Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1905, Page 1

V()LUM E 2 NUMBER 250 ally Ploneer 800! ETY BERMA PORIU Great Clearance Sale The Greatest Clearance Sale of the season will last for a short time only. Most valuable bargains are to be obtained in DRY GOODS, SHOES, READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS s in the latest makes. Do not fail to take advantage of thesc l)argams while they last : Berman Emporium Next Door to Post Office. é Spring Goods are arriving daily NERBE— § We show Finest Goods in town A A AP AAAAA ARy O’Leary & Bowser DuBrock Shirt Waists Pieased the ladies last season; finer than ever for 1905. White $3.00 to $5.00 Mohair Waists, all popnlar shades: 3.00to 6.00 Waists, in the new wash fabries; .00 to 2.50 . Jap Silk Waists 3.00to 6.00 Linen Waists. from Special: About 50 Silk Waists, worth $6 to $3; choice $5.00 Ladies’ Skirts: 1905 Skirts, made [rom fancy skirtings and Mohaivs, at from $4.00 to $6.00 - Ladies’” Collars: We have just received a mee assortment of Ladies’ Silk and Lawn Collars; the very latest styles. Men's Hose: Spring Hose now in stock. Fine Cotton Hose, black or tan; a pair 10¢; 8 for 25¢ Imported Hose, blick or fancy patterns; per pair, 25¢ 4 Extra Fine Fancy Ifose; per pair, 35¢; 3 for $1.00 ¢ MEH&H!!HIH!H!HIHI: Legal Blanks: md, and h)r the Tn muot the d': conv omeu(‘e of our customers, THE l’l()\l‘ ['R is now pwpued to [lll orders turle«r 1] J]dnlw on ,shul'tnmwe We carry in stock a good assort- ment of blanks for justice court, conveyancing and \Q\Q\Q\Q district court, mlscell;x.neonfi. — - =) [ . -] i —_— - o T | all w BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ‘)1 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK 16K OF REVOLUTION PROFESHORS AND STUDENTS AS- SEMBLE IN MASS MEETING - AT ST. PETERSBURG. DEMAED REFORMS AND END OF WAR SPIRIT OF LIBERTY PERVADES THE AIR AND AUTOCRACY IS FIERCELY ASSAILED. St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.—The spirit of revolution had complete possession of the great meeting of professors, students and directors of the St. Pe- tersburg university which assembled during the day to discuss the question of joining in the general strike inau- s in Rus- sia and decided to close the university until fall. In anticipation of trouble then ihe mceting broke up squadrons of Cossacks a raded the streets, espec the Nevsky Prospect and ihe neighborhood of the Kazan cathe- dral ich is always a peint for stu- dent demonstrations. the first joint meeting of stu- and professors r authorized, but in view of the gravity of the situ- n it was hoped the presence of the S of whom are in com- thy with the liberal -move- ment, would exercise a restraining in- ce. The meeting was held in the W ost ow Dbuildings on Basil 11 being comparatively mall and incapable of hoiding one- tudents embled. The auditor s packed to suffo- ation wiith carnest looking young men aud women and the doorways and win were banked with students who held others on their shoulders. It was a co gathering. Most of the students were poorly clad and e In a ite of intense excite- their very burning with . rum in a corner was occupied by peakers. A bell, with which the stutdent who presided tried to stop the thunders of applause with which the orators were greeted, was completely unavailing. From the out- set student orators set the imagina- tion of the auditors Aflame With the Spirit of Liberty, unsparingly denouncing the course of the government, declaring that prom- s could no longer avail and that the tisfaction would be freedom of speech, conscience and the press and the convocation of a” national assem- bly. The majority coupled their re- marks with a demand for ending the war. Alinost every orator went back to the French revolution for parallels. Again and again was Russia declared to be on the eve of a revolution. ‘With burning words one of the stu- dents de: bed the affair of Jan. 22, Wwhich, he said, had at last solidified the interests of the liberals and those of the workingmen. Amid a storm of cheers he announced that a continua- tion of study was impossible while such a struggle was in progress and s the duty of the young men mbled and others like them to return to their homes in the prov- inces and spread the agitation. Some of the professors tried to stem the tide with moderate counsels, ad- vising the students to go back to their studles. but their advice was howled down. ‘When Professor Speranzi, one of the speakers, revealed the fact that Gov- ernor General Trepoff had threatened not to permit any student who left his studies to re-enter any of the big uni- vésities the statement was received with a veritable howl of rage. Murder of Grand