Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 8, 1905, Page 1

bt The Bemidji Daily Pionee SOGIETY. VOLUME 3. NUMBER 16. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK DEATH IN WIKD STORM NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF IN- DIAN TERRITORY. TOWN OF OWL REPORTED IN RUINS NEARLY EVERY BUILDING DE- MOLISHED AND MANY CAS- UALTIES RESULT. Muskegee, I. T., May 8.—A number of persons are reported killed, many injured and much damage wrought to broperty as a result of a fierce storm in various parts of Indian Territory. Wires are down and names and de- tails a acking. At Owl, 250 miles southwest of South McAlester, eight persons are said to have been killed and a dozen injured. At that place nearly every building is reported wrecked. Pro- fessor Binson, a teacher, is reported fatally hurt and many pupils are said to have been injured. It is believed that none of them will die. Amonz the buildings wrecked were a chureh, which was wholly demolished, three business houses and twenty dences. resi- IN HOCH CASE. First Testimony in Regard to Multiple Marriages. Chicago, May $.—The first mention EVIDENCE of multiple marr s by “Bluebeard” Johann Hoch came during the day when Assistant State ttorney Olson asked that the marriage laws of Feni- sylvania be admitted in evidence as preliminary to the testimony ot Detec. tive Edward Gorman of Philadelphia t man at the marriage ot Hoch and Caroline Spreicher in Phil- adelphia a short time before Hoch came to Chicago. The object of this move, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Olson, was a desire to prove that Hoch, after marrying Caroline Spreicher, had left her, had taken all her savings witli him and had come Lo ago and married Mr Walcker. s testimony, it was claimed, would tend to show that the motive Hocb had in killing Mrs. Walcks och was to secure her money, as it is alleged he had done in the case of his other wives. Judge Kersten granted the re- quest and Gorman was allowed to take the stand. Gorman testified that he had beeu present as best man at the marriuge of Hoch, whom he knew as John Schmidt, to Caroline Spreicher at Philadelphia on Oc 1904, Gor- man sald that Hoch lived with the wo- man for ten days and then suddenly left the state. BURGLARS BLOW SAFE. Becure $1,000 Cash and Stamps at De- ronda, Wis. Osceola, Wis,, May 8 —Burglars en- tered the general store of L. P. Mel- bostad at Deronda, blowing the safe and getting about $1,000 which be- longed to the Melbostad Northern Sup- ply company and Frank Langenbach, also taking all of the postoffice funds. The stamps were mostly destroyed by the explosion. Melbostad also lost valuable papers. The burglars took the drawers of the safe to a hoxear and ransacked them. BOTH COMMIT SUICIDE. Husband and Wife End Their Lives by Shooting. Springfield, 111, May 8.—After laying out their wedding clothes and writing letters directing what disposition was to be made of their bodies, Oscar Sims, a farwmer, and his bride of four months committed suicide by shoot- ing during the day just outside of thelr home. A shotgun was found ly- ing against a fence. They had lived supposedly a happy life. i, Birmingham, Eng., May 8.—Joseph Chamberlain uftering from a se- vere chill and was too indisposed to attend the reopening ceremony at Queens college here during ‘the day. Ebenezer Parks, M. P, announced, however, that Mr. Chamberlain’s ill- ness was only temporary and that he will soon be about again in his usual heulth, Joseph Chamberlain Ocean Liner Fast in the Ice. North Sydney, C. BE., May 8.—Word was brought here by the steamer Bruce, which arrived during the day, that the Canadian Pacific railroad steamer Lake Champlain, bound {rom Liverpool for Montreal, is fast in the iee forty-five miles southwest of Cape Ray, N. F. The Lake Champlain has on board 1,600 passengers. Freight Train Hits Street Car. hiladelphia, May 8.—An unknown woman was killed and three men in- jured. two of them seriously, in a grade crossing accident. A freight train on the Philadelphia and Reading railway crashed into a summer car which was well filled with passengers. Russian Warships Sighted. Honglong, Muy §.