Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 27, 1905, Page 1

The VOLUME 2. NUMBER 220. - BEMIDJT, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1905. “TEN CENTS Pl countries have been flooded. I am 1 a position to guarantee the peace and safety of the city. The workmen have alread, i8 hardly possible for a general re- sumption of work to occur before Mon- day. You have read my proclamation. The vast majority of the workmen were deceived into associating them- selves with a political movement. The government intends to do everything possible _under the law to see that they receive justice.” Three hundred employes of the Bal- tic works returned to their employ- ment during the day. 1f is expected that work at the Neva shipbuilding yards will recommence shortly. At most of the mills and factories where the men appeared for work the SITUATION IS IMPROVED CONDITIONS AT ST. PETERSBURG RAPIDLY NEARING THE NOR- MAL STAGE. TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM STREETS OFFICIALS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIELE TO QUIET PUB- LIGTALARM: employers decided not to resume till | F Monday. QUIET PREVAILS AT MOSCOW. B hurg, Jan. 27.—The aspect A g of the city is almost normal and The | prefect Promises Workmen Protection feeling is decidedly calmer. Several From Agitators. . mewspapers have appeared. Moscow, Jan. 27.—The streets are The author are dning everything quict. The newspapers, with the ex- possible to quiet public alarm. They | ception of three, have reappeared. withdrew the troops from the streets A proclamation of the pretect of the night and not a soldier it in the center of the c In \ accordance with the promise to pro- tect all workmen who would return to work patrols will encircle the big in- dustrial establishments. Moreover, in order to restore confidence in the situ- Moscow. has been posted at the street corners a follows: nder the influence of threats of evil disposed ns a strike has broken out. fore deem it my duty (o notify the working people that energetic measures have been taken is i for their protection against agitators. \ ation, by direction of the police the | Workmen wishing to resume their oc- L owners of stores took down the boards | cupations can do so without danger.” - which they had nailed over their win-| Work has been suspended at sev- dows and doors in anticipation of riot- | eral of the small railroad shops. The ous attacks, Governor General Trepoff , elect light works and guaranteeing them against pillage. vks are guarded by troops and hie full effect of the Trepoft-Koko- | Olice. An attempt of a large body of \ s0lf proclamation, promising reforms, 5“”]“‘:,'1;2 e X ::‘ ‘_‘l‘:fa‘:\‘:l““’““ Las not yel developed, although carly bio evelopnishts so far fall ahott | sports indicate that some of the men ugs the apyrehensions jor-the ) | turned Lo wd Several of the The view of the authorities \} sualler establishments are reported | s that the great mass of the workmen ‘ to have resumed business short haud- | gre not in sympathy with the seditious ed. Kuowledge of the exisience of the | movement and they express them- | proclumation,” however, was nol gen- | selves as being confident that there al among the workmen until they " will not be any extension of the strike _ e i o the pulletin boards. where and no further trouble. mauy of them an Iy turned away, — - * mutering refusals to listen (o the g0V | Says Excitement Is Subsiding. \ erment’s promises. Others appeared | xS o0 S0 R BBRE i ;‘:“L’:IL ite regarding what course (0 |pag heon received at the state depart- “ % The workmen appear to Iack leader- | MRt from Consul Waits at St. Petors- ship. If, a the authorities belleve, | DUT 88 follows: “Excitement subsid- the majority of the workmen resume Ing. Business resumin worlk the strike movement will be | pepypre e T o | broken aud then the only thing feared : 2 | 8 K O i, i | Fire at St. Paul Causes Loss of About i r has been reported | $200,000, the day. The burial of the| St Paul, Jan. 27.