Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1905, Page 1

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S M o R o O D o D lll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll MW; Spring Goods are arriving dally §w show Finest Goods in town 0’'Leary & Bowser | = DuBrock Shirt Waists ,4 Pleased the ladies last season; finer than ever for 1905. e White Linen Waists, from $3.00 to $5.00 | Mohair Waists, all popular shades; 3.00t0 6.00 i Waists, in the new wash fabrics; 1.00 to 2.50 i) Jap Silk Waists 3.00to 6.00 | Special: About 50 Silk Waists, worth $6 to $8; choice $5.00 Ladies’ Skirt 1905 Skirts, made from fancy skirtings and Mohairs, at from " $4.00 to $6.00 f Ladies’ Collars: We have just received a nice assortment of Ladies’ Silk and Lawn Collars; the very latest styles. Men's Hose: Spring Hose now in stock. Fine Cotton Hose, black or taa; a pair 10e; 3 for 25¢ Imported Hose, black or fancy patterns; per pair, 25¢ Extra Fine Fancy Hose; per pair, 35¢; 3 for $1.00 @ ) CEEETD CRERREY) G O D O biliousness, snck-headache. A er’s pills Sold for 60 vears. fo%at o gyGKIGHAM’S IlYE Act directly on the liver, They cure constipation, Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or richblack? Use AGAINST OYAMA'S LEFT RUSSIAN CAVALRY FORCES BE- GIN AN EXTENSIVE OFFEN- SIVE MOVEMENT. ADVANCING IN TWO DETAGHMENTS ATTACKING: PARTIES EACH NUM- BER NINE THOUSAND MEN, WITH ARTILLERY. Tokio, Feb. 16.—The Russians have begun au extensive cavalry movement against Field Marshal Oyama's ex- treine left. Tuesday night they were attempting to cross the Hun river west of Liaoyung with 9,000 horsemen. The operttion bezan west of Chitaitzu. One force of cavalry stole into Laochunshi and simultanecusly another cavalry force approached Tacha, which is sit- uated thirieen miles southwest ot Chitait and twen even miles west of Liawyang. Nine thousand cavalry, with artilier, proached the river a mile Lelew Tacha and attempted to cr at 6 o'clock in the evening, ad- vancing on Heikoutai. The shelling of Oyamas center conlinues. JAPS PREPARING'TO STRIKE. Greatest Battle of the Present War Ap- pears Imminent. Russian Headquarters, Huan Moun- anchuria, Feb. 16.—In front of . on the right flank, the Rus are trying the effect of concen- trated siege and mortar batieries with as many as twenty sians 1 (he coid than the fighting westward. ¢ being mmed ing the direction of eastward, i the Japancse offensive when it begins. source say that 2l will command treme right. Runiors the ex- nue that the Japanese are quictly shifting heavy ‘forces from their center to their flanks, the con- stant artillery work in the central po- sition seeming to cover such move- ments. While the nights -are still cold the days are warmer and the time is ap- proaching for ideal campaigning. Spring in Manchuria is not marked by a rainfall. 'The great battle which all are expecting and which may spell ruin to either army should occur within & month. Whatever grounds may exist for the charges that the Russians are violat- ing Chinese neutrality it is certain that bodies of Japanese troops and Chinese bandits acting under Field Marshal Oyama’s orders are operating in Mon- golia, usually cavalry detachments of several hundred men. Tt was one of such bodies which re- cently destroyed a railroad bridge between Mukdensand Harbin. JAPANESE DRIVEN OUT. Russians Destroy Buildings and Walls of Nangasi. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—ILieutenant General Sakharoft, General Kuropat- kin’s chief of staff, telegraphs that the Russian artillery, Feb. 13, destroyed the bhuildings and walls of Nangasi, from which the Japanese had been bombarding the Russian trenches. The Japanese were driven out. In regard to the attack on the bridge between Guaplin and Fantziatun, Feb. 12, General Sakharoff says the Japa- nese force comprised 100 cavalry and 200 Chinese bandits. Russian fron- tier guards drove off the attackers, who subsequently destroyed a few rails, blew up a telegraph pole south- ward of the bridge and then fled. The Russians were reinforced and pursued the Japanese twenty-five miles. Defends Kuropatkin’s Tactics. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—In view of the continued attacks on and criticism of General Kuropatkin, which are prejudicial to the Russian arms, the Novoe Vremya, in an extended de- fense of the tactics of the commander- in-chief, proposes that a commission composed of retired officers be ap- pointed to pass judgment on the gen- eral. Two British Steamers Captured. Tokio, Feb. 16.—The British steam- | ers Apollo and Scottsman, bound for | Viadivostok, were captured off Hok- kaido Tuesday. The Apollo was from Cardiff with coal and the Scottsman had a cargo of provisions on board which, according to her papers, consigned to Yokosuka. Incendiary Fire in Japan. Tokio, Feb. 16.—A fire took place at ' the Atsuta works, near Nagoya, during | the night and the damage done was considerable. