Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 28, 1905, Page 1

= VOLUME 3. NUMBER 8, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA; FRIDAY, CARNEGIE MAKES GIFT. OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO PRO- VIDE ANNUITIES. FUND GIVEN TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS OF CANADA AND NEW FOUNDLAND ALSO BECOME BENEFICIARIES. New York, April 28.—A gift of $10, 000,000 by Andrew Carnegie to pro- vide annuities for college prefessors who are not able to continue in active service has been announced by Frank A. Vandsrlip, vice president of the Na- tional City bank of New Yor fessors in the United Sta and Newfoundland will ¢ dis in the ribution of the income of the fund. TUnited States Steel corporation 5 per are cent first mortgage bond $10,000,- 000 have bden transterred to a board of trustees and steps will be taken at once Lo organize a corp ceive the donation. president of the Massachu tute of Technology, and M have heen selected by Mr obtain data on the sented at the first board of trustees, place on Nov. 15. Pro Pritchett, mecting ¢ which will 1z univer. sities of the United States and Canagda are included in the membership of the board of trust SHARP BRCAK [ PRICES NUMBER OF INCIDENTS COMBINE TO CAUSE F Y ON ThE STOCK MARKET. New York, April -28.—A num of incidents combined to cause dis- couragement on the part of iative holders of s ks during the day and thelr unloading caused D break in prices. The depre: mnowas much aggravated hy the uneasiness reported from foreign stock markets on account of the Moroccan Guestion and rumors of a sea fight in the China sea. Brolers 1y of all ot ditional factor towards the un ment. Some of the rumor; used to lift stoc n‘\ Wedne weie quite emphatically denicd o lded to the presst . ppointment of the expected incres in the Noriolk and Western dividend affecied speculative ounts based on hopes. The weakness was uot acute during the morning and was interrupt- ed by occaslonal rallies, but at noon prices fell with violence, losses ex- tending in Louisville and Nashyille to 43, Tennessee Coal 4%, Northern Pa- cific 4, Union Pacific 3%, Norfolk and Western 2 and St. Paul, New York Central, Illinois Central, Canadian Pa- cific, Chesapeake and Ohio, Atchison, Atlantic Coast Line, Smelting, Brook- Iyn Transit and Republic Steel pre- terred 234 to 2%. Advertise in the Daily Pioneer It’s a good investment. PENSIONS PROFESSORS] ver wwor_ve e e b Works Three Hours in Gaining Entrance to Jail. Homer, La., April 28.—After worl:-; ing three hours with sledge hammers and pickaxes a mob of twenty-five men broke into the parish jail during the day and shot Dick Craighead, in- flicting fatal wounds. Craighead was charged with the murder of Mrs. Ike McKee, the wife of hls half brother, and her little son. The authorities were unaware of designs upon the prisoner until it was too late to protect him. Every teie- phone and telegraph wire out of Homer was cut and the rifles of the Claiborne guards, the local military company, were seized before the move was made on the jail. So quiet- ly did the mob work that scarcely anyone in the little town was aware of what was taking place. Having dug a hole through the brick wall of the jail the lynchers crawled through the opening, but on reaching the steel cell in whi(‘h the prisoner was confined found it impossible to break the lock. They b'““n shooting st the cowering prisoicr through the bars of the cell. more than twenty shots Dbeing fired and nearly every- one taking effect. The man’s lezs, arms and portions of his body wers literally riddled. TRAIN HITS A GANG OF JAPS. Two Killed and Several Others Fatal- ly Injured. Reno, Nev.,, April 28.—The -east- bound passenger train on the South- ern Pacific railway in passing through Bewoe in the morning ran into a gang of Japanese, numbering abont fifty. The tr: literally plowed its way ! through the men, killing two and fatally injuring several. The train while suddenly: rounding a curve struck the lahorers before the eng neer had an opportunity to slow hi train. BAD BLAZE AT MILWAUKEE. Fire Causes Damage $300,000. Milwaukee, April 27.—TFire during the day gutted the north half of the five-sfory structure of the Hansen ©m- pire Fur company, 375-377 East Water street, and badly damaged the stocl in the piano warerooms of William Rohlfing & Sons, 373 ast Water street, occupying the south half of the building, causing a combined loss esti- mated at $300,000. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Estimated at Ex-Governor Alvan Hawkins is dead at his home in Huntington, Tenn., aged eighty-three. W. J. Bryan made the principal ad- dress at exercises held at Galena, Iil, commemorating the eighty-third anni- versary of the birth of General U. S. Grant. Winslow A. Nowell, aged sixty-five years, formerly posimaster of Milwau- kee, is dead of Drights disease after an illness extending over several months. Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago an- nounces gifts to five Southern colleges. The amounts donated range from $10,- 000 to $50,000. The total amount of | the gift is $135,000. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At Pittsburg, 1; Chicago. 2. At Brooklyn, 3; New York, 2. At Philadelphia, 3; Boston 3—elev- en innings; stopped by rain. American League. At Detroit, 5; Cleveland, 0. At Boston, 1; Washington, 2. American Association. At Louisville, 1; Milwaukee, 2. At Columbus, 5; Kansas City, 2. At Indianapolis, 0z St. Paul, 5. YOUNG ON THE STAND. Testifies That Her Husband Never Owned a Revolver. New York, April 28.—Mrs. Margaret Young, the widow of Caesar Young, ‘went on the stand in the Patterson trial during the afternoon. She testi- fled that h-w husband never had owned a revolver, but that she had one and that she packed it away with a bex of cartridges in her baggage when she Wwas preparing to go to Europe just be- fore her husband was killed. 'The re- volver was loaded when she put it in the suit case a year ago and the cart- ridges still remain in the chambers. She identified the weapon, which was produced by Mr. Rand. The only time the weapon ever was discharged to her knowledge, she said, was when she fired several shots at a burglar. ‘When this revolver was found in Young’s baggage soon after the end of the last trial the counsel for the de: fense claimed that it proved con- clusively that witnesses had testified to what was not true when they said that Young never had owned a re- volver. ‘When Mr. Rand offered in evidence the Julia Smith letter, which had been identified by Mrs. Young, Recorder Goff ruled that it was not competent. It was upon this letter that the indict: ments charging conspiracy against Miss Patterson, J. Morgan Smith and Mrs. Smith were based. MRS. BLOW POSTOFFICE SAFE. Boyd (Wis.) Till Looted of $20 Cash and $400 in Stamps. Staunley, Wis., April 28.—The post- office at Boyd, six mriles west of here, was burglarized, the safe was blown open-and about $20 in cash and $400 worth of postage stamps stolen. The burglars evidently were tramps and . had taken sledges and crowbars from the blacksmith shop to assist them in gaining entrance to the safe, which finally was opened with a heavy charge of explosives. The explosion awak- ened some of the citizens, but the burglars escaped. Governor General of Moscow. St. Petersburg, April 28.—The post of governor general of Moscow, which was temporarily abolished Jan. 13, has been re-established by imperial de- cree and General Kozloft, former chief af the Moscow police, has been ap- pointed governor general of that city, POPE RECEIVES REDMOND. Expresses Sympathy With Aims of Nationalists. Rome, April 28,—The pope during the day received John Redmond, the Irish leader. The- pontiff inquired keenly into the religious, political and industrial development of Ireland and expressed complete sympathy with the Irish Nationalist party, which he termed the defender of the Catholic Pius X. | religion in Ireland, “because,” he add- ed, “that is the national .religion of Ireland and it is the National party.” The pope also said that the National party’s efforts to achieve liberty for Ireland and also full civil and relig- ious rights for the Irish people by lawful and peaceful means would have his sympathy and blessing. ALL TRAINS CROWDED. Residents of Warsaw Getting Out of the Country. ‘Warsaw, April 28.