—Fire in the de more prominent strike victims, which | ParUment store of Bannon Co. | 1 was alleged might lead to demon- | €used a-loss estimated at $200,00, — stvations, occurred by divection of the | MUY to the Bamnon stock, and £ police dirng tho nishi and carly in | Wreeked the upper floors of the Ban- ) s toiRInE, non buildine There was great excilement among Trepoff Is Optimistic. el —— the forty-tive lodger block adjoining, b in the iteardon all escaped safely, Governor General who re- Doft, ceived L dythen ondent ot the A Some of them, however, lost their be- | aaied Press at the former's headg longings. The cause of-the fire is not ——— ters in the winter palace, mani Enowi: complete confidence that the crisis is | The heaviest loss was on Bannon & over and t public order and su Co.’s stock. A member of the firm said arc assured. Further than this the I that (he stock was valued at $175,000 governor general takes an optimistic | anq that the loss would he almost to- view of the situation in the provinees. | tal. There was $00,000 insurance o id: . _|the stock. The loss on the Bannon As you the city is perfectly | puilding, owned by Bannon & Co., is — tranquii re have been no disor- | placeq at $52,000. ; ders since Sunday and there will be | “rpen firemen narrowly escaped death - Dome in spite ol the exaggerated | gy (ne falling of a roof. alurmist reports with which foreign © w C e o o deob e o e o e e e o oo o oo oo e e = ® ¢ W. Hastings, Presidet. A. P. White, Cashier. & L . P. Sheldon, Vice-Pr G. N. Millard Ass’t Cash. s | | o L e ; Bemxdu Minnesota s & General Banking Business. f; * efs Savings Department in Connection. + Fire Tnsurance. o e e e begun to return to work, but it | { | the i tion that John Hoch, wanted by the { wite poisoning | merly YELLOW F‘EVER AT PANAMA. Seven Cases on Board United States Steamer Boston. ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—Two cable- grams were received over night at the state department from Consul General Gudger at Panama relative to the out- break of yellow fever on the United States steamer Boston. In the first Mr. Gudger says: “Boston arrived at Panama from coast ports. Japanese messman died from vellow fever. Paymaster F. P. Sackett, Lieutenant W. D. Leahy and Dr. Otto Kelhhase have mild cases.” The second dispatch is as follow: “Two other Japanese and Private Lafferty have yellow fever. Have heen removed to Ancon (where the hospital is located). Not safe to remove three cases just reported. Perry and Pierce (believed to be surgeons) aboard. Dis- infection progressing. All cases seven.” The news of yellow fever on the Bos- ton came as a great surprise to the officials and it is belicved by the bu- reau of medicine and surgery that the cases probably were brought aboard by mosquitoes, as the greatest care is exercised in preparing the drinking water. MOTORMAN WOUNDED. Robbers Hold Up Troliey Cars at Phil- adelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—Three men Wwho, according to the police, are mem- bers of the gang of safe robbers that § for two years past have been operai- { ing in small towns along the Fennsyl- vania main line and in New Jersey, early in the day held up and robbed three trolley cars, several pedestrians. and shot and seriously wounded Rob- ert Brace, a motorman, who resisted their attempt to hold up his car. Two of the gang were arrested and held without bail. They gave their nam as dy Coleman, twenty-one yea of age, of Wilmington, and Charles twenty-seven years of age, of In their pockets were found, accord- Ing to (he police, a stick of dvnamite, a bottle of chloroform and a sponge. CAUSES BANK ‘SUSPENSION. Stalling of Train Seriously Affects Cfri- cago Institution. Chicago, Jan. 27.—Stalling of the Twentieth Century limited on the New York Central is alleged to have caused the suspension of the Pan-American Banking company here. No statement has been issued and no notice has been posted at the bank. H. W Hunt, president of the bank, is a passenger on the blockaded train. Julius Heldinan, the bank’s attorney, declared that when Mr. Hunt reaches Chicago Lusiness will be resumed. W. R. Traverse is secretary and treasurer | of the bank. On the bank stationery address of Mr. Hunt and Mr. Traverse is given as 91 Wall street, New York. The concern did a savings business, it is said, to a considerable extent. WOUNDS WOMAN; KILLS SELF. Jealousy the Cause of a Minneapolis Tragedy. Minneapolis, Jan. 27.