Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 2, 1905, Page 1

HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 2. NUMBER BEMIDJIT, MINNESOTA., THLR DAY FEBRUARY 2, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK Continuation of Our SEMI-ANNUVAL CLEARANCE SALE ! On account of the railroad com- pany’s delay in delivering our Spring Goods we will continue our sale to February 15. Our en- tire stock of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing will be offered at 25%, off Douglas or Pingree $5.00 Shoes for $3.98 3.50 Shoes for $2.98 Douglas or Pingree $3 Douglas or Pingree $3.00 Shoes for $2.59 Special low prices in Men's Shirts, Underwear, Sweaters, Rubbers, Mitts and Ladies” Ready-to-wear G.umenu. Lont forget to look over our Remnant Counters. G : { 2 ‘ i | that widiide LU W pRiYy summoned to appear before the com- seem Lo be in the | mittee. Mr. Comerford protested strongly against executive session, but the committee, notwithstanding, voted to exclude the press, The committee refnsed to allow Mr. Comerford a stenographer. The com- mitiee desived Mr. Comerford to pro- ceed at once with what proof he had of his charges. This he was not pre- pared to do and insisted that he be al- lowed fo go to Chicago and prepare his proof. “The grand jury is in s sion there,” said Mr. Comerford. “If I can't get a fair hearing before this committee T will take the matter be- fore that body.” GRAFTERS I CANTROL' The invesiigating commitiee is em- | { powered 1o bring before 1t Representas SENSATIONAL CHARGES CAUSE | Uve Comeriord and cause um to tes | tify as to what le knows of the alieged | wholesale corruption. Wihen the resolution to investigate came belure the house Mr. Comerford sai “1 will welcome this investigation | and 1 only bope the committee will be thorough and impartial and as sin- cere as I ani in (his matte; The resolution was mously. Members Walking About Armed. For the first time in the history of the legislature of lllinois in many years members of (he general assem- re walking about armed. Threats GREAT STIR IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. COMMITTEE NAVED TO INVESTIGATE | ried unani- BITTER FEELING PREVAILS ANDI MEMBERS ARE NOW CARRY- Tom Barry, the veteran horse own- er and trainer, is dead at New Orleans of pnenmonia. ING WEAPONS. have been made against Representa-| The annual encampment of the Min- Spri n An up- | Uve Comerford, who kuowledges | nesota G. A. R. will be held in St. P | that he has a revolver in his pocket | Paul March § and 9. heaval in the Hlin bly riv aling the recent boodling expo- sures iu the legislature of Mis way be the outcome of an made IJ} to defend himself in an emergency. One assault has already been re corded as a consequence of the Comer- ford charges. James Burdette, a re- porter flor a Chicago paper, was knocked down just outside the en- 1o the Leland hotel by alleged of one of the accused members. He was roughly handied. Members of the lesi: re m from the assailauts, who c ped arrest. The investigation commitice met during the alternoon and immediately wenl into ¢ itive session. Soon aft- erward Represeatative Comeriord was technically and Oswald Achenbach, the well known painter, is dead al Dusseldorf, Prus- sia, of inflammation of the liver. Governor Cummins of Towa is suffer- Ing trom a serious attack of grip, which threatens to terminate in spinal meningitis. It is announced on the authority of President Roosevelt that Frederick L Allen. commissioner of patents, will be continued in that ofiice. Every man in the employ of the Vandalia railroad who has reached the age of sevenly years was retired on life pension Wednesday. Repr ol the days ago. ing the day appointed a commit seven (o investigate Mr. charges, which are r cilically alleging “that the Hiinois leg islature is a great public auction, where special privileges are sold Lo the high corporation bidders and Winois College of Law a fc Tue general assembly dur- An Excellent Opportunlty To Earn Money Is open to a limited number of people in your vicinity. If you are unemployed or if you have un- occupxed time, write to us. The work we offer is clean, dignified and profitable. Particularly gon<! in this field. Werite to-day for full particulars. CIRCULATION DEPT. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. 3 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY o< results await your efforts ‘turn to his lagshi Felt 6. 