—All trains to the frontier are crowded and there is an | unprecedented demand for passports, Which will be used in the event of serious disturbances at Easter or- on May day. Shopkeepers and household: ers residing in the vicinity of govern ment alcohol shops have been anon- ymously notified to leave before May 1, as the sheps will be blown up. % A"‘c«nyvlzht 1905 by PR FE TS F R RR FR-R-R-R-R-RoL L L L oL L L L L (ol e R R R R R R R R R <) David Adler & Sons Clothing Company PR SRS ok SRR R_mpy Day Clothing Ll ol el ool ool Umbrellas Rain Coats 0il Clothing Rubber Coats Mackintoshes Rubber Foot Wear BRI BEHETRIRED & @ % fi the Fr qfi- The two fr: tu! SQUATRONS WILLUNITE RUSSIANS CONFIDENT JAPANESE CANNOT PREVENT JUNCTION OF THE TWO FLEETS. EXPECTED TO MEET ABOUT MAY 5 DIVISION UNDER ADMIRAL NEBO- GATOFF SHOULD ARRIVE AT "8INGAPORE SHORTLY. Et. Petersburg, April 28.—According to the calculations of the naval staff Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, who left Jibutil, French Somaliland, March 25, if he has been making 200 knots per day, should ‘reach: Singapore within twenty-four hours and could not unite his division with Vice Admiral Rojest- vensky’s in Tonquin bay until May 5. The general opinion is that their junc- ture is assured on the theory that Ad- miral Togo would not dare to risk sail- ing south to meet Nebogatoff, since Ly 5o doing he would leave the way to ‘Vladivostok open £ Rojestvensky. RESTS WITH ROJESTVENSKY. Location and Date of Impending Naval Battle. ! Tokio, April 28-~The movements of the squadron commanded by Admiral Rojestvengky and the intentions of the Russian commander continue to be the Bubject of general interest and spec- ulation. The last 'Japanese reports are conflicting and confusing. They do.not indicate definitely the purposes of Rojestvensky, but it is evidently the intention of the Ruzsian admiral tu await a junction withithe division com- manded by Admiral Nebogatoif, which increases the probabiidty of his inten- tion to give Admiral ;Togo a decisive battle. It is assumedthat Rojestven- sky will bring all the ships and guns possible into actién #f he intends to fight decisively or; he“will detach and abandon his slow, bersome and gauntlet to Viadivostol It is believed that the location and #Hate of the en- gagement will depend Jest\ensl(y RUMORS OF POPULAR OUTBREAK CAUSE CONSTERNATION AT | 8T. PETERSBURG. 8t. Petersburg, April 28.—A fecling akin to consternation has been caused by the publication in-the morning pa- pers of renewed rumors of an impend- ing popular outbreak. It is feared that the slightest incident, accidental or malevolent, among the vast congrega- tions which will attend the churches on Saturday night may cause a panic, with appalling consequences. The mayor is being urged to convene the municipal council and take spécial measures to cope with the situation and it is expected that the prefect of police will issue a reassuring procla- mation, but the alarm is so great that it would have little effect. The exo- dus at Easter will be unprecedented. All the accommodation at the neigh- boring resorts has already been en- gaged. Reports from the provinces indicate similar fears. There is & somewhat widespread im- pression that the police are inciting the masses against the intellectual elasses. Governor General Trepoff, when seen by a representative of the Associated Press, declared emphatically that there was absolutely no occasion for a panic. “The tales of massacres and disor- ders and the organization of mobs to beat the intellectuals and plunder and burn the city,” he said, “are pure in- ventions, spread by agitators and other evil minded persons for the express purpose of creating a panic.” FOUR TRANSPORTS REMAIN. Rest of "Rojestvensky’s Fleet Leaves Kamranh Bay. Kamranh Bay, April 28.—The only ships remaining. in Kamranh bay are four German transports. All the rest of the transports and the Russian hcs- pital ship Orel and other vessels left behind by Admiral Rojestvensky left the bay Wednesday morning. This fleet is now assembled outside the bay and forms an extended line stretching from Cape Varela to the head of the Kamranh peninsula. Torpedo boats are scouting in all directions. The ships seem to be awaliting Vice Ad- miral Nebogatoff’s division. ! 'The French cruiser Descartes, hav- \Ing on hoard Admiral de Joniuires, ench commander in these wa- ters, returned to Nhatrang, near Kam- *lmnh bay, after steaming round thc Russian squadron and subsequently returned to Saigon, ight laden steamers cap- red by Admiral Rojestvensky were pader the German flag. It is pre #% sumed that they are suspected of hay- * ing cuntmhnnd of war on board. Fun:ed Japs to Retreat. 0'Leary & Bowser. § oo Llnevlt it in a telegram to the em: GLBRERVERD osttantaeum-*n--t--l-i--i--l--l--l--l.