Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 2, 1905, Page 1

— VOLUME 3. NUMBER 35. ASSASINATION OF i THE CZAR DENIED Persisteat Rumor That the Czar Has Been Assasinated or Committed Suicide---Officials Deny It. 2 various rumors afloat In the city that Emperor Nicholas is dead, having, either committed suicide or been assi- nated. The rumors are untrue. FIFTY WARSHIPS ENGAGED St. Petersburg, June 2—There are CORRESPONDENT DESCRIBES RE-, CENT NAVAL FIGHT AS SU- PREMELY TERRIBLE. London, June 2.—The Tokio corre-; spondest of the Daily Telegraph sends an interesting description of the naval battle {rom a correspondent with the Japancse fleet, who describes the' scene as supremely terrible, the guns of unearly fifty warships firing simul- taneously. Togn's vessels, this correspondent says, mancuvered with perfect pre- cision. For a time both belligerents gave shot for shot, but with a hostile squadron on each side and another ahead of him Rojestvensky was prac- tically defeated within a few hours and was caught in the trap which had been waiting for him since he lett Mada- He displayed hesitation in his and this resulted in the utter confusicn of the Russian fieet. An infernal concentration of fire reached its zenith at 2 o'clock Satur- day afternoon. As ithe Russians ad- vanced in the direction of Vladivostok & Japanese squadron was lying be- tween them und their destination and the dovmed Russians were Battered on Al Sides, Between 3 and 5 o’clock in the after- noon the cruiser Admiral Nakhimoff and the repair ship Kamtchatka foun- dered after their upper works had been | shaitered. The Russians broke in ut- ter disorder, lost their formation and ‘went into zigzag. The Japanese closed In and pressed them towards the Na- gote coast. The fight lasted until 7 o’clock in the evening. Darkness brought a glorious night, with smooth and transparent seas. The Russians. were edging mnorthward, with the powerful Japa- nese fleet in a horizontal line across their bows. forming an effective bar- 'SAYS FEW SHIPS ESCAPED rier. Then, underSearchlights and the cover of the big guns of the warships, the Japanese torpedo flotilla began like locusts o sting and sink the enemy, the Russians continuing to return the gunfire. At 2 o'clock in the morning the fighting was flerce and no rest was allowed the Russians. With dawn of Sunday the Japanese fleet came into still closer range. All day long the battle continued and by evening was raging off Northern Na- goto. The Russians were powerless to offer any effective resistance, WORK OF TORPEDO BOATS. Majority of Russian Warships Sunk by Small Craft. Washington, June 2.—The state de- partment has received the following cablegram from Tokio: “It is. stated in official reports that in addition to the main fighting force most of the second class Russian cruis- ers and subsidiary vessels were de- stroyed, so that the whole Russian fleet was practically annihilated. The Russian cruisers Aurora and Almaz were probably sunk. Attention ig called to the fact that the Japanese torpedo operations were highly suc- cesstul and that a majority of the large Russian vessels were sunk as a result of them ADMIRAL TOGO’S SUPPLEMENT- TARY REPORT OF BATTLE IN SEA OF JAPAN. Toklo, June 2.-—The navy depart: ment made the following announce- ment during the day: “Later reports from the different divisions of the fleet engaged in the naval battle of May 27 show as fol- lows: “The Russian battleship Oslabya was heavily damaged in the early part ! of the fight on Saturday, going down at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. “The first Russian vessel sunk was | the battleship Sissoi Veliky. “The armored cruisers Admiral Nak- himoff and Vladimir Monomach, after | | paratively slight. | the ships which escaped rescued some |oi the members of the crews of the beina damared in the general engage- ;| ment during ‘the -daytimne;® were st further damaged by torpedoes during attacks by night and were eventually completely disabled. They drifted into the vicinity of Tsu islands, where they were discovered on Sunday morning (May 28) by the auxiliary cruisers Shilano, Yawata, Talmm and Sado, which were about to capture them, but they all sank. “The crews of our auxiliary cruisers rescued 915 of the crews of the sunken Russian ships. “The battleship Navarin was torpe- doed four times after sundown on Sat- urday (May 27) and sunk. The sur- RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS WARN GOVERNMENT TO GRANT DE- MANDS OF THE PEOPLE. BUREAUGRACY. BITTERLY DENOUNCED REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY TO DECIDE FUTURE QUESTIONS MUST BE CONVENED. St. Petersburg, June 2—The imme- dlate realization of the imperial re. forms seews the cilly thing which can vivors of the Navarin’s crew CORfirm | gave the governme:t from the wrath the story of her destruction. Further Work of Destruction. “The cruisers Niitaka and Otawa discovered the Russian cruiser Sviet- lana at 9 o’clock on Sunday morning in the vicinity of.Chappyan bay, and immediately attacked and sunk her. ‘The commander of the Niitaka reports the fact. “It is suspected that the Russian cruisers Almaz and Aurora were sunk by torpedoes on the night of May 27. “The former rveport includes the statement that the Russian cruiser Jemtchug sunk, but as yet this_re- mains unconfirmed and the cruiser's name has been excluded from the-re- vised list of Russian véssels destroyed. “Judging from this and former re- ports of the enemy's main strength, consisting of eight battleships de- stroyed or captured, three armored cruisers and three coast defense ships desjroyed or captured, with the second class cruisers and other vessels de- stroyed, the enemy's fighting power is thus annihilated. “Later reports show that during the night of May 27 our torpedo boats Numbers 34, 35 and 69 were sunk by the enemy’s fire. Comrades rescued the majority of their crews. Besides the above there was no damage worth reporting. No warships nor destroyers suffered any loss of fighting or navigat- | ing power. “We anticipated a heavy loss of life, but find that our cusualies were £9im They do not exceed 800 killed-and wounded.” Tokio, June 2—Rough estimates made of the Russiaz losses in fhe bai- tle fought in the Sea of Japan, ex- clusive of nearly 4,000 prisoners, vary from 7,000 to 9,000. It is feared that the wmajority perished. Celculating the complements of the sunken and cap- tured ships at 10,000 7,000 men remain unaccounted for. It is possible that i less [ortunate ships. Many bodies have beean washed ashore on the isl- ands and on the shores of the neigh- boring coasts near the scene of the battle. III JNE R O O O O, o J( Hanan Oxfords $5.00 Drew Selby Oxfords Phone 30 The Largest Line. Lowest Price. From $2.00 to $3.50 Hamilton-Brown Oxfords From $1.25 to $3.00 The Best Quality. The Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Cheerfully Refunded. EH Winter @ Co : Bemndn. N OO 0 O OO O Mnnn. . | | DEFECTIVE PAGE of Awerican Pres Cut Glass.|- . ) of the populace. 'The truth is now known to the humbiest people_ in the capital and will soon spread through the empire and the mutterings of the people are certnin to have an om- inous effect on the arry at the front. It is_feared thatithe revolutionaries and socialists are Planning to take ad- vantage of the government’s discom- fiture by inciting demonstrations and a renewal of the istrikes. As-a pre- cautionary measure more guard regi- ments bave been ordered back from camp and additlonal ~Cossack rein- forcements have been. brought to St. Petersburg. The Liberals also con- sider that the government is at last in a corner and that the time has come to strike. Their press no longer asks —it threatens. The Slovoe menaces the government, boldly declaring that if it does not give what the people need the latter will take it. Denounces the Bureaucracy. The Nasha Shisn even. more scath- ingly denournces the bureducracy, from which, it says, there is no hope of peace, and paints a revolting picture of “the -officeholders amusing them- selves instead of mourning. Even the Novoe Vremya warns the government that it cannot temporize and act the coward, but must come out openly, immediately convene the peo- ple and let them decide the future. The Bourse Gezetie says the recent events mean the complete bankruptey of the bureaucracy. The paper de- clares that the government is shaken to its foundations and issues a solemn warning to-the effect that unless a national . assembly 15~ convoked and other reforms are sincerely executed at once it will be too late. A recuitence of the strike move- ment is already reported at Pavlograd, Ekaterinburg, Lodz, Iyanovo-Vozne- sensk, , Shuia ‘and other places. At Lodz the workmen are armed with re- volvers and knives. NO DECISION REACHED. Extraordinary Council Discusses Quee tion of Peace. St. Petersburg, June 2.