'A‘helmme-’ SANI]EPAS&IN FLAMES GENERAL KUREPATKIN REPORTS EFFECT OF ARTILLERY FIRE ON JAP POSITION. PORTION OF GARRISON WITHDRAWN JAPANESE ARE AGGRESSIVELY PRESSING THE RUSSIANS AT SEVERAL POINTS. St. Petershurg, Feb. 2.—General Ku- ropatkin, telegraphing under date of Jan. 30, says Sandepas was {bat day set.on fire by the Russian artillery. In a telegram dated Jan..31 the com- mander-in-chief reports a continuance ot a successful bombardment of San- depas and says that Russian balloon- ists had noticed'd portion of the Japa- nese garrison gad been withdrawn during the day. % The general mentions a number of minor attacks and counter attacks at outposts, villages and passes already patches. JAPANESE ARE AGGRESSIV: SITUATION BECOMING OMINOUS FOR RUSSIAN ARMY NEAR MUKDEN. Mukden, Jan. 31, via Tientsin, Feb. 2.—Canuounading -on the center and right commenced again today. The Russian army has reoccupied its old positions, having;returned from San- chiapu (Sandepas?). The nain eve%s in the interior of Russia have beelt published in the of ficial army papefy so that the troops to a certain extent realize the present conditions, but plans for the army. are shown to befentirely ind len(nk‘n‘ of home events. Fhe reasons N the commandere for retiring fully ex plain the army’s guvemanla and show them to have he 'imlepennem of the weather. The situation aS it fm"her develops is Detter realized and understood, though it is not less ominous as the weather has moderated and the Japa- nese are aggressive. INTERIOR MINISTER RETIRES BLAMED FOR CAUSING PRESENT POLITICAL STORM IN THE RUSESIAN EMPIRE. 8t. Ige(ershurg, Feb. 2.—The retire ment of Interior Minister Sviatopoli- Mirsky was officially announced dur ing the day, ill health being igned as the reason. M. Durnovo, former minister of posts and telegraphs, be- comes acting minister of the interior. M. Bouligan, former governor general of Moscow, seems most likely to be Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky’s, successor, but no decision has yet been reached. The gossips are saying that Emperor Nicholas has offered the portfolio to M. Witte, president of the committee of miuisters. ) Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky’s desire to Tetire had been known for weeks, but the manner in which it was ammounced was unusual, the retirement of a min- ister being-generally accompanied by an imperial rescript. For this reason the form of the announcement is pop- ularly accepted as a reprimand. Among the extreme reactionaries and even among some of the more moderate conservatives Prince Sviato- polk-Mirsky has been blamed for hay- ing from the very outset of his career encouraged all sorts of liberal aspira- tions which, being impossible of im- mediate realization, brought the pres- ent storm about the head of the gov- ernment. RUSSIANS CONTINUE ACTIVE. Marshal Oyama Reports Repulse of Several Attacks. Tokio, Feb. 2. — Field Marshal Oyama, reporting Tuesday, the Russians bombarded his center and right wing on Jan. 30 and sent small bodies of infantry to attack the Japanese outposts, where they were repuised. On the same day heavy Rus- sian guns fiercely shelled Piyentai and (‘heucmehpao On Jau. 31 the Russians bombarded Chenchiehpao, Lapati and Litajentan and two companies of -infantry at- tacked Chenchiehpao, advancing from the south end near Peitaitzu. The Japanese repulsed them. On Jan. 30 two companies of Rus- sian infantry unsuccessfully attacked Yatzupao, two miles northwest of Chenchiehpao, and two battalions of Russian infantry and a regiment of cavalry failed in an attack on Tutaitzu. Field Marshal Oyama, in reporting the wounding of Lieutenant General Mistchenko, which he had learned of { from Russian prisoners, characterizes General Mistchenko’s attacks upon the Japanese flank as brgve. = Togo Will Return to Duty. Tokio, Feb. 2—Admiral Togo will re- reported in the Associated Press dis-| [on the St says that OPENED HEAVY CANNONADE. Russian Qificer Tells of ~Damaging * “Torpedo Boat.” Paris, Feb. 2—The North sea com- mission continued its sessions during the day. Lieutenant Ellis of the Rus- sian battleship Alexander IlL gave cir- cumstantial evidence of seeing a tor- pedo boat among the British trawlers in the North sea. He said he first saw & torpedo boat two miles off, steaming swiftly toward the squadron on a course to intercept the flagship. As the torpedo boat advanced search- lights made her plainly visible and a heavy cannonade was opened on her. The torpedo boat, the witness contin- ued, was evidently damaged, drew