—~Edward Mc- Graw, a bartender, shot and danger- ously wounded Mrs. Alice Rutty and then killed himself. Mrs. Rutty was woundad in the right leg and in th® right arm. She will recover. Mec- Graw’s body, with a bullet hole in the right temple, is at the county morgue. Mrs. Rutty was divorced from her hus- band two years ago, while McGraw for two years has not lived with his wife and child. Mrs. Rutty attributes the shooting to j Hoch Known in St. Louis. St. Louis, Jan. 27—Chief of Detec- tives Desmond has found by investiga- Chicago police for alleged bigamy and and John Sehultz, for- of St. Louis, are one and the same. His investigation extended to the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Mary Schultz, wife of John Schultz N P 1 P llllllllllllll Our Great ; Will close Tuesday mght, Jan. 31. Until that time take your choice of any Man’s or Boy’s Suit or Overcoat in the store at a discount of 25 por cent from the regular price Any Douglas or ng! e ‘%5) 00 Shoe for $3 98 REMNANTS Any Douglas or Pingree $3.50 Shoe for $2.98 Any Douglas or Pingree $3.00 Shoe for $2.5 —Thousands of yards of Remnants now on sale at a very low pnce' Bemidji, Minnesota. K ..O Leary @ Bowser..X lliliill;liilllll l P O llll'lllll“ll‘l abnormal weather. 'a. m. At that hour a northwest wind DEATH FOLLOWS STORM AT LEAST EIGHT PERSONS PER: ISH BECAUSE OF EXPOSURE IN NE\*J YORK CITY. e WEATHER THE“GOLDEST IN YEARS puads N TERRIBLE SUFFERING REPORTED AMONG RESIDENTS OF THE ? POORER SECTIONS. § 3 New York, Jan. ‘weather, which followed the great storm of Wednesday, brought New York the coldest day it has experienced ir many years. During the early hours of the morning the mercury veached 27.. — Clearing the zero mark on the weather bureau official thermometer and at § a, m. t stood at 2 degs. above, Terrible suf- fering is reported among the residents of some of the poorer quarters of the city, where thousands were without sufiicieut heat, clothing or food. Char- itable Institutions, Where free lodging Yis given the homeleks, were packed to their capacity during the night. While nothing like full reports from all sections of the city have been re- ceived it is known that at least eight deaths had resulted directly from the All of these vie- tims were persons who fell in the street henumbed by the cold and ex- hausted from the effort of attempting to force their way along the Snow drifted streets. Food and Fuel Is Scarce. One of the most serious conditions which confronts New Yorkers is the food and fuel supply. |Already there is practically a famine |in milk. Coal dealers reported that they had about two days’ supply on hand. Thousands of persons slept all night in railroad stations and ferryhouses in and near the city because of the in- ability of the railroads! and ferries to take them to their homes through the blockade of snow. Espeécially was this true of young women| employed in offices and stores in th cit) “the plight of the passengers stalled in trains in the outlying sections of the city was pitiable. Thongh within a few minutes of their destination under not- mal tonditions they might as well have been miles away. Among trains stalled on the: New York Central is the Twentiethi Century limited. The train is stuck in drifts néar Irvington with about fifty men and women aboard who will not be able to communicate with the outer world until 500 workmen sent from New York can clear the tracks. FIVE VESSELS ASHORE. 2 Storm 1s Disastrous to Shipping on Cape Cod. Boston, Jan. 27.—Reports from vari- ous points on the New England coast indicated that the great storm of Wednesday had lost its severity dur- ing the night, but at the same time news that four schoomers and one steamer had been driven ashore on Cape Cod was received. The steamer was the Georgetown of the Atlantic Steamship company ling, which struck on (ireat poinf, on Nantucket shoals. The crew has reached shore, but the steamer is reported to be I a bad position. Of the schooners two were five masts, a third was a four-master, the names of these being unknown, while the fourth was the two-masted fishing schooner Monitor of Province- town, which struck during the night on Sagamore Beach bar, off Sandwich. The crew of four men was driven fo the rigging, where they spent the night | with intense suffering until daylight, when the falling tide permitted them to escape 1o shore. TRAFFIC PARALYZED. = | Fifty-three Freights Snowbound on the Pennsylvania Road. Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 27.—Railroad traffic jn this localify has been para- lyzed by the storm. Fifty-three freight trains are reported to be snowbound ion the Pennsylvania railroad between here storm the:high wind blew the flames from the firebox of a locomotive in the and Philadelphia. During the Pennsylvania railroad ‘yards into the cab. The woodwork took fire and was destroyed and the engine was other- wise damaged. The engineer and fire- man were uninjured. Two Deaths From Exposure. Boston, Jan, 27.