Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 12, 1905, Page 1

S N VOI:BME 3. NUMBER 43 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, JUNE 12, TEN CENTS PER WEEK BIG TRACT IN DANGER| FLOOD IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER V_VILL INUNDATE LOWLANDS ON BOTH SIDES. RECORD BREAKING RAINS IN [OWA STAGE OF WATER AT KEOKUK RISES OVER SEVEN FEET IN THREE HOURS, Keokuk, Ta, June 12—The Des Moines river here rose seven feet in three hours and is still rising fast. There is an almost equally remark- able ficod in the M here, of Alexandria, Mo., has broken and water has started through the town. Never betore has the Des Moines river made such a tremendous jump. The great volume of water from the Des Moines joining the flood in the Mis- ppi will sweep all lowlands in| Illinois and Missouri from Keokuk to ppi river dur- siss Hannibal. The Missis ing the day showed a breaking all records here. The gov- ernment locks are flooded ard the dan- ger line has been passed by over two fect. Two terrific rain storms during the night caused all crecks to become raging Lorrents. The Mississippi, like > of six feet, the Des Moines, is still rising at a. rapid rate, with prospects of doing damage. Railroads are delayed on ac- count of washouts. - Nalian Cruiser Stranded. toria, B. C., June .—The Italian cruiser Umbria is stranded three-quar- ters of a mile south of the Sand Heads light, at the entrance to Frazer river This week we will make a special dis- play of waist good, showing the new- est patterns. Just what you want to make up that 4th of July Shirt Waist Suit. 0’Leary & Bowser sippi river ‘The levee protecting the town FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN. Mississippi at La Crosse Highest in Three Years. | La Crosse, Wis., June 12.—The Mis- sissippi river at this point stands the highest for three years, bheing 11.4 feet above low water mark. The fac- tories along the water front have been closed. In the lumber yards water stands several fect deep. and one resi- dence district, flooded two weeks ago, 1s again under water. Heavy rains in this section are ex- pected to cause further rises and it 1s not expected that the height of the flood will be reached before Tuesday. Before that time the railroad tracks on the river front will be under water and shipments from the factories and wholesale houses in that vicinity will be cut off. SIX-INCH RAINFALL. Eight-Foot Rise in Des Moines River at Ottumwa. Ottumwa, Ia., June 12.—A six-inch rainfall has raised the Des Moines river eight feet, imperilling hundreds of homes in the lower districts. The telegraph and telephone service is crippled and there are bad washouts on railroads. Three thousand feet of the main line of the Burlington is gone at Tyrone. Traffic is at a standstill. | At Bonaparte a cloudburst caused the river to rise eighteen feet in five hours and many homes are surrounded by several feet of water. Heavy Rain Causes Flood. Burlington, Ia., June 12.—A terrific rain storm, the worst this season, has flooded almost the entire country sur-; rounding this city. The downpour ; was continuous all night. A number of washouts are leported on the rail- roads.- {PULAJANE CHIEF KILLED I AMERICAN TROOPS SLAY DAGU- HOB AND FORTY OF HIS FOLLOWERS. Washington, June 12.—The secre- tary of war has received the following cablegram from General Corbin at Manila: “Brigadier General Carter reports Captain Stacy, with eighty men of Company E, Twenty-first infantry, and ‘the Thifty-eighth ccmpany, Philippine | scouts, surprised main camp Pula- janes June 4 fifteen miles southeast of Calubig. Daguhob, Pulajane chief, and forty Pulajanes “killed; six cap- tured. Arms and valuable records also captured. None killed on our side; two wounded, doing well. Dagu- hob’s death does away with most trou- blesome faratic on the island of Sa- mar. Operations being carried on in support of and in conjunction with civil authorities NINETY FAMILIES HOMELESS. | Entire Block of Buildings Destroyed by Fire. New York, June 12.—Practically “every building within the block bound- ed by Wythe and Kent avenues and | South Ninth and South Tenth streets, in the Williamsburg section of Brook- lyn, was cither destroyed or badly damaged Dby fire and ninety families were rendered homeless. William Sheehan was probably fatally injured. The loss ls estimated at $300,000. Accused of Election Frauds. Cambridge, Mass., June 12.—Alleged wholesale election and registration | frauds in this city are the basis of | Indiciments which have been returned by the Middlesex county grand jury ainst fifteen men prominent here in clvic politics. DISPOSED TOWARD PEACE. Czar Invited the Action of President Rcosevelt. Berlin, June 12.