Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 1, 1905, Page 1

Diad VOLUME 3. NUMBER 10. BOWEN CALLED HOME MUST EXPLAIN CHARGES AFFECT- ING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE LOOMIS. HIS SUCCESSOR AT CARACAS NAMED' PRESENT AMERICAN MINISTER TO COLOMBIA TRANSFERRED § TO VENEZUELA. ‘Washington, May 1. — Secretary Taft has received instructions from the president to call Minister Bowen, now at Caracas, to Washington; also to send Mr. Russell, now minister to Colombia, to Caracas, and Mr. Barrett, now minister at Panama, to Colombia. It is stated that if Mr. Bowen's ac- tlon relative to the charges affecting Assistant Secretary Loomis are not | subject to criticism it is the president’s purpose to send him as minister to Chile and then probably as ambassa- | dor to Brazil. The cablegram to Minister Bowen, instructing him to report to Washing- ton forthwith, was dispatched during the day by Acting Secretary Loomis. If the minister is particularly active he may catch the next mail steamer, which would permit him to reach Washington about May the day the president expects to break camp and start homeward. If he mi: this steamer the minister must wait at least a week for anothe Arri 2 here before the president’s return Mr. Bowen will make his statement to Sec- retary Taft, who is disposed to deal with the case himself and not permit it to remain open to add to the bulk of important business which will con- front the president upon his return to the capital. Secretary Talt also sent a cablo- gram to Minister Bowen during the day stating the reasons for his sum- mons to Washington. They are, in brief, first, because Mr. Bowen had filed charges against Mr. Loomis; sec- ond, the publication of those charges in the New York Herald; third, Mr. Loomis’ complete denial; fourth, Mr. Loomis’ countercharge that Mr. Bowen had secured that publication, andy fifeh; Mr. Loomis’ desire to be confronted by Mr. Bowen here. The secretary added: “If all goes well you may return to the (lip]uman(' servie MANY - BUILLDINGS DAMAGED. Earthquake Shocks Occur in Switran land and France. Geneva, Swi rland, May 1.— Earthquake shoc were felt e 2:45 8. m. The inhabitants were some- what alarmed and many of them rushed into the streets, but the dam- age done in this city was very slight. The shocks were felt throughout the Canton de Valois and elsewhere. They were accompanied by subterranean rumblings. Some houses were dam- aged in the Canton de Valois. The shocks apparently were more severe at Chamonoix and in its neigh- borhood than elsewhere. Houses were cracked and some old monuments were badly damaged. The church at!} Argentieres was so shaken that its condition is dangerous. 3" ROJESTVENSKY’S SQUADRON NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS NORTHWARD. Hue, Cochin-China, May 1.—The German ship Hansa, in from Paitan bay, British North Borneo, settles the position of the Russian Baltic fleet and puts an end to the belief that Rojest- vensky sailed for the Formosa ‘straits on last Wednesday. The captain of the Hansa declares all the colliers and other supply ships were missing and that twenty-five vessels in all were between five -and twelve miles off the mainland of Co- chin-China. This news makes it clear that since his departure from Kam- ranh - bay last Saturday the Russian admiral has been sailing up and down the coast. When sighted by the Hansa he was forty-one miles northeast of Kamranh bay TESTIMONY IN KOCH TRIAL. Witnesses Examined Regarding Ham- mer Used by Murderer. Mankato, Minn, May 1l.—Lena Weideman, a woman about fifty-five years of age, housekeeper for Fred- erick Crone of New Ulm, was ou the stand during the morning in the trial of Dr. George R. Koch, charged with the murder of Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, and testified that between 9. and 9:30 on the night of the murder she was stand- ing on a porch belonging to her apart- ments which gave her a view of the interior of Dr. Koch’s office. There was no light. - Suddenly a light ap- peared in the room and she saw Dr. Koch there. He stooped down and, with his right hand, took something from the wall and apparently put it in his pocket. He was there a short time when the light was extinguished. Mrs. Kasz, the woman who cleaned Dr. Koch’s oftice, testified that a ham- mer hung on the wall in the office, which she had used, but that it was not the hammer shown her in court. She had not testified at the former trial. REGENT'S PLAN APPROVED. Swedish Parliament Favors Separate Consular Service. Stockholm, May 1.