off to starhoard and disuppeared. Lieutenant Schremtchenko, torpedo | officer of the Russian battleship Boro- dino, gave similar testimony to seeing two torpedo boats. The lieutenant also described the torpedo boat which, he said, he had seen to starboard. She was about the same ‘size and general appearance as the boat first seen. Both torpedo boats withdrew under a terrific fire. Mikado Thanks the Army. Tokio, Feb. 2-—The emperor has is- sued a rescript to Field Marshal Oya- ma’s army thanking the troops for de- feating a superior Russian force in the recent battlie. Oyvama, responding, says the men fought desperately day and night in intensely cold weather. Paroled Prisoners Leave Japan. Nagasaki, Feb. 2—Five hundred and twenty-four paroled Russian prisoners of war left during the day on the French mail steamer en route to Rus- sia. Austrian Steamer Captured. Tokio, Feb. 2—The Austrian steam- er Siam, bound for Vladivostok from Cardiff with coal, was seized off Hok- kaido island ‘Tuesday. BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL. Salvation Army to Feed Poor New York Children. ; New York, Feb. 2.—Plans for pro- viding 70,000 school children of New York with a warm meal at the ‘begin- ning ot each day, conceived by Com- mander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army, were put into operation during the morning. Three stations were opened, all on the Lower Kast Side. Others will follow until all sections of the city, where conditions demand, shall have been covered. The & tious will be open” from 7 to 9 o'clotk each morning and every child, scholar —} or.otherwise,_will receive a breakfast for the asking. The movement grew ont of the ement, recently made, that 70,000 children go breakfastless to school hecause of the poverty of their paren TWENTY PERSONS INJURED. Freight Train Strikes Street Car at Fort Worth, Tex. Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 2—Twenty persons were injured, two seriously, in a collision hetween a freight train Louis and San Francisco railroad and a sireet car at the stock yards ing in the northern limits of this city during the day. About forty-five persons were on the car coming to work. The air was thick with fog and the stock -cars in front of a ‘Frisco engine, according to the motorman, so obscured the head- light that he did not see the train ap- proaching. A freight car struck the rear of the street car, throwing it fifty feet. CIiTY OF Cl-.IICAGO EN:IO]NED. Must Not Enforce Ordinance Fixing Price of Gas. Chicago, Feb. 2.—A temporary in- junction against the city of Chicago was issued during the day by Judge Grosscup in the United States circuit court restraining city officials (rom eniorcing an ordinance fixing the price of gas at 75 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The case has alveady been before the Uunited States supreme court twice appeals from Judge Grosscup’s deci- sions. The injunction was granted on application of D. O. Mills of New Yuork, a stockholder in the gas company, who alleged that the city had no power. to pass the ordinanc Tragvc End of Elopemem New York, Feb. 2—The lifeless body of a younz woman who bad given name of Mazie Leigh was found kneel- ing beside a bed in a.hotel at Tenta street and Fourth avenue, The young woman had shot herself in the heart. She fold a woman with whom she had formerly boarded that she was a stu- dent in the Northwestern university and had eloped [rom Evanston, Hl, with a student. Woman Kiled in Runaway. Williston. D., Feb. 2—Mrs. Mag- gie Mumby, a well known resident of Clayton, Minn., was killed in a runa- way accident here. Mrs. W. Snyder, her cousin, Mrs. John Heffernan, and a child of Mrs. Mumby’s were badly bruised. . The\r team became excited at some fying paper and dashed wild- ly down M ctreet, throwing the oc- cupants of the bugzy to the grmmd Colombia Increases Duties. ‘Washington, Feb. 2.