—Boston is slowly re- covering from the effects of Wednes- day's great storm. The stveets are piled high with snow, which hundreds of men are working hard to‘remove: The mercury early in the day regis- tered 5 above zero. There was much suffering from exposure, which was the direct cause of two deaths In ithe | city. Railroad Traffic Crippled. Philadelphia, Jan. 27.—Bitter coldi| weather has followed the severe snow ! storm. The weather bureau thermom- eter registered 6 degs. above zero at 8 was blowing seventeen miles an hour. Railroad ‘traffic is badly crippled by the drifting snow. iNo Election in Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 27.—The ninth ballot for United States senator to succeed Francis M. Cockrell, taken in joint Session during the day, result- Cockrell 79, Niedringhaus 76, ed: Kerens 12, Goodrich 1, Tnbbl 1 PROTECTION ‘IS PROMISED. Fair Treatment Guaranteed to St. P0< tersburg Workmen. St. Petersburg, Jan. 27T.—A procla- mation intended to aid in breaking the strike has been issued by General Tre- poff and Minister of Finance Kokan- seff. The proclamation is conceivad ina paternal tone and points out that hon- est workmen who want to better their condition should have brought their demands to the government instead of having ‘been misled by agitators into afiliating with a movement which is not confined to economic questions. It asks them to return to work, promising them in the emperor's name a revision of the general laws so as to provide a reduction in the hours of labor, the institution of a plan for state insurance and otherwise to meet their demands so far as the law will permit and guarantees them protec- tion against interference by agitators. The document will be fcllowed either by an imperial manifesto along the same lines, in the nope of prevent- ing the spread of the strike, or by specific preparations by the local au- thorities wherever strikes are in prog- ress. In promising to reduce the hours of Jabor, which are now legally eleven in Russia, the authorities believe ‘they will meet the main grievance of the workingmen. This, together with the guarattee of protection, the authori- ties hope will induce those strikers who are indifferent to' political de- mands, and which class they declare constitutes a great bulk of the men, to resume wori IN SMALLER TOWNS. Strikers Continue Demonstrations ‘at Riga and Reval. Riga, Russia, Jan. 27—The strike here i general, demonstrations are in progress and the newspapers are not publishing. Reval, Russia, Jan. 27.—Negotia- tions are going on between the strik- ers and their employers, The govern- ment is participating in the exchange of views. b3 London, Jan. 27.—A dispatch to a news agency from Riga, Russia, flled at 5:30 p. m,, says the strikers in the suburban factories there attempted to enter the town but were opposed by the troops, who fired, killing or wound- ing many persons. The strikers were dispersed. FORCED TO QUIT. WORKMEN Factories and Mills at Libau, Russia, Closed Down. Libau, Russia, Jan. 27.—The work: men here are being compelled to Jeave the factories and mills by the more militant faction of the strikers. The telegraph lines have been damaged. A strike has also begun at the wire works. Men singing songs and blow- ing trumpets went from factory to fac- tory calling out the workers. Some of e mills are still wo Strike at Saratoff Spreads. Saratolf, Russia, Jan, 27.—All the printers have struck. The employes of the Riazon-Ural railroad have joined in the movement. There has been no rioting thus far. IN SMOOT CASE. Judge Tayler of Ohig Opens for the Protestants. Washington, Jan. 27.—Arguments in the Smoot investigation were begun during the day. Judge H. W. Tayler ARGUMENT of Ohiv, who has conducted the case| opened. the argu- | for the ‘protestants, nient. Judge Tayler reminded the commity tee thaTit had been a year since the investigation was instituted. He stated that the guestion of morals was but incidental and that the principal ques- tion involved was one of government and law. He took the position that a senator who was not a respecter of the law he was charged to make could ‘| not e fitted to serve in the highest legislative body of the government. ‘That the church, the hierarchy and its members were placed higher than the law, was Judge Tayler’s chief con- tention why Senator’ Smoot should be unseated. IS SECURED. TERMINAL Gould Road to San Francisco an As-|. sured Fact. San Francisco, Jan. 27.