—The extra- ordjnary council at Tsarskoe Selo reached no conclusion on the subject of peace, but definite reports say the emperor agreed to meet the internal situation by the immediate proclama- tion of a decree providing for the con- vocation of a national assembly. M. ‘Witte, president of the committee of ministers, who was present, is under- stood to have assumed the leadership of the advocates of peace and the im- mediate convocation of a national as- sembly is anticipated as the only means of averting the popular storm which is threatening to break. The war party is dying hard. It is the unanimous opinion in diplomatic circles that the logic of events points o no other issue except peace, but the diplomats also admit that the decision rests with the emperor. But even ‘when all the ministers except War Minister Sakharoff and - Minister of Marine Avellan are solidly arrayed against attempting to continue the hopeless struggle the emperor has re- fused thus far to say a word. To a visitor his majesty is reported to have declared that he would rather die than sign an ignominious peace. Pres Glass Friday and Saturday Wjfivill*sfiovg a Bine collection It takes an expert to teli it| NEW SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. Charles J. Bonaparte WIII suoceed Paul Morton. 3 Washmg{on, June 2. — Presment Roosevelt has authorized the® an- nouncement that Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore would be appointed’ sec- retary of the navy to succeed Paul Morton. The president also author- ized ‘the statement that no other CHARLES J, BONAPARTE. change in the personnel of the cab- inet was likely to take place in the near future. There is no more picturesque figure in American public life than Charles Joseph Bonaparte. He is a grandson of Jerome Bonaparte and the brilliant and beautiful Betsy Patte:son, a Bal- {iniore belle. For' many Mr. Bonaparte has been an in '] of the president. So great is Mr. Roosevelt’s confidence in him that on many matters of national concern he has sought his advice and counsel. BOMB THROWN AT ALFONSO KING OF SPAIN AND PRESIDENT . OF FRANCE NARROWLY ES- CAPE ASSASSINATION. Paris, June 2.—An attempt to assas- sinate King Alfonso was made at mid- night. As the Spanish king drove with President Ioubet from a gala per- ‘formance at the Grand Opera House 2 bomb, thrown -by_an anarchist, ex- ploded with deadly “effect near the Toyal carriage. As if by a miracle both the king and the president escaped uninjured, but fragments: of thenissile seriously in- Jured five people, killed or maimed a number of cavalry horses forming the escort and knocked out a child’s eye. The bomb had been thrown with too great force and passed over the royal carriage and struck the shoulder of a cuirassier and then fell to the ground, where it exploded, fragments of it striking the horses Of the soldiers, causing them to bolt and throw their riders: Captain Schneider, who was riding at the right of the carriage, and Captain Garnier, who was on the left, were both thrown. Fragments of the bomb also struck five people—a ser- geant, two policemen, a woman, seri- ously_injured, and a child, who was struck in the eye. One horse of the escort was killed outright and six oth- ers lay about maimed and bleeding. The force of the explosion was ter- rific and caused a derangement of the electric lights, which were all extin- guished, adding darkness’ to the scene of confusion. Later reports increased lhe number of injured to fifteen, including a mem- ber of the Mexican chamber of depu- ties, Fernando Robino, who was struck in the groin while standing at a hotel window. SUGCEEDS IN KILLING ONE. North Dakota Woman.Gives. Poison to Five Children. Hankinson, N. D., June 2.—Mrs. James Burrows attempted to kill her five children by forcing them to eat rhubarb sauce in which she had put a liberal amount of laudanum. The youngest child of the family died after swallowing the poison, but the other children will probably Tive. The coroner's jury returned a ver- dict to the effect that the dead child died from laudanum poisoning admin- istered by his mother. The woman was taken to Wahpeton, where she is confined in the county jail.: She will probably be taken before the probate judge for an examination as to her | sanity. EXTRA SESSION IN NOVEMBER. President's Southern Trip to Begin on Oct. 17. Washington, June 2. —‘President Roosevelt will start on his trip through the South next autumn on the night of Oct. 17. This announcement was made at, the White House during the day. Coupled with it was the statement that the extraordinary session of congress, which it is the present “intention of President Roosevelt to calk will not begin® until after the November elec- tions. e day, ENGINEER .AND: FIREMAN DEAD. P“-enger Train Hits ou w-gon and 2 Fluid Ignites: - : Da.ytcm. 0., June 2 Pennsylvamu passenger train No. wagon at Stillwater Junction “As the oil tanl ngine fires ignited the gl] ‘neer Edward " Ginbey CRITICISES THE OFFICERS. i Report of Frick Committee In Case of ¥ Equitable Life. = New York, June 2.