Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 1, 1905, Page 1

VOLUME NUMBER 2: 1 On acco] pany’s Continuation of Our SEMI-ANNVUVAL CLEARANCE SALE ! t of the railroad com- lay in delivering our Spring koods we will continue ' our saléto February 15. Our en- tire stok of Men’s and Boys’ Clothin will be offered at 259, off Douglas or Pingree .00 Shoes for $3.98 Doas or Pingree $3 Counters. 3 ar Garments. .50 Shoes for $2.98 > Douglas or Pingree $3.00 Shoes for $2.59 Special low pris in Men's Shirts, Underwear, Sweaters, Rubbers, Mitts and Ladi Ready-to-w over our Remt Lont tm-uet to look ABOLISH CORIMISS! BILL GIVING POWER IN CANAL ZONE i ORABLY ACTED ON. | HOUSE COMMITTEE ADOPTS RE| LIFE OF THE EXPIRATION OF FIFT| NINTH WMEASURE LiMITEL] ‘ view (Dem., ‘y minor i de v views ion of the The bill, s e canal zone and ¢ il also defines the ca i (.nu PRESIDENT > authority aml construet the ¢ to the president in ‘ guage: Power Vested in the “That until Fifty-ninth con vis the mitita and of the United States in including the power 1o | | CONGRESS. 1 o the matter and Mr, Ga.) reserved the reported, f to govern nal is the following lan- expiration of Adamson ight to I\lu cor it title, “Panama the zone delogate P dent. the other pro- n be sooner nx.llu. by congress, all judicial powers id canal zone, make all rules and regulations necessary for the gov- ernment of the canal zone, rights, powers and authority by the terms of the treaty afol the United States shall be vested in and all the granted aid Lo in such person | Washington, Peh. 1.—The t i 1 be | committee ou interstate and r¢ the president of the United States and e terstate and wiis of theil commerce has authorized a fave D&Y be by him vested report on the vernment tiveiy in the he Added 10 the 18 the bill introduced ma canal commission and pl snch manner as the of the canal ZOW zone and maintaining religion.” bill & or persons and shall be exercised in president shall direct for the government of said canal | and protecting the duhabitants thereof in the free en- Joyment of their liberty, property and The president is authorized lmough one of the executive departments to also to cm])]oy‘ ¢ be needed and >ction repeals the act creating ling for the acqui Wiling [ othe 1,08 ¢ construct the canal, i i, Bans . such persous as i pany, now held in private owne “*o‘,f‘é' compensation Mr. Shackleford (Dem. Mo.) o . * ac file & minority report reprosentiy the isthmiau canal commission bes | | i i ' TO EXFORCE THE DEGISION OFFICIALS DETERMINED THAT THE “BEEF TRUST" SHALL OBEY THE LAW. Washington, h. 1—It can be sald with authority that unless the corporations constituting the alleged “beel frust” shall heed the injunction maae permanent by the decision of the subreme court of the United States the government will institute proceed- ings against individual members of the corperation to enforce the decision of the court. The proceedings will be under the ¢ nal law if such can be instituted. The minds of the president and members of his cabinet are made up the question. They have de- 1ed that the “beef trust™ shail the law and now that the highest court in the land has upheld the hands of the administration it is said they will permit no further “dilly-dallying™ with the subject. At the day’s cabinet meeting the ! president and Attorney General Moody shared in the congratulations of the members of. the cabinet on the result of the “beef trust” case before the supreme court. The president, who made no attempt to conceal his satis- faction at the decision of the court, Y (75-18) An xcellent Opptunity To lrn Money Isi to a limited number of people in younity. If.re unemployed or if you have un- occupme, write to us. Tork we offer is clean, dignified and ble. Plarly gond results await your efforts in thi, Wo-day for full particulars. CIRCULAT!ON DEPT. METROLITAN MAGAZINE 3 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY have arrived here. POLAND NOW THE STORM. CEN. TER OF RUSSIAN; INTERNAL DISTURBANCES, TRADE - AND INDUSTRY PARALYZED MOBS RAID SHOPS AT WARSAW AND FIGH‘TS WITH POLICE ARE.EREQUENT. POLAND THE STORM CENTER The storm center of the Russian labor disturbances now seems to be Poland, where the situation is report- ed in the day’s