Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 9, 1905, Page 1

TEN CENTS PER WEEK The mo'si imbdrtant Ten-Day-Bargain Sale is Vnoiw inifull progress. dreds of people are taking advantage of this oppor the only first-class and up-to-date Merchandisq tumty to procure at a sacrifice. Hun- Waist S The same liberal reduction prevails on all the stock confslstmg of uits in s Dress Goods, Laces, Embroideries, Trimmings, Ribbons, Waists, Ski rts, Tailor-Made and Shirt silk voile and.cotton, Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks, Wrappers, Kimonas, Hosiery, Underwear and Cersets. Shoes, JE ) O 0 e A s O o ot o o o Y P e ) « BERMAN EMPO Next Door to Postoffice. i ;?:IUM % \llllllll“llll!lllllll ® _,,,A—m O’Leary & Bowser Bemidji, Minnesota. To our list of wonderful bargains, we have added our entire line of LADIES’ the price will be SKIRTS 259, off regular price We expect our spring stock of Skirts the last of the week and must make room for them. Until February 15 we will sell Men’s and Boys’ Clothing at a discount of 259, Misses’ and Children’s Coats (13 Lumbermen’s Rubbers at cost. Pingree and Douglas Shoes at special prices. (13 SAN DOMINGO PROTOCOL. Minister Dawson Reports Signing of the Document. Feb. 9.—Minister Day- shington, son has cabled the state department from San Domingo that the new pro-| tocor providing for the I'us[)txlxsi)}ilil)‘! of San Dowingo finances by the United States was signed Tuesday. The doc- | ument ected here early m week and will be submitted immedl- | ately to the senate. It is drawn on the lines of the orig- inal protocol so far as concerns the administration of the customs by offi- cials designated by the United States and the segregation of a portion of the customs receipts to defray the foreign indebtedness of the country. No date Is set in the document for the begin-! ning of this administration and that| Wwill be left for the senat® to insert. An important feature of the protocol 18 the omission of the provision in the original memorandum of Jan. 21 gunar-] anteeing the integrity of San Domingo. The new document simply binds the United States to respect the integrity of Dominican territory. The Monroo | doctrine is regarded as sufficient to convey the broatlex guarantee. MRS. DUKE SET AT LIBERTY. Released From Custody When Ar- raigned in Police Court. New York, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Alice Webb ! Duke was discharged from custody | when arraigned in police court Tues: day, after being held a prisoner at the requesi of the authorities of the Na- cogdoches county, Tex., who later no- tified the local authorities that they ; did not desire her extradition. Mrs. Duke had been indicted on a charge of obtaining, $2,000 from E. A. Blount, president of a bank in Nacogdoches; by false pretenses in connection with & tabacco farm at Redfield, Tex. STEAMER RUNS ON ROCKS. Captain and Fourteen Others Have Probabty Perished. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 9—The steamer Damara of the Furness lne ran upon the rocks . at Musquodoboit, thirty miles east of Hali and is believed to have foundered with the loss of many lives. There were thirty-four persons on board, of whom four were passengers. The captain and fourteen persons are missing. The first officer of the ship, with eighteen of his crew, escaped in one of the lifeboats and landed at Pleasant point after a terrific struggle with wind and sea. Captain Gorst, master of the Da- mara, four passengers and the rest of the steamer’s crew left the vessel'in ancther lifeboat. They have not been heard of since and it is lem'ed that they have rerished. - | cated at Shanghai, and were actively 3Lty CONSUL cooDwa RESIGNS. — Shanghai Official Against Whom Ac- cusations Were Made. Washington, Feb. 9.—John Goodnow cf Minneapolis, consul general at Shanghai, against whom sweeping charges were filed last summer, has resigned after a conference with Third Ass it Secretary of Stute Pier who personally investigated the at- ter on his recent tour of Oriental consulates. The charges were filed by George Curtis, an American law r now lo- supported by the American Asiatic sociation. They charged, among other things, that Goodnow extorted exor- bitant fees and practically levied blackmail on foreigners having busi- ness with the consular court at Shang hal. Goodnpw recently came to Washing: ton to veply to the charges, but his resignation was not preceded by a for- mal hearing of the case. The r¢ nation takes effect March 31. " Mr. Geodnow will retarn to Shanghai to turn over the consulate to his suc- cessor and will engage in busin: China. 