Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 15, 1905, Page 1

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No. The Chiropractic and the Osteopath both aim to-put in place that which is out of place, to right that which is wrong; but the Path- ology Dingnosis, Prognosis and Movements are entirely’ different, Oune of my patients, Mr. W. A. Casler, has taken both Chiropractic and Osteopoth treatments. The Chiropractic is ten times more direct in the adjustments and tho results getting health ten times more thor- ough in one tenth of the time than an Osteopath would. PR T ¥ T e AAM‘A&&&&;&&&MJ Subscmbe for the Dany Pioneer | heudq\ml te BELOW Kuropatkin Wires Repulse of Japanese Few Miles South of Tie Pass- Japs Loss is 1000 Men. St Petersburg, March 15.—General Kuropatkin in a dispatch dated March 14, says: A fierce Japanese attack on on our center positions at Fan river thirteen miles south of Tie Pass has bzen repulsed. More than, 1000 corpses remain in frout of our positions. (RUSSIANS GET AWAY GREATER PART OF RETREATING ARMY SUPPOSED TO HAVE REACHED TIE PASS. PAKESE PURSUIT NOT ABANDONED : RETIRING REAR GUARD AND VIC- TORIOUS OPPONENTS BAT- TLE CONTINUOUSLY. General Kuroki's Headquarters in the Field, March 13, via Fusan, March 15.—The greater part of the retreating Russians are supposed to have reached The pursuing Japanese have frequent encounters with the rear guard. General Kuropatkin must remove i his supplies from Tie pass if he plans I a retirement to Harbin, as they will be necessary to maintain the avmy during their march. The Russians have no stores between Tie pass and- Harbin. JAPS CONTINUE PURSUIT. { Many Russians Surrendering East of Tie Pass Road. Tokio, March 15 —A telegram from in the field says: “In the direction of Singching our iurccs have been dislodging the en- emy {rom Yingpan, eighteen miles east of Fusiun, and on March 11 occupied that place. “In the direction of the Shakhe river all of our forces are continuing the pursuit of the remnant of the enemy and many Russian officers and men { are surrendering to our train guards in the wountainous districts east of tue Tie pass road.” ‘While Kuropatkin has assumed full responsibility for accepting a battle at Mukden he has complained to the em- peror that his plans miscarried largely through the failure of two generals, whose names cannot be learned, to execute his orders. He also throws blame on some of the troops, who failed to respond promptly at the crit- ical moment. The war council held at Tsarskoe Selo during the day, at which War Minister Sakharoff, General Dragom- iroff and others were present, is un- derstood to have decided the questioun of continuing the war in the afiirma- tive. Ways and means were discussed, An Excellent Opportunity n your v1cm1ty If you are unemployed or if you occupied time, write to us. The work we offer is clean, and profitable. in this field. CIRCULATION DEPT. To Earn Money Is open to a limited number of people Particularl y gondl results await your efforts Whrite to-day for full particulars. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE 3 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY have un- dignified ‘brake on the troll TIE PASS but ds n on some poinis, it is un- derstood, was reserved. The question of Kuropatkin’s successor was also dis- cussed, but the emperor has made no final decision. Grand Duke Nicholaso- vitch, second cousin of the emperor and inspector general of cavalry, is again menticned and General Gripen- berg is said to bie a candidate, together with General Gordekoft, but the weight of opinion, of the enmpero: advisers now favors -General Sukhomiimott, governor general of Kieff, who lormer- ly was General Dragomirefi’s aide-de- camp. PEACE TALK DISCRECITED. % S Russian Foreign Office Adopts Firm Attitude in the Matter. St. Petersburg, March 15.—The for eign office adopts a very flim attitude regarding the peace Tumors, categor ically insisting that Ru has not the slightest idea of peace. There is noth- ing conlirmatory of (he reporis to the are receivel with great skejtici An ofiicial of the foreign office w whom the correspondent of the ciated Pross talked: exp od great uoubt whether Japan could offer lor n tiations acceptabie to N vc\'U)e ess diy slomatic cir lhe bcl ligerents will{find a way witd- out intermediaries té conclude peace. Cntil Field Marshal Oyvama has ex- hausted his last efiort to secure the fruits of his Mukden victory it is pointed out that J#pan will not move, as naturally any' proposal™ emanatinz from ecither side “0“1‘6 be accompanied by an agreement forfan ar tice. HAS EEéN FQSTPONED. Paris Bankers CEEE Proposed Rus- sian Loan. Paris, March 15.—Induiry at three baniss principally interested in the proposed new Russian lean broujht the response that it had heen decis to postpone ‘the issue. tive of cne of the banks poneiwent was for suth an § period that it was not ik ance would occur for some come. The postponement was uted to the uncertainties of the war situation. The Journal Dispatch, in its financial article, says: “Many people consider the ment to be evidence that Ru reached the end of her resourc pone- a has Squadron Not Recalled. St. Petersburg, March 15.