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is considered possibly ' the work of an incendiary. A search- ing investigation is now in progress. Additions to Japan’s Navy. Tokiv, Feb. 16.—The new torpedo bout constructed’in Japan, have been placed in commission. Their average speed is twenty-nine knots an hour. Third Pacific Squadron Sails. London, Feb. 16.—A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says - was | destroyers Ariake and Fubuki," 1 tailed accounts ARMY AND NAVY AT oUTS. Bitter Feeling Among Russian Officers From Port Arthur. Paris, Feb. 16.—French special cor- respondents sent to meet the Freach steamer Austral haying on board ‘Generul Stodssel ‘and others of the survivors 6F Port ‘Arthur, forward de- iscord among the Russian officers. The army officers are particalarly hostile‘to the fleet, habit- ually calling it the “frightened fleet.” Admiral Lockinsky, who was comman- der ‘of the torpeda defenses at Port Arthur, is lengthily quoted as making a bicter criticism® & General Stoessel, Admiral Alexieff and “others. The Matin quotes Lockinsky as character- izing Vice Admiral Stark and Rear Admiral Withoft® as “bedchamber ad- mirals, not acquainted ‘with their du- tles and seasick whenever afloat.” The admiral (g ted that Vice Ad- miral Skrydloff Wadently established himself at Vladivostol, notwithstand- ing his opportunity ‘to break the inets fective blotkade of Port Artkur, Lock- insky declared he would denounce Stoessel, Skrydloff and Alexieff before the courtmartial, as‘he @id not intend to let himself be made a scapegoat like Rear-Admiral Quktomsxy. “who now trembles with fead in a Chinese hospital.” Lockinsky" gited many in- stances of the unpreparedness of the land and naval defensifs“. frequent eon- flicts of authority and demoralization during critical engagements. Substantially the_ safe account is given by four French newspapers, which describe General’ Stoessel and Admiral Lockinsky ag refusing to speak to or salute each other. The papers say the discord among tlie offi- cers foreshadows graveiscenes before the courtmartial. NO DEFINITE DATE SET. Russian Paper Di: cusses Meeting of Proposed Parliament. St. Petersburg, Feb. ‘16.—M. Sou- vorin, editor of the Novoe, Vremya, discussing the proposed assembling of the zemsky ,wabor, quotes the views of a very high personage: close to the emperor as outlining a plan by which the outlying districts would be treated as are the coloniés of [ the United States, but maintaining dhe priuciple of unrestricted suffrage,\déclaring that the Mujik has as much r}ght 1o vote as the university graduate and it is essential that the progeedings be conducted in Russian. Thi personage figures that the zemsky zabbr will:con+| sist of 1,500 mem\)erP Upon the gues tion as to when the zemsky zabor will be initiated he made no definite state- ment, saying fhe date had not been determined upon whether now or at the end of the war. POLAND STRIKE COLLAPSES. Reports Indicate Men Are Returning to Work. St. Petersburg, Feb, 16.—The latest reports from Poland indicate that the strike situation at-Warsaw and lLodz i8 exhausting itself. At several places in Southern Russia, however, individ- ual strikes’ are reported, notably at the locomotive works of Kharkoff, but the men’s demands were immediately met. ‘The question of the coal supply for the iron industry of the South is growing daily more critical. The pos- sibility that the strikers of privately owned railroads will demand the in< crease accorded to the men employed on the government roads is indicated by the action of the office force of the Moscow-Kieff road, who have present- ed an ultimatum to that effect. But altogether the outlook continues to improve. Work Resumed at Lodz. Lodz, Feb. 16.—Work was resumed during the day in the majority of the factories. POKES FUN AT AMERICA. 8t. Petersburg Paper Ridicules Sen- ate’s Action on Treaties. St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—The Novoe Vremya, in a sarcastic editorial on the action of the United States senate in connection with the arbitration treaties, pokes fun at the alleged at- tempt of the United States to take the leadership in the world’s diplomacy. The editorial reviews the plan for pre- serving the administrative entity of China, the proposed naval demonstra- tion in Turkish waters, the establish- ment of the republic of Panama and the proposition to hold a second peace conference at The Hague, “concluding with the cornucopia of arbitration treaties,” the whole idea of which, the paper says, “finally met the fate which always overtakes a new fad.” There- fore, it is not to be wondered at that the senate declines to be a party to a scheme which placed the settlement of future disputes entirely in the hands of Prebmem Roosevelt GERMANS DEFEAT HEREROS. Natives Laave Sixty-two Killed on the Battlefield. Berlin, Feb. 16.