dispatches as being in- creasingly serious. - Minor - collisions between the police and the populace are frequent in Warsaw, where the number of killed ig estimated to be about one hundred. - The mobs are pil laging shops and ?)'induanml con: cerns are closed. % Semi-official repe received . in Paris regarding the general conditions in Russia are descHbed as very um favorable. s The Associated Pess correspondent in St. Petersburg c@bles that Maxim Gorky, the author and reiorm ieader, wha-is under arresty is in no danger. I iS expected that lm,wlll be released: in a few wee}w THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYEL MOST DANGEROUS FACTOR OF THE SITUATION THROUGH- OUT POLAND. 8t. Petersburg, Fi reports from Warsa depict the situa- tion throughout Pola&ad as increasingly serious. Miuor colifSions between the troops and police the populace conuinue to swell thg nwmber of dead. Trade and industry fare completely at & standstill and mgg'p;esence of taoy: sands of idle workmen who have been out of employment tor months and are starving and desperate adds a lacio. Of the grealest danger which is no present 1o the same extent in SL. Pe tersburg, where the government viders for war purposes have kept the lac tories busy. The American vice consul at War saw, Witold Fouchas, telegraphs tnat wany stores, chiefiy Russian, have been pillaged by mobs and that the shops and lactories without exception are closed. A general strike is fect. Those who are not walk out are compelled to join the strike by threats. Mr. Fouchas aiso reported the receipt of bad news from Lodz and Radom. Affects Economic Situation. It is estimated that the number of killed or wounded at Warsaw is about 100, which is a conservative estimate. The rioting in Poland will largely affect the economic situation. The factories at Warsaw, Lodz, Petrokofi and other industrial centers in Poland have been compelled to gradually re- duce their output and decrease their working forces since the outbreak of the war, which has almost entirely closed the Siberian and Manchurian markets. The result has been that thousands of workmen have been thrown ont of employment for many months, furnishing a horde of hungry, dissatisfied, desperate men, among whom the news from St. Petersburg produced an outburst of riotous and incendiary spirit. It is feared that a large proportion of these thousands may be utilized by the revolutionary organization in Poland, which is the hotbed of socialism, and the move- ment may develop a purely political character, though there is no indica- tion so far of any co-operation on the part of the intelligent classes of the Polish poulation, which are averse to a revolutionary movement. IORE TROOPS FOR WARSAW FOUR ADDITIONAL REGIMENTS OF DRAGOONS AND INFAN- TRY ARRIVE. ‘Warsaw, Feb. 1.—Several persons werc killed and many were injured in encounters with the troops and police in various parts of this city Monday. The First Aid society has suspended operations, telephonic communication is . interrupted and the conditions throughout Warsaw are such that it has been impossible thus far to ascer- tain the number of victims. By order of the chief of police the doors of houses are kept closed and wre only opened to admit people living dn the premises. Two additional regiments of infan- try and two regiments of dragoons Conditions Very Unfavorable. Paris, Feb. 1.—Semi-official reports which have reached here concerning the general conditions in Russia out slde of St. Petersburg are vary |m~ hvonbu. "alniost collided with us. s} after three or four minutes. ence Regardlng the Ner{h Sea Incident. - Paris, Feb. 1.