them publicly as malicious and atrocious liars.” Following this general denial with one more specific the senator spoke substantially as follows: “But 1 desire to be more specific and, therefore, I further deny, in terms the most absolute and unqualified of which I am capable of using, that 1 ever, either in the month of January, 1502, in the state of Oregon, or at any other time or place, Unlawfully or Feloniously, or otherwise, conspired with Binger Hermann, then commissioner of the 2eneral land office, and S. A. D. Puter, Iorace G. McKinley, D. W. Tarpley, Emma L. Watson, Salmon B. Ormsby, Clark E. Loomis and William H. Davis, or either or any of them, or with any other person or persons, to defraud the United States out of any part of its public lands, located either in town- ship 11 south, of range 7 east, in the state of Oregon, or any public lands either in the state of Oregon or else- where.” The senator then attacked Francis J. Heney, an assistant United States attorney in the prosecution of the land fraud cases, accusing him of un- professional conduct in the juryroom and asserting that subsequent to the con; ions in the land fraud cases early in December and before sentence had been imposed Heney, engaged with United States Distr John H. Hall in representing the gov- ernment in the prosecution of said case, “entered into an agreement with the said S. A. D. Puter, Emma L. Wat- son and others included in said con- spiracy, by which they were oifered clemency or leniencey of some kind or character, provided they would by their evidence involve myself, Mr. Hermann and others in these frauds.” Mr. Mitchell read his statement from manuscripts and had the undivided at- tention of senators and visitors throughout his recital. The senators, almost to a man, faced about when Mr. Mitchell began to speak and few of them changed position until he closed. Mr. Mitchell’s statement consuined about three-quarters of an hour. To- ward the close his voice was oroken by sobs and he was compelled (o fre- quently dry his eyes with his handker- chief. Many other senators were vis- ibly affected. FAVORS SHIP SUBSIDY. House Committee on Marine and Fish- eries Makes Report. ‘Washington, Jan. 18.—The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries has authorized a favorable report on the shipping bill reported to congress by the merchant marine com- mittee. Burton Resolution Killed. Topeka, Kan,, Jan. 18.—Resolutions introduced in the legislature inviting Joseph R. Burton to resign his seat as United States senator were referred to the committee on state by both the house and senate. This in effect kills the resolutions. s as |’ l GERMAN COAL STRIKE. Official Report Shows 122,612 Miners Have Quit Work, * Essen, Germany, Jan. 18-—Accord: ing to reports received at the official mine office 122,612 men, from 187 coal mines, are out on strike. The leaders of the strike had a meet: ing with the government commission- ers during the afternoon and explained the grounds for the strike. The ex- pectation still continues that the dis- pute may be ended soon, owing to the government's strong desire to settle the controversy. Chancellor von Buelow's speech in the Prussian diet, affirming that the government’s two duties toward the strike were to preserve order and as- sist in a settlement so as to save Ger man industry from a great calamity, ; gives the miners hopes of obtaining concessions, “ AS VIEWED BY JAPANESE| RUSSIA WOULD INVOLVE OTHER POWERS IN THE FAR EAST- ERN TROUBLE. Tokio, Jan. 18—The note of the Russian government to the powers calling attention to the alleged viola- tion by Ching of her declared neutral- ity, which, Russia charges, has been at the instance of Japan; the raid of Lieutenant General Mistchenko’s cav- alry southwest of Liaoyang, resulting, as the Japanese claim, in the deliber- ate invasion of neutral territory, and the alleged violation of French neutral- ity by vessels of the Russian Second Pacific squadron in making a pro- longed stay at ports of the island of Madagascar, have created the impres- sion in official quarters here that the Russians are trying to involve France, China and other powers in.the Russo- Japanese troubles in the Far East so that Russia may be enabled to take her deteat with greater grace. SAIL FROM NAGASAKI. Stoessel and Other Russian Officers En Route Home. Nagasaki, Jan. 18.—The French steamer Australien sailed shortly be- fore § p. m. for Marseilles, having on board General Stoessel and his wife and 565 Russians, including Admirals Grigoravit and Lockinsky, Generals Gorbatowsky and Reiss and 245 other officers and their wives. The Austra- lien was not allowed to leave the har- bor before dark as a precaution against the Russians or others obtains ing knowledge of the defenses. The steamer was piloted out of Nagasaki by Japanese ‘naval officers, During their stay here the Russian officers bought curios valued at over $12,000, having ample supplies of money, but the soldiers had not re- ceived their pay for many months. General Fock remains a prisoner in Japan, ATTEMPT A FAILURE. Japs Try to Cut Off Russian Cossack Column. St. Petersburg, Jan. 18.