Duke Glorified. The speeches in the auditorium were mild and temperate compared with those delivered at the overflow meet- ings in the classrooms, where even the murder of Grand Duke Sergius was glorified. An attempt of a few re- actionary students to hold an opposi- tion meeting was abandoned. The few foreign newspaper corre- spondents who were admitted to the university were amazed at the incen- diary character of the meeting and the absolute freedom which the stu- dents, knowing that the auditorium was filled with government spies, boldly made themselves liable to the charge of treason. In the mind’s eve one could almost pick out the Mira- beaus and Desmolins and possibly Dan- tons and Robespierres of the future. It scemed strange, with the soldiers outside ready to crush anything in the natnre of a street demonstration, that such a meeting was allowed. It is necessary to explain, however, that under the law once a meeting is author- ized the police cannot stop it unless the university directors call them in. Towards the end the speeches grew more and more rabid. An address from Italian students was read de- nouncing the tragedy of Jan. 22 and the general nny of the bureaucracy and expressing sympathy with the Rus- sian aspirations for liberty. When, shortly after 3 o’clock, a re- €ess was taken the whole student body began singing the Russian “Marseil- laise.” Warsaw Students Arrested. ‘Warsaw, Feb. 21.—A number of the older pupils of the high schools, who had been inducing children of the D B RN O o lower forms to absent themselves from school, have been arreited by police md soldiers. . RUSBIANS ' CBNTINUE - ACTIVE. Preparations Indicate a Plan to Turn Kuroki's Right Flank. Tokio, Feb. 21.—It is reported that the Russians have constructed (wo light railways, one connecting Fushun and Yenting and another extending from Fushun to ther Upper Shakhe, This railway building, in connection with other activities and the heavy concentration of troops, indicates a plan to turn General Kuroki's right. General Kuropatkin is continuing his operations of increasing his entire des fenses and gives indication of a reso- lute intention of retaining his position ‘when the expected great battle occurs. The Tokio newspapers print the statentent ‘that 126 Japanese who were captured at Heikoutal . were roped together and paraded through the streets of Mukden. This informa- tion comes from Chinese sources and it is impossible to obtain verification here. It is said that there will be an official inquiry into the, matter and that the Japanese government will wmake a protest if the report is found to be true. The headquarters of the Japanese | armies in the field reports that the Russians have moved a division from | the front of the Japanese center to the front of the left and advanced from Ta mountain. Several columns moved fifteen miles westward, halting at Hangchiataitzu, which is two miles northwest of Wanchiayuantzu. The Russians continue (o shell por- tions of the Japanese lines and the Japansse frequently fail to respond to i the bombardment, which often entirely inetiective and is described as being largely a waste of ammunition. BOUND FOR THE FAR EAST. Third Russian Pacific Squadron in Danish Waters. Copenhagen, Feb. 21.—The Third Ru n Pacific squadron passed the southern end of Langeland island dur- ing the morning. 3 The squadron, which consisted of four ironclads and four transports, pro- ceeded morthward and passed the northern point of Langeland, escorted by a Danish torpedo boat and a Ger- | man ironclad. The latter, after trav- ersing the lLangeland belt, returned southward. Father Gopon at Marseilles. New York. Feb. 21.—It is reported, cables the Herald’s Paris correspond- ent, that Father Gopon, leader of the workmen in the recent St. Petersburg disturbances, has airived at Marseilles on his way io Rome in company with several students. The Russian police agents are making inquiries in Italy as (o his residence in that country. Japs Capture Another Steamer. Tokio, Feb. nounced by the nayy department of the British steamer Powerham, bound for Vladivostok with a cargo of Car- diff coal. Where the capture was made is not stated. IN FAVOR OF KING LEOPOLD. Belgian Court Decides Suit of Prin- cess Stephanie. Brussels, Feb. 21.—The appeal court during the day gave judgment in favor of King Leopold in the protracted law- suit instituted by his daughter, the Princess Stephanie (Countess Lonyay) and the creditors of Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, claiming that they were entitled under the Bel- gian law to half the property of Queen Marie Henrietta and to half the king's property on the death of the queen. The lower court decided that King Leopold’s marriage contract providing for separate estates was a diplomatic instrument superseding the Belgian law. This decision was confirmed by the aupenl cou IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Irish Leader Opens the Nationalist Campaign. 