—The special committee of both chambers of parlia- ment have decided to send a joint com- munication to the government express- ing entire approval and assent to“the Droposals of Crown Prince Regent Gustave April 6 for the initiation of negotiations as follows: First—A common Swedish or Nor- wegian foreign minister. Second—A special consular service for each country, the consuls to he under the direction of the foreign min- ister in all matters affecting relations with foreign countries. President Not Indisposed. Glenwood Springs, Colo, May 1.— Rumors of a persistent character are coming continually from the vicinity of West Divide creek that the presi- dent is ill in his camp. The reports are denied by Secretary I.oeb and tele- phone messages to the ranch of W. Smith the effect that the president is resting, but is not indi: two miles from camp, are to¢ ed. BRIEF_BITS OF NEWS. Henry P. Ford., former mayor of Pittsburg, is dead. The condition of Senator O. H. Platt of Connecticut continues to cause the gravest anxiety, Lyons, France, May 1.—Earth-! gquake shocks were felt here and at Pontarlier and Gex o’clock a. m. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin and Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher, sailcd | between 2 and 3 for Europe Friday on the White Star, line steamer Cedric. CRUISING ALONG THE GOAST HAY’S "NOTE TO CUBA, Islind Government Urged to Fulfill Obligations. Havana, May 1.—The Associated Press learns that Secretary Hay's note presented April 28 and dated March 10 urges in strong terms the observance of Cuba’s obligation to sanitate the cities and urges that Cuba willingly, and promptly fill her contracts with' Americans, especially the solemn cov- | enants contained in the Platt amend- ment, afterwards incorporated in the permanent treaty. The note cites the contract entered into by the city of Havana Jan. 10, 1902, for sewering and paving at an expense of $13,000,000 and says the efforts of the city to ful- fill this agreement have been rendered abortive by the inaction of the Cuban government, which has not fulfilled its requirements of approving the nee- essary loan and contributing $200,000 annually towards paying it off. DOCKZTED IN SUPREME COURT. Appeal of Minnesota Chippewas in Land Dispute. Washington, May 1.—The appeal of Chief Naganab of the Chippewa In- dians of Minnesota in his case against Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock was docketed during the day in the supreme court of the United States. Naganab claims that an act of con- gress of 1902 pertaining to the dis- posal of the Chippewa lands, amount- ing to over 3,000,000 acres, contem- plates a breach of trust under which the lands were held by the Indians and he seeks to enjoin the secretary from disposing of them under the act. Included in the disputed territory there is 600,000 acres of pine timber lands which, the chief says, is worth 1 $10,000,000. The courts of the District of Columbia refused to take jurisdic- iton in the case and appeal is taken | from their refusal. COAL DEALERS INDICTED. Cleveland Grand Jury Finds That a Trust Exists. Cleveland, May 1.—The county lgrand jury has returned indictments (against eleven members of the legis- lative committee of the Cleveland Re- tail Coal Dealers’ association, known as the local coal trust. They are charged with restricting trade, pre- venting competition and fixing prices in violation of the Valentine state anti-trust law. Succeeds Defaulting President. Milwaukee, May 1.—Fred Vogel, Jr., has been elected president of the First National bank- of this eity-to fill"} the vacancy caused by the removal of Frank C. Bigelow, the defaulting pres- ident. Mr. Vogel is one of the wealth- iest business men in Milwaukee and has long been a director of the bank. Babe Burned in Prairie Fire. Grand Forks, N. D.,, May 1—The five-year-old daughter of Mrs. Andrew Makella was burned to death in a prairie iire ten miles east of Rolla. NEGOTIATIONS ABANDONED. United States and China Deadlocked Over Exclusion. ‘Washington, April 27.