Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 13, 1905, Page 1

SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY PROM- ISED AGAINST LABOR LEAD- ERS AT CHICAGO. STRIKE S.TUATION IS UNCHANGED NO NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY LOOKING TO SETTLEMENT OF TROUBLE. Chicago, June 13.—Members of the June-grand jury, which convened du:- Ing the day, were prepared by State's Attorney | y and Assistant State’s Attorney” I'ake to listen to a sens tional expose concerning the actiors of several labor leade: It is repori- ed that the investizators, working ui- der the direction of Mr. Fake and a police inspector, have gathered evi- dence of blackmailing plots - against business houses, evidence of efforts to curb competition and of alleged dara- aging admissions made by the labor leaders. Nothing was done during the day toward a settlement of the teamsters’ No negotiations are in proz- ress and there was no talk of any in the future. Some of the members of the Team Owners’ association, which rejected by a decided vote the propo- sition to make deliveries to the boy- cotted houses, will try, at the meeting of the urganization to be held shortly, to bring ny the question for further consideration. PEACE WILL BE PRESERVED. Mayor of Chicago Addresses Team | Owners’ Convention. Chicago, June 13.—The third annual convention of the Team Owners’' as- sociation of America began here dur- ing the day. Mayor Edward F. Dunue gave the address of welcome. Refe ring to the teamsters’ strike he said: “No doubt a great many of you gen- tlemen have read that the streets of our clty are running with blood and that riot and turmoil are in compleie control. that your lives and property are pei- tectly safe. In the streets you may see a wagon with a sign on it or a policeman riding on the seat, but that is not a sign of rioting or troublc; they are there to insure peace and to protect property, which has a perfect right of the streets, and, gentlemen, let me assure you that as long as I am mayor of Chicago peace will be preserved to the very last limit of our resources and when those fail we will call upon powers within our lini. its, but at the present time there is l'm necessity to call upon those powers.” ROCKEFELLER WINS LONG FIGHT “Tarrytown (N. Y.) Saloonkeeper Witl Quit Business. Tarrytown, N. Y. June 13.—John Melin, who owns a little hotel adjoin- ing the country estate of John D. Rockefeller at Tarrytown, has adver- tised his salogn for sale. It is believed that on account of Mr. Rockefeller’s buying up the little vil- lage where the saloon is located his business has been ruined. Several vears ago Mr. VOLUME 8. NUMBER 44. BLACKMAILING ALLEGED Let me assure you, however, | endedvorea 10 DUY* A€ saloon, ¥s ne did not want liquors sold in the viein- ity of his place; and Melin would not part with his hotel. Now Mr. Rocke- feller is going to wipe out the village of Briggsville and transform it into an artificial lake and Melin’s will be the only place left. 'TO COMPETE WITH TRUST. Farmers’ Packing Company Organized at Sterling, 1. Sterling, , June 13.—The Farm- ers’ "uhmg Lump'my has been organ- here with a capital of $1,500,000, the intention being to compete with the Chicago packing industry. The corporation is composed of farmers, stock raisers and retailers in meats and aid to have an option on ten acres of land and a packinghouse near the Hawthorne racetracks. IDLE. PHILADELPHIA MINT Ccinage of Silver Stopped Because of Large Supply on Hand. Philadelphia, June 12.—There is s0 j much silver coin in the sub-ireasury that cong has not seen fit to send any additional silver bullion to thig clty for coinage. As a result Superin: tendent Landis has notified all em ployes of the local mint that work in all departments will be suspended, The supply of silver at the mint prac- tically has been exhausted, Workrazan Killed by Explosion, Chicago, June 13.—By the explosion of a furnace at the plant of the Iro- quois Irou company one man is be- lieved to have dost his life and two others were burned severely. Nich- olas Rejoif, the worker believed to have been killed, was standing within a few feet of the furnace. Wash Goods. This week we will make a special dis- play of wash goods showing the new- est patterns. Just what you want to make up that 4th of July Shirt Waist Suit. 0’Leary & Bowser Rockefeller - CHANGES IN THE CABINET. Thorough Reorganization of - French Government May Occur. = ‘Paris, June 13.