—While no: au- Ithofltntlve statement was' given out during the day as to the nature of the Frick report it became known definite- ly that the report criticised the ad- ministration of the president and first and second vice presidents of the Equitable Life Assurance society and condemned the practice of individuals connected with the soclety entering into underwriting syndicates where these syndicates had transactions with the society. The report also charged laxity and negligence of management, | /disapproved certain high salaries paid and declared that the entire business of life Insurance should be<thoroughly. reorganized in the interests of policy- holders. The report further sets forth that extravagance has existed in prac: tlcally every department of the soci ety. Ixtravagance in expense accounts also is condemned. One fcature of the report of farreaching consequence is a recommendation that the Rgquitable abandon the various foris of preferred dividend paying policies and: confine its attention to the old forms of straight life insurance. This latter recommendation created considerable excitement, not alone in Fquitable cir- cles but in the offices of all the insur- ance companies in this city. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS Mer. Jnnocent, the archbishop of Belgrade and primate of Servia, is dead. At Newark, O., Mrs. Frances Wertz was murdered by a burglar, who es- caped. The American Savings bank of Trin- idad, Colo., has closed its doors. Its Habilities are $176,000; assets $196,000. The postal deflicit for the current fiscal vear will be approvimately $15,- 000,000, the largest in the history of the country. The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for the condition of na- tional banks at the close of huslness Monday, May 29. John T. Thoroughgood, a prominent manufacturer and politician, dropped dead in his office at Janesville, Wis. Death was due to apoplexy. ° Henry Charles Richards, Conserva- tive membér of rarliament for Fast Finsbury and well known advocate of old age pensions, is dead in London. At Marine City, Mich., Worthy Naul- ty,-aged nine, and i.cuis Jolin, aged ten, were drowned by-the capsizing of a dock boat in which they were play- ing: C. W. Kindrick, United States consul atCiudad Juares, Mex., is dead of tuberculosis, aged thirty<two: He for- merly was a New Orleans newspaper man. ‘What threatened a few days ago to develop into a general foundrymen’s strilke in New York city and vicinity has been averted by concesslons to the workers. - The sultan of Morocco has definitely informed Strene Taillandier, . the French minister, that he is unable*to accept the French proposals for the reform-of the administration of Mo- rocco. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, - June 1.—Wheat—July, $1.10%; Sept., 85%c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.18%; No. 1 Northern, $1.16%; No. 2 Northern, $1. 8% St. Paul Unlon Steck Yards. ] :St. Paul, June 1.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, §5.50@6.00; -common to fair, $4.50@5.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.75@4.75; veals, $2.00@ 4.50. THogs—$4.95@5.20.. Sheep—Good to choice yearlings, $4.30@5.50; good to choice native lambs, $5.25@6.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax— Duluth, June 1.—Wheat—To arrive —No. 1 Northern, $1.12%. On track— No. 1 Northern, $1.12%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.06% ; July, $1.12%; Sept. (old), 847%c; Sept. (new), 80%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.48; July, $1.48; Sept., $1.30; Oct., $1.28%. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, June 1.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.60@6.35;: poor to me- dium, $4.00@5.40; stockers and feed- ers, $2.75@5.00; cows and heifers, $2.- G0@5.40; calves, $3.00@6.75. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, §$5.20@5.32%5; good to choice heavy, $5.20@5.32%; light, $5.15@5.32%. Sheep—Good ta choice wethers, shorn, $4.50@5.00; Western sheep, shorn, $4.00@5.00; na- tive lambs, shorn, $5.00@6.50; West- ern, $5.50@7.00. - Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, June 1.—Wheat—July, 8813 @8@%(‘ Sept., 8214 @82%c; Dec., 135 0. Corn—July, 503%c; Sept., 49%c; Dec, 46%c; May, 47c. Oats—July, 30%c; Sept.,29%¢. Pork—July, $12.