-—Negotiations between the United States and China for a treaty restricting thé immigra- tion of Chinese to this country prac- tically has been abandoned. It has been found impossible by the repre- sentatives of the two governments to reach a common ground of agreement as to many of the terms of the pro- posed treaty. The whole subject, therefore, is being held in abeyance until W. W, Rockhill, the recently ap- pointed minister of the United States to China, shall arrive in Peking. It is expected that he will take up the matter directly with the Chinese gov- ernment in an effort to reach such an adjustment of the tangle as may be satisfactory to both governments. Summer Silks Saturday and Monday A resolution requesting: to try to induce the em| cago to arbitrate the iss‘éfi; now being fought out and 3 bringing of troops to fg& check talk of a general - capital and the wage ea introduced in the Chi of Labor at a special me tion to the president may he to him upon his expecte Chicago shortly., The use of federal troo] to protect the handling the United States treasui bands of Colonel W. F. ing commander of the di the Lakes. 5 in Chicago. If the strikef tempt to prevent the mowd lion from the trains to t bring an army wagon or t: Sheridan, possibly with one or two men, to handl At present we do not conte a move and no instruction sent to the fort. I underst teamsters have oifered driving the wagons hand pensation during the stril looks as if even the pre ent wagon will not “Thés talk of sending troops to Chicago now.” DISTURBANCES CONTINUE. | { liver “a Joad of coal. Our Entire Dry Goods Window Will Be Devoted to Our ¥ Silk Department The showing of piece goods will be Ex- S clusive, no Two Pieces Alike. The Made up Models are from the shops of Hugo Du Brock and the Bernhard Co. The Petticoats are the McGee adjust- able yoko. Vs nS 3 3 3 b O’'LEARY @ BOWSER .stones were thrown. Number of Persons Injured in Rioting at Chicago. Chicago, May 1.—Disturbances in the teamsters’ strike began early in the day. The trouble started near the Eighteenth street barns of the Em- ployers’ Teamlns company. Inor Mulcahy, a plumber, was at- tacked by a nonunion colored teamster and cut with a razor about the face and neck. Mulcahy was taken to the People’s hospital. His assailant es- caped. Mulcahy was walking by the barns on the way to his place of Lusi- ness when persons in a crowd about the barns, it is declared, began to jeer the nonunion colored teamsters. The nonunionists resentfully rushed into the crowd. - Before the police could in- terfere Mulcahy, who chanced to be nearest the negroes, had been fearfully slashed. Following the outbreak 100 negroes employed as nonunion team- sters left the stables to begin service tor the J. V. Farweil company. Two police patrol wagons and 100 policemen guarded the negroes. “Two Boys Painfully Hurt. Two boys were victims of the dis- order growing out of the strike. Both were painfully but not fatally hurt. Victor Grimes, aged fifteen years, a messenger for a trade paper, was as- saulted by three boys, one of whom stabbed him in the chest. Grimes had refused to obey orders of the boys not to deliver any more packages: James McNamara, aged seventeen years, a wagcn boy, who had been em- ployed by Marshall Field & Co., was shot in the arm and seriously wounded by U. B. Coles, a negro nonunion man. Coles-was arrested. The police used clubs vigorously upon a crowd that gathered at the Majestic hotel in Quincy street, where two colored men were trying to de- The mob had surrounded the nonunion drivers and A riot call was sent in and the unloading of the wagon ‘was accomplished under guard. Great quantities of live chickens and vegetables, shipped by express, accumuldted at the railroad depots and express stations during the day. The express wagons have been unable to handle the goods and shippers and merchants face heavy losses unless the consignments are moved quickly. = Water Supply Cut Off. Charleston, W. Va.,” May 1— Charleston residents were dismayed during the day to find not a drop of ‘water for domestic or commercial pur- poses, owing to a break in a main in the pumphouse. Electric service is paralyzed as well as all business de- pendent in any way on city water. Traction traffic is at a standstill and a fire would be a gerious matter. Aged Bachelor Killed. found dead in his how: day with a hullat wound in his hody. Chicago, May 1.