—The text of Presi- dent Roosevelt’s message on the sub- ject of peace to the governments of Russia and Japan is regarded at the foreign office here as admirable in spirit and phrasing and positive hope now exists of comparatively early peace. The Russian emperor, in fact, invited the action of the president and had much to do with the form that the president’s representdtions took. Em- peror Nicholas, through the counsel of powerful perscnal iniluences in Rus- sia, became disyosed toward peace some days in advance of the presi- dent's action. It was recognized at the Russian court and at this court also that no man in the world could so well make an z\n\,epl for peace as President Roosevelt. Hidknown views, the detachment of the United States from the Kuropean system and the good will Japan feels toward the Unit- ed States made the president the soli- tary statesman who zould take such a step without cither Fide distrusting him or feeling annoyed byjphis solici- tude. The conviction -here is that Russia is now ready for peace and seeks peace and that the only diffi- culties not insurmountable by negotia- tion which might arise lie in the Japa. nese government’s intentioms and terms. EXPECTS JAPANESE ATTACK. Genera! Linevitch Strengthening His Line of Defense. Tokio, June 12.—General Linevitch is reported to be with his headquar- ters at I'enghwa, busily engaged in the personal inspection and direction of his troops for the purpose of strength- ening his line of defense along the Chancun-Kirin line, evidently expect- ing a Japanese onsect. The Russian methods of making re- connaissances in force are said to have remarkably improved. They have ceased lo be disorderly, but owing to the Russians’ overfaithfulness to the text book orders they are still placed at a disadvantage, their movements being anticipated by the Japanese, who prevent them from realizing re- sults commensurate with the amount of sacrifice. OSCAR RECEIVES ADDRESS. Officially Notified of Action of Nor- wegian Storthing. Christiania, Norway, June 12.—The address of the storthing to King Oscar anouncing the dissolution of the un- fon bhetween Norway and Sweden, which the king had previously refused to accept, has been handed to him at Stockholm by a representative of the president of the storthing. BRIEF EITS OF NEWS. Governor Magoon has reported three new cases of yellow fever on the Pana- ma canal zone. According to the census just com- pleted the present population of Min- neapolis is 257,000. Ben Holt, aged 111, born in North Carolina and the oldest man in Ken- tucky, is dead at Webbs Cross Roads, Russell county. His progeny num- bered over 600. It is announced that the degree of LL. D. will be conferred by Tufts col- lege upon Kogoro Takahira, the Japa- nese minister to the United States, at the coming commencement. King Alfonso has left London for Spain. He apparently thoroughly en- Joyed his visit and the character of the farewells testified to the cordiality of the feelings of the host and guest. ‘William H. Rogers, for many years 2 member of the editorial staff of the New York World, is dead from acute pneumonia. He was born in Janes- ville, Wis,, in 1865 and was gradu- ated from Beloit. Legal blanks, all kinds, at the Pioneer Office. An E occupied xcellent Opportunity To Earn Money Is open to a limited number of people in your vicinity. If you are unemployed or if you have un- time, write to us. - The work we offer is clean, dignified and profitable. articularly gooc! results await your efforts in this field. Write to-day for full partlculaxs. CIRCULATION DEPT. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE 3 WEST 29th STREET, NEW YORK CITY ITEN YEARS IN PRISON| EX-BANKER BIGELOW OF MIL- WAUKEE GIVEN LONG TERM AT HARD LABOR. v PLEADS GULTY ON TEN COUNTS RECEIVES LIMIT ON EACH.COUNT, BUT SENTENCE IS MADE CONCURRENT. Miiwaukee, June 12.—Frank G. Bige- low, “the defaulting bank president, pleaded guilty to an indictment of ten counts returned by the federal grand jury charging violation of the national bank law und was sentenced by Unit- ed States District Judge Quarles to a concurrent sentence of ten years. at hard labor in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. ‘When, court met at 2 o’clock Mr. Bigelow stated that he wished to waive examination and plead guilty to all the counts contained in the indict- ment. . District Attorney Butterfield addressed the court stating that he did not believe the law in any case looks FRANK G. BIGELOW. toward the meting out of vengeance, but that the law seeks to have justice done. He stated that the minimum sentence in this case was five years and the maximum ten years on each count. It seemed to him that in sim- ple justice, in vindication of the law, a maximum sentence on one count should be administered in this case. Tn - pronouncing sentence Judge Quarles said that in order to provide against any possibility of an error be- ing established in any of the ten counts he would pronounce sentence on each count. The sentence imposed will be concurrent and not cumulative. Mr. Bigelow was evidently prepared for the worst, as he took the sentence coolly. He was immediately turned over to the United States marshal. ON TWENTY-SEVEN COUNTS. Federal Grand Jury Indicts Aged Bank President. St. Paul, June 12.