—Minister Rus- gell, at Begota, has cabled the secre- tary of state that an executive decree increases Colombian import duties\ 70 Jer cent over existing tariffs. He says that classification. is according to the law of 1886. Hoch Indicted for Bigamy. Chicago, I'eb. 2—Two indictments charging bizamy were voted against | Johann Hoch by the grand jury during the day. Three of Hoch’s suppused wives were witnesses before the srand DEFFCTIVFE PAQRFE RECEIVES WORKINGMEN DEPUTATION OF THIRTY-FOUR CALLS ON CZAR NICHOLAS AT TSARSKOE SELO. EMPEROR URGES MEN TO BE PATIEN] EVERY ONE SHOULD LABOR UN CEASINGLY TO VANQUISH OBSTINATE ENEMY. St. Petersburg, Feb, 2—Emperor Nicholas during the afternoon re- ceived at Tsarskoe Selo a depntation of thirty-four workingmen, represent- ing the employes of the factories and workshops of St. Petersburg. The dep- utation was accompanied by Minister of Finance Kokovsoff and Governor General Trepoff and proceeded by the imperial railroad to Tsarskoe Selo, where carriages were awaiting them and they were driven to a point near the Admiral pavilion. On arriving there the workmen weré admitted to one of the halls of the palace. The emperor entered the hall accompanied by Grand Duke George Mikhailevitch, General Hesse, the minister of the im- perial court and the commandant of the palace. The workmen bowed deep- | 1y to the emperor, who said: “Good day, my children.” The workmen replied: “We wish your majesty good health.” The emperor then said: “1 have summoned you in order that you may hear my words {rom myselt and communicate them to your com- panious. The recent lamentable events: with such sad but inevitable results have occurred because you allowed yourselves to be led astray by traitors and enemies to our country. When they induced you to address a petition to me on your needs they desired to see you revolt against me and my gov- ernment. They forced you to leave your honest work at a period when all Russian workmen should be laboring unceasingly 'in order that we might vanquish our obstinate enemy. Many Innocent People Suffer. “Strikes and disgraceful demonstra- tions led the crowds 10 disorders which obliged and always will oblige the au- thorities to call out troops. As a re sult inuocent people were victims, I know that the lot of the workmen is Many things require im- provement, but have patience. You will understand that it is necessary to be L loward your employers and to consider the condition of our indus- tries. “But to come to me as a rebellious mob in order to declare your wants a crime. In my solicitude of the work- ing classes I will take measures whi will assure that everything possible will be done to improve their lot and secure an investigation of their de- mands through legal channels. I am convinced of the honesty of the worlk- men and their devotion to myself and I pardon their transgression. Return to your work with your comrades and v out the tasks allotted to you. v God assist you.” conclusion of his speech the emperor told the members of the dep- utation to communicate his words to their :omrades and said he would sup- ply them with printed copies of his ad- dress. After leaving the pa]ace the depu- tation proceeded to a neighboring church, where they prayed and after kissing ikons placed lighted candles before the shrines. Subsequently they were given dinner in a building which formerly was the high school of Tsar- skoe Sele. e One_ of the members of the deputa tion proposed the health of the em- peror, which was drunk with cheers. At 1:30 the delegates drove to the fmperial pavilion, whence they took a train for St. Petersburg. GREAT, TENSION PREVAILS.™ Warsaw Is Quiet but Strike Continues to Spread. Warsaw, Peb. 2—The city is quiet, although great tension still prevails. Some stores and offices have been re- opened, but only two newspapers were published. The strike has extended to the sugar refineries and other factories in the districts around Warsaw. The troops guarding the Warsaw- Vienna railroad are fearing an outrage on the part of the strikers. On the Vienna-Vistula line freight trains have been stopped. Police proclamations have been torn down and carried off, while the Rus- sian names of streets have been daubed over with paint. WILL STRENGTHEN AUTOCRACY. St. Petersburg Paper Favors an Old Land Parliament. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2—M. Souvorin, editor of the Novoe V.emya, in that paper comes out strongly in favor of a zemskyzabor (old land parliament), which he declares will not only main- tain but will strengthen autocracy. It Would be a channel of communication between the sovereign and the people without which it would be impossible to have lasting reforms. Odessa Police Chicf Shot. ‘Odessa, Feb. 2.—Chief of Police Gal WORST OF THE WINTER. Mercury Takes a Decided Drop in the Northwast. St. Paul, Feb. 2.