—President Roose- velt may be formally aglced to end the teamsters’ strike here s he did the strike of the anthraciteiceal miners. 6 president yers of Chi- 93' which are tenced to elghteen years in state prison, went to Fort Madison volun /PANICKY CONDITIONS CAUSE A - SHARP DECLINE QN THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. tarily during the day to begin his long preme court. Richards, with Frank Baird, was convicted of torturing Mrs. Peter Sul- lvan of Hamilton by holding a lighted candle under her..feet until she told the whereabouts of a large sum of In making their escape Baird He confessed and implicated the ex-officer, who fled to Mexico, buf later retumed and gave money. ‘was shot and captured. himsell up. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Lord Grimthorpe (Edmund Beckett) 1s dead at St. Albans, Eng. He was born in 1816. ‘William . Plankinton; aged sixty-one | tgremost yoars, one of Milwaukee’s business men, is dead. Paul Dudley Ferguson, treasurer of Zhe firm of €ordon & Ferguson, dled meumona -at his home in St. Paul oF an illness las(ing threi days. He ‘was a ploneer of St. Paul. “ig absolutely mo truth In (he Fruithurst, Ala, May ‘1.—Andrew1 to such an extent that the business of Sundberg, a bachelor aged fifty, was | the islands is being setiously menaced: during the ! | An intimate connection between in— lue_n,za ‘and ‘spotted fever, or “cerebro D Mamentaty paper Just issue 2 shows that the aumber of British en" grants Wwho went to America in’ 19¢- BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At Pittsburg, 4; Chicago, 2. At Brooklyn, 3; New Yorl At Philadelphia, 0; Boston, Starding of the club-—Ne ittsburg, .600; term. He declined to urge his appli- cation for a rehearing before the su- New York, May 1.—Panicky con- ditions diveloped on the Stock Ex- change in the secend hour of the ses- slon. Urgent liquidation, apparently forced in character, threw an enormous volume of stocks on the market and the buying demand seemed paralyzed. Prices crumbled rapidly and as a con- sequence St. Paul slumped 5% on wide intervals between sales. Union Pa- cific was carrled down 3%, United States Steel preferred 3, New York Central 3, Reading 3%, Atlantic Coast Line 7%, Louisville and Nashville 3%, Northwestern preferred 9%, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg 1114, Tennes- 4%, Pressed Steel Car and !\ansns and Texas preferred 4. e " The break in prices was accom- panied by. various rumors and reports; some of them reflecting upon the sol- vency of institutions and individuals. There was tremendously heavy selling from such out of town points as Phil- adelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago and Bos- ton. The two cities first named un- loaded enormous quantities of Steel stocks. The decline was accelerated L7 the heavy short selling of -cliques anl 1Ly rcom traders generally. Stop loss crders were uncovered in all the active stocks and as usual on an occa- slin Gf this sort raany weakly mar- giced accounts were sold out at great. sacrifice, A canvass among the brokers in the financial district elicited no real rea- sons for the sharp decline, although it has been the opinion of the banking element for some weeks past that prices were beyond reason. Trading was so heavy and excited that the ticker was fifteen minutes behind the regular time in reporting closing quo- tations. | SHORTAGE . IN COUNTY FUNDS. Amount of Alleged Defalcation Grow- ing Rapidly. Columbus, O., May 1.—According to Prosecuting Attorney Foster of ~ JAthens county the alleged shortage in Cleveland, 55 ‘Washington, 0, Chicago, .500; St Lonis, .400; Boston, 250, American Association. At Columbus, 4; St. Paul, 0. At Louisville, 11; Minneapolis, 1. At Indianapolis, 1; Kansas City, 2. At Toledo, 3; Milwaukee, 11. 1,000; Columbus, .875; Minneapolis, .714; Kansas City, .500: Louisvi -375; St. Paul, .286; Indianapolis, .1¢ Toledo, .000. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 29.