—A dispatch from Tsingtau (Shantung peninsula) says that twenty-five Russian warships have been sighted off Vantong and that fourteen cruisers were off the Three Kings May 3. Fronch battleships have been observed leaving Vanfong. NINETEEN HUNDRED MEN OUT. Actions of Four Laborers Cause of Ex- tensive Strike. Chicago, May 8 —As a result of the actions of four laborers fully 1,900 workmen have been thrown out of em- ployment at the new plant of Sears, Roebuck & Co. at Redzie avenue and Taylor street, where a model co-oper- ative industrial establishment covering a large area is being built at a cost of | several million dollars. Work on the i buildings is practically at a stand- still. A remarkable feature of the strike is the fact that the officials of the unions to which the men belong are strongly against the walkout and most of them will demand that the entire force return to work or face trial boards. According to the hest information obtainable four men for two days mingled with other laborers ordering them to quit work. The reason as- signed was that the well diggers or caisson warkers were being paid but 45 cents an hour, whereas it was said the price should be 50 cents. The management refused to pay the extra 5 cents and the quartette is said to have urged a general walkout on the part of the laborers, the other union workmen having to quit of necessity. TELLS OF SCRATCHED HANDS. Koch’s Sweetheart on Stand in Murder Trial. Mankato, Minn.,, May 8.—Miss Fitz- patrick, Dr. Koch's sweetheart, was the first witness of the day called by the defense. She blushed modestly when Attorney Abbott showed her a green upholstered perfumery box and said that Dr. Koch gave it to her on her birthday. She told of a ride she took with Dr. Koch on the Sunday before the mur- der. Koch carried his gun with him and got out to hunt along the road. The horses became frightened and started to run away, but Koch stopped them. When the doctor visited her! the night after the drive she noticed a scrateh on his hand. Miss Pitzpatr] said Koch called on her the night of the murder and left at § o'clock. He wore a cravenette coat and a brown derby hat. Dr. WEALTHY WIDOW SUICIDES. Love Affair Rash Act. New York, May 8.—Murs. J. W. Gray, i d Lo be wealthy and said to be Unfortunate Cause of ribed by her friends as a beautiful woman, commit- ted suicide in the Hotel Imperial here by shooting. She was found lying un-| conscious before a mirror in her bed- room with a bullet wound in her head and died a few hours later at a hos- pital without regaining consciousness. Letters left by the suicide indicated that she was the victim of an unfortu- nate love affair and that, although| Do sed of ample means, she had no desire to live without the man she loved. PAT CROWE AT OMAHA, Alleged Kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy Returns Home. Omaha, May 8-—Pat Crowe, alleged kidnapper of Eddie Cudahy, son of the miliionaire packer of Omaha, and for whose arrest rewards aggregating $50,- 000 have at different times been of- fered, has returned to this city after an absence of four years. Crowe stated that he had served in the Boer war, fighting with the Boers. He returned to this country after the war and has lived continually, accord- ing to his siatement, in a South Side flat in Chicago. He says he has been in Chicago nearly three yvears and that he has visited Omaha on three differ- ent cccasions during that time, NAMES ARE SUPPRESSED. Illinois Grand Jury Indicts Standard Oil Officials. Peoria, Ill, May 8.—The grand jnry at Pekin, 111, has returned indictments against two high orficials of the Stand- ard Oil company. Requisition papers will be asked of Governor Deneen. The names have been suppressed. The Lwo officials are charged with having induced one Charles Kersher to swear that he owned a horse and wagon, which really belonged to the Standard Oil company, in order to force I'red Hamsuit, a resident of Pe- Kkin. to quit selling the product of the Royal Oil company, a competitor of the Standard Cil company. ENDS BY KILLING HIMSELF. Pennsylvania Man Murders Woman and Sixteen-Year-Old Boy. Sharon, Pa., May 8.—Inflamed with jealous rage John Lioroski shot and killed Mrs. John Seech aund her six- teen-vear-old nephew, Frank Rocci, and then turned the weapon on him- self, inflicting a fatal wound. The shooting of the boy was probably un- intentional, as the police say that the bullet which caused the woman's death passed entirely through her ! body and killed the boy. Weyerhauser Lumber Road. Spokane, Wash., May 8.—The Weyer- hauser lumber syndicate has let the contract for the building of its Wash- ington, Idaho and Montana railway for a distance of forty-five miles into ldaho from Palouse, Wash., to open its vast timber holdings. The railway aloune will cost about $1,900,000. Trip Beneficial to Kaiser. Rerlin, May 8—Telegrams from Karlsruhe, where Emperor William ar- | rived during the evening, describe him as much Dbenefitted by his Mediter- ranean trip. His naturally pale face has become really browned by ex- posure to the Southern sun. OYAMA READY TO FIGHT JAP COMMANDER PREPARED TO ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE ON A LARGE SCALE. PRELUDE TO ANOTHER BIG BATTLE ADVANCE DIVISIONS OF MIKA- DO’S FORCES IN CONTACT WITH RUSSIANS. Fenghushshieng, Manchuria, May 8. —TV¥ield Marshal Oyama seems ready to assume the offensive on a large scale and activity already has begun against General Linevitch’s left. This may be the prelude to another