—The Russian- officers | formerly with Vice Admiral Rojest- vensky's squadron began . their testi- mony before the international commis- sion inquiring into the North sea inci- dent_during the day. No oath was re- quired, the officers speaklug on their honor. Captain Walleronde of '.he transport Kamtchatka testified that during the evening, while on the lookout for tor- pedo hoats, he saw the outlines of a strange craft and heard shots. There- upon he sent a wireless message to the flagship, saying: “Torpedo boats follow us.” The flag— ship answered: “Report: how many torpedo boats follow you.” - Captain W'\llelsnde answered: “We proceed with Tights extinguished. They attack us from all sides as a dis- tance of about ten cabl® lengths.” The Kamtchatka proceeded, but Cap- tain Walleronde did not gee-any more strange craft and did not héar any fur- ther shots. Captain Clado ot the admiral's fiag- ship gave a circumstantial recital of seeing torpedo boats. He said: “T first saw a strange craft through my night glass and then the search- lghts convinced us that it was a tor- Dedo buat. At the same time the sig: nal officer reported another boat which ‘We maneu- vered to avoid a collision and: escapé the torpedo which ‘might be dis- charged. The searchlights then dis- closed a torpedo boat:immediately in front of the flagship, about fifteen ca- ble lengths away. We saw this one much better than the other, as the searchlights lighted it up. The tor- ~| pedo hoats-gradually drew off. At first ‘we could-distinguish only their hows but we afterwards saw them com- pletely.© The first boat disappeared The sec- ond was visible much longer.” INTENSELY COLD. Further Heavy Fighting in Manchuria Not Likely at Present. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.—The Asso- ciated Press telegrams tfrom Manchu- ria do not indicate developments of WEATHER -importance since General Gripenbers’s order to abandon the advance. The Japangse-Aonday made a demonsira: tion in the, eastern district, but ap- parently’it was not serious. The op- erations of“¢he Russian right will prob ably not occasion further heavy fight- ing at present unless the Japanese letermine to follow np their counter vement, which is not iike- ly iu view of dispatches from Mukden saying the coid is more intense, thus endering the movements of large bod- on either side well nigh impossi- One result of the bitter cold has ble. been (o greatly increase the mortality proval of General Kuropatkin's offen- sive, the Novoe Vremya declaring it was a failure and the Russ saying it was neitier a reconnaissance in force nor a demonstration, hence it could only bave Leen undertaken to capture a sirategical point and this object was not justified by events. HOLD CAPTURED VILLAGES. Russians Occupy Positions Taken Dur- ing Recent Fighting. St. Petersburg, JFeb. 1.—General Kuropatkin, in dispatches dated Jan. 29 and 20, reports that the Japanese 1 the recent fighting were very v¥, many being bayonetted aud sabred. The total number of Japanese prisoners has not been ascertained, but they already exceed 300, The Russian losses Jan. 28 among the advance posts were five officers and fifty men. General iuropatkin s ve was indecisive and that who are in excellent , continue to occupy the villages r right flank captured during the recent fighting. The Raussians continue to success- fuliv hombard Sandepas, where many Japanese have been frozen to death. GORKY WILL NOT BE HANGED. Hundreds of Messages Beaging That Clemency Be Shown. New York, Feb. 1.—Maxim Gorky, the author, is not to be hanged, ac- cording to an American dispatch from St. Peiershurg, for his part in the re- cent outbreaks. Hundreds of ielegrams were re- ceived frem all over Europe and Amer- ica begging that clemen be shown who is now in prison. It is aid that some of these messages the Japa- even came to the emperor personally trom other monarchs. As a result it is said an oflicial of the government has notified Gorky's comipanions in the so-called provisional government that their cases will be cleared up within a few d. NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE. 8uspects Held in Connection With Bomb Outrages in Paris. Paris, Feb. i.—Eizhteen arrests have been made here in connection with the throwing of a bomb at a group of police and republican guards aller the meeting of the social revolu- tionists Monday night. Twelve of the suspecis have been released and the ers eve livld on suspicion. The two 1blican guards are pro- gressing favorably. The condition of the three wounded civilians is not dan- gerous. : An analysis made at the municipal laboratory shows that the bomb de- posited on . the doorstep of Prince Troubetskoy of tae Russian embassy Monday moining was highly explosive. Special police surveillance has been established over the Russian emhnsar {MANY RUSSIANS SlAIN IAPS