3 sig- FROM BAD TO WORSE. Rain and Sleet Demoralizes Wires in the South. Louisville, Feb. 9.—With rain and sleet falling over nearly every mile of country from the Ohio river to New Qrleans the usual avenues of wire com- munication, which have been demoral- ized since Sunday, went from bad tc worse. Nearly every branch of com- mercial life felt the interruption and the prospect for better conditions are not promising. The telegraph and telephone com- panies are fighting against tremendous odds. Enormous quantities of new ma- terial are reguired in a widely scat- tered area and difliculty is expe enced in finding men. -Business is ac: cepted only subject to indefinite delay. The loss in revenues to the telegraph companies and to the brokerage houses connollmg ]eased wires is enormous. Not Guilty of Smuggling. Washington, Feb. 9.—The United States cow wot claims has decided the custon;s case of Narciso Basso vs. the United States. Basso was fined for bringing goods into Porto Rico at the time of the military occupation of that country under the -act relating to smuggling. The matier was brought to the court of claims, which decided 4n favor of Basso. Effort to Save Woman'’s Life. rrisburg, Pa. Feb. 9.—An effort to secure the passage by the legisla- ture during the day of a resolution re- questing the board of pardons to com- mute the death sentence of Mrs. Kate Edwards to imprisonment for life was defeated in the house on a technical- The resolution will be offered again next Monday night. Mother arid Son Dying. Chicago; Feb: 9—Manny Brown, seven years old, and his mother, Mrs. Yetta Brown, are in a ward in the county. hospital dying. The boy was burned in a fire at his home d\mng‘ his mother’s absence. The mother is suffering from the effects of a coln‘ ital “lapse: when told at the her son tmldlmn COUNT ELECTORAL VOTE. Senate Meets in _doint_ Session With the House. ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—At 12:25 p. m. the senate proceeded to the house to count the electoral vote. Senator Fair- banks, who was to be declared elected as v president, did not accompany the other senators to the house. The senate arrived at the house shortly after 1 o’clock and President Pro Tempore Frye, who presided over the joint session, anniounced the meth- od of procedur Senator Burrows, one of the tellers, announced the vote of Alabama for Alton B. Parker, which caused laugh- ter. Miss Alice Roosevelt, the president, and a party of friends occupied seats in the executive gallery during the count of the vote. ‘When the announcement was made of the vote of Missouri there was great applause among the Republicans. At the conclusion of the count the tellers . reported that Roosevelt and Fairbanks had received 336 votes and Parker and Davis 140 votes. President Pro Tempore Frye declared that Theo- dore Roosevelt had been elected presi- dent and Charles W. Fairbanks elected vice president for the four years begin- ning March 4, 1905. The joint convention of the two honser was then dissolved and the sen- ate proceeded to its chamber iTs OF “NEWS. BRIE] George A. Gilbert, assistant general superintendent of the railway mail service, is dead at Rochester, N. Y. For the second time in the history of bowling at Toledo, O., a 300 score was made Tuesday night by Fred Al- brecht. James N. Richardson, fifty years old, president of the McLean Drug com- pany ol St. Louis, committed suicide by shooting. Fon, Joseph J. Sanderson, one of the best known insurance men in Towa, is dead at Cedar Rapids. He was seventy- one years old. Will C. Hoppe has defeated Jake Schaefer, the world’s champion billiard player, in Cincinnati at eighteen-inch balk line by a score of 400 to 321. King Oscar of Sweden is indisposed and unable to transact state business. He _has handed over the reins of gov- ernment to. Crown Prince Gustaf. Dr. James Leslie, who in 1878 was awarded a diploma by the Vienna ex- position for discoveries and inventions for the use of gold in dentistry, is dead at Cincinnati, aged eighty-six years: It is stated on high authoriay that James Burion Reynolds of Massachu- setts has been decided upon asthe sucéessor of Robert B. Armstrong, as- sistant secretary of the treasury, in charge of customs, Rey. John H. Prugh, D. D., pastor of Grace Reformed church of Pittshurg, | has accepted an invitation sent by Emperor William of Germany to par- ticipate in dedication of the 4 cathe dral in Berlin Feb. 17. Attorney General Moody has issued a letter of instruction to all United States altorneys requiring a strict en- forcement of safety appliancel WS _en- acted for the promotion of sal 3ty the traveling: public as well as for ! § protection of mnway emp! daughter of i B AGTIVITY OF GERMANY FRENCH GOVERNMENT ANXIOU8 ON ACCOUNT OF KAISER’S INFLUENCE IN TURKEY. REARMAMENT OF OTTOMAN ARTILLERY GERMAN FIRM GETS‘ CONTRACT AND FRANCO-TURKISH RELA- TIONS ARE STRAINED. ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—Considerable Interest “has been aroused in diplo- matic circles by the morning dis- patches telling of the French crisis at Constantinople and news of the move- ments of M. Constans, the Frecnh am- bassador there, is being anxiously awaited. Although diplomats here are ‘Wwithout official information regarding the situation it is known that the French ‘government .has for a long time been concerned over the increas- ing activity of German interests in the Ottomau empire and Germany’s latest victory i securing the contract for the rearmament of the Turkish artillery is looked upon as the culmication of a series of German triumphs in Tur- key, which, in the opinion of some, are due to the growing intimacy of the Berlin government with the porte. GERMANY GETS CONTRACT. French Aroused Over Rearmament of Turkish Artillery. Constlantinople, Feb. 9.—Germany’s victory in capturing the contract for the rearmament of the Turkish artil- lery threatens to result in serious dis- turbance of Franco-Turkish political relations. The French ambassador here, M. Constans, proposes to leave Constantinople soon for Paris to con- sult with loreign Minister Delcasse. Meanwhile the ambassador has in- formed the Turkish government that the French market is closed to any fresh Turkish l()nns EMANATE FROM JAP SOURCES. French Official Opinion of Current Peace Rumors. "7 Paris, Feb. 9.—The foreign office here is not aware that there is any basis for renewed peace rumors. The Russian embassy specifically denies the statements contained in special dispatches from St. Petersburg to the effect that the grand dukes, having become favorable to peace, instrue- tions have been given to the Russian embassador at Paris to discreetly learn Japan’s peace terms. The embassy holds that such reports emanate from Japanese sources. RECEPTION FOR STOESSEL. Odessa Planning to Honor Defender of Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Feb. 9.—Great prep- arations are making at Odessa for the reception of General Stoessel and the other officers returning from Port Ar- thur, but the Razviedchik, a semi- official military weekly, contains this week an article declaring. that it is more than ever necessary to hold a courtmartial as provided by law in view of the statements in the foreign press that the surrender was not necessitated by the internal conditions of the fortress. SHELLS JAPANESE LINES. Russian Artillery Active at Several Manchurian Points. Tokio, Feb. 9.—Reports from the Manchurian army h8adquarters say that the Russians shelled various parts of the Japanese lines last Monday and Monday night. Small forces of Russian infantry attacked at various points but all were repulsed. Tt is further reported that the Rus- slans continue to entrench in the direc- tion of Wanchjayuantzu, Litajentun, ' Chenchiehpao and Heikoutai. 8hanghai Crowded With Refugees. _ Shanghai, Feb. 9.—This city is crowded with Port Arthur refugees. Most of them are orderly and nearly ell have plenty of money, but many are sleeping in the streets. Every ef- fort is now making to provide the ref- ugees with shelter pending the readi- ness of steamers to take them to their various destinations. British Steamer Captured. Tokio, Feb. 9.—The British steamer Eastry, bound for Vladivostok with coal, was captured off Hokkaido Tues- daye She is being brought to Yoko- Buka. x Troops Crossing Lake Baikal. Irkutsk, Siberia, Feb. 9.—The tr: porl of troops, passengers and mai by sledges across Lake Baikal com- menced during the day. Togo Hoists His Flag. Tokio, Feb. 9.—Admiral Togo ar- rived at Kure during the day and im- mediately raised his flag on the battle- #hip Mikasa. ‘Favorable Report on Treaties. -Washington, Feb. The senate committee on foreign relations, by unanimous vote, has- authorized a fa- ‘Vorable report on the arbitration sevéral - foreign govemments‘ kme,udment was a.dopted providing for IN FAVOR OF AMERICA ENGLISH PRIVY COUNCIL REN- DERS DECISION IN GAYNOR- GREENE CASE. TWO CANADIAN OPINIONS REVERSED ACTION OFVQUEBEC JUSTICE IN RELEASING THE MEN COM- MENTED UPON. London, Feb. 9.