general battle. The Japanese have concen- trated heavy columns on the Liao river and their advance divisions have been in contact with the Russians, who are holding the main road from Fakoman to Bashienchen. On Thursday the Japanese cavalry suddenly attacked a Cossack division in overwhelming force, compelling the latter to retire. Then, supported by in- fantry, the Japanese advanced and drove the Russian infantry out of the village of Palitoun. A Russian reconnoitering party twenty miles further west fell into an ambush and all except five were killed. APPEAR OFF HOKKAIDO. Vessels of Vladivostok Fleet Small Sailing Craft. Tokio, Miy 8—Four Russian tor- pedo boat destroyers from Vladivostok have appeared westward of Hokkaido. They scized and burned a small sai ing vessel and imprisoned the captain and disappeared to the northwest. They were evidently returning to Vladivostol. There is a possibility that they have destroyed other small craft, although no reports to that ef- fect have heen received. The object of their visit is not clear. It is thought that probably they hoped to torpedo the Japanese patrol at night and it is also suggested that the Viadivostok vessels Dluu o diversion to assist the feet of Admiral Rojest- vensky. Although none has been sighted it is believed the larger vessels of the Vladivostok squadron accompanied the torpedo boats. It is doubted that the torpedo boats would venture across unescorted in the heavy sea which was running when they burned the sailing vessel. All the crew of this vessel except the captain, who was captured, su ceeded in landing, but a steamer dis- patched to the rescue of the burning derelicl was forced to return on ac- count of the storm. The Russians poured kerosene on the deck of the sailing vessel and withdrew after hav- ing ignited the surface of the oil. TIME NOT RIPE FOR REVOLT. Burn Warsaw Strikers Ordered to Return to Work. Warsaw, May 8.—The Polish Social- ist party has issued a manifeslo call- ing on the workmen to return to work and declaring that while never in the history of the world had a city wit- uessed a more impressive manifesta- tion of united workers than did War- saw on May day the time had not yet arrived to start a revolution. There- fore, the workmen should prepare themselves for the final struggle for freedom and return to work with the same unity as they had struck when ordered to. The manifesto also declares that the “workmen desired to maintain order on May day and the bloodshed was oc- casioued solely by the brutality and stupidity of the hirelings of despot- ism.” EQUALITY BASIS OF REFORM. Zemstvo Congress Ends Its Session at Moscow. Moscow, May 8.—The second great zemstvo congress has ended its ses- sion here. The following greeting from the 5. Petersburg zemstvo was presented v the assemblage: “We aic on the eve of great reforms as the result of the national misfor- tunes which have brought home to Russia the realization that the present order of things must end. Equality must be the basis of the future or- ganization and we hope this principle will prevail with steadfastness through- out the zemstvo which during forty years' persecution has Jabored inces- santly for the good of the country and people.” Kuropatkin Going to Russia. St. Petersburg, May 8.—The rumors of the approaching return of General Kuropatkin from the front now seem to be definitely confirmed and it is said that General Zaroubaieff, comman- der of the Fourth East Siberian corps, will. succeed him. Failing health is assigned as the cause for Kuropatkin's coming back to St. Pelershurg. Rumor Officially Denied. Paris, May 8.—Owing to remewed Teports that Foreign Minister Delcasse intended to resign as a result of dif- ferences with Premier Rouvier over foreign affairs the foreign office has made a specific statement to the effect that the best relations exist between M. Rouvier and M. Delcasse and that the latter has not any present pur pose of retiring. Employers Declare They Will Let Business Stagnate. Chicago, May 8.—C. H. Conover, vice president of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., said that the employ- ers of Chicago are agreed to lock up their doors and let business stagnate rather than surrender to the Team- sters’ union. This. he said, would be the rule of his own house. The state- ment was brought out by a report that the company was about to return to union drivers. Sheriff Thomas E. Barrett, after making a tour of the shopping dis- trict, where he believed rioting might be likely to follow the greatly in- creased delivery plans of the retail merchants, said: “The serious trouble seems to be over. The strike situation is now well in the hands of the authorities and I look for a continuation of com- parative quiet and tranqily. I am glad that the employers have decided not to engage .any more