—General Kuropatkin, telegraphing to Emperor Nicholas, reported an attempt of a strong Japanese detachment of infan- try, cavalry and artillery to cut off the column of General Mistchenko’s cav- alry Jan. 14 .as the latter was about to retire northward. The Japaunese, un- der cover of a mist, outidanked the Russians. A Dbattle ensued, the Rus- sian artillery inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese at short range, and then retiring. The Russian losses were five officers and forty men killed or wounded. General Kuropatkin also reported the return of a Russian pairol after blowirg up the railroad and destroy- ing a military telegraph twelve miles north of Tatchekiao. Coal Laden Steamer Captured. Tokio, Jan. 18.—A Japanese torpedo boat destrover captured the Dutch steamer Wilhelmina, which was ca. ‘ag Cardilf coal to Vladivostok, in the Tsushima straits Monday and brought her to Sasebo. RATE BILLS PRESENTED. Measures to Regulate Freight Charges in the House. Washington, Jan. 18.—Two bills on the railroad rate making problem have been introduced in the house, one by Representative Townsend of Michigan, creating a “court of transportation,” and the other by Representative Esch of W 1. granting authority to the iuterstate commerce commission to name a 1easonable rate in place of one they have declared unreasonable. The court oi transportation is t¢ con- sist of a chiel justice and four asso- ciate justices; 19 be appointed by the | piesident ani confirmed by the senate and to ‘hold office during good be: havior, the chiei justice to receive $9,000 and the associate justices each W.500 annually. s The court is to have original juris- diction in all cases arising under the interstate commerce act. Appeal can be taken to the supreme court only. Unable to Extinguish Flames. Chicago, Jar. 18 —Fire still burns in the packing plant of the Schwaizchilil & Sulzberger company in spite of the efforts of the firemen. After a fisht ol thirty-eight hours it is said that it might be necessary to demolish the walls with dynamite in order (o get at the blaze and save oiher sections of the plant. i PERISH IN AVALANCHE | FIFTY-NINE PERSONS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN A DI#ASTER AT NAESDAL, NORWAY. IMMENSE WAVE SWEEPS LAKE SHORE HOUSES, PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK § CARRIED AWAY. BY GREAT RUSH OF WATER. 1 Christiania, Norway, Jan. 18 —Fifty- mine persons perished as the result of an avalanche of rocks at Naesdal, north of Bergen, Sunday. A mass of rocks was suddenly pre- ! eipitated into Loenvand lake from the surrounding hills, causing an immense { wave twenty feet high, which swept the neighboring shores. Houses, peo- ple and cattle were swept away by the rush of water and it is known that fifty-nine persons perished. Thus far only four bodies have been recovered. A great storm stopped the relief work, as the surrounding dis- trict is unable to send help. HOSTILE TO POLYGAMY. 8entiment of Mormon Church Accord- ing to Witness. Washington, Jan. 18.—When the | Smoot investigation opened for the day | Richard W. Young of Salt lLake, a graduate of West Point and also ol the law department of Columbia uni- versity, was sworn. While serving in the Philippines he was president of the criminal branch of the supreme court: of the islands. He returned to Salt Lake in 1901 and is now president of one of the four Mormon stakes of Salt Lake City. M. Young is a mono- gamist and says the sentiment of the Mormons is decidedly hostile to po- lygamy. He said there is no teaching of polygamy and has. been none since the manifesto was issued. In relation to “whisperings” in politics he said he knew of no instance where the *whis- pers” had been traced to any Mormon authorities. So far as he was con- cerned personally, he said, no person had ever sought to influence his vote. ONE KILLED IN" Thirteen Other Persons Injured Near 7 Derby, Kan. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 18.—One man ‘wag killed and thirteen persons were injured in a wreck of a Santa Fe pas- senger train northbound near Derby, this state. L. I. West, express messen- ger, was killed and Charles Shafer and John Stevens were fatally injured and eleven other passengers, mostly from Kansas, were slightly hurt. In the express car were West and Shafer. West jumped and was killed. Shafer tried to jump, but a hoxed corpse in the express car fell on him, crushing his breast. The train was running thirty miles an hour at a curve when the tender left the tiack, followed by the entire train of four cars, which fell down the embankment. RAIN WRECK. RESULT OF LABOR TROUBLES. Mills Employing Japanese Cannot Se- cure insurance. Seattle, W 18.—Within the past few days several local five insur- ance agents have 1 4 iustructio: not to write policies on saw mills ot shingle mills with which Japan in any way identified, either as em- ployes in capacit as owne! Underwrity de not j v as to the reeson, which is ha. the “moral Lazaid.” It i sh., Jan. ot white thought liable to resu ¢ time in physical viciente, wilh consequent danger to property through open trou ble or incendizrism. is FIVE MINERS PERISH. Result of Fire in a Célliery at De- catur, il Decatur, I, Jan. 18.