—Lieutenant General von Trotha, commander-in-chief of the forces in German Southwest Africa, reports a sharp encounter between Lieutenant Eyemal’s detachment of troops and several Herero bands twenty mlles north of Dabis. The Germans surprised the natives, who fled eastward, lenving sixty-two dead. TO ENLARGE ITS POWERS. Memorlals in s:nate Regarding Com- merce. Commission. ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—Immediately after the senate was called to order Mr. Beveridge presented a memorial from th legislature of Indiana and Mr. Berry memorm from the legis- th praying for the Russian Third Pacific squadronm - ‘the el sailed xmq Libau during the day. Bridgeton, N. J., % Raisinger was hanged here during the day for the murder of his wife. The drop fell at 10:04." The rope broke as the body rebounded and-the back of Raisinger’s head' struck a crossbeam of the scaffold and broke Raisinger’s neck. The physicians present said death instantaneous. Raisinger ‘was not (flicially pronounced dead un- til ten minutes later. When the rope separated ‘Constable Tumy and others quickly caught the cord and lifted ‘the body clear of the ground, but a quick examipation by Dr. Stites revealed the fact that the neck was broken and it was, therefore, not necessary to raise the body again to the scafiold. Raisinger made no statement on the scaifold, simply saying as lie passed through the sheriff's office: “Good bye, boys.” The crime for ‘which Frank Rai- singer paid the death penalty was the brutal murder of his young wife. On Oct. 15, 1904, Raisinger shot the wo- man with a shotgun. Dea® was not instantaneous and Raisinger sent an- other load of shot into the woman's body. He then arranged the body and clothing of Mrs, Rainsinger to make it appear that she had been assaulted and murdered. An investigation was legun by the prosceutor of the county and detectives soon fastened the crime upon Raisinger. The latter con- fessed. He was placed on trial in Jan- vary and his testimony was of such a revoiting' character that the judge appealed to the murderer’s counsel to remove the witness from the stand. GREAT SUFFERING Deep Snow Cuts Off Fuel Supply of Many Towns. . “‘Des Moines, Feb. 16.—Continued, un- relenting cold and snow, which have ractically put an end to business and tied up all trains entering Des Moines. and traversing the state, have placed the entire city and state at the merey of a coal and fuel famine, But one dealer in Des Moines has hard coal for sale and that at a price almost above the reach of the consumer. Drifts between the city and coal fields render—teaming almost impossible, thereby cutting off the soft coal sup- ply. [n many sections of the state farmers are burning~ corn for fuel. Hundreds of Towa towns, isolated be- cause of the stagnant condition of the railroad service, are actually suffering. Fuel has advanced to a considerable extent and will be unobtainable at any price in the event the cold weather continues. Des Moines charitable as- sociations have issued an appeal to the public for aid in the way of fuel and food. AN IOWA. IN_SNOWDRIFTS. Thirteen Trains Stalled on Northwest- ern Railway. Madison, Wis., Feb. 16.—No trains on this division of the Chicago and Northwestern railway arrived since last week. Thirteen trains are stuck in snow- drifts between here and Montfort. The company has sent out an enormous rotary plow to release the snowbound trains, on which are several members of the legislature. STUCK Intense Cold Retards Trains. Superior, Wis., Feb. 16.—After a re- spite of one* day the Head of the Lakes is again in the grasp of a cold wave. At 7 a. m. the official tempera- ture was 20 degs. below zero. The in- tense cold is retarding train. service on all lines. Train Service Abandoned. Burlington, Ja., Feb. 16.—Burlington railroad officials have abandoned ef- forts 10 run trains on branch lines out of this city. Only main line trains are moving. The mercury stood at 14 degs. below zero. Railways Badly Hampered. Chicago, Feb. 16.—For the third day ceession cold far below zero has perienced here. The mercury touched 9 degs below zero. Railway service was much hampered, chiefly because of difficulty in keeping up steani. CARDINAL GIBBONS PRESENT. Henry Moeller Created Arch- bishop at Cincinnati. - Cincinnati, Feb. 16.—With tke sim- ple and impressive service of the Ro- man Catholic church provided for the occasicn the full powers of an arch- bishop in the church were conferred on Rey. Henry Moeller, a native of Ciucinnati, who for over ten years was coadjuter for this archdiocese, at the cathedral here during the day. Car- dinal Gibbons, Archbishop Glenuon of St. Louis and a number of bishops were in attendance, several participat- Ing in the ceremon; Rev. Girl Recovers Her Eyesight. Appleton, Wis,, Feb. 16.