Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 13, 1905, Page 1

— The most important Ten-Day Bargain Sale is nowm flil] progreSs. dreds of people are taking advantage-of this opportunity to procure the only first-class and up-to-date Merchandise at a saerifice. Hun- ONLY ONE DAY REMAINS OF THIS/GREAT SALE The same liberal reduction prevails on all the stock eonsiéting of Dress Goods, Laces, Embroideries, Trimmings, Ribbons, Waists, Ski_r‘fs, Tailor-Made and Shirt Waist Suits in silk voile and cotton, Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks, Shoes, Wrappers, Kimonas, Hosiery, Underwear and Cogsets. Next Door to Postoffxce. , Feb’y 14 “» BERMAN EMPO fIUM A ‘BOWS[R... We still have § Ladies” Coats that we'll sell at 1.2 off 1 {ull length Oxford Coat, w 1 full length Oxford Coat, w 9 a Z 5 4 length $2 2 3-4 length Other Coats, 25 °|, off. Ladies” Suits, 25 °|, off. Ladies’ Skirts, 25 ° Men’s Suits, 5.00 Coats, now $20.00 Coats, now 1 3-4 length $15.00 Coat, now 3-4 length $18.00 Coat, now Men’s O vm-coats, 25 °|, off. Boys’ orth $20.00; now $10.00 9.00 12.50 10.00 7.50 9.00 orth $18.00; now o off. 25°, off. Suits, 25 °|, off. Boys' Overcoats, 25 °|, off. Sale Closes Wednesday Night, Feb'y 15 FATAL 10 STRIKERS. Twenty-four Killed in Clash at Kat| towitz. Borlin, Ieb. 13.—According to press dispatches -from ~ Kattowitz, Rus: Poland, a collision ocgurred bety 15,000 strikers and the military af the 2 0, in whick u station of Sk twenty-four slnluw were killed and forty wounded. i also reported, fir trow but the are not known. ! The Lokal Anzeiger's Warsaw dis patch gives thé number é)f strikers MIIu! in the Katherinen®works at Lodz as fully nineteen and the, wounded 112, The sharpest fight took place before the factory of the Schied- ler company, the number of strikers | killed or wounded there not being re- | ported. Two soldiers and one detec tive were Killed. A strike is expected §o break out on the Warsaw- \'nmm lanl\v.l\ i RUSSIANS DRIVEN OFF. Jepanese Capture an Eminence South of Changchichia. Toklo, Ieh. 13.—The Japanese cap- tured an eminence south of Changchi-t chia on Thursday morning, Feb. 9, driv- ing off two companies of Russian in- fantry. The Russians have continued shelling Field Marshal Oyama's center and left since Thursday last. The Russian dead, who were buried after the battle of Heikoutai, totalled 2,000 1and two coaches left the track. HAD LUCKY ESCAPE. Accident on Milwaukee Railway Near Mankato, Minn. Mankato, Minn., Feb. 13.—The Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul passen- ger train eu route to the Twin Citie: was wrecked at Caroline Junction, five miles north of here, at 7:30 p. m. The train was running at a rate of twenty: five miles an hour when the accident | happened. Signa showed a clear track at the Omaha crossing when the track was not clear. The eugine, mail and baggage car 3 The engine was et below grade. The tender turned over and stopped the progress of the train. The baggage and mail car and smoker were thrown four feet down the bank and coach two feet over the bank. It was a lucky wreck and no one was iujured. There were a great many. passengers and they were brought back to Mankato on the evening train from St. Paul on the Omaha road. The baggage car took fire and part ly burned, but the fire was put ouf with water llum a n(}arbv huuse. Much Progerty Destroyed. East Liverpool, 0., Feb. 13.—The ice 2orge in the Ohio river at this point broke during the day, destroying much pro . It is believed one man was drowned. Houseboats, “coal barges and pleasure crait, valued at several thousand dollars, were carried away by the ice and wrecked. The lock is in danger of destruction. | STAND BY HOUSE EILL. Representatives Oppose Changes in Statehood Measure. Waslungton, Ifeb, 13.—The Republic- ans of the house of representatives have decided in confe ce that the { house statehood provision shall pre- vail or that no statehood legislation will he acted by the present co ar The resolution, whith, it is said, sets forth this position, and which was adopted by a vote of 112 ta 83 after three hours of debate, is as follows: “Resolved, That it is the sense of this conlerence that the” action and policy of the Iepublican caucus held April 15, 1904, touching the admi: of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as one state and New Mexico and Arizona as one state, as provided in the bill of the house, No. 1474), which bill has been amended by the senate and is now pending in the house com- mittee on territories, be insisted u on, and that we insist on such parlia- mentary proceedings as can be had by a majority of the house, or a special order _as can be made and adopted by v of the house, under which the afo; id policy of the Republicans of the house will be worked out.” Speaker Cannon is the author of this resolution. When the conference con- vened an amendment to this resolu- tion, offered by Mr. Tawney, adding that in such conference the house con- ferees be instructed to insist on the house provisions of the bill was laid before it, and a vote was taken on this proposition. The debate was keyed to a high pitch at all times. The ground was taken Ly those who favored the house provisions or nothing, that the Repub- licans of the body would be sacrific- ing their position taken heretofore to a few Republican senators who had seen fit to unite with the minority of the senate if the bill as amended was ac- cepted. ALI; TRAFFIC DELAYED. Another Heavy Fall of Snow in lowa and Nehraska. Feb. 13.