WOULD DISHEARTEN THE ENEMY -captured off Hokkaido island, North- | .erm Japan, the British steamer Wye- TWELVE HUNDRED DEAD LEFT ON MANCHURIAN BATTLE- FIE! DS SINCE JAN. 25, KEEP : RANK -AND FILE POSTED ON THE INTERNAL DISTURB- ANCES IN RUSSIA. WAR 'DI§PATCHES‘ SUMMARIZED. The Japanese are taking advantage of Russian internal tangles 'and by means of letters thrown in the Russian lines are endeavoring to dishearten the troops. S No additional details of the fighting along the Shakhe river are at hand, but the day’s dispatches make it clear thal the Russian attempted advance resulted in failure. ‘Tokio reports that according to offi- clal advices the Russians -have left 1,200 dead on the field since Jan. 25. WBUNI]ED SUFFER GREATLY ] ARRIVING AT MUKDEN IN LARGE NUMBERS FROM RUSSIAN RIGHT FLANK. Mukden, Feb. 1.—Constant streams of wounded men are arriving here from the right flank, including Lieu< tenant General Mistchenko, who is in excellent s and is receiving vis- itors. According to the official army organ the wounded number 3,500. The cold is intense and the condition of the wounded causes the greatest anxiety because the exposure of their wounds to the frost induces gangrene. Pr ventive precautions have been taken, but the wounded are suffering the greatest pain. The Japanese are taking good care to see that the Russian rank and file are not lefi uninformed regarding the disturbances in Russia. They are carrying on a regular campaign to spread sedition and discouragement among the troops. Letters are daily thrown within the Russian lines de- claring that all a is aflame with riot and revolt, arguing that the sol- diers are shedding their blood in vain and calling on them to surrender or desert. The soldiers eagerly read and discuss these communications, espe- cially acccunts of the cvents at St. Petersburg Jan. 22. The sincere hope is expressed on all sides that ihe Ru slan nation will forego internal d ferences and not play into the hands of the Japanese. OCCUPY RUSSIAN WORKS. Japs Strongly Defendisj Captured Po- sition at Heikoutai. Tokio, Feb. 1.—It is believed that the loss of Heikoutai weakens the Rus- sian position and will probably compel | a material change in the Rusgian front in that vicinity. Heikoutai will be strongly defended by the Japanese, who are now occupying the Russian works As the ground is frozen it is practically impossible to construct new works. FIGHTING NOT YET OVER. Japs Assume Offensive, but Are Every where Repulsed. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.—Although the Russians have abandoned their ad- vance the latest official dispatches re- ceived lere indicate that the fighting is not over. The Russians continue to hold the captured villages. 'he Japanese resumed the offensive and desperately assaulted the Russians, but were everywhere re- pulsed. SMALL PERCENTAGE OF DEAD. Russian- Losses in Three Days Total Ten Thousand. St. Petershurg, Feb. 1.—A telegram from Schiatun, dated Jan. 29, states that the Russian losses from Jan. 25 to 28 were 10,000, but that the per- cenlage of dead was small. The Japanese losses ‘were very heavy. Over 300 were made prison- ers. RUSSIAN LOSS IS HEAVY. Left Twelve Hundred Dead on the Field Since Jan. 25. London, Ieb. 1.—A dispatch to the Japanese lezation from Tokio says Field Marshal Oyama reports that the Ruesians have left 1,200 dead on the field since Jan. 25. Japanese Finally Repulsed. Mukden, Feb. 1.—Monday morning the Japanese advanced on the Russian left, drove in the cavalry screen and bombarded the outlying hills. The Russians moved -up reinforcemerts, repuised the Japanese and drove them out of a village they had occupied. Japs Capture British Vessel. Tokio, Feb. 1.