-%*‘ perur, Teports a t.hr@evho fight April Russian c APRIL useless ships if he ifiignds to run the | DEFECTIVE PAGE 28,:1905. RETURNS FROM CANADA. Witness Wanted: in Beef Anquiry. Will Testify. Chicago, April 28.—A witness in the beet trust inquiry who is said to haye gone to Canada two weeks ago re- turned during the day and will tes- tify befors' the federal grand jury. He is Carl Levi of Berthold, Levi & Co., dealers in sausage casings. Mr. Levi called on United States Attorney Mor- rison and announced a willingness to undergo. examination. I. H: Rich, general manager of the Kansas City branch of Swift & Co., was a wvitness during the day. He was followed by four other employes of the firm. CHADWICK PROPERTY SOLD. ow Prices Rule at Auction Sale in New York City. New York, April 28—The personai property that once graced the Euclid avenue home of Mrs. Cassie L. Chad- wick at Cleveland and ordered sold by the authorities was put up at auc- tion during the day and the first day’s results were ~bottom - figures. The day’s total peoceeds were. $2,344, ‘Wwhich included many valuable effects. Mrs. Chadwick’s massage roller was bought for 50 cents by a relic hunter, and the highest amount realized for any item was $100 for a carpet from the Far East. TO RELIEVE PRESENT TENSION. Change of Ministers to ‘Latin-Amer- ican Countries. Washington, April 28.—A changc is contemplated in the near future in ‘i American ministries in Venezu 1, Panama, Colombia and Chile, with e purpose of relieving the tension which now exists at the capitals of some of these countries. It is believed by a proper rearrangement of this kind and transfer of officials the relations be- tween the Washington government and the governments of some of the coun- tries named can be made closer and the conduct of business be facilitated. EXPLOSION WRECKS' BUILDING. Two Persons Killed and Three Fatally Injured. Huntington, W. Va., April 28.—Three persons were probably fatally injured, three- others badly hurt and at least two are buried under the ruins of the Mossman building, which was wrecked during the day by a gas explosion which caused damage. estimated at $100,000. The two bodies known to be under the ruins are those of Cleve and Frank Rude and-it is feared that Some others gre also buried. A large ~force began work removing the debris with the hope®of rescuing the remain- ing men alive. Six people were res- cued from the debris, all badly injured, and three of them will probably die. MIRACULOUSLY - ESCAPE. Workmen Carried Down by Walls of Falling Building. Clarinda, Ia., April 28 —The east wing of the Clarinda hospital for the insane collapsed during the day, carry- ing seven men down with the debris, although none was seriously injured. Two steel trusses collapsed from the Wweight of concrete on the roof and both stories fell. Seven men who were working inthe attic were carried down, but miraculously escaped seri- ous injury. The state board of control had just inspected the building the day previous to the accident and pro- nounced it safe. The entire wing will have to be rebuilt and the cost will ex- ceed $30,000. M.aAT?ROPfilATION QF FUNDS. New Jersey Bank President Placed Under Arrest. n, N. J., April 28.—Dr. Wese- ley R. Wales, president of the First National bank of Cape May City, was arrested during the day and arraigned in the United States court to plead to an indictment charging him with the misappropriation of $10,000 of the bank's funds. He entered a plea of not guilty. = Lowest. % you. For the next TEN DAYS we will show on our display table the largest assortment of Lace Cur- tains to be seen in Bemidji. People . who are intending to buy Curtains will find patterns to please them, and Prices that are as Low as the Arabian Curtains i We have them from $2.25 to $10. g They are new and will please - 4 WA R uffled Curtains : to $6.00. The patterns are the best. to $10.00. ] é In Ruffled Curtains from $1.00 5 i -1 Dotted Swiss for Curtains by the yard in plainor fancy colors, from 12} cents to 25 cents. Satisfaction Guaranteed or - Money Cheerfully Refunded. Rattenberg and\Dotted Swiss Curtains. : Eithersingleor in pairs from $1.00 HAS MANY GREDlTURS DEFAULTING MILWAUKEE BANK PRESIDENT CONFESSES TO BIG INDEBTEDNESS. LIABILITIES TOTAL OVER §2,000,000 VOLUNTARY PETITION IN BANK- RUPTCY FILED IN FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT. Milwaukee, April 28.—Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting bank presi- dent, has confessed an indebtedness to banks, commercial institutions and estates of which he had charge which will aggregate between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 and, based on his confession, a voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States dis- trict court which contains the names of as many of Mr. Bigelow’s creditors as he can remember, together with a list of assets on which Mr. Bigelow’s valuation is $1,419,000. By his own admission his creditors. extend all over the United States. One estate has been looted, his indebted- ness to the Brodhead estate being $100,000. The debt is unsecured. It is also believed other trusts held by the ex-banker have suffered. Those familiar with the situation and with what information they can glean from the former banker fear his liabilities will run up to considerably more than his present estimate, as they believe subsequent revelations will reveal transactions of even a more startling nature. Attorney Charles P. Spooner, who filed the voluntary petition in behalf of Mr. Bigelow, was compelled to make up the petition in such a short time that it is far from compléte and will necessarily. have to be amended. So tar as could he ascertained Mr. Bige- low had no system of keeping a record of his financial transactions and the schedule of liabilities and assets had to be made up From a List Made in Pencil on half a sheet of note paper in Mr. Bigelow’s handwriting. Mr. Bigelow ‘was not positive of the names of some of his creditors, nor of the nature of some of the companies, and had noth- ing at hand to refresh his memory, so the attorney was obliged to use his best judgment in figuring out what concerns were meant. The revelatigns as to the system of Mr. Bigelaw in conducting large af- fairs are such as to stagger the belief of bankers, to whom method in such transactlons is as a second nature. The filing of the petition in bankruptey will necessitate. the withdrawal of the securities which were turned”over by Mr. Bigelow to the First National bank as, being made within four months of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, it constitutes an act of preference of creditors, and the amount, which was estimated at about $300,000, will .be equally divided among all the creditors of Mr. Bigelow. This will in no way affect the bank, however, as the guar- antee of the directors and stockhold- ers more ‘than covers the defalcation. The estimated total of liabilities is about $2,200,000, as Attorney Spooner stated that the petition is so incom- plete and may.be subject to so much amendment that exact amounts cannot be given at present. Among the creditors for large amounts are banks in various parts of the United States. DEFENSE TAKEN BY SURPRISE. New Evidence in the Dr. Koch Mur- der Trial. Mankato, Minn., April 28.—During the examination of Chief of Police Klause in the Koch trial that official testified that himself and the sheriff called at the Koch house and saw twenty-four handkerchiefs all marked “G. R. K.” In ink. He asked Ida Koch if she had seen the handkerchief found in the murdered man’s office. She said: “Yes; it's one of them I've marked.” Klause did not testify to any such conversation with Ida Koch on the first trial. The defense was taken by surprise. TAX COLLECTOR SUSPENDED. San Francisco'Man and Much Money Missing. San Francisco, April 28.—Edward F. Smith, tax rollector of the city of San Francisco, has been suspended from office by Mayor Schmitz and Chief Bookkeeper James McKay has been placed in temporary charge. Taxes to the amount of $39,112 paid into the tax collector’s office are miss- ing. Tax Collector Smith left this city | ostensibly for Los Angeles last Thurs- day and since that time he has not been seen. - - THREE LIVES FOR ONE. Trio of Negro Murderers Executed at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, April 28 —Three negroes, Walter Obey, Charles Jackson and ‘Charles Miles, were hanged here dur-] ing the day. Jackson and Obey went to the scaffold together. Both the men, after haying mounted the steps, turned and said to over 200 spectators: "Guodhye. gentlemen; meet me ln heaven. 5 The crime for which the three men were executed was the murder ef Iun Kiuzor at Leetadale, 3