—The case. of Miss Sadie Clark of Neenah, Wis., a high school student, who during the day recovered her eyesight as suddenly as she lost it nearly two weeks ago, is attracting much attention here. Miss Clark had never had any eye trouble until she awoke on the morn- ing of Keb. 6 to find herself stone blind. She was on a train going to Milwaukee to undergo an operation when her sight suddenly returned, un- impaired by the mysterlous period of blindness. Another Great Diamond Fnun Johannesburg, Tramsxanl, Feb. lfi. A ‘diamond weighing 334 carats has been d.lscnvered in the viclnil the| NDNEEEFCTIVE DACE Blll Creating One. May- P-u Klnlll at Leglsla(ure. SEE ’].'npeka. Kan., Féb. 16.—T.egislation providing for building by the state of an ‘oil refinery, caused the Srandnrd company recently to 1ssue an order stopping the pur- chase of that product in Kansas, came up during the day in'the house as a special order.” The measure had al- ready passed the senate and its friends predicted that a poll of the house members showed clearly that the bill would go safely through-the house. COLORED MAN Negro Lawyer Chosen Gommander of Massachusétts G. A, R. Boston, Feb. 16.—Sénior Vice De- partment Commander James 1. Wolff, a negro, has been elected department Commander of the Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic at the thirty-ninth encampment held in Fan- euil hall. This is the first time in the history of the organization that a col- ored man has been chosey to such a high office. The election of Wolff, who {8 a prominent lawyer, was practically unanimous. Duluth Lumberman Dead. Duluth, Feb. 16.—D. A. Duncan of Duluth, a veteran lumberman, is dead t Santa Barbara, Cal. A telegram to his son, C. A. Duncan, brought the news. - Heart failure was the cause of death. Mr. Duncan was seventy-one years of age and had been a resident of Duluth ~mce 1880. Declined to Take Passengers. St. 'Pail, Feb. 16.—Passengers were refused by the Omaha road during the day for points on its branches to Fair- mont, Pipestone and Currie, Minn. No trains have recently arrived from these branches, “ which have been blockaded for several days by the re- cent blizzard. Passengers Had to Walk. Peoria, 111, Feb. 16.—Passengers on & westbound Towa Central train were compelled to walk nearly two miles to Farmington to escape spending the night in a cold passenger coach at- tached to a “dead" tram BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Former Congressman John J. Feely 18 dead at.Chicago. . - Miss Susan B. Anthony celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday Wednesday. F. A. Falkenburg, head consul, Woodmen of the World, is dead at Los. Angeles, Cal. M. Constans; the French ambassa- dor, has left Constantinople for Paris on a Lrief leave of absence. John Maynard Harlan has been unanimously nominated for mayer of Chicago by the Republican city con- vention. The Standard Oil company of New Jersey has declared a dividend of $15 per share for the first quarter of 1905, payable M h 15. B. . Strouse, one of the pioneer business men of La Crosse, Wis., is dead, aged sixty-five years. Mr. Strouse has heen in the hide and leather busi- -ness there since 1860. C. Lowell, now United States district judge of Massachu- setts, has been appointed United States circuit judge for the First cir- cuit, just created by act of congress. Miss Anne Fitzhugh Lee, daughter *of General and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, and Louis Brown, Jr., of the Seventh United States cavalry, stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., were married at Norfolk, Va., Wednesday. ‘William Cullen Bryant, the publisher of the Brooklyn Times and secretary of the American Newspaper Publish- ers’ association, died Wednesday at a sanitarium in Plainfield, N. J. He suf- fered a stmke of apoplexy. Francis PROLONGS HER’MISERY Mrs. Edwards’ Opinion of Action of Pardon Board. Reading, Pa., Feb. 16.—When the news of the rehearing in the Greason case and a continuance for Mrs. Ed- wards was sent to the jail Mrs. Ed- wards was lving on her cot, moaning and sobbing and giving full sway to her feelings. It was explained to her that she had at least been granted a new lease of life: It was hard to make her understand and her replies were incoherent. She said that it ap- peared to her as if her life was only spared to prolong her misery. She apparently realizes that she is only saved from the gallows to enable her to teéstify in favor of Greason. The latter, when told of the board’s decision, said: “1 Knew i! could not be otherwise.” CITY LDSES ON ALL POINTS. Federal Court Decides Chicago Street Railway Si Chicago, Feb. 16.—Federal Judge Grosscup has decided the Chicago city council has no power to compel street. car companies to issue or accept free transfers of - passengers with other companies. He overruled a demurrer filed by -the city in suit brought by the Union Traction company and granted a permanent injunction. The decision was against. the city’s tontentions on all points. “FROM NATURAL GAS STOVE. Four Persons Suffocated in Residence at Cleveland. Cleveland, Feb. 16.