—It is now said that the actual construction work of the Western Pacific railroad will begin within two months and that a Gould road to San Francisco promises to be'ain accomplished fact in the near futare. Rights of way and a San Fran- cisce terminal are said to have been finally secured. without fear of inter- ference and the necessary money is available, 4he sum of $50,000,000 having been alrealy underwritten, to be drawn upon as needed for the con- struction work. BRYAN CONFERS WITH PARKER. Nebraskan Says Trust Question Will Cominate Next Campaign. New York, Jan. 27.—A political con- ference lasting thice hours has been beld here between Will ton B. Parker. The meeting is stated to have been arranzed by Nor- ;. Mack of Buffalo, a member of the Democratic' national commiitee. 1t is stated by the Herald that Mx Bryan made bis yiews quite plain anid xpressed the belief that the West anid South must have the dominant voice in the management of the Democratic national interests. He predicted that within a few vears there will be great internal changes in both party organi- zations and mwen who now call _Ll}fim:l S T <ome out openiy as Republicans, ‘while professed Re- publicans will declare themselves Democrats; that the new strength for the Democratic party will come from the Western, while the new Republic- ans will appear in the Wastern states, and that ®e “trust question” will overshadow cvery(hing else in the next camypa There was no discus- slon of an; <ial quertmn MRS. CHADWICK A BANKRUPT. Ordercd to File a List of All Creditors. Cleveland, Jam= 27.—Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwic Wednesday formally adjudg krogt in the United States district court by defauit. Mrs. Chadwick has been ordered to dile a list of all her creditors, together with a schedule of her assets and lia- bilities within ten cays. Notwithstanding the positive state- ment of Attorney J. P. Dawley several da; ago that bondsmen had been found for Mrs. Chadwick, bail has not yet been of’cred and she remains in the county jail. Her WILL SUPPORT ROOSEVELT. Democratic Pozition on Railroad Rate Legiziation. Washington, Jan. 27.—A general de- bate occurred in the house on the power to ailread rates, during whirh M ms, as spokesman for his patty on the fioor of the hou clared that the se, de- The Japaucse have seived amer Burma off Hoklaido €he had a cargo of 4,000 tous of Cardiif coal on board and was bound for Viadivostok. BR BITS OF NEWS. Fire at Mount Sterlinz, Ky. de- stroved $100,000 worth of property in the husiness scction of ity. Charles Lockhart, a director of the Standard Ofl comypany and at one time president of the corporation, is dead at Pittsburg, Elizabeth Mc daughter of Cyras H. Kk and heiress of that millionaire family, is dead at Chicaro, azed twelve years. Nollen 1. Chew of Indiana, deputy auditor for the postofiice department, has tendered hi ation to take effect at the discretion of the p dent. Ole A. Thorp. a member of the Chi: cago hoard of education and head of the board of trade firm of Ole A. Thorp & Co., exporters, is dead, aged forty- eight years. William Schroeder, a laborer, aged forty vears, died in.the Cincinnati city hospital from excessive hiccoughing, ail efforts to overcome the nervous affection during the past two weeks having been unsuccessful. Co only TWELVE PEOPLE Gas Explosion .Wrecks Building at New Bremen, O. New Bremen, O., Jan. 27.—The ac- cumulation of natural gas from a leak in the meter in the Dierker building, Washington and Monroe streets, re- sulted in a terrific explosion, complete- ly wrecking the building and injuring twelve people, 1wo of them being in a serfous condition. Plate glass win- dows for squares were demolished. The loss on building, stock, etc., will reach $40,000. INJURED. FOUR WORKMEN KILLED. frain Goes Over Embankment Into Delaware River. Doylestown, Pa., Jan. 27.—Four men were killed"during the day by an acci- dent at Durham Furnace, Pa. The men were employed at the Durham iron works. They were operating a cinder | train which ran into a snowdrift, jumped the track and went over an | embankment fifty feet high into the Delaware river. All four met instant death. Principe Ceschi, grand master of the Knights of Malta, is dead at Rome. Prince Eitel Friedrich, second-son of Emperor William, is suffering from pneumonia. Colonel Duke Goodman, adjutant general and chief of staft of K. M. Vau Zandt, major general Texas division, United Confederate Veterans, is dead at Fort Worth, Tex, aged sixty-two years. Walter L. Campbell, the blind ex- mayor of Youngstown, O., is dead, aged sixty-two years. He was editor of the Register and Tribune from 1874 to 1852 and was a musician and author of considerahle note, “YOUR MONEY IS NO GOOD! and will be refunded to you if after us ing half a bottle of THE FAMOUS MATT.J. JOHNSONS RHEUMATISM and BLOOD CURE you are not satisfied with results. -This is our guarantee which goes with every. boma. Only by SETTLE COAL STRIKE GERMAN OPERATORS AGREE TO . ACCEPT VERDICT OF PARLIA- * MENTARY COMMISSION. EMPEROR TAKES HAND IN CONTEST POWERFUL INFLUENCES USED IN BRINGING THE MINE OWN- ERS TO A DECISION. Essen, Prussia, Jan. 27.