—Twenty-seven counts, charging false entries and the reckless handling of money entrusted to his care, have been returned in an indictment against Thomas B. Clem- ents, the aged president of the defunct ' First National bank of Faribault, in the federal court now in session here. The banker, who is just seventy-five years old, was in the courtroom and heard the report of sixty pages read by the clerk to Judge Page Morris of the United States district court. The indictment is a voluminous doc- ument and recites at length the man- ner in which many of the transactions were carried out to the benefit of Cleriients and the companies in which he was interested at the expense of | the bank. The transactions covered in the in- dictment show a loss to the bank of nearly $150,000, but according to the reports of the receiver the loss will | probably be considerable in excess of this amount when the rea! value of some of the securities is ascertained. | SWEETHEARTS DIE TOGETHER. Case of Double Suicide by Mutual Agreement. Kansas City, June 12.—Mabel Gates, aged eighteen years, and George Job, ! Jr., were found in a dying condition from the effects of strychnine poison- ing in Rosedale, Kan,, early in the-day. Doth died before medical aid could be administered. they voluntarily took the poison, hav: ing made a mutual agreement to com- ' mit suicide. The young couple had been sweethearts for several months. IS SERIOUSLY WOUNEGED. Attempt to Assassinate Russian Secret Service Official. London, June 12.—A dispatch to & news agency from Kieff, Russia, savs an attempt was made during the after- | noon to- assassinate Iieutenant Colo- nel Spiridovitch of the secret servlce police. The colonel was walking in the main'street of the city when an unknown man fired twice at him with & revolver. Bot] shots ‘were effective and Spirldovltch was ueflonx!x wo\mfl- It is supposed (hat‘ WOUNDED MAN IMPROVING. | Members of Philadelphia Union Re- leased on Bail. Phiadelphia, June 12—The forty- one members of the National Struc- tural lronworkers and Bridge Build- ers’ union who yere committed to the county prison Friday in connection ‘With the shooting of William Joyce, a fellow member, during a meeting on Thursday night, have been released on $1,000 bail each. Joyce's condition is reported improved and it is now thought likely he will recover. The police haye been working diligently to learn the facts of the shooting, but neither Joyce nor the forty-one defendants can be induced to divulge the details. They adhere to their original story that the shoot- ing was done by a man named Chet- wood, who acted as doorkeeper, but the police have been unable to ascer- tain his whereabouts. CONVICT HEIR TO $10,000. Indiana Murderer Shares in Estate of Relative. Michigan City, Ind., June 12.—Will- iam Caldwell, a prisoner in the state penitentiary who was convicted three years ago for murdering an Indianap- olis man, has received $10,000, his portion of an estate left by an Eastern relative. PEAGE CONFERENGES ENDED NEITHER SIDE INVCLVED IN CHI- CAGO STRIKE IS READY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS. Chicago, June 12.—With neither side ready to make concessions the sixty- fifth day of the teamsters’ strike was minus the usual programme of peace conferences. Chairman J. V. Farwell, Jr., selected to act as head of the Chi- cago Employers’ association and the man to whom all propositions from the teamrsters’ camp must be presented to insuce their presentation to the em- ploying interests, declared positively that he would not take the initiative. Speaking for the Employers’ Teaming company Attorney Victor Sincere said there was nothing leit to settle. He considers the strike broken. “June, July and August are the dull months,” continued Mf. Sincere. The business of the merchants is nearly normal. They can remain in the dead- lock position with the strikers without feeling any ill effects. The manufac- turers are not involved and the job- bers have made their deliveries. The spring trade is over.” DENIED BY DRISCOLL. Knows Nothing of Attempt to Bribe Teamsters’ Officials. Chicago, June 12.—John C. Driscoll, former secretary of the Coal Team Owners’ association, whose name has figured largely in charges attributed to former President Young and Presi- dent Shea of the Teamsters, has re- turned to Chicago. Driscoll denied the truth of the stories ascribed to Young and Shea. He has been mien- tioned as having knowledge of mor transactions alleged to have beer con- ducted by various employers to obtain or call off strikes. Immediately upon his arrival in Chicago Mr. Driscoll got into communication with the state’s attorney and agreed to appear before the grand jury when wanted. MADE ATTACK ON TRUSTS. Court Rebukes Former Attorney Gen. eral of Ohio. Columbus, O., June 12.—A sensation was created in the United States dis- trict court by Judge Wanty rebuking former Attorney General Frank Monett for his remarks regarding the beef trust and corporations in general while making an argument before the jury in the case of Wilfred Walker, who sued the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for $50,000 damages for cutting: off Loth his legs. Monett said he wished to call attention to the crippled man and the rapacity of corporations and said that the testimony offered by Walker ought to be taken even in a beef trust investigating case. Judge Wanty, in his instructions to the jury, told them that the jury is to | decide the case on the testimony of- |fered and not by prejudice against corporations. “I say this,” said the judge, “be- { cause of the remarks of the prosecu- tion regarding the beef trust and cor- ‘porations in general. This case is to be decided upon the evidence and not upon prejudice.” Mr. Monett lost the case. WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT. | Lawyer Patrick Not Ready to Go to Electric Chair, Ossining, N. Y., June 12.