—It is expected that | several diplomatic and ministerial changes resulting from the resiema- tion of M. Delcasse, until recently. for- elen minister, will be settled at the next meeting of the cabinet. Leon Bourgeois probably will suc- ceed M. Binourd as ambassador at Ber- lin, thus inaugurating a new conecill- atory. policy concerning Morocco. Pré- mier Rouvier is still undecided about retaining the portfolic of foreign af- fairs with the expectation that M, de Freyecinet or M. Constang, ambassador. to Turkey. will enter the foreign office if M. Rouvier concludes to retain the finance- portfolio. There is reason to believe that the conference between Prince von Rad- olin, the German ambassador to France, and Premicg Rouvier have shown that Germany” does not make an international conference on Mo- rocco a “sina quo non.” This permits the consideration of other direct-means for an adjustment between Germany and Franc COSTLY FIRE IN TEXAS. Packinghouse Plant Valued at $450,- 000 Destroyed. = Fort Worth; Tex., June 13.—What is known as the old packinghouse plant in Fort Worth, comprising eight build- ings, was destroyed by fire Sunday. The plant cost something like $450,000. ‘The insurance is estimated at $84,000. ‘With the building was consumed most of the contents. The plant was the property of the Southwestern Mechani- cal company. AGNES MYERS FOUND GUILTY. Missouri Woman to Be Executed for Killing Her Husband. Liberty, Mo., June 13.—The jury which has been sitting for the past week “in the case of Agnes Meyers of Kansas Cily, charged with the mur- i der of her husband, Clarence Meyers, Sunday returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. This ver- dict means that the death penalty by hanging is to be inflicted. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Hon. George E. Seney, congresman from the Tiffin (0.) district from 1883 to 1891, is dead at Tiffin. John H. Eagle, aged ninety years; wlio, it thought, was the oldest printer in the United States, is dead at Indianapolis. Burglars broke into the Carnegie Iibrary at Janesville, Wis., a hundred yards from the county jail, and ran- sacked the whole building, securing some money. Charles S. Burnes is dead at Evans- ville,.Ind., aged eighty years. He was formerly one of the best known horse- men in the country, owning -several valuable stables. Extensive improvements by the Chi- cago @reat Western road are fore- shadowed in the announcement that stockholders will vote next September upon a proposition to increase the preferred B stock by $14,000,000. The object of the increase is not made known. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At St. Louis, 6; Brooklyn, 4. At Chicago, 4; New York, 0. At Cincinnati, 1; Philadelphia, 6. American Association. At Milwaukee, 3; Indianapolis, 0. At Toledo. 4: Kansas Citv. 0. B2 EEEKE FOSTER @ WALDO 7 . Nw: ern Minnesota. W i “ to this point. lid AERREKKEI N (KK The Representative MUSIC HOUSE id Of Minneapolis are extending their business in North- Recognizing the growing importance of this locality, they have shipped a Carload carload of their finest and best PIANOS FOSTER & WALDO are the Blggest Spot Cash Buyers of Pianos in the Northwest. They handle only Reliable and Well Known makes. and have been associated in the Music Trade in ane- apolis for the last 25 years. . W. H. and Elmer E. Foster are in the elty and_ will call upon the public of _Bemxdn; . — |l all il ol NDS INENBATEE SOME LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED ONE FABMER DROWNED AND SEV- ERAL PERSONS ARE SAID TO BE MISSING. Hannibal, Mo., June 13.—The flood- ed Mississippi river has spread over all the unprotected lowlands and {is from five to eight miles wide between here and Keokuk, Ia. Near Alexan- dria, Mo., a farmer named Riley Small- wood was. drowncd and seven other persons are reported missing. Great numbers of dead animals are floating past Hannibal and from Alexandrin, Canton, Memphis, West Quincy. and Ieokuk reports have becn reeeived of the general loss of live stock. The fiood came so suddenly that the farm- ers in the lowlands had no time to do more than save their families and live stock was left to perish. The river continues to rise here at the rate of three inches an hour. An army of men is at work In the lower portion of Hannibal endeavoring to save property. The railroad yards and factory district are inundated. All available boats are making trips up and down the river rescuing per- sons who escaped to points above the water line. Many of the small levees have broken, but the Sny Tevee, which’ ex- tends along the east side of the river for miles, still holls, although gangs of men have been constantly employed repairing fissures. The property loss already suffered; it is estimated, will run into several millicns. GROWING CROPS Des Moines River at Keokuk, Makes New High Maric. Keokuk, la., June 13.—After reach- ing the eighteen:foof mark the Missis- sippl river here is mow falling. The Des Moines river is also falling, after reaching the highest mark ever known here; -breaking the levee in three places and flooding the town of Alex- andria, Mo. Other levees on the Mis- souri and Tllinois sides are now out of danger. The river is ten miles ‘wide, extending from Warsaw, Ill, to the bluffs of the Missouri river. Hun- dreds of acres of growing crops are inundated. INUNDATED. FATAL RACE RIOT ON CAR. [White Man Provokes Quarrel by Curs- ing Negro. Charleston, S. C., June 13.