—The Japanese have i 1d, Toaded vit.h contraband for \Z]ldl- DEFECTIVE PAGE A MA‘KES SERIDUW HARGEQ. @enator Bard Causes Sensation “in Committee Meeting: Washington, Feb. 1-—Sensational disclosures in relation to tiie alleged - use of Indian trust funds for the soy- port of sectarian schools were made during the day by ‘Senator Bard in a statement to-the’ senate committee on Indian~ affairs. In addition ta.the charge that Roman Catholic .schoéls have received 98 per éent of the money expended under contracts made by the Indian commissioner the senator said that he had been approached by a representative of a Catholic asso- ciation with a promise of carrying a certain stated number of districts in California for him in return for his influence in bringing about a continu- ance of such favorable contrgets: The statement of Senator Dard cre- ated a stir in the committee and he was asked 10 give a detailed account of the transaction as well as any other matters relating to the use of trust funds for sectarian school pur- poses on which he was informed. He filed with the committee a statement covering the conversation and also a Hlist of the districts tie Catholic asso- ciation proposed to carry for him. He then discussed the statement of S. M. Brosius, agent of the Indian Rights association, and also quoted from a. circular issued by M. K. Sniffen, sec- retary of the association, charging that the discrimination in favor of Roman Catho]us was by direction of the pres- ACTRESS FATALLY BURNED. Rushes Through Theatzr With Cloth- ~ing Ablaze. Cincinnati, Feb. 1.—As the play- goers in a local theater awaited the appearance of Mamie Rayburn, a con- cert singer, she rushed out of her dressingroom, a living torch, and ran Screaming through the theater. Sev- eral men threw coats over her and a pail of water finally put out the flames, buf the singer, burned from head to foot and sutfering terribly, is dying in a hospital. Only the prompt action by men in the theater prevented a dan- gerous panic JOHANN HOCH 1S REMANDED PRISONER ANXIOUS TO RETURN _ TO CHICAGO AND FACE THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. New York, Feb. 1.—Johann Hoch of Chicago, who was arrested lLere charged with bigamy and wife aban- donment after a search extending over the entire country, told the officials at police headquarters that he is anxious to return to Chicago at once. He wanted to face the charges against him in that city, he said, and has no intention of opposing extradition. Hoch was photographed for the rogues’ gallery before being taken to court. ‘When Hoch was arraigned in police court he was remanded back to police headquarters for forty-eight hours.—As the prisoner was® leaving the court- room he said: “Yes, I am the man wanted in Chi- cago, but they are mlstaken as to the charges. 1 am wanted for some trou- ble [ had with my sister-in-law about some furniture.” Hoch, “who, it is alleged, married twenty women, was arrested at a boardinghouse in West Forty-seventh street by Central office detectives. He admitted bis identity, although, when first arrested, he gave the name of Henry Bartels. Mrs. Catherine Kim- merle, the landlady. said he engaged board on Saturday and had not been in the house twenty minutes when he asked to he allowed to peel some pota- toes for her. He proposed marriage Monday and she then told the police and his arrest followed. Relative to stories that Hoch was thought, to have once. worked for Holmes, who operated in’ Chicago dur- ing the world's fair and killed dozens of people to collect their. life insur- ance, Hoch sald: “1 never knew Holmes. chemist; I'm a machinist.” He was a HOCH KILLED TWELVE WIVES. Belief of Chief of Police O’Niel of Chicago. Chictago, Feb. 1.—Chief of Police O’Niel has declared his belief that Johann Adolph Hoch, alleged to have been married to over a score of wives, has murdered the last twelve of them. This statement was made by Chief O'Niel in a letter written by him to Captain James J. Langan of the detec- tive bureau of New York. JUNK STRIKES A ROCK. Thirty-six Refugees From Port Arthur Perish. Chefoo, Feb. 1.—Thirty-six refugees from Port Arthur were lost off the Miaotao' islands Jan. 28, the junk in which they were passengers striking a rock. The information is brought by other refugees, four junks contain- ing those who were cast ashore on the islands. Seventeen junks with refugees reached Chefoo during the day. The China Navigation company’s steamer Chefoo picked up fifty refu- gees along the coast. Republican House Caucus. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The Repub- lican leaders of the house have de- cided to call a cancus of the Repub. lican members of that body to decide on a programme for ratlroad rate legis- tion. | The call will De issued in the