Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 20, 1905, Page 1

gallfs The Bemidji - Pioneer : = lieToricaL MINNESOT SOCIETY. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 223. [The Bazaar The Bazaar’s 25 per cent discounf sale will still continue for a few more days. If you are desir- ous of getting some wonderful bargains you had better come at once as you cannot easily get a chance of the kind again. The above mentioned discount is given on everything throughout our Department Store and we except nothing. Ladies’ Suits and Cloaks Dry Goods Gent’s Furnishings Groceries Ladies’ and Men’s Shoes This sale continues ohly for a short time so im- preve the golden opportunity and come to our sale The Bazaar Store, Corner Minnesota Avenue and Third St. Bemidji, Minnesota. 1G % of the %= Hub Clothing - Stock Which Will Commence Monday Morning, at 10 0’Clock at Gill Bros.” Store, 216 Minnesota. Ave. Greatest Barg;fi?Ever Offered! g WAIT % FIRE SALE| WAIT WAIT Guilty of Firing Hotel in Which Two Persons Perished. Carroll, la., Jan. 20.—After a sensa- tlonal trial Mr. and C. W. Harvey have been convicted on a charge of arson. They were charged with set- ting fire to the hotel at Glidden which they were operating over a year ago for the sake of securing the insurance, Two brothers, W. 1. and A. W. Hobbs, who were sleeping in the hotel, lost their lives in the fire, Harvey and his wife are both twen- ty-three ars old and have been mar- ried a little over a year. The penalty for their crime is life imprisonment. RAILROADS LOSE BIG SUM. St. Louis Printer Arrested on Forgery Charge. St. Louis, Jan, 20.—Otto Schrowang, a printer, has been arrested on the charge of forge J. P. Norton, man- ager of the St. Louis joint validating agency, all that Schrowang had furnished forged validating pasters and plates to ticket brokers. Norton charges that during the world's [fair season Schrowang’s operations have contributed to a loss of hetween $50,- 000 and $100,000 to the different St. Louis railroads. WOMAN HAS DECAMPED {Gone to Nevada With Child She Abducted At Brainerd. Sheriff Ole P. Erickson return- ed to Brainerd yesterday from St. Paul, where he went to see if he could apprehend Mrs. Lena Cook, daughter of Johun Schilb, who, -on Tuesday morning, de- {camped with the litt'e nine year old girl who has made her home in Brainerd with Mr. and Mrs. Schilb since she was six months old. . There is nat the slightest doubt but that the woman has made good her escape with the child and i;.she is apprehended at all she will have to be- brought back from her home in Nevada. Sheriff Erickson stated that the chief of pulice of St. Paul said it was doubtful whether he would have arrested the woman had she been located there. The |child was her own, he said, and the old Schlib people never took out any papers so they had no legal right to retain her. The old folks are very indig- nant and declare they will have the child back yet. Nine for Acquittal. A dispatch late this afternoon from New Ulm says-that Judge Webber has discharged the jury in the Koch case and remanded Dr. Kochto jail. The jury is said to have stood nine for ac- quittal. Nothing can be better than the ‘best—Mark’s lung Balsam is the ! best. 5 TEN CENTS PER WEEK |HAY SOUNDS POWERS SECURES POSITIVE ASSURANCE OF THE INTEGRITY OF CHI- NESE TERRITORY. [ RECENT GIRCULAR NOTE ANSWERED RUMORED CERTAIN COUNTRIES ; INTENDED TO INCREASE POSSESSIONS. . Washington, Jan. 20.—Secretary Hay has secured positive assurances from the powers.that there shall be no at- tempt made upon the integrity of Chi- nese territory. - Recently it was reported that some of the powers contemplated extending the territorial possessions they al- ready had in China at the conclusion of the war iniorder to maintain what they called the balance of power in the Bast, asserting that the outcome of the war would be'a readustment of Chi- nese territorial boundaries. A circular note was dispatched by Secretary Hay to the powers, ‘based on this informa- tion, with the.result that they have now all positively disclaimed any such intention. . UNDER [INVESTIGATION. Report That Russian Raiders Were Disguised as Chinese. Tokio, Jan. 20.