—As a re- sult of a race riot that occurred on the Aiken and Augusta trolley line, about one mile on the South Carolina side in North Augusta, Peter Renew, white, is dead; Charles Willis, a negro, and E. F. Fishburne, conductor, are mortally wounded; Morgan Willis, a negro, and Maxie Boyd, white, are se- riously injured. At the inquest over Renew it was shown that Boyd started the trouble by cursing Willis, a negro, who turned and cut him. The car was stopped to put Willis off and he began to fire into the car. There were eighty-seven passengers_ anqd several produced pistols and at least sixty shots were fired. The cor- oner’s verdict charged Willis with killing Renew and names Milligan Willis as accessory. CLOSE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. Grand Rapids (Mich.) Alarmed by Epidemic of Smallpox. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 13.—By order of the board of health all schools and churches: have been closed on ac- count of the alarming spread of small- pox, which has taken on,the nature of a dangerous epidemic. The schools would have closed anyway this week, but it was thought best to close them at once and all commencement, exer: cises and other entertainments con- nected with the annual closing will be omitted. - Figures given out by the board of health show there are seventy-five cases now P the city. Of these forty- four were reported the last three days of last week, while seven cases were reported Sunday. The alarming fea- ture is that it is becqmlng 50 wme- spread. PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED. Narrowly Enape Death m Cnllulon at Lyle, Minm ~ Mason City, Ia:,. June 13—A Chi- cago, Milwaukee and S Paul. freight train crashed into an ‘train at Lyle, Minn., cutting tbination car,” smashing the end out of a sléeper, pulling ‘both her trucks and damaging Fry Foster (& Waldo---Musxc House LOST 3120; anon Man Robbe. Boston, June 13.—A robbery involy-: ing the loss of $120,000 seeufiues by Menry W. Comstock o which occurred on board' the kteamer Puritan’ during her trip from New York to Fall River Sunday night, was reported ‘to the' police authorities of this city during the day. The securi- flies, whicll included twenty-two cer- tificates of stock of various, railroad and of the United States. Steel cor- poration, were taken from under.a pillow in Mr. Comstock's stateroom by some oue .who, it is. believed, had: climbed through a window. The se- purities were received by Mr, Cem- stock in a business transaction at a New York hotel on Saturday-and it is nessed the-incident followed' the man on hoard the hoat-and then committed the robbery. Shortly after. Mr. Com- a telephone message from New York telling him-that ‘he could regain the lost ‘property by paying a suitable amount-of cash. STRENGTHEN MANILA FLEET. Two Battleships Will Be Sent to Phil- - lppine Waters: New York, June 13.—An officer of the battleship squadron of the North Atlantic ficet said during the day that he understood that two of the first class battleships now attached to the fleet would be sent to Asiatic waters to reinforce Réar Admiral Train. He refused to state why. - ? Train will then have one of the most powerful fleets in the Orient. FLOOD IN NEW YORK SUBWaY PASSENGERS ON STALLED CARS HAVE A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. New York, June 13.—Train service {n the subway was suspended through- out the night as a result of the burst- ing of a forty-eight-inch . water main. The flow of water continued uminter- rupted four and one-half hours, while subalterns of the city water depart- ment wandered about in the vicinity of Park avenue and Forty-first street turning’ off one gate-after another’in a futile search for the proper shutoff to stop the destructive flood. Officials of the subway frantically telephoned in all directions, but.say they failed to find any* one In authority with the requisite knowledge of the mains. The damage was finally checked through information furnished by a - private citizen employed by a contracting frm> It is estimated that the loss to the subway alone will be' $100,000. Persons who were caught in the trains near the flood when the power failed had a terrifying experience. All the lights were suddenly extinguished, following a series of loud explosions. Men, women and children who filled the cars were thrown into a panic of dread, as the tunnel suddenly became intensely dark. There was a rush for the doors when the water began to spray through the open windows, but the guards held their ground -and closed the windows. The temperature quickly became stifling and finally the guards were unceremoniously pushed aside while the passengers plunged into the water and made. their way to the nearest stations, groping along the walls in order to avoid the third rail current. BATTLE IN WYOMING. Cattle Rustlers and Ranchers Engage in Deadly Conflict. Blackfoot, Ida., June 13.