—A semi- official denial was given out here dur- ing the day of the reported recall of the Russian Second Pacifie squadron. RESULT OF AGITATION‘ New York City Gas and Electric Situa: tion to Be Investigated. Albany, N. Y., March 15.—The agi- tation in New York city for a lower gas rale, together with allegations against the gas companies of extor- tionate rates and of maintaining false meters, resulted in the adoption by ihe senate of a joint resolution provid- ing for a legislative investigation of the New York city gas and electric lighting situation. The resolution was not passed, however, until afier a long and rather acrimonious debate, in which Senator Grady of New York city, the Democratic leader and prin- cipal representative of Tammany Hall in the upper branch of the general as- sembly, took a conspicuous part. Sen- ator Grady led the opposition to the resolution, charging that its motive | was purely partisan and directing a particularly bitter attack against Will- iam R. Hearst, who, he said, had joined hands with Republican State Chairman Odell to accomplish his pur- | DOBERY 7o SEB RIS SO AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. Matrimonial Agencies Knocked Out by lowa Supreme Court. Des Moines, March 15.—Matrimonial agencies were given their quietus so far as this state is concerned by a | decision of the Iowa supreme court, which declared that contracts designed to promote marriage for a monsy con- sideration are against public policy and void. The 1ssue arose in the suit of Mrs. Mary Aldinger against the estate of the late Wiiliam Grobe of Hardin coun- ty. She claimed $200 ccmpensation for services rendered Grobe in going to Chicago to secure information con- cerning a woman whom he contem- plated marrying. 3 ~ The court held this was a brokerage contract and sustained the district court 1n denying its validity. One Killed and Five Injured. New York, March 15.—One man, ' Abraham : glier, was killed and five | others seriyisly injured by+a collision which occurred -at might between a | horse car and a trolley car at the Grand and Center street crossing. The ' car, which was on ' | are TENEMERT HOUSE FIRE SCORE OF PEOPLE PERISH AND MANY ARE INJURED IN NEW YORK DISASTER. L0SS OF LIFE DUE TO NEGLIGEKCE FIRE ESCAPES CLOGGED BY RUB- " BISH AND SKYLIGHT DOOR FASTENED TIGHT. New York, March 15.—At least a #core of persous were burned to death, several were so badly hurt that they may die and forty others received slighter hurts in a fire that practically destroyed a five-story tenement house in Allen street early in the day. The fire had gained great headway before it became known to most of the ten- ants and many of them were cut off before they could ‘make an attempt to save themselves. Thrilling rescues and daring leaps for life marked the fire. Scores were carried from. the blazing building. Firemen climbed the walls on their scaling ladders, braved the flames and reached the:im- perilled tenants, Crowded fire escapes in the rear of the tenement house were largély, re- sponsible for so many deaths and in- juries among its population, which ap- proached 200 souls. Another cause of the terrible loss of life was negligence in failing to keep the skylight door free and clear. It was not only fas- tened tight, but also frozen. The scenes about the building after the fire was over and when the search for the dead was begun were heart- rending. Nothing so pitiful of such proportions has been seen in New York since the Slocum disaster, when a thousand persons, nearly all of them women and children, lost their lives. Explosion’ Cause of the Fire. The fire started in the basement, occupied by Isaac Davis, his wife and three children, and was caused by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. Davis and his wife attempted to put out the fire bhut failed. A policeman who heard the cry of alarm rushed to the scene and every effort was made to arouse the sleeping persons in the house. 8 In the meantime the flames had spread with startling rapidity and when the persons who had been asleen on the upper floors awoke they found themselves confronted by a wall ol flames on nearly every side. Scenes of the wildest . description fcllowed. Panic stricken people, fight- ing for their lives, rushed to the fire escapes ouly to find them littered with rubbish of all descriptions and almost impassable. Down through this nar- row passageway followed streams of people. On some escapes the rubbish was so closely packed that it became impossible to pass certain points and men, women and children stood liter- ally roasting to death as the flames roared through windows around tiem. Heroic Policeman Badly Injured. One of the escapes, which ended near the roof of a shed about twenty | feet above the ground, had been manned by Policeman John J. Dwan, who had run a plank across to the win- dow of an adjoining building. Nearly a dozen persons had been carried across this narrow bridge by the po- liceman when the flames began to sweep around the lower end