- As a result of :3 of the Decatur Coal four miners are now known to be dend, one miner is miss- and another is in the hospital prob- v fatally injnred. About twenty mineis were impris- cned by smoke in distant entvies, but all were rescued except the one mi ing. The damzge to the mine is Le- lieved to be small. It is supposed that overhead timbers in the stables were ignited by a miner’s lamp. fire in the stab company mine Prominent Lumberman Killed. - Calumet, ., Jan. 18.—D:avid Le- roy, a promineat lumberman of Stam- bourg, Iron county, was shot and in- stantly killed a week ago ai Pentago, Wis,, a small lumbering camp in | Florence county, during a quarrel with |a man named Rogers, who sent three bullets thiough Leroy’s lungs. Rog- ers gave himself up and is being held on a charge ot murder. Fifteen Men Scriousiy Hurt. Middlesbero, Ky., Jan. 18—A cable jcar loaded with seventeen the Ixcelsior mines iumped the track when haif way up the mountain. Fif- teen of the seventeen weo! Susly hurt. and two, Samwuel Hilton and Thomas Vance, will probably die. The lhqclgi’e L was caus DEFECTIVE PACE DEFENDANT NOT PRESENT. Platt-Elias Suit® Taken Up in New York Supreme Court, New York, Jan. 18—The irial of the suit of John R. Platt, the octo genarian millionaire, to recover from Hannah Elias, a negress, nearly tinvee- quarters of a million dollars which he alleges she extorted from him during a period extending over niore than twenty years, was begun before Jus- tice O'Gorman in the suprems court during the day. Mrs. Elias was not in court when the case was called. Mr. Platt was present with his counsel, however, and it was decided not to allow the absence of the de‘endant to delay the proceedings. ‘When Mr. Platt avose in response Lo a call from his counsel he appeared to be very feeble and was assisted to a chair in the witness stand. Gaided by questions from his counsel, spoken in a very loud tone, the witness told of his first meeting with Mrs. Elias more than twenty vears ago when, as presi dent of the Volunteer Firemen's a; ciation, he took the visiting C firemen out “to show them a g time,” and recounted incidig occurred during their long q 1lis story was practically the that told when he was on the stand in the magistrate’s court early 1z mer when the proceeding: o Mrs. Elias were begun. His memor; was extremely pooi and he could not remember the amounts oif money he had loaned o Mrs. Elias. ARGUMENTS BY ATTORNEYS. New Ulm Murder Trial Rapidly Near- ing the End. New Ulm, Minn,, Jan. 18—The staic closed its case against Dr. George it Kich, accused of the murder of Dr. | A. Gebhardt, at 9:20 a. m. and the de- fense closed five minutes later. At 9:40 former Attorney General Childs began the argument for the state. The testimony of Asa P. Brooks fo the effect that Dr. Koch was not the man he saw in the act of killing Dr Gebhardt stands unimpeached. It the intention of the state to call W. C. Murfin, an intimate friend of Brooks, to the stand in an effort to impeach Brooks’ testimony on the theory that Brooks would have told him the real facts il he told any one. The effort of the state failed because it was found that no foundation for the impeach- ment had bheen laid. Mr. Childs concluded his argument for the state shortly after moon and was followed by Attorney Somerville for the defense. WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS. Prosecutions May Follow Missouri In- vestigation. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18.—Circuit Attorney Arthur Sagre made a hurried trip here from St. Louis, caused, it is said, by developments in regard to the investigation into campaign fund con- tributions. . When asked as to his official p tion and probable action in the matter he said: “Il have only this to say: If the facts ji 'y proceedings under sec- tion 7176 of the Revised Statutes of 1899 I will institute them."” The section to which Mr. Sagre re- ferred provides that it shall be unlaw- ful for any corporation to influence or attempt to influence the result of any election in the state or to procure the election of any person to a public office. TRIES TO END HIS LIFE. Speculator Who Alleges He Lost $80,- 000 on Wall Street. New York, Jan. 18.—Claiming to have lost his fortune of $80,000 as a result of Thomas W. Lawson's attacks on Wall street interests a man who said he was Frank D. Austin, forty years old, twice attempted to throw himself from the Brooklyn bridge. He was prevented from jumping by Cap- tain Devanney of the bridge police, who grappled with him and, after a long struggle, in which he was helped by two detectives, placed him under arrest. “I wanted to end it all,” he told his captors on twe way to the police sta- tion. “I have lost $80,000 in Wall street all on account of that frenzied financier, Thomas W. Lawson.” NIEDRINGHAUS GHOSEN SUCCEEDS FRANCIS M. COCKRELL AS UNITED STATES SENA- TOR FROM MISSOURI. ERENS’ FOLLOWERS FALL IN LINE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS NOMINEE RECEIVES ALMOST UNANI- MOUS PARTY VOTE. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18.