—Albert T. Patrick was informed in his cell in Sing Sing prison of the decision of the New York state court of appeals %Sus- taining a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree in causing | the death of William Marsh Rice, the aged millionaire, in New York city in 1900. The warden said the news did not seem to have the slightest effect on; Patrick’s appetite or spirits. He was not only cool but was even cheer- ful and did not appear to think the court’s decision was by any means final. He told the warden that he in- {tended to have a reargument of the . case and (hat a motion for a new trial \wonld be macde to the appellate divi- sion and probably also to the:court of appeals. be based on the ground of mewly dis- ered evidence l.nd errors at the ! er trial. READY TO DISCUSS PEACE. Announcement Made by Russian For- eiyn Office. St. Petersburg, June 12.—It was stated at the foreign office during the morning that Russia isi ready to ap- point representatives to hear the Japa- nese proposals, on being informed that Japan is nominating representa- tives for this purpose. President Roosevelt’s action in bringing about a meeting of represen- tatives of the warring nations is a diplomatic triumph of the first magni- tude and the diplomats here make no attempt to conceal their admiration for the New World brand of diplomacy, which acts while the remainder of the world thinks. President Roosevelt’s urgent expres- sion in favor of direct negotiations ex- clusively between the belligerents points straight to the battle$eld in Mancharia as the scene of the negotia- tions and the diplomats™ere generally entertain the view that Russia and Ja- pan had best settle their quarrel there, beyond the range of possible outside infiuence. To the policy of non-inter- ference practically all the powers are committed. Great Britain, it is felt here in diplomatic circles, will now complete the realization of what the president has begun by restraining her ally and inducing Japan to proffer moderate terms which Russia can ac cept. MR. CLEVELAND M}GEPTS WILL BECOME ONE OF THE TRUS- TEES OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE COMPANY. Princeton, N. J., June 12.—Former President Cleveland said during the day-that he had received official noti- fication of his selection as one of three trustees of the Equitable Life Assur- ance sociely and that he thought it his duty to accept the position. MORTON MAKES STATEMENT. Wil Work for Interests of Policyhold- ers of Equitable Life. New York, June 12.—Paul Morton, the newly elected chairman of the board of directors of the Rquitable Life Assurance society, said during the day that in his plans for the reor- ganization of the society he intends to consider first of all the interests of the policyholders. “You can say for me,” said Mr. Mor- ton, “that my watchword in my con- nection with the Equitable Life Assur- ance society will be ‘for the best in- terest of the policyholders.” I do not propose to reflect in any way on the former management. I -simply take The action, he said, would matters as I find them and skall give my etforts to carry on the business in the proper way. The interests of the policyholders are the greatest inter- ests and it would seem to me that no policy leaving this fact opt of consid- eration can succeed.” Mr. Morton spent a part of the day in conference with President James W. Alexander and Vice Presidents Hyde, Wilson and Tarbell in Presi dent Alexander's office. Mr. Morton afterward said he had called a meet- ing of the executive committee of the Equitable society for Wednesday. It was yet too early, Mr. Morton said, for him to define his policy in the Equitable society and he would not be able actively to take up his new work until relieved of his official duties at Washington. It is probable that some of the for- mer directors who recently withdrew will be asked to reconsider their res- ignations. MANY JAP VESSELS SUNK. Crew of Russian Destroyer Reiterates Statement. St. Petersburg, June 12.—A long dispatch from Rear Admiral Reitzen- stein to the ministry of marine, dated Shanghai, June 6, gives the official re- port of the commander of the torpedo boat destroyer Bodri, which recently arrived there in tow of a merchant steamer, but adds little to the knowl- edge about the battle of the Sea of Japan. The Bodri, after taking off seventy-nine officers and men from the torpedo boat destroyer Blestiaschy, which was sinking, tried to catch up with Rear Admiral Enquist’s squadron but ran out of fuel and lay helpless until picked up by the steamer Konel- ing and towed to Shanghai. The offi- cers of the Bodri and the rescued men on bovard of her reiterate that th& Javanese lost two battleships, one of which was of the Mikasa and the other of the Shikishima type,.and one ar mored cruiser and three other cruis- ers. . SPOTTED FEVER "FROM BITE. Woodticks Held to Blame for Montan- an’s Disease. Billings, Mont., June 12.