- 57%: Sept, $12.82%. Flax—Cash, Northwestern, $1.47; Southwestern, $1.20. Buiter—Creameries, 16@20%c; dairies, 16@19¢c. Eggs—14Y @14%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 14@15¢; chickens, 13c; springs, per dozen, $2.50@6.50. CRUISER 1ZUMRUD SAFE. Another Russian Vessel Arrives at * Viadivostok. St. Petersburg, June 2.—The Rus- sian cruiser Tzumrud has arrived at ‘Vladivostok. * According to the latest Japanese re- ports about the Izumrud she was one of five Russim vessels surrounded by L | TocKs, “north. of Oki islam'l and fled, .while the other four vessels, ships: Nl(;om l. and Orel and | IMPLIED CHARGE THAT CHICAGO TROUBLE 1S RESULT OF BUSI- “NESS ANTAGONISM. LABOR LEADERS MAKE STATEMENT OFFERED BRIBE BY PROMINE’NT‘ MERCHANT TO ORDER STRIKE AGAINST A RIVAL. Chicago, June 2.—Implied charges Wwere made. during the day that the - - teamsters’, strike, which has caused fearful riots. here and widespread paralysis of trade, grows partly at least out of antagonism between two business rivals of this city. President Cornellus P. Shea of the Teamsters’ union and ' former President Albert Young made the statements from Which the inference is plain as to the alleged origin of the strike. Shea and Young asserted explicitly that $10,000 was offered the teamsters in the pres- ence of a prominent business man identified with the present trouble if the teamsters would bring about a similar strike against a certain com- petitor some time ago. The offer was refused. “Since this strike has been on has any money been offered you?” Mr. Shea was asked. “If they’ knew,” replied Mr. Shea, referring to the emplovers, “that the teamsters had solicited or accepted a bribe these fellows would be the first to tell the grand jury about it. Now: is the golden opportunity. If they know of any such thing let them now speak or forever after hold their - peace.” Speaking of efforts alleged to have been made by the coal dealers to force the office building managers to use coal throughout the:.year instead. of substituting gas during the summer months President Shea said: Easy Money for Teamsters. “The records of the teamsters show that the strike benefits—some $30,000 —were not paid by the teamsters’ or- = ganization.” The teamsters’ Jeader made similar charges with reference to the street car strike of 1903. “The coal teamsters went out,” he" said. They tried to bribe me to.order ihe men back to work."” Ten thousand dollars, he declared, was the price to have been paid for the use of his power over the men in his organization. “T was called to a meeting of the teaming interests,” he said. “When I' left I was followed out into the hall and told that there was $10,000 in it for me if I would do what those men wantad. I said I would not call off the strike for $100,000.” It was stated during the day by Pres- ident Shea that the strike would end if the employers, other than the railway express companies, would take ‘back their men without requiring them to collect packages for the express com- panies. The lumbermen claim to be doing about 70 per cent of their ordinary business. Theére was no interference- with deliveries anywhere in the ‘city and no rioting. PORTLANO EXPOSITION OPEN MANY NATIONAL OFFICIALS PAR- TICIPATE IN THE CERE- MONIES. » Portland, Ore., June 2.—Amidst a scene of festivity and splendor never equalled in ‘the Pacific Northwest, with din and clamor of cheering thou- sands, accompanied by the booming of artillery, the chiming of bells and the blaring of bands, Portland made her greatest bow to the world in the formal opening of the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition. The celebration was participated in by the president of the United ‘States and his personal representative; Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, rep- resentatives of the senate and of the house of representatives of the na- tionai -congress, of the army and the nayy, together with the governors and staifs of the states of California, Idaho, Washington and Oregon and multi- tudes of people from tnr and near. MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION. La Follette sam‘il Message jn Wiscon-. 7 sin Legislature. Madison, Wis., June 2.—The assem- bly has unanimously concurred in the senate railroad rate bill. Governor La Follette has vetoed thee bill to lend trust moneys for the build- ing of arsenals and other buildings. The governor has sent a speclal mes- sage to the senate urging the passage of a bill to compel railroad companies to present their books. as-evidence in' “sults to recover back taxes. The BOY-- ernor intimated he might call & npe- clal session if the le:llllture d(d not pass the measure. Demand Increased: Wauu. ; Kn.nsu City, Jun e