—The coal mine owners have reached a decision that probably will result in a settle- ment of the strike. They determined to inform the government that they would accept any judgment a parlia- mentary commission might render after an inquiry into the grievances of the miners and that the owners imme- diately remove the grievances. Powerful political influences have been working toward bringing the members of the coal syndicate to a de- cision. The emperor has himself talked with three or four persons con- cerned and has given his personal opinion that the employers ought to take such attitude as to make a com- promise possible. Chancellor von Bue- low and Commerce and Industrial Min~ ister Moeller had a long conference on the subject. News of the mine owners’ action reached the hoerse before the closing and strengthened the market. GREAT BRITAIN PROTESTS. Objection Made to Publication of Cer- tain Charges. St. Petersburg, Jan. 27.—Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, has called Foreign Minister Lamsdorff’s attention to. the telegram posted at Moscow saying that the disturbances at the Russian dockyards and arsenals were due to Anglo-Japanese instiga- tibn and that both Great Britain and Japan were spending vast sums to prevent the Russian Second Pacific squadron from going to the Far East. At the same time he pointed out that a similar telegram appeared here in the Russky Invalid, the army organ. Count Lamsdorff assured Ambassador Hardinge that such publications had ne official sanction, but added that he would inquire whether it had been given an official appearance at Mos- cow. ‘The matter is not likely to assume the dignity of a diplomatic incident. SEVERAL MAY SUCCUMB. Occupants of Tenement Houses Evict- ed by Flames. New York, Jan. 27.—One hundred and fifty persons were -driven from their Homes early in the day by a tenement house fire, in the Bronx. Several occupants of the houses, whose exit had been cut off by the flames, were rescued by volunteer lifesavers while the firemen were struggling through immense drifts of snow which made the streets almost impassable. Many of the persons who were forced to flee in their night clothing suffered severelyfrom exposure im the terrible weather and it is feared that some of them may not survive. The fire was subdued. after six double three-story tenement houses had been destroyed. The financial loss is placed at $100,000. FIGHTING WITH LADRONES. Troop of Cavalry Sent to Reinforce In- sular Forces. Manila, Jan. 27.—In response to the request of Governor General Wright General Corbin will send to the prov- ince of Cavite the Third troop of the Second cavalry, under command of Major F. W. Sibley, to assist the in- sular forces now fighting with ladrones near Silang. Later advices place the number of ladrones at 300. The fight- ing continues. The leaders of the band of ladrones which recently attacked the town of San Francisco de Malabon and cap- tured the wife and two children of ex- Governor Trias now demand a ransom for the release of the captives. TO OPEN. MINNESOTA LANDS. Reservoir Tract at Head of Mississippi Subject of Bill. Washingtea, Jan. 27.—Senator Nel- son has reported from the committée on public lar4s a bill to open for set- tlement under the homestead laws the unused lands which were set apart for reservoirs at the headwaters of the Mississippi river in Minnesota. The exact amount of these lands is mot known, but it is estimated to be a considerable tract, being a part of the Iarger tract which was set apart for the overfibw in the construction of the [ reservoirs. FISHERMEN ON THE STAND. Testify to Russian Attack on Trawler Fleet. Paris, Jan. 27.—The international commission to inquire into the North sea incident resumed its sittings dur- ing the day with diminished attend- ance aad interest owing to the many fishermen witnesses repeating prac- tically the same story. Captain Walpton of the trawler Mino described the terrific cannonade of the Russian warships. Twelve | struck the Mlno’un.a going thm:h’ tting her