negroes. When 1 was brought into this matter for conference I unhesitatingly in- formed the merchants that the use of negroes for strike breakers was caus- ing more rioting than any other factor in the fight to win from the unions.” President Charles Dold of the Fed- eration of L.abor denied with force and accuracy a statement from a member of the Employers’ association that the employers had already won the strike. “The unions have not touched at the edge 'of their resources yet,” said Pres- ident Dold. “The strike has not been won Dby the Employers’ association. The unious have only started. They know they have a big fight and ex- pect a long one. Tlhere is no surren- der thought of.” Street Car Men Aid Strikers. Chicago, May 8—Nearly $10,000 has been added to the teamsters’ strike fund by the employes of the Union Traction company. The street car men voted some time ago to aid the strikers and when they received their pay an agent of their unibn was on hand to collect $1.50 from each man. All the 6,500 employes were approached for payment of this amount. Tugmen Out in Sympathy. Chicago, May 8.—A strike of tug- men in sympathy with the teamsters began during the day and river traffic of the Peabody Coal company and other concerns was interrupted. Mem- bers of the Tug Linemen’s union and Licensed Tugmen’s union refused to I'work on tnes. doine. lehsaxage work for the boycotted places. The strike was not called ofticially. Big Wages for Strike Breakers. La Crosse, Wis, May 8.—Strike breakers are being shipped from this city to Chicago by the several ex- press companies. These men have been employed as teamsters at the rate of $5 per day during the strike and regular salary after the strike has been settled. ENGLISH PUGILIST BEATEN. Jabez White Loses Hard Fought Battle With Britt. San Francisco, May 8.—Jimmy Britt has justly earned the title of feather- weight champion of the world for his clean-cut victory over Jabez White of England. It was the best fight seen at the coast in a long time. The Britisher showed wonderful skill, gameness and pluck, but he was up against a better man. He lasted the twenty-round limit, however, though another punch would have knocked him out when Referee Smith stopped the contest to- ward the close of the round. In this round White had twice heen sent to the mat with terrific blows full on the face. When the decision was given against him he was stand- ing dazed and helpless, unable to strike or gunard a blow. ROAD GOES 'WESTWARD. Milwaukee Surveyors Running Line Out of Chamberlain. Chamberlain, S. D., May 8—The Milwaukee extension westward is to be begun at once and surveyors are alveady fully sixty miles out, running the line of the permanent right of way. Mrs. Chadwick Too 1l to Testify. Cleveland, May 8.—Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was not examined in bank- ruptey court during the day as was expected because of illness. Some im- portant testimony was expected from her in regard to her property supposed to be in other persons’ hands, but she sent word that she was not feeling well and Referee Remington post- poned the hearing to May 16. Seminole Governor Impeached. Muskegee, I. T., May 8.—A special to the Democrat from Wewaka, the Seminole capital, says the Seminole council has impeached Acting Gov- ernor J. Harrison and elected Gov- ernor John Brown unanimously to suc- ceed him. Brown will serve until 1906, when tribal form government ter- minates. . Hargis Jury Fails to Agree. Lexington, Ky., May 8.—The jury in the Hargis murder case reported to the court that it was hopelessly dis- agreed and the jurors were finally dis- charged. It is understood the vote stood 10 to 2 for acquittal. It is said Hargis will ask for bail President’s Hunting Trip. Ends. Newcastle, Colo.,, May 8—The pres- ident and his hunting party arrived here on horseback at 12:30 p. m. and started at once for Glenwood Springs: A special train was offered the party, namien moan sommsnozn. | TR00DS NOT - NEEDED MAYOR DUNNE ASSURES GOV- ERNOR THAT EVERYTHINGV. IS QUIET AT CHICAGC. LESS INTERFERENGE WITH TRAFFIC LARGE INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WAGONS IN USE IN ALL SEC- TIONS OF THE CITY. Chicago, May 8.—Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunne had a talk over the long distance telephone during the day and the mayor assured the gov- ernor that everything was quiet and there was no need for the militia. The city and county authorities claim (o have the situation well in hand. Sheriff Barrett now has 500 deputies (all white), who are aiding the 2,000 policemen on strike duty. After walking through the streets and ‘watching the moving caravans of wag- ons and the diminished number of fol- St. Paul, “May 8.