of the tire escape. Rushing into the fire the po- liceman seized a little child and start- ed on the last return trip across to the place of safety. He had made only half the distance when the plank, burned more than half through, broke where it rested on the fire escape and the rescuer and rescued fell to the stoue paved yard t.wenl.y feet below. The man struck fairly on his back and one of his shoulders was shattered by the force of the fall. The child was uninjured. In the meantime the firemen had run up ladders at other points and many people - were being taken from the crowded fire escapes and upper win- Qows. By this time the building was a | furnace and the rescues were effected in many cases only after the greatest show of bravery on the part of the firemen. Girl Gives Way to Little Brother. Heroes developed at this time. Lieu- tenant Bonner, son of the former fire chief, ascended the now redhot fire escapes five times, each time coming down with a woman or a child in his arms. As Bonner reached a fourth story window on one of his ‘ascents and dragzged a little girl from a window where she stood surrounded by flames she pleaded with him to leave her on the ‘escape and go in after her little brother, whom she had carried to the window. He had fallen unconscious and was roasting, she said. Bonner jumped through the window and it seemed to those below as if he was going into a furnace. He found the dittle boy just inside the window and carried him out. As the fire progressed the above scenes were Tepeated at other fire escapes and at windows on all sides of the building. The identified demi‘ Rachael Solomon, aged forty-five years; Jacob Solomon, sixteen; Isaac Solomon, eighteen; Jessie Cohen, fif-| teen; Rose Wiener, twenty-three; San- der Wiener, four; lda Muskowitz, ten; Harry Kauffman, ten; Rase Miller, four; Sarah Kline, sixty; Beila Sied- wus:.nu ABONDON - OF THE TREATY HOPE San Domingo Treaty Will Not Be Rati- fied at Present Session of the Senate But Will Lie Over. Washington, March 15.—All hope of ratifying the San Domingo treaty at the present session of the senate has been apbandoned. The treaty is not dead but will be laid aside for a few months without taking a vote up- on it, thus holding the convention be- fore the senate until some later date. SIMPLIFIES THE SITUATION. Colorado Legislature Cannot Declare Governorship Vacant. Denvey March 15—The supreme court decision that the legislature can- not legally declare a vacancy in the office of governor has simplified the situation by eliminating the proposi- tion to seat lieutenant Governor Jesse F. McDonald as governor. There is now hefore the joint convention of the general assembly a clear cut issue be- tween Governor Alva Adams and James F. Peabody, contestor. At least one-third of the sixty-six Republican members of ‘the general assembly have refused to be bound by any action on the question in caucus. Should forty-nine of those now fall in line for Peabody he would have a majority of the joint convention, which consists of ninety-seven members, and would be declared electcd. On the other hand Governor Ade 1s requires the votes-of eighteen Re blicans in addition to the thlman( Democratic votes to give him a majo: "'y on joint ballot. However, if eight:en Repub- licans refuse to vote for either the Peabody or the Adams rep: °t from the contest committee neither of the con- testants will have a majoriiy and Gov- ernor Adams will continue in office. AT REDUCED WAGES. Striking New York Street Railway Em- ployes Return to Work. New York, March 15-—The traffic conditions on the elevated railroads and subway are slightly improved. No more trains are being run, but a little better speew is maintained. All the employes of the Interborough company who went on a strike and whose wages had been previously ad- vanced because of the length of their service secured re-employment only at the sacrifice of whatever advance in wages they had obtained. Experienced motormen were reduced from $3.50 to $3 a day, gatemen from §1.55 to $1.40, guardg from $1.90 to $1.55 and con- ductors from $2.10 to $2.10. So crushed was the strike spint that the men ac- cepted the reductions without protest. Many expressed regret that they had joined iu the strike and told the offi- cers that they had done so from fear. ALL TAKEN OUT SAFELY. Panic of Employes During a Fire at Chicago. Chicago, March 15—A fire which broke out during the day in the print- ing and box department of the Grand Crossing Tack company’s plant caused a loss of about $500,000. After the printing and box department, a three- story brick building, had been de- stroyed the firemen thought the fire would not spread further, but upon the | collapse of the walls and roof of the box and printing department the fire | spread quickly to two adjoining por- | tions of the big plant. These sections, | containing valuable’ machinery, were practically destroyed. The entire plant, valued at $1,000,- 000, employed 800 persons, many of | them women and children. At the first sound or “fire” there was a panic among those working on upper floors, but ‘all were taken