—Another heavy curred during the night practically all of Nebraska and n lowa. Reports received at railroad offices indicate that t m, which lasted all night, was heavy {rom Omaha to Denver and Cheyenne and over the entire Upper Missouri valley. Thivty-five inches of snow have fallen since Dec. 25, of which about twenty inches are on the ground at this time. Railroad trains, especially on trunk lines, were all off schedule from one to six hours, with a omequmt delay of United States mai Des Moines, Feb. 13.—A blinding snow storm prevailed thronghout Cen- tral Towa, with the thermometer down to zero. Street car traffic here is be- ing seriously impeded. Omaha, Railroad Traffic Suspended. Batoum, Caucasia, Feb. 13.—The question of provisioning Batoum is becoming acute owing to the continu- ance of the strike. No supplies are arriving as traffic on the railroads is completely suspended. The govern- ment kerosene supply 4s exhausted and the high school is closed. The strik- attempted to continue work. ers murdered an engine driver who | stage manager to calm king CARNEGIE Tp TESTIFY WILL GO TO CLEVELAND AS WIT- ' NESS IN CASE AGAINST MRS. CASSIE L. CHADWICK SUBPOENA IS SERVED UPCH HiM| WILL BE ASKED IN REGARD TO HIS ALLEGED SISNATURE ON CERTAIN PAPERS. New Yorlk, Feb. 13 ndrew Carne- gle announced during the day that he would go. to Cleveland against M) Cassie L. Cb is under arrest in that city with obtuining large sums of i« on alleged securities bearing Andrew | Carnegie’s name. Tt is alleged that the signatures were forged. Mr. Carnegie's announcement was made after a subpoena ordering him to appear at Cleveland to testify in the Chadwick case which is to begin on March 6. NEW YORK GASINO BURRED FIRE BREAKS OUT 'IN HISTORIC PLAYHOUSE BEFORE AFTER- NOON PERFORMANCE. New York, Feb. 13.—The Casino theater, one of the most historic of the New York p ouses and the scene of the preduction of many famous light oreras, was damaged by fire dur- ing the day with a loss of $50,000. The blaze began aLout noon in a dressing- roosm on the third floor over the stage rsal of the cflorus girls Teazle” company was in Though they were thrown the members of the com- progress into a panic pany escaped” uninjured with the ex- (‘e[‘tmn of one chorus girl, who fell while zoing down the stairs of the stage entrance and was painfully but not dangercusly hurt. Two hours latér the building would have been occu- pied by an audienc ecomposed prin- cipally of women and children. As it was the chorus girls had some difii- culty in escaping the flames. The exit of an audience under similar con- ditions would have been hampered by the fact that the main entrance is by a winding staircase. The “Lady ‘Teazle” company, which, was rehearsing when the fire broke out, is headed by Lillian Russell, but she was not in the theater at the time. So swift was ‘he advance of the flames among the fimsy material in the scenery that the chorus girls were in 2 panic when they rushed from the | stage exit. Ignoring the efforts of the WORKMEN TURNED AWAY. Strike in German Coal Regions May ‘Be Resumed. Essen, Prussia, Feb. 13.—The strik- ers’ executive committee of seven has sent tihe following telegram to Chan- cellor von Buelow: “At a conference of delegates of the striking coal miners held Feb. 9 it was determined to sume work. In this they met the shes of your excel- lency, but the workmen were turned away in masses from many mines. Great excitement has been caused by this action and we, in consequence, fear the worst. We beg your excel- lency to use your influence in authori- tative quarters to prevent these provo- cations from occurring again.” The Mine Owners’ association, re- plying to the assertion that the own- ers were excluding workmen by whole- sale [rom the mines, aver that they are unable to take back workmen at some of the mines except in small numbers until the damage resulting {rom their inactivity is repaired. According to the government mine bureau’s figures 146,942 miners went into the mines at the beginning of the morning shift, leaving about 98, 000 men idle. FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY. Salvatien Army Girl Convicted in Court at Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 13.—Inga Hanson, the way company, has been found guilty Salvation Army girl who'for five years has been involved in sensational litigation with the Chicago City Rail- of perjury. She sued the railway cor- poration for damages on account of injuries received by her in a street rail- ‘way accident which, she alleged, de- prived her of speech, sight, hearing and power of locomotion. She event- ualiy lost the suit and claimed to have been r:.smred t hean.h by a miracle. THREE PERSONS KILLED. Two Boys Dying and Three Others Badly Hurt While Coasting. New Brighton, Pa., Feb. 13.