—The coldest weath- er of the season was recorded during the day, with a temperature of 21 degs. below zero at 7 a. m. There was a gale of sixteen miles an hour at the time. There 1s a blanket of cold all over the Northwest and the end of it is not in sight. At Havre, Mont., it was 42 below, Miles City 38 and Devils Lake,s N. D., 56. Duluth, Feb. 2—With the mercury registering 24 degs below zero and a thirty-mile gale blowing Duluthians faced the most severe weather of the winter. There was much suffering among those who were forced to re- main out of doors. Des Moines, Feb. 2.—The mercury is standing at 8 degs. below zero, with a promise of the coldest night of the year. The continued cold has been hard on stockmen throughout the state biit so far no serious loss to stock i3 reported. Omaha, Feb. 2—Omaha and vicinity experienced another cold spell during the morning, when the thermometer dropped to 6 degs. below at 7 a. m. The cold is accompanied by considera- ble snow and a strong north wind. La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 2.—Wisconsin and this part of the Northwest got no relief during the ‘day from the in- tense cold weather which has been prevailing nearly a week. It was 18 degs. helow at 8 a. m. WOMEN AS WITNESSES. Twio of Them Will Testify in Swayne Impeachment Case. ‘Washington, Feb. 2.—Mrs. Gordon Russell, wife of Representative Rus- sell of Tyler, Tex., and Mrs. Susan Lyle Downs of Waco will appear as witnesses for the govérnment in the Swayne impeachment proceedings. They will be the first women to appear on the floor-of the senate since the impeachment trial of President An- drew Johnson in 1866. ‘While Judge Swayne was holding court at thése places he boarded at the homes of Mrs. Russell and Mrs. "Downs and, it is alleged, paid them $1.25 a day for about forty days.’ In submitiing “his expense account he charged the government $10 a day. To combat. tiris charge Judge Swayne will show that it is the common prac- tice of all federal judges to claim the |-tul- 810" allowed ‘under-the-statuto as- - the maximum expense per diem while serving out of their own district. ONLY PARTIAL AGREEMENT. House Adopts Conference Report on Fortifications Bill. Washington, Feb. 2.—The house adopted the conference report on the fortifications bill, which was only a partial agreement, as the senate amendment requiring detailed esti- mates was still in dispute. A further conference was ordered. The bill car- ries §6,747,893. Consideration of the postoffice ap- propriation bill was Lhen resumed. EXCEPT IN CASE OF ALASKA. 8enator Clark Urges Admission of All Territories. ‘Washington, Feb. 2.—The statehood bill was taken up in the senate and Mr. Clark (Mont.) addressed the sen- ate. He opposed the purpose of the bill as it stands but spoke in support of the admission of the four territories as so many states. He expressed the opinion that the time has came for abolishing the territorial form of gov- ernment in the United States except in the case Of Alaska Boy Killed in His Room. Grand Ledge, Mich., Feb. 2.—Alger Pruden, an eighteen-year-old boy, was found dead in his hedroom at the resi- dence of his sister and his roommate, Clarence Jenks, a laborer, is under ar- rest on suspicion that he was con- nected with the boy’s death. Pruden’s bead was badly pounded and a bullet had been fired into his brain. To lnveatlga:e Corporations. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 2—The Kansas senate " has adopted a resolution providing for an investigation of all the corporations doing business in Kansas. Speaker W. R. Stubbs said Kansas should no longer endure the tyranny of the Standard Oil company monopoly, or any other trust or com- bine, which operate for the detriment of the people of the state. Great Reservoir Completed. New York, Feb. 2.—After ten years of labor and the expenditure of $9,- 000,000 the new Cornell dam, near Croton-on-the-Hudson, in Westchester county, from which this city will draw largely for water supply, has been practically completed. It is-the largest piece of masonry in the world except the Pyramids of Egypt. Two Workmen Smothered. Bellaire, O., Feb. 2—While working in the ore pit of the Carnegie Steel company here early in the day Serdial Velka and Andrar Izki, foreigners, - were caught by a fall of frozen ore and smothered to death. A third man ‘was caught but escaped with slight in- Juries to his legs. Mail Pouch Stolen. Appleton, Wis., - Feb. 2.—A mail pouth containing heavy mail for the north was stolen from the Chicago and. Northwestern depot at 1 a. m. Al ovine was shot while close to the po- lice station in this city during the dyy ‘ané was wounded in the right shoul- though the pouch generally contained