— Thomas K. Niedringhaus, chairman of the Republican state commiitee sand the subject of the recent legislative in- vestigation regarding campaign funds, has been elected United States sen- ator to succeed Francis M. Cockrell. Niedringhaus was the Republican cau- cus nominee but until the last minute it was believed certain followers of Colonel R. C. Kerens would bolt. Just previous to the hour for balloting, however, Kerens’' lieutenant in ‘he house announced that he would secord the nomination of Niedringhaus and the latter received practically every Republican vote in both houses. The vote was as follows: House, Niedringhaus 79, Cockrell 58, Kerens 1, Bittinger 1. Senate, Cockrell 22, Niedringhaus 11. Republican Chosen in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18—Without a party caucus or other formalities, save the pledges of state and district con- ventions, the Republicans in the Ne- braska legislature voted for Elmer J. Burkett for United States senator. There are only nine fusionists in the two houses and Mr. Burkett received a majority vote in each. Senator Knox Re-Elected. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 18—The two branches of the Pennsylvania_ legisla- ture ballotted separately during the fay for United States senator. Philan- der C. Knox, who was appointed by Governor Pennypacker to succeed the late M. S. Quay, received the unani- mous vote of the Rerublicans. EXONERATES NIEDRINGHAUS. Report of Missouri Legislative Inves: tigation. z Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18.—Repre- sentative Tubbs, chairman of the com- mittee appointed to investigate the campaign contributions of Thomas K. Niedringhaus, chairman of the Repub- lican state committee and caucus nom- inee for United States senator, has submitted the report of his committee to the house. The report says “that the action of Thomas K. Niedringhaus, s0 far as the investigation of your committee is concerned, which investi- gation was full and fair, was honest and above criticism.” The report adheres to the declara- tion that the contribution was to the Republican city campaign committee of St. Louis; that Niedringhaus did not contribute $21,000 to that fund and that he filed no such statement with the recorder of deeds, because he was not acting treasurer of the city com- mittee. It finds that, as chairman of the state committee, Niedringhaus filed a statement, including the $21, 000, which was properly credited to him, and that Adolphus Busch guaran- teed him $2,500 and Otto Stifel guar- anteed him $6,250 of the said amount; that no money was contributed by brewers to influence legislation and that the explanations of Niedringhaus in regard to this $21,000 were entirely satisfactory. Representatives Casey of Jackson and O'Donnell of St. Louis, Democratic members of the committee, filed a minority report along the lines of the Senale committee report made Mon- day. Casey moved to substitute the minority for the majority report. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Ira Brown is dead at the home of his daughter at Cadillac, Mich., aged 100 years and:$ months. The cold weather of the last few days has killed all of the fall vege- tables in Central Texas and up and down the Brazos valley. Grand Duchess Caroline of Saxe- ‘Weimar died Tuesday of inflammation of the lungs, supervening from influ- enza. She was born in 1884. “lke” Vail, for almost half a century known throughout this country and Europe as the “king of bunco men,” is dead in New York city at the age of seventy. O’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota. Advance Showing of 1905 ¥ GINGHAMS Fifty pieces of the celebrated double fold Red Seal Ginghams have ar- rived and are now in stock. S S India. Linens---Our spring shipment of India Linens has arrived; black and white at from 10c to 50c a yard. Ladies’ Muslin Underwear---Dainty Mus- lin Undergarments made of the best materials in a neaf, honest manner; they are equal to custom made and the cost is just about what the material would cost if bought by the yard. Remember our Clearance Sale on Ladies’ Furs and Coats, Men’s Overcoats and Sheep Lined Coats. DENOUNCED AS TRAITORS. Witnesses Who Revealed Endowment House Oaths. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 18.—A special to the Tribune from Eureka, Utah, says that Bishop Daniel Con- nelly, in an address. before the Mor- mon young people’s societies of that place, denounced as “traitors” the witnesses in the Smoot inyestigation who had revealed the endowment house oaths apnd declared that he had known men to be shot to death for breaking their oaths. TWO BROTHERS SHOT DEAD. Killed in Desperate Fight With Ala- bama Officers. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 18.—While at- ! tempting to arrest Robert and James McBryde, brothers, for disorderly con- duct Sherifi T. F. Connor was fatally stabbed, the McBryde brothers were shot to death, Deputv Sheriff George Lamar was dangerously stabbed about the body and legs and City Marshal Cy Taylor was cut about the arms. 1 Decision for the Steel Trust. Trenton, N. 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