—Wheat— May, 94%c; July, 92%c; Sept., 8044 @ 803;c. On track—No. 1 hard, 98%c; No. 1 Northern, 963c; No. 2 Northern, 93%c. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, April 29.—Wheat—To-arrive: —No. 1 Northern, 90%c. On track— No. 1 Northern, 90%c; No. 2 North- ern, 83% @86%.c; May, 90%c; July, 90%c; Sept., 80%c. Flax—To arrive, on track and May, $..40; Sept., $1.28%; Oct., $1.27%; July, $1.40. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul. April 29.—Cattle—Good to [ cholce steers, $5.50@6.00; common to fair, $4.560@5.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.75@4.75; veals, $2.00@ 4.00.: Hogs—$4.90@5.12%. Sheep— Good to choice wethers $4.25@4.75; good to choice native lambs, $5.25@ Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, April 29.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.75@6.50; poor to me- dium, $4.25@5.40; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@5.25; cows and heifers, $2.- 50@5.50; calves, $3.00@5.75. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.00@5.30; good to choice heavy, $5.00@5.2 light, $5.00@5.27%. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, shorn, $4.60@5.00; Western sheep, shorn, $3.50@5.0 native lambs, “shorn, $4.00@6.50; Western, $6.75@7.40. Chicago Grain and Provi;lonl. Chicago, April 29.—Whaet—May, 87%c; -July, 82c; Sept., 78%c. Corn —April, 45%c; May, 46%c; July, 4635c. Sept.,, 46%c. Oats—April, 263c; May, 263c; July, 28%c; Sept., 27% @277%c. Pork—May, $11.85; July, $12.15; Sept., $12.37%. Flax—Cash, Northwestern, $1.40; Southwestern, $1.25%:; April, $1.25%; May, $1.25%. Butter—Creameries, 20@25c; dairies, 20@24c. Eggs—14%c. Poultry—Tur- keys, 1@156¢; chickens, 13c. TO BREAK UP COUN Chief wukle Going to the Phnlpplne Islands. i San Fraucisco, May 1—John I Wilkie, chief of the United States secret service, is here on his way to the Philippines to investigatc the coun- terfeiting of- American silver coins, The work is supposed to be done by Filipinos and. Chinese. It has grown The chief will organize @& large secret force to break up the gangs of coun- Several articles of jewelry and money !erfeiters and on his way to the Phil werd missing from the house. Mr. lppl.nes will stop over in Hanolul Bhumilm: Ulnimntkmh DEEECTIVE PAGFE Standing of the Clubs—Milwaukee, ‘the county treasury there has grown ll‘Om SZU 000 to Sll 000 withm a few, % Pmsecutor Foster said the shortage occurred in the administrations of Treasurers Hickmcn -and Biddison. He said the money was taken by per- sons other than the county officers themselves. TRIAL NEARING THE END. Counsel for Nan Patterson Will Offer No Evidence. New York, May 1.—The prosecu- #on and defense have rested-the case of Nan Patterscn, the former actress accused of murdering Caesar Young almost & year ago. Attorney Reilly, of counsel for Miss Patterson, notified the prosecution that his side would submit no defense and would rest on the contention that the state had fafled to make out any case against the defendant. DEATH OF FITZHUGH LEE. Noted Virginian Succumbs to Attack of Apoplexy. ‘Washington, May 1.—General Fitz- hugh Lee, U. S. A, retired, and one of Virginia’s foremost sons, died at the Providence hospital here from an at- tack of apoplexy which he suffered on a train while en route from Boston to ‘Washington. A pathetic feature of the case is that although General Lee was blessed with a family consisting of a wife and five children not one of them was with him at the time of his death. General Lee was a nephew of the famous Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, and like him .saw active service GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. in the Confederacy. His services in the Confederate army as a major gen- eral are well known and during the interval Letween this war and his active work in the Spanish-American ‘war General Lee filled a number of important positions, including the gov- ernorship of Virginia, the presidency of the Pittsburg and Virginia railroad and the consul generalship at Havana, and five children survive Two of the boys are Army officers and two of the girls are wives of army officers, while the re- maining child'is a young woman still in her teens. see. Coal 5%, Metropolitan