—It is believed here that the Chinese reported to be ac- companying Lieutenant General Mist- chenko’s raiders are either uniformed bandits or soldiers who had been im- pressed as guides. It is not believed that Chinese regulars have been au- thorized to join the raiders. The report that Russian troops are disguised as Chinese is regarded much more seriously and it is under investi- gation. General Stoessel at Shanghal. Shanghali, Jan; 20.—The French steamer Australieh arrived here dur- ing the day from Nagasaki with Gen- “eral and Madame Stoessel, Generals Gorbatowsky and | Reiss, Admirals Gregoriovitch and Joohinecky and RO other Russians from Port Arthur. Japs Capture Another Steamer. Tokio, Jan. 20.—The Japanese cap- tured the British steamer Oakley in Tsushima straits Wednesday after- noon. The vessel left Cardiff on Nov. 17, carrying 5,900 tons of coal for Viadivostok. She was brought to Sasebo. DISAGREEMENT IS LIKELY KOCH MURDER TRIAL AT NEW ULM, MINN. New Ulm, Minn.,, Jan. 20.—No ver- dict has yet been reached in the Geb- hardt case and a final disagreement is now expected. Friends of Dr. Koch had anticipated a verdict of acquittal within two hours and now declare that the judge's charge that the motive for the crime is not an important factor has had much to do in hanging the jury. The charge of Judge Webber re- hearsed the indictment and summed up ia compact sentences the testimony of both sides. The hammer, pencil and handkerchief testimony, together with that portion of the evidence regarding the alibi, was especially called to the attention of the jury. The judge laid stress on circumstantial evidence, stating that if it were not possible to find a verdict of guilty by the aid of this class of evidence crime would flourish and instructed the jurors that if they deemed the evidence sufficient to satisfy their minds beyond a rea- sonable doubt, although it was all cir- cumstantial, that the defendant was guilty, they should bring in a verdict accordingly. The jurors’ attention was also called to the fact that the alibi formed for the defendant was that of relatives and should they have reason to doubt the veracity of this alibi they should give special weight to their doubt, as a few moments would change circumstances entirely. NO CHOICE RESULTS. Legislature Takes Another Ballot for Senator. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 20.—At noon the Missouri legislature resumed balloting for United States senator in joint session, but no choice resulted. The .only ballot taken resulted—Nied- ringhaus 81, Cockrell 81, Kerens 6, Pettijohn 3, a loss of 4 votes for Nied- ringhaus. In view of the continuance of the deadlock the names of Gardner Lath- rop of Kansas City and Cyrus P. Wal- bridge, former mayor of St. Louis, are mentioned as possible compromise candidates. Missouri Slumming Parties Caught in" Raid. New York, Jan. 20.—Police activity continued throughout -the early hours in the campaign against gambling houses and illegal resorts. Two or three “slumming parties” got into the police net and the women members became hysterical over the situation. | i NO VERDICT LOOKED FOR'IN THE A BAD FIRE _ AT WINTOSH Worst Conflagration Three Stores in History of Town. Are Burned. MecIntosh, Minn., Jan. 20—A fire which started about 11:45 last night, burned three buildings. It started from an unknown cause inthe A. Harstad & Son’s grocery and general merchandise store, and burned Harstad & Son’s and an empty building and R. ‘W. Southmayd’s meat market. R. W. Southmayd’s goods were saved, but Harstad & Son will lose par- tially. The amount of insurance is unknown. The fire was under control at 2 a. m. -The McIntosh fire department did most efficient work to save the rest of the block. DEED OF INSANE WOMAN. Kills Two Hospital Patients and In- jures Other Persons. Concord, N. H, Jan. 20.