—A man and. two boys were killed, two boys are dying and three more were badly injured as the result of a bobsled car- rying sixteen boys train. All the others on the sled es- caped wilh hardlya scratch.: The dead are Reed H. McDanel, aged (wenty-four years; Charles - row, aged eleven years; Merl-Saviers, aged fifieen years. INSANE FARMER. DEED CF Murders Wife and Raughter and Com- mits Suicide. Guthirie, Okla,, Feb, 13 —While tem- porarily insane James Estes, a farmer living at Marshall, a small town near here, murdered his wife and daughter. Estes attempted to kill his son, Law- rence, who. escaped. The murderer set fire to the house and literally blew his own head off with a shotgun. Seven-Story Building Gutted. Chicago, Feb. 13.—Fire early in the day swept through the seven-story brick building occupied by the Central Blectric company, causing a 1oss’ of over $360,000. - The large floors filled with electrical aj pua.nces mnde ready. 5 tuel for the flam dashing into a’ RUSSIAN MANUFACTURERS ASK AUTHORITIES TO HEER' DE- MANDS OF PEOPLE. REPRESSIVE MEASURES OF NO AVAIL PRESENT MOVEMENT OF A NA: TIONAL CHARAGTER AND DEEPLY ROOTED. Bt Petersburg, Feb. la—The Sor-i' ety of Russian Iron Masters, repre- genting $500,000,000 of capital, has meriorialized M. Witte, president of the committee of ministers, on the labor question, pointing out that'the attitude of the people is a warning *“that no repressive measures will end the deeply rooted national movement of the Russian people.” The iron masters further declare that normal relations between the ‘workmen .and their employers are only possible with a system of government based on justice and with the partici- pation of hoth employers and employes in legislation, equality for all before the law, inviolability of domicile, the right to hold meetings and strike pro- tection for workers against the at tacks of strikers, freedom of speech and press and universal compulsory education. OFFICIAL REPORT OF RIOTING. ‘Thirty»three Killed and Thirty-six In- Jured at 8osnovice. Lodz, Feb. 13,—The governor, in an Interview with the correspondent ot the Associated Press, said: “My official reports from Sosnovice show that thirty-three persons were killed and thirty-six wounded, eighteen of whom were seriously hurt, in the conilict at the Katherinen iron works on Thursday. The trouble began when a large body of striking miners tried to force the furpace men of the iron works to put out the fires and join the strike.. The mob became violent, broke down a fence and forced an entrance into the works, which were guarded by two companies of infantry. The officers ordered the crowd to leave but they retused. Suddenly a striker drew a large knife and rushed at an officer. The soldiers then fired on the mob, which immediately fled, leaving the dead and wounded.” The governor added that no other shooting had been reported and that quiet had been restored in the city. There are 50,000 men on strike in the Sosnovice district. SERIOUS CLASH AT LODZ. Eleven Persons Killed and Over a Hundred Wounded. Lodz, Poland, Feb. 13.—It is report- ed that four persons were killed and sixty-eight wounded in a riot at the Cheibler factory, and that seven were killed and fifty were wounded in'a confiict at Louis Geyers’ factory, where troops were lined up to prevent the men from entering to demand their pay. The strikers generally are enraged at the refusal of other manufacturers to give them ‘their pay and several other enccunters between mobs and troops are reported from different di- rections. A number of people ‘ are suid to have been wounded. The greatest alarm prevails here, The shops were closed early in the afternoon and the windows were boarded up. It is reported that a general railway strike will commence Keb. 14 through- out Poland. FEAR FURTHER TROUBLE. Additional Troops Brought to St. Pe- tershurg. St. Petersburg, Feb. 13.—In conse- quence. of the threatening attitude of the strikers in the Viborg quarter of this city the authorities have brought in from Peterhof additional cavalry, which was posted about the Viborg district. The day passed q\uetly without any collisions between the troops and suiikers, though a number of arrests were niade after-a big meeting at the Moscow gate. The strike has extended to Less- ner’s, Liedman’s and a mnumber of other works. The men remain guiet and determined and declare they will not yield until they win the fight for an eight-hour day. A large number of troops are posted “about the Viborg and Nevsky quarters. BY SIEGE OF VLADIVOSTOK. Believed That Japan Will Soon Invade Actual Russian Territory. London, Feb. 13—The Daily Tele- graph’s correspondent at Tokio claims the best authority for the statement that Japan intends after the war to es- tablish herself in Peking as China’s Principal adviser. The warship which Japan is report- €d to have purchased is said_to be the Chilean battleship Captain Pratt. Ocders for four large battleships hayve been placed in England, also con- tracts for guns to the value of $ 1500,000. Japan's ambition is undoubt- edly now to invade a small portion of ‘| actual Russian territory, and an ac- tive siege of Viadivostok is thero- m qx,pectqd soon. K MUST GRANT REFORMS PRESIDENT WRITES LETTER 0B- JECTING TO CHANGES IN AR- BITRATION TREATIES. ACTION CAUSES MILD SENSATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE. CRITICISED FOR “USURPATION OF SEN-- ATE'S PREROGATIVES." Washington, Feb. 13.