out in safety. BUSINESS BLOCK Fire at Mankato, Minn., Causes Loss of $150,000. Mankato, Minn, March 1 ‘The most disastrous fire in the history of the city occurred during the evening, lasting from 9 o'clock until midnight. ‘When the flames were finally under control the beautiful glass block at the southwest corner of FKront and Jackson streets was in ruins and Rich- ards Bros.” big dry goods establish- ment, the Northwestern Telephone ex- change and a dozen physicians had been burned out of house and home. The total loss will be about $150,000, on whicli there is partial insurance. The fire originated in the dry goods store. It is said that there was a small explosion, as of gas, and almost instanuy the whole place was in fiames and almost before the fire ap- paratus could be gotten to the scene the block was doomed. IN RUINS. New Candidate for Scnator. Jefferson. City, Mo., March 15—In the legislative jcint ballot on United Stales senator most of the Niedring- haus strength was thrown to Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis, who vas chosen as a compromise candidate by the Republican caucus, and Spencer was given 61 votes, while Niedringhaus got but 5. The vote was not electi choice. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SENATE REFUSES TO DISCUSS DO- MINICAN TREATY EXCEPT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DEBATE ON CONVENTION RESUMED TELLER AND MORGAN OPPOSE RATIFRCATIO_N AS A DAN- GEROUS PRECEDENT. Washington, March 15—When the fanfo Domingo treaty was taken up in executive session of the senate Sen- ator Teller again made a plea for an open session for the discussion of law points which, he said, were involved in the treaty. He said that it was de- sirable on matters of this character to get the views of the country and | make the people understand just what was proposed to be done under the {reaty. The senate committee on foreign re- lations was complimented by Senator Teller for the efforts it had made to satisfactorily amend the treaty and he declared that the convention, with perhaps one or two additional amend- ments, had been put in the best pos- sible coundition. “But,” he said, “it is .| impossible to amend the treaty so that it will satisfy me. I am opposed to it for fundamental and basic reasons.” He declared that the policy to be em- barked upon under the treaty was contrary to our form of government and a dangerous precedent to estab- lish. Foraker Makes Objection. Objection was made by Senator For- aker to opening the doors. After this question had been dis- posed of for the second time during the debate on the treaty Senator Mor- gan took the floor and discussed the Dominican debt for the purpose of showing that it was largely made up of fraudulent claims. He talked also of the revenues of the government and used as a basis the data which he re- cently presented to the senate. and which was printed as a senate docu- ment. In the debate which followed several Democratic senators declared that it would be advisable to have the doors opened and finally a roll call was de- termined upon to settle this question permanently. It resulted in a decision to continue the consideration of the treaty in executive session. The vote was 34 to 12. WOULD SEIZE PROPERTY. Castro Orders Judgment Against the French Cable Company. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa, ! March 15.—Advices received here from Caracas, Venezuela, announce that the ! hearing of the appeal of the New York land Bermudez Asphalt company | against the sequestration of its prop- 'erty by the government of Venezuela has been adjourned to make way for the action of the Venezuelan govern- ment against the French Cable com- | pany. It is alleged that President Cas- {tro has ordered the court to render judgment annulling the contract and authorizing the seizure of the cable company’s property. The government 'has cut the coast cable east and west of La Guayra to prevent communica- tion with the revolutionists, who are active at Trinidad. The Europeans at Caracas are excited. Paris, March 15.—The foreign office here has not been advised of the ac- tion of President Castro towards the French Cable company, but declares that France will act energetically should the information prove correct. DEFRAUDED THE GOVERNMENT. “A Sinner” Sends $12,000 for the Con- science Fund. ‘Washington, March 15.—Secretary Shaw has received the following com- munication, signed “A Sinner:” “Dear Sir: I am sending you here- with enclosed $12,000, which is to go to use of the United States govern- ment. Years ago 1 defrauded the gov- it all and now am paying fourfoid in accordance with the teachings of Scriptures. Thé way of transgressors is hard and no one but God knows how I have suffered the consequences and I would seek to do a bount restoration. May God pardon while the United States government is bene- fitted.” The amount, which was in currency, has been deposited in the treasury te consclence fund. f | ler, thirty; Harry Siedler, eleven; as a total of 82 was neeuauy m & W&mfitfllfiw mli montbs old. ernment of money, but have retufned - AN