2 London. Feb. 21.—John Redmond, the Irish leader, opened the Nationalist campaign in the house of commons during the day by moving an amend- ment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne, declaring that the “present system of government of Ireland is opposed to the will of the Irish people,” etc. Mr. Redmond’s ar- guments followed the usual lines. It was necessary, he said, to emphasize the fact that the Nationalists were ir- revocably committed to home rule be- cause there was an attempt to limit the decision at the coming election and to smother the issue. DAVIS AND VON SPAUN. American and Austrian Admirals to Draw Up North Sea Report. Paris, Feb. 21.—Admiral Baron von Spaun (Austria) and Rear Admiral Davis (United States) have been de- signed to draw up the report of the international commission of inquiry into the North sea incident. This will be presented in secret session Wednes- day for diseussion and final approval. The Austrian and American admirals ‘were chosen as representing elements of the commission which are entirely netitral and not connected directly or by - political affiliation with either country. TURKS BURN VILLAGE. Women and _Children Cremated After Fight With Bulgarians. Salonica, Feb. 2L—In a fight be- tween Bulgarians and Turks at the village of Kuklitch, near Strumitza, on Feb. 16, the Bulgarians lost twenty killed and wounded. The Turks sub- seguently burned the village. - A commission of inquiry sent to the spot from this city discovered in_the ruins of the village the charred re- mains of fourteen women and _several 21.—The capture is an- | ENTOMBED IN A MINE Over One-Hundred Men Are Buried in a Mine Near Birmingham, Ala. Birminghaw, Ala., Feb. 21.—One hundred and five men were buried last night in the Virginia mine, 18 miles from here. It is feared that all are dead. Up to noon today the rescuers were unable to reach the entombed men. ERIE TRAIN DERAILED {ONE YOUNG WOMAN KILLED AND ABOUT FORTY OTHER PER- SONS INJURED. RUNNING ON NEW PiEGE OF FAST LINE ALL FIVE CAOCHES COMPRISING THE EXPRESS THROWN GOFF THE TRACK. 18, Paterson, N. 1., Feb. 21.—One young woman was killed and about forty per- sons were injured, fifteen of them badly, by the derailing of a comrauters’ train on the Irie railroad near Tay four north of this ¢ The train was an express from Mid- dletown, N. Y., and was running on the Bergen cutoff, a new piece of fast track. All five of the cars composing iLhL' truin were. thrown off the track jeither by the dropping of a brakeshoe on the head car or the falling of the rear crossbeam of the locomotive ten- der. Prompt medical attendance was given by doctors who were rushed to the scene on three special trains. MINE BOILER EXPLODES. Twelve Men Injured, Several of Them Fatally. St. Clairsville, 0., Feb. 21.—Twelve men were badly injured during the day by the explosion of a stationary boiler at mine 1 of the Providen Coal company, ar here. Two of the injured have since died and four oth- ers are believed (o have been fatally | hurt. Among the injured was William Ad- | ams, president of the local branch ot the United Mine Workers at St. Clairs- ville. . One eye was blown out and he 3 v scalded. The others were At the time of the explosion there were 200 miners in the immediate vi- | cinity of the I)ml(‘x‘n)l“(, RCCK ISLAND WRECK. Two Passengers Killed and One Seri- ously Injured. Chicago, Feb. 21.—Two passengers killed and one seriously injured is the result of the wreck of a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific train near Wiota, Ia.. during the day, as reported to the general oilices of the railroad company in this city. The dead are Henry M. Ehler, residence unknown, and Rev. J. R. Johnson, supposed to be from Harlan, Ia. L. E. Kent, Morris, Ill., was serlously injured. The train was known as No. 5, Chicago and Denver express. The ac- cident was caused by a broken rail The engine remained upright, but sev- eral cars were overturned. The two men killed were in the smoking car. MURDERER GOES TO ASYLUM. T. l. Gifford Declared Insane at De- corah, la. Decorah, Ia., Feb. 21.