—Mrs. Mignonette Seavey of Barrington, a patient at the state insane asylum here, during the day killed two in- mates and injured another inmate and a nurse. Mrs. Seavey's weapon was a towel roller. It was the intention, it is believed, of Mrs. Seavey to escape from the asylum. No attendant was in the ward which she occupied and it is thought the three patients were aroused by a noise made by Mrs. Sea: vey and that when they endeavored to quiet her she attacked them. All three were struck several blows on the head with the roller, apparently as they had arisen suddenly from their beds. ‘When Miss Fiske, $he nurse, wha heard the noise in the ward occupied by the womien, entered the door Mrs. Seavey attacked her, but the nurse succeeded in warding off many blows, although she was hit on the head a number of times. The nurse’s cries brought help and within a few min- utes the violent woman was overpow: ered. 5 Montana Editor Suicides. _ Butte, Mont.,, Jan. 20.—Daniel J. ‘Walsh, night editor of the Butte office of the Anaccnda Standard, shot him- SEIr M TN lead WItr & pstul aud ated three hours later. Despondency, caused by ill Lealth, was the motive. IS DECLARED T0 BE SANE BRODIE L. DUKE DISCHARGED FROM CUSTODY BY JUS- TICE GAYNOR. New York, Jan. 20.—Brodie L. Duke, the half brother of the president of the | American Tobacco company, who has been kept in a sanitarium following his marriage to Alice Webb, was brought into the supreme court in Brooklyn during the day and dis charged from custody after a hearing before Justice Gaynor. The action was the result of habeas corpus proceed- ings brought by W. G. Bramham, M Duke’s private secretary, who alleged that Mr. Duke was deprived of his lib- erty without his consent and without process of law. After a brief argu ment Justice Gaynor declared that Duke was not demented and ordered that he be given his liberty. Mrs. Duke was not present at the hearing and her whereabouts is un- known. Papers calling for her arrest and removal to Texas are said to be on the way to this city. .The original complaint against Mr. Duke was brought by his son, Law- rence Duke, who alleged that hiz father was suffering from alcoholic de- mentia. i Mr. Duke said when he left the court that he would be guided by his counsel. The only proceedings now pending against him is an order to show cause in a New York court why 2 sheriff’s jury should not be called upon to decide whether he is com- petent to manage his own property. That action also was brought by Law rence Duke. Three Trains'in Collision on English Railway. < London, Jan. 20.—An alarming col- lision in which three trains were in- volved, including two Scotch expresses, occurred on the Midland railway near Barnsley during the day. Four pas- sengers and two railway men were killed and a score were injured, of whom seven were seriously hurt. The accident occurred in a fog, the third train crashing into the wreckage re- sulting from the first collision. The cars of one of the Scotch expresses burst into flames and were soon ablaze from end to end. There were not many passengers on the. trains or the cas- ualties must have been far heavier, as the impact was so great that the cars were telescoped and splintered into matchwood. Among the injured is Robert Brough, the artist. Kills His Sweetheart. Savannah, Mo, Jan. 20.—Martin Paulsgrow_{, a well-to-do farmer, shot and instantly killed Miss Mary New- man, to whom he was engaged to be married, because she refused to marry le at once. Paulsgrove «efich'aed. TO PREVENT SUFFERING. Congress Asked to Do Something for Alagka indians. Washington, Jan. 20.—In transmit- ting to the senaie a report by lieuten- ant G. 7. Kmmons of the navy on the condition of the ratives ka the president sent a “Lieutenant T2 man ears peculiar facilities for as- certaining the facts about the natives of Alaska and has recently concluded ion made on the ground direciion. 1 very ear- tention of the con- as had for port as to the neci ple of Al our honor seeing that these needs earn hope that le 1 lines advocated by ation along Lieu- In this report Li says that the inrg Alaska has caused a complete chan of conditior h 2 game is being ff and the food supply y exhansted; that they are like grownup children and incapable of care of themselves in the ne ms and that it will be necess: somiethiaE AU b tial for t carly v to pre- ARTER SIX MONTHS' IDLENESS, Fall River Cbtlon Mill Operatives Re- Jan, 20.