—Edward Gotts- chalk, charged with the murder of Christian H. Schindeldecker on Feb. 18 and afterwards murdering his al- GOTTSCHALK PLEADS GUILTY Confesses to Murder of Joseph Hartman At St. Paul---Sentence Deferred. leged accomplice, Joseph Hartman, today pleaded guilty before Judge Lewis to the killing of Hartman. Sentence was deferred. store had between fifty and a hundred mployes sworn in. The same method ‘was adopted by the various express companies. THREE ARRESTS MADE. Alleged “Bomb” Thrown at Express Company’s Wagon. Chicago, May 8.—A story that a dynamite homb was hurled at a United States Express company wagon at West Van Buren and Desplaines lowers the sheriff came to the con- clusion that peace is near. ers of the teamsters, however, say that | 98 the strike has not been won by the Employers’ association. Many additional wagons were moved during the day and the deliveries down town and in the residence dis- tricts were largely increased. Thc threats of the police te arrest those who follow escorted wagons has had an excellent effect. A sympathetic strike of tugmen, which will interfere with coal del ery on the river, was the onl tion to the ranks of the teamste WET WEATHER INTERFERES. Clatter of Brickbats Gives Way to Patter of Rain. Chicago, May 8—The patter of rain | violating the United States court in- drops, instead of the clatter of bri bats, formed a welcome novelty dur- ing the day for the employers’ side of the teamsters' strike situation. Wet weather was perhaps more infiuential even than police and deputy sheriffs in giving a more peaceful aspect to the streets. Much of the time wagzons belonging (0 sirkebounu firms-moved freely without the slightest sign of in- terference. Withdrawal of colored teamsters to some extent was a factor in producing quiet. A notable instance occurred at the plant of the N. K. Fairbank com- pany. Negroes sent by the Employ- ers’ association to the plant to drive teams were rejected by the Fairbank company. Rather than have trouble in escorting teams through the streets the company decided to send out no teams unless white drivers were fur- nished. Street disturbances, though greatly lessened, did not wholly disappear. Rioters attacked Charles Mclntire, a colored man, at Cottage Grove avenue and Twenty-sixth street, beating him almost to death with “blackjacks.” Another typical disturbance occurred while eight wagons belonging to the Franklin MacVeagh company were be- ing escorted north in Desplaines street. Shots were fired from a crowd at Har- rison street. No one was injured and no arrests were made, the police be- ing unable to learn who did the shoot- A new expedient was tried during the day in an effort to provide addi- tional protection to drivers of boycot- ted business houses. Many of the State street department stores had a number of employes sworn in as dep- uty sheriffs, who accompanied the wag- ons on delivery trips. One department The lead- ' Plaines street police station during the ]wa«gous and struck the side' of the streets was sent out from the Des- Special Agent Eddy ofsthe ex- Press comjany says no bomb was throwin nor was the wagon damaged. ! Three arrests were made, one of the men taken into custody being formally accused of assault with a deadly We . Special Agent Eddy said: “The alleged bomb was nothing but a biue powder enclosed in a breakable jbag. It was thrown at ome of our iseat. A blue powder bes atiered one of our drivers, but he was not hurt. Two of our secret service men wil- nessed the act from the sidewalk and kept watch of a saloon into which the man who threw the bag ran. Then they summoned the police and he was arrested. He will be prosecuted for junction.” NO NECESSITY FOR TROOPS. Mayor Dunne So Informs Governor Deneen. Chicago, May 8.—Over long distance telephone Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunne held a conference regarding the strike situation. In reply to in- quiry of Governor Deneen as to the necessity for state troops Mayor Dun said that (he trouble in Chi- cago seemed to be gradually disappear- ing, that conditions were much quieter than previous days and that there was o need for troops at the present time. BRIEF ™ BITS "OF * NEWS, Addison P. Brewer, one of the prom- inent and wealthy lumbermen of Mich- igan, is dead at Saginaw, aged seventy- nine years. Professor Emil Stengel, husband and teacher of Marcella Sembrich, the singer, is dead at Berlin as the result of an operation. Safeblowers secured $1,300 in cash and nearly $2,000 worth of merchan- dise at the general store of Todd & Boesch at Alexandria, Ky. The Wisconsin state senate has killed the bill requiring formulas of all patent medicines to be printed on packages in which the medicines are sold. First Door North of Post Office. LR 2 ‘The Bargain Store’ Stoves, Ranges, Tinware, Furniture, Wall Paper Also have samples of Brussels and Ingrain Carpets. 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