—T. L. Gifford, the murderer of Dr. H. A. Bigelow, is insane. That is what the jurors said when they returned to Judge Hob- son’s court alter having been out six hours. An interesting feature is that the prisoner has been committed to the insane hospital at Independence and will be under the charge of Dr. Crum- backer, one of the expert witnesses who declured on the-stand that Gif- ford was not insane. AFTER LONG DELAY. Former St. Louis Assemblyman on Trial for Alleged Bribery. Dutler, Mo., Feb. 21,—After a delay of nearly (hree years the trial .of Charles Kratz of St. Louis, a former member of the municipal assembly of that city, began here during the day in the Bates county circuit court. Kratz is charged with accepting a bribe while a member of the municipal assembly from an agent of the Su- burban Street Railway company to \pass a bill giving an extensive fran- chise to that corporation. Kratz was arrested in -St. Lonis sonie three years ago and after his re- lease on bond went to Mexico and his later extradition came only after a spe- clal treaty had been arranged with that government through the personal | interest taken in the case by President Roosevelt. Kratz was then arraigned for trial in St. Louis but secured a change of venue to Butler. SHOT HIS FATHER DEAD. Ohio Boy Defends His Mother With a Shotgun. i Cleveland, Feb. 21.—In defense ot his- mother William Avis, Jr., a boy of fourteen years, shot and killed his father at their home near Noble, a vil- lage east of Cleveland. .The boy's father, William Avis, Sr. came home drunk and at once began. to abuse his wife and children, finally seizing the woman and beginning to beat her. The fourteen-year-old lad remonstrated, but the father paid no heed. Then the lad told him if he did not stop he would shoot him. Suiting the action to the word he ran into an adjoining room and got a shotgun. The father, in his drunken frenzy, hurled the woman to the floor and turned toward the boy, who fired. The man fell to the floor mortally wounded® and died in a short time. CRIME REMAINS A MYSTERY. No Clue Yet as to Who Killed St. Paul Butcher. St. Paul, Feb. 21.—The murderer of Christian Shindeldecker, who was cut to pieces with a cleaver in his butcher shop on West Seventh Street Saturday afternoon, is still at large. Complete mystery surrounds the case. Though the brutal murder was com- mitted at noon, a time of day when many people were passing the-shop, Shindeldecker ‘being struck down near a window opening on the sidewalk, the murderer seems to have escaped as if ne had vanished in the clouds. No one saw him go into the shop and none saw him leave. NOT AT THIS SESSION| PRESIDENT GIVES UP IDEA OF SECURING RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION. HOPES FOR SOME ACTION NEXT FALL EXTRA ASSEMBLY OF CONGRESS WILL BE CALLED IN THE EARLY AUTUMN. Washington, Feb. 21.— President Roosevelt, who for weeks has been hopeful that some definite action might be taken at the present session of con- gress on the railroad rate question, practically has relinquished the idea of securing legislation on the subject this winter. It is reasonably certain that he will not call an extraordinary session of congress to meet in the spring, but unless he changes his mind he will call congress together probably- next October. Representatives Rsch and Townsend, joint authors of the rate bill which passed the house, had a talk with fhe president during the day. They outlined the rate situation in congress as they have found it. They agreed with him that the pros- pect for the enactment of rate legisla- tion at this session was remote. They indicated that, if no action was taken at this session, the subject would be cousidered thoroughly during the com- | ing summer with the idea of present- ing a measure at the next session which very likely would contain some additional features. As they left the White House hoth Messrs. Fsch and Townsend expressed the Conviction that an extraordinary session would be called for next au- tumn to deal with the rate question. Des Moines, Feb. 21.—D. M. Way of Marengo, S. D, who was injured in the wreck whick took place a week 830 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad at Melbourne, Ia., died during the day in a hospital in this city. PAY DEATH PENALTY. Two Murderers Elsctrocuted at Sing Sing Prison. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 21.—Frank Ri- mieri, who murdered Jaco Pinto, a Brooklyn junk dealer, and Adolph Koenig, who strangled Mrs. Mary b Kauffman to death at her home in New York, were put to death in the electric r in Sing. Sing prison during the day. Both executions were carried out without incident. Within twenty min- utes of ‘the time Rimieri, who first went to the chair, was pronounced dead, Koenig had paid the penalty of his crime. Two shocks were given in each case. STATEHOOD BILL UP. Senate Delays Final Measure. Washington, Feb. 21.—The first part of the session of the senate was de- ool teEa e voted to routine business. 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