—The privy council vendered its decision during the mora- Ing in the Greene-Gaynor case in favor of the American government. - The council reversed the two judg- ments of Justice Caron of Quebec, rendered Aug. 15, 1902, and ordered the respondents to pay the costs of the appeal. The counecil’s decision caus- tically criticises the action of Justice Caron in releasing Greene and Gaynor and Caron’s “extraordinary ~interven- tion and adds: i “Where a prisoner is brought before a competent tribunal charged with an extradition offense ‘and is remanded for the express purpose of affording the prosecution an' opportunity of bringing forward evidence whereby: the accusation is to be supported, if in such case upon a writ of habeas corpus, a learned judge treats a re- mand warrant as a nullity and pro- ceeds to adjudicate the case as though the whole evidence was before him it ‘would paralyze the administration of Jjustice and render it impossible for proceedings in extradition to be effec- tive.” The decision simply reverses Justice Caron’s judgments and leaves Greene and Gaynor under remand as before Justice Caron intervened. John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene were indicted in Savannah, Ga., Dec. 8, 1899, charged with embez- zlement and defrauding the United States government, together with Cap- tain Oberlin M. Carter, in the per- formance of government contracts for the improvement of the Savannah river and other river and harbor work in that aistrict, the illicit profits belng estimated at $2,000.000. Gayror and Greene were arrested in New York. They contested extradition to Georgia and when the United States commissioner decided that they must 8o to that state and plead to the in- dictments they fled to Canada, where they were again arrested. After a long legal controversy Gaynor and Greene obtained their liberty within the limits of the province of Quebec. The United States government them appealed to the privy council of Eng- land, the highest court in that country. RESULT OF DECISION. Fugitive Americans May Soon Be Brought to Trial. Washington, Feb. 9.—The state de- partment has received notice of the action of the British privy council through a cablegram from Ambassador Choate. Although sufficient detail is not yet before the law officers here to warrant 2 final opinion as to the effect of the decision of the privy council the pres- ent understanding is that it will Tesult in the immediate rearrest of (iaymor and Greene, who are now at large in Quebec under survelllance of Wash- ington secret service officers. If the renewed application for extradition is granted the men will be brought to Atlanta, Ga., for trial on charges grow- ing out of the misappropriations of government money in connection with the river and harbor works on the Georgia coast under the administra- tion of Captain Oberlin M. Carter. The attorney general. speaking of the decision of the judicial committee of the privy council in the case sald: “Active proceedings to secure re- moval will be resumed as soon as the king's order is received in Canada. This is the real judgment and mandate in the case, the judgment of the privy council being simply a report of the judicial committee to the king in coun- cil; upon which the king in council makes the order and decree.” RECEIVED WITH SURPRISE. Privy Council Decision Astonishes Cer tain Canadians. Quebec,” Feb. 9.—The news from London that the privy council had maintained the appeal of the American government in the Gaynor-Greene case was received with surprise in certain quarters here, while in legal. circles the decislon, was rather expected. The correspondent of the Associated Press tried to obtain an interview with Colo- nel Gaynor and Captain Greene at their residences, but the former, speak- ing over the telephone, stated that he had nothing to say, as their case was in the hands of their attorneys. President WIIl Not Interfere. _ ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—The president has refused to interfere in the case of Augustus L. Shaffer, convicted of wife murder and under sentence to he hanged Friday. The condemned man’s attorney tatked with the president dnr- Ing the day in his behalf. Irregularities in His A:cnunts.‘ s ‘Washington, Feb.. 9. — Smith H. ‘Woolley, assayer in charge of thg United States mint at'Boise City, Ida. removed. It is chafged thai