—Four persons were found dead from suffocation at 50214 Central avenue during’ the day. “It is supposed that fumes from a nat- ural gas stove resulted in their asphyx- iation. ' The dead are Mr. and Mrs. George the fight for which" .| come inyolved in UNITED. STATES ARRIVES IN. WASHINGTON. WILL BE SENT AT ONCE T0 SENATE PRESIDENT AND SEGRETARY -OK STATE CAREFULLY SCAN THE DOCUMENT, _‘ 03 Washington, Feb. 16.—The prathft or treaty between the United States and San Domingo drawn up by M. Dawson, the American minister, shd Mr. Sanchez, the fekeign minister for - Presideat Morales’ government, &r- rived in Washington during the day and was taken by Secretary Hay im- mediately to the White House. It was necessary to read the document care- fully to make sure that it agreed pre- cisely with the outline of its provisions received by cable and with the amend- atory instructions of the department of state. So the president and Secre- tary Hay went over the treaty very cavefully and found that it was-in good shape for immediate transmittal to the senate. Briefly stated, it pro- vides thal the United States shall col- lect the customs revenues of San Do- mingo and turn over to President Mo- rales’ government a specified percent- age necessary to meet the expense of administration and disburse "the’ re- mainder among foreign claihants. The United States undertakes to respect the integrity of San Domingo and the protocol, or treaty must be approved < by the United States senate and the Dominican congress. In anticipation of the arrival of this convention a letter has been prepared at the president’s direction to accom- pauy the document, which goes to the senate. This is something more than a mere letter of transmittal, but it does not undertake to discuss broadly the constitutional gquestions involved -An the conflicting claims of the execu- tive and the ‘senate.as to-treaty-mak- ing powers which have grown out of the treatment of the arbitration treaties. s It is devoted entirely to a state- ment of the.reasons which led. the president to enter into negotiations with the government of San Domingo: . as a basis for the proposed treaty. The history of previous attempts omn the part of the state department to secure a settlement of American claims against San Domingo, which have been pending for many years, are set out, and particular stress is laid on the status of toreign claims, the collec- tion of-which might cause a clash with European governments. Finally the details of the present arrangement are described and the reason for them told. BENEFIT THE NORTHWEST. Various Appropriations in the Sundry civit Bill. Washington, Feb. 16.—The sundry civil bill, just reported to the house, contains a number of items of interest in the Northwest. The sum of $400,000 is allowed to continue the improvement of the Mis- sissippi river from the mouth of the Missouri river to St. Paul. One hun- dred thousand dollars is allowed for the maintenance of the Battle Moun- tain sanitarium at Hot Springs, S. D., and $32,500 for erection of three cot- tages for the use of the officers at that place. Appropriations are made available to continue work on public buildings already authorized as follows: Supe- rior, Wis., $40,000; Deadwood, S. D, $50,000; Fargo, N. D., $20,000; Grand Forks, N. D., $73,750; Pierre, S. D, $65,000; Yankton, S. D., $30,000; Wa- terlgo, la., $62,500. BILL PERMITS NO DRAWBACKS. Amended Agricultural Measure Passes the Senate. Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate has adopted the Hansbrough amend- ment to the agricultural appropriation bill eliminating wheat from the opera- tion of the drawback clause of the tarifft act and passed the measure. The support given to the proposition by senators from the agricultural states was of such a character as to demonstrate clearly that the proposi- tion advanced by Secretary Shaw to pay a drawback on imported wheat manufactured into flour for export does not satisfy the agricultural states. Senator Hansbrough made a hard fight for the amendment, which had a narrow escape on technteal rulings by the chair, as it was a matter of doubt if the amendment was properly h:norpomted in the agricultural bill. NAVAL A_PFROPRIATION BILL. Measure Under Consideration in the Lower House. ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—When the house met-at 11 o'clock the naval ap- — propriation bill had the right of way. For the first time in many years the session was opened without prayer. Mr. Beall (Tex.), in opposing large appropriations for the army and navy, declared that the United States had gone mad over the spirit of militarism, | which was sapping the substance of - the people. A plea for economy in the appropria- tion was made by Mr. Sparkman (Fla.), who prophesied that not in the - or possibly in the next century, would this wnntry be- War with any great NG, T o % e