—A bloody batile has taken place near the edge of Jacksons Hole, Wyo. A number of cattle rustlers rounded up about ninety head of fine steers and started toward the most favorable railroad point, the -|intention being to gather more cattle en route. The ranchers to whom the cattle be- longed organized a posse and pursued the outlaws. There ‘was a ‘running fight for sixty miles. Two of the rus- tlers were killed, also one of the set- tlers, and numerous wounds were sus- tained. Later reports from ‘the Jacksons Hole country indicate that the battle between ranchers and outlaws was more sanguinary than was indicated by the earlier reports. It is now stated that six persons were killed, four outlaws and {wo ranchers. = Sey- eral horses were killed during the fight, five being shot down in one spot. ONEV‘LIFE PROBABLY LOST. Flre at Kokomo, Ind., Wipes Out a “Glass-Plant. Kokomo, Ind.; June 13.—One life be- lieved to have been lost, $150,000 dam- ages and 225 men bereft "of employ- ment is the result of a fire of un-. (known _origin which destroyed the:lo- cal pla.nt of the National Flint Glass company, known as the Jenkins fac- tory; with $25,000. worth of stock, in the extreme sonth portion of this city. suspected that some one who' wit- stock had reached this city he received | -{the hospital. ment for Peace. * Paris, June 13—Opinion in ofllc!al and diplomatic quarters is becoming of the peace movement owing to the reserved attitude of ‘Russia and the activity of the-war party. A special dispatch to the semi-official Temps 'says the influential Russians forming the war element are making a strong rally, réinforced by a protest against peace telegraphed from the field by General Linevitch and all-the division commanders: However,” the Temps adds that the civilized world “contin- .ues to support the energetic yet pru- dent efforts of President Roosevelt. to end the terrible slaughter.” ~ The Russian officials here reflect a view similar to that outlined in the St. Petersburg dispatch to the Temps, saying that a great deal remains to be determined upon before a definite accord is arranged. BURN WOMAN TO HIDE CRIME. Tramps Believed to Have Cremated Wife of lowa Farmer. Waterloo, - Ia.,,- June 13—W. J. Schrock, a prominent farmer. living near. Waterloo, on. returning home found the charred body of his wife in the ruins of the coalshed. The trunk had been wholly con- sumed by the fire, only the head and portions of the lower limbs remain- ing. The theory is generally entertained that the woman was the victim of tramps, who took this-method to con- ceal their action. SRe R i EKD OF RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY FIRST SESSION OF THE NEW PAR- LIAMENT TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER, St. Petersburg, June 13—The Rus- sian experiment in parliamentarism will begin in September., The Asso- ciated Press is now in a position to make this positive announcement. The emperor has alrcady given his approval to the scheme now being finally but formally reviewed by the council of state for a legislative body <onsisting -of “a lower house .and an upper house, with power to formulate legislation, discuss the budget, inter- pellate ministers, etc., but reserving in the emperor’s own hands the final author The elections will take g the coming summer. Al though the scheme clings with des- peration to the essence of autocracy it marks the beginning of the end. The die once cast there can be no retreat and the quasi-parliamentary regime which will be inaugurated will prove to be only a transitory bridge over which absolutism must cross to con- stitutionalism. Peace and a constitu- tion appear simultaneously on - the Russiap horizon. 'The proclamation of parliament either in the form of a manifesto or as a ukase will be pro- mulgnled \vllmn a few days. NAVAL ATTACK REPULSED. Victory for Land Batteries in Sham Engagement. Baltimore, June 13.—Admiral Dick- ins' squadron made a demonstration on the local fortifications early in the morning and up to 1:30 o’clock three torpedo boat destroyers were the- oretically blown out of the water by the artillerymen stationed at Fort Howard. Two of these answered the descriptions of the Worden and Whip- ple, while ‘he third was eitber the McDonough Stewart or Lawrence. Later a fourth destroyer was discov- ered and “sunk.” Then the battleship Texas made a frontal demonstration and from a seven-foot knoll fired her big and little guns at Fort Howard. While the Texas was making this demonstration a swift cruiser made a flank movement and went up_the bay toward Pooles island. It was discov- ered in the nick of time by the men at Fort Howard, who fired on the ship. The fire was returned and after a lively skirmish the gunners at the fort theoretically sent both the Texas and the cruiser to the bottom. IN THE HOSPITAL. BIGELOW Prison Physician Fears General Phy-| = sical Breakdown. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 13.— Frank G. Bigelow, the former Milwau- kee banker who was brought here Sunday night to begin his ten years’ sentence in the federal prison, is in His nervous condition is such that Dr. Thomas, under whose. care he is, fears a general physical breakdown. After Bigelow had been photographed early in the day his con- dition: was found to be such that it was decided not to put him through the preliminaries until Jater. Bigelow utters no word of complainf - % Went to Sleep on Railroad Track. - Cedar Rapids, Ia., June. 13—Alex A}eunder and Art_mu' B glmm of Making -Strong Fight Agalnst Move- | rather pessimistic as to the outcome’ St. Petersburg. dispatches showing the. FOR NEGOTIATIONS. ANSWER TO PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT’S NOTE RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON. St. Petersburg, June 13 —Russfa’ official reply to President Roosevelt’s Buggestion for a peace conferen: uow or its way to Washington. -For- foreign minister at. the foreign office. = The warring countries both haying formally agreed to try to conclude peace the next step, it is explained here, will be the first direct exchange in which Japan is expected to take the initiative by indicating, doubtless through an intermediary at Washing- ton, her views as .to the time and place of the meeting. Russia will offer no objections to any reasonable suggestion In this respect, being pre- pared to at once iSsue instructions to her preliminary plenipotentiary, whose personalily for the moment depends upon the place Japan names, According to the Russian view it is Impracticable to attempt to prohibit the movement of troops or supplies during the armistice and fears con- tinue to be expressed that there will be a broad gap between Japan’s mini- mum and Russia’s miaximum. But dip- lomatic fencing is now the order of the day. CASSINI VISITS ROOSEVELT. Conference Relates to Russia’s Reply” to Peace Proposal. ‘Washington, June 13.—Count Cas- sini, the Russian ambassador, had a half hour’s conference with the presi- | dent during the day. At its conclusion Count Cassini returned at once to his embassy,” declining to discuss in any ‘way the object of his visit. ‘conference related to the reply of the Russian government to the proposition made by President Roosevelt last £ri- day is known, but whether Count Cas- .. sini presented to the president for- mally the response of Russia could not be ascertained. It can be sald, how- ever, that the reply of the Russian government already had been re- ceived by the president before his in- terview with Count Cassini. Later it became known ofilcially that Ambassador Cassini called to ex- Press the Russian government’s con- sent to the president’s proposition and to state that Russia would appoint plenipotentiaries to meet the plenipo- tentiaries of Japan and to discuss the question of peace. The place of meet- Ing is being discussed. M. WITTE GOING ABROAD. May Represent Russia in Proposed Peace Negotiations. St. Petersburg, June 13.—M. Witte, president of the committee of minis- ters, is leaving St. Petersburg for a trip abroad in two weeks. This very significant announcement is coupled with the statement that he is going “on public business.” His visit was instantly associated with the peace negotiations and it is possible that - - Emperor Nicholas has decided if a reasonable basis for negotiations is offered by Japan to inake use of the services of the ablest and strongest personality in the empire. iu the public mind M. Witte stands out prominently as the one Russian statesman who should direct the peace negotiations, but an intimate friend of the Russian statesman assures the As- sociated Press that he knows M. Witte has not been approached on the sub- ject. Undoubtedly court influence ‘would be solid against his selection. M. Witte is thoroughly familiar with the Far Eastern question in all its bearings. IN THE EAST. Japs Should Recognize Russia as an Asiatic. Power. St. Petersburg, June 13.—The Novoe ‘| MUST REMAIN .| Vremya prints a remarkable editorial, - which may be inspired, deprecating - optimism -among the diplomatists at the present movement “unless Japan, under the slogan of ‘Asia for the Asi- atics,’ in her origin, history and destiny, is an Asiatic as well as a European power and be ready to conclude not. peace but an alliance.” The ‘Novoe Vremya adds that it has. always ‘“preached the doctrine that Russia is the bulwark of Europe against the yellow peril” The edi torial attracted: instant attenfim\ coucludes as follow: “if Japan can only recognhxe. Russia must remain an Asiatic power as well as herself durable md manent | peace is posslble." = RUSSIA PREPARED 0 PARTIGIPATE. eign Minister Lamsdorff transmitted it to Ambassador Meyer and later the - ‘ambassador had an interview with'the - That the - should recognize that Russia, e {