—Michael Kearney was brought to this city dur- ing the day from Bridger, a little town near here, for medical attention. He is suffering from spotted fever, which disease is believed by the physi- ‘cians to haye been caused by the bites of woodticks. Kearney’s body is covered with the red blotches typ- ical of the disease and his condition is critical.. Geérmany’s View of Treaty. Berlin, June 12.—The German gov- ernment’s draft of views on the pro- posed commercial treaty with the | United States is in course of prepara- tion for submission to Washington in jJuly. It is based upon the reports of the German chambers of comnmm ‘authorities. 5 nd;mmmmdfl WII.I. DISCUSS - PEACE RUSSIA AND JAPAN AGREE TO PRESIDENT’S SUGGESTION TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS. 'DECLARATION OF ARMISTICE LIKELY / PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF BELLIG- ERENTS EXPECTED TO MEET IN° WASHINGTON. Washington, June 12—The Asso- elated Press has definite knowledge that both the Russian and Japanese governments have accepted President Roosevelt’s suggestion' ‘and that a meeting of representatives of the two contending powers is assured. From an authoritative official source it is learned that it has been prac- tically determined that the plenipo- tentiaries of Japan and Russia, for the determination of peace terms, will hold their sessions in Washington. Since the acceptance by both Russia and Japan of President Roosevelt’s proposal the text of his identical note to the two belligerents has been made public. In the interest of humanity the president urged the warring na- tions to conclude peace. It was sug- gested by the president that the nego- tiations for peace be conducted “direct- ly and exclusively” between the bel- ligerent nations. -~ The note indicated the president’s belief that an intermediary may not be necessary to effect conclusive nego- tiations, but likewise expressed the president’s willingness to do all that he properly could to promote the pre- liminary arrangements for a time and place for the meeting of répresenta- tives of the Russian and Japanese gov- ernments. WILL GEASE HOSTILITIES REQUEST FOR AN ARMISTICE THE NEXT MOVE IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Washington, June 12.—Officials in Washington who have been closely following negotiations conducted by the president to bring ahout peace be- tween Japan and Russia expect that the next move will be a request for an armistice, as it is not thought prob- able that hostilities will continue after plenipotentiaries are named to arrange peace terms. While there are prece- dents for the continuation of hostili- ties even after a peace conference has begun it will Ue unusual and the be- lief is expressed that both Japan and Russia had already desisted from fur- ther aggressive movements even be- fore the suggestion of the president was accepted. It is thought here that the United States government will be the medium of communication until some diplomatic channel is established between the belligerent nations. PRAISE, FOR ROOSEVELT. Diplomats Speak in Highest Terms of His Move for Peace. London, June 12.—The keenest in- terest is manifested in President Roosevelt’s note endeavoring to bring Japan and Russia to an understand- ing. While the British government is not taking any part in the negotia- tions it is giving the most cordial sup- port to the president, of whose actions in the matter it has been kept fully informed. Diplomatic and official cir- cles speak in the highest terms of the diplomatic manner in which the presi- dent handled the matter and are fully in accord with what they consider to be the only way in which the difficulty could be overeome. The United States not being entangled in any way was really the only country which could take action, but even President Roose- velt could do no more than erdeavor to start direct negotiations between the belligerents.” Japan, it can be stated, refused to start the negotia- tions until fully assured of the earnest- ness of Russia and that her proposals ‘would be seriously considered. Immense Indemnity Demanded. Japan’s demands will include an in- demnity, the amount of which has been ifixed by the Japanese govern- ment, and on this point the president is urging lenient treatment. It is con- sidered here that Japan is entitled tq an indeinnity and it is pointed out that ‘while the payment of an indemnity might affect the standing of Russia among the powers it is not so serious as the loss of territory, beside the payment of an indemnity would be forgotten sooner than the loss of terri- tory and would leave no feeling for re- venge. Financial circles in London are of the opinion that the Japanese will demand an indemnity amounting o about $1,000,000,000, that being their estimate of the cost to the Japanese of the sixteen months’ fighting. This is considered in some quarters to be too large an estimate of the expendi- ture, which is thought to be nearer $600,000,000. Diplomatic ecircles in London are closely concerned about the present movement and sre of the ‘opinion that the plenipotentiaries Illl in Washington,