— President ‘Roosevelt has addressed .a letter to Benator Cullom, chairman of the com- mittee on foreign relations, stating that the action of that committee in amending the arbitration treaties by substituting for the word ‘‘agreement” the word ‘“treaty” is, in his opinion, not a“step forward but a step back- ward. 1f the word “treaty” is substi- tuted the treaties would amount to & specific announcement against the whole principle of a general arbitra- tion treaty. ,The president also says that if, in the judgment of the presi- d%m an amendment nullifies a pro- ppsed Lrea}y it seems to him that it no less cléarly is his duty to refrain from endeavoring to secure a ratifica- tion of the amended treaty. Morgan Criticises President. As soon as the doors were closed upon the senate in executive session Senator Cullom presented and had read the letter from the president to himself in which the president had taken exception to the senate’s amend- ment substituting the word “treaty” for the word “agreement.” The letter was something of a surprise to- many of the members of the senate and the reading received the undivided atten- tion of all present. When the reading bad been concluded’ Senator Morgan took the floor and, making the presi- dent's lettev the text of his remarks, proceeded with a sharp criticism of executive interference with the senate in performing its part in the making of treaties. He spoke of the letter as ancther evidence of the president’s tendency toward the usurpation of the senatorial prerogative and said that the president had no more right to interfere h the senate’s considera- tion ot the subject at this stage of the proceeding than the senate would have bad to interfere with him while the treaty was in process of preparation. Takes Issue With Roosevelt. When Senator Morgan completed his speech -Senator Spooner took the floor and, following somewhat on the lines of Mr. Morgan's remarks, took issue with the president on the sub- stitution of the word “treaty” for “agreement,” conteénding that the change was not an indication of any backward step, but that even with this change the consummation of the treaties would mark an important step forward. He said that the ratification of the treaty as amended by the com- mittec would pledge the government to the general proposition of arbitra- tion. He also made strong contention for the preservation of the senatorial prerogative and, instancing the agree- ment with reference to the Pius fund, declared that even that should have been presented to the senate, notwith- standing the general provision for submission to The Hague tribunal. The discussion in the senate showed a determination to stand firm in re- gard to the prerogatives of the senate and to insist that the word “treaty’ should be substituted for “agreement” in all of the treaties, which is the crucial point in the contention be- tween the president and the senate. IN LABOR DISPUTE. President Mellen of New Haven Road Overruled by Directors. New York, Feb. 13.—The hoard of directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, at a meeting in this city during the day, appointed a committee to meet a com- mittee from the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen in accordance with a request from the brotherheod that the board of directors take up an appeal from a decision by President Mellen of that railway. Engineers who are still members of the Protherhood of Firemen bad in- sisted on their rights to select their own representatives in negotiations to settle disputes, but President Mellen denied it. The secretary of the board of directors was instructed -to notify the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men of the action of the board. AT LEAST THREE KILLED. Death List of Wreck in Mexico May Be Much Larger, Laredo, Tex., Feb. 13.—In a wreck on the National railway of Mexico be- tween the towns of Carleros and La Ventura, 258 miles south of this city, three persons are known to have lost their lives and perhaps many others are dead or injured. As train No. 4 was making its way through the mountains beyond Santillo it- crashed into a northbound freight train which had taken a siding. The second car, which was used for sec- ond and third class passengers, was completely telescoped. One woman, & child and a coal passer are known 1o be in the second-class coach which was snmmnled by debris. 4 to be dead. Many others are supposed ¥