~—The idle for ne sult of the 3 e retwrped to work during the day. Al {he opar- atives apis dent that condi- tiong tly impr as the resul reament reached between turers and the union leaders the effoits of Governor I @ the 1215 per cent ceount of which the st ed, went into eficct wit the feelin governor of the ma general that the ion of the question n of profit for the manu- factur 1 the price of raw cotton and that of the finished goods would bring a ale of higher re. wages in the ne: BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The Italian government has is a decree providing for the abolition of slavy in ltalian East African colo- nies. The president has sent to the sen- ate the nomination of A. G. Stewart of Iowa to be attorney general of Porto Rico. + A cabinet crisis is believed to be im- minent in Servia and it is expected a mew cabinet will be formed by the regicide party, ATTACK ON MITCHELL PRESIDENT OF MINERS’ UNION ASSAILED BY A DELEGATE FROM WYOMING. LATE COLORADO STRIKE DISCUSSED BITTER DEBATE MARKS DAY’S SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. Indianapolis, Jan. 20.—The United Mine Worlkers of America, in conven- tion, have again refused to allow the organization to be committed to so- cialism. The anti-socialistic faction was led by Patrick Dolan of Pittsburg. John. Walker of Illinois, who has been b, the floor leader of the socialists, also took the position that the miners should not engage in politics as an organization. President Mitchell took the floor and defended the leaders of the National Civic Federation when a delegate from Wyoming shouted that the lead- ers were i “Grover Cleveland, whom every la- boring man detests; Frank Robbins of Pittsburg, who has made millions by beating down his miners, and An- drew, Carnegie, whose hands are red s withh the blood of the Homestead strikers.” Later in the day the management of the Colorado strile was the subject of @ Dbitter debate on the floor of the convention. Delegate Robert Randall of Wyoming took the fioor and spoke, for an hour. He charged that Presi- = : dent Mitchell had sold out the miners' organization in the recent Colorada strike and attacked the financial integ- rity of the president. His speech wasl Filled With Personal Abuse ’ of President Mitchell and was direct- | S ed at him, as Randall took the plat- { form and faced Mr. Mitchell while he H made the charges. The delegates tried | - to silence Randall several times, but Aditchell rappsdEor order and insisted. ‘that Randall be heard. { When Randall was through Presi- dent Mitchell took the floor. He re- viewed the .conduct of the Colorada strike and said it was true ne nad ad- vised a settlement and would do so again under the same circumstances. He said early in the strike President Howells of the district asked for $300,- 000 with which to carry on the strike, which had been refused, as President Mitchell said he did not want to trust Howells with that amount. President Mitchell made the charge that ex- National Board Member J. L. Gears -had been in collusion with others in connection with the stock market; that the miners had refused to put up tents sent them unless paid for it; that the miners had demanded a pet diem wage while on strike, and that, finally, after over $600,000 had been poured into the field the strike had been irretrievably lost and he had ad- vised a settlement. Vice President Lewis, Secretary Wilson, Pat Dolan of Pittsburg and W. R. Fairly of Ala- bama, who had charge of the strike for President Mitchell, also spoke vig- orously defending the president. Coal Miners. Essen, Germany, Jan. 20.—About 207,000 out of 286,000 miners in the Rhein country are now out on strike. The government commissioners are busy taking statements preparatory to the government forming judgment and are giving counsel to hoth belliger- ents. Boisterous crowds of strikers in several places have been dispersed by mounted police, who used their sabres and blank rartridges. 2 B THE STORE THAT SATISFIES O’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota.. Fifty pfeces of the fold Red Seal Gi India. Linens---Our Linens has arrived; from 10c to about what the Advance Showing of 1905 3 GINGHAMS rived and are now in stock. % e Ladies’ Muslin Underwear--—-Dainty Mus- lin Undergarments made of the best materials in a neat, honest manner; they are equal to custom made and the cost is just cost if bought by the yard. celebrated double nghams have ar- spring shipment of India black and white at 50c a yard. material would