Securities | TERRIFIC TORNADO CAUSES CON-= SIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE - " AT LAREDO, TEX. STORM WREGKS NUMEROUS HOMES HUTS OF POORER CLASS DEMOL. ISHED AND LARGER BUILD- INGS UNROOFED. Laredo, Tex., May 1—This city has been visited by a terrific tornado. The loss of life is estimated at be- tween twenty and twenty-five persons and the damage to property is large. ~Shortly after 7 p. m cealliuigly ‘sultry day, a. b rents, accompanied ‘Intermitt heavy hail. The wind began blowing at hurricane velocity and signs, reofs and doors began to fly through the air, The wind wrought havoc with houses, telegraph poles, shade trees and every- thing that came within its path. The huts occupied by the poorer classel were first leveled to the ground as the wind increased in force. ings were. unroofed and in am stances demolished. The flashed vividly and continuously. 0 ing to the fears of the people. The storm lasted about an hour and sub- slded almost as quickly as it had made 1its appearance. Every tele-" phone and telegraph wire between San Antonio and points in Mexico was prostrated. -The Mexican National railroad has temporarily abandoned its schedule of trains on account of lack of telegraph wires over which to ar-- range meeting points. Fourteen Dead in .Laredo_. 2 A visit to: police headquarters by & representative of the Associated Press elicited the information-that fourteen' persons:are reported: dead. in this city: All are Mexicans, who of frail construction. Five pensons are: Tbeexr killed<in the Texardty mer the Mexlcan h0r~ der. The streets are practically impassa- ble, being covered with debris of all kinds. The local telephone exchange was unroofed, the switch board demolished and every telephone is out of service. The lines will have to be entirely re- built and a new exchange installed. The spans of the international foot bridge across the Rio Grande river were blown down on the Mexican side of the stream and communication ex- cept by means of skiffs is cut off. The city of New Laredo suffered se- verely. Among the buildings entirely destroyed is the new_Concordia hall, which was used as an opera house. Tornado Alabama. Huntsville, Ala, May 1.—A tor- nado, followed by a heavy rain, struck this section during the day and did considerable damage. Trees were blown down, many windows in several business houses were shattered and the front of the Stengall hotel was wrecked. Mary Davis, colored, was caught in the ‘debris and seriously in- Jured. SEVERAL TRAINMEN KILLED. Ogden Educational Party in Railroad Collision. Greenville, 8. C., May 1.—The spe- cial train bearing the Robert C. Ogden educational party ran into a freight train just outside of Greenville. None of the Ogden party was seriously hurt. A flagman and three negro employes of the dining cars were killed. The baggage and dining cars were tele- scoped and caught fire. The two din- ing cars were destroyed. Nearly all of the party were asleep when the accident occurred. The pas- sengers injured were in the dining car. ‘The: fireman on the special car was killed and Professor Henry W. Farnam of Yale university had his right arm broken and was severely cut and bruised.. Mrs. Farnam was also cut and bruised. Others hurt were: : St. Clair McKelvey. of the Brooklyn Fagle, bruised about the shoulders; R. M. Ogden, secretary to R. C. Og- den; Mrs. J. G. Thorpe, Cambridge, Mass.; several colored servants, cut and bruised, After the collision the wreck caught fire and it is feared that dne of the cooks was burned to death. CANNOT CHECK DISEASE: Plague May Wipe Out Entire City of Pisagua, Chile. San Antonio, Tex., May 1.—Pas- sengers from Chilean ports, according to an Express special from Mazatlan, Mex., bring the first full information coucerning the terrible ravages of bu- bonic plague in the city of Pisagua, Chile. For some time before their de- parture the deaths in Pisagua had ranged from fifteen to thirty a day and the authorities were then unable to enforce burials.: Corpses were thrown into the streets to decompose and spread contagion. But little head- ‘way has been made in the fight on the disease and it looked as if the entire population of that Chilean port might be wiped out by the plague. Many