Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 26, 1905, Page 1

-8 VOLUME 3. NUMBER SECRETARY HAY SUFFERS RELAPSE Aged Statesman’s Condition Last Night Demanded Services of Special- ist---Better Today. Newbury, N. H., June 26 —Secre- tary Hay suffered a sudden relapse and nervous breakdown lasy night and Dr. Scudder of Boston, a specialist, was brought to the secretary’s sum- mer home on a special train. Mr. Hay's condition is much improved to- day. PRELIMINARIES PROGRESSING. No General Engagement Yet Begun in Manchuria. St. Petersburg, June 26.—Informa- rom the front is still scanty. thie preliminaries are in prog- 1 general engagement has not yet rmegun. ieneral Linevitch's latest report is dated June 20, but the As: clated Press dispatch from Godzy dani record a reconnaissance in force against the Japanese right June 21. The pancse were found to have strongly fortified in this region three lines of defense, probably as usual strengthened in the center by en-| i rencNMents 1 OTGEr (o NLeiate T0rees to work on the flanks. Sinister ru- mors continue to circulate that Line- vitch is surrounded, but apparently they have no other base than the Lon- don Daily 'l‘clegnpln dlspatch from Takin The negotiations for a meeung or the peace plenipotentiavieg are pro- ceeding slowly. Foreign Minister Lamsdorfl is still ill and unable to see American Ambassador Meyer. It is improbable that.an armistice will be arrangeable until the plenipotentiaries are named and the time of the meet- ing is fixed. The foreign office says it is now awaiting Japan’s proposi- tions on these 'points. JUNE SHOE BARGAINS Buy your Fourth of July shoes this month, until Friday Night, June 30th, we will give you a large stock of $4.00 and $5.00 Ladies’ shoes, from which you can take your choice by giving us $3.45 They will be marked with a RED SEAL son’s goods, Viei Kid and Patent Leather.. overstocked in Ladies’ High Priced Shoes. all this sea. We are Good chance to make a little Fourth of July money by buying a pair of these shoes. Children’s Shaft Pierce Shoes at a discount of 20 per cent. Men’s All American Black Shoes at a Discount of 25 per cent. Remember these bargains are ONLY for Tuesday Thursday Wednesday. KE'riday O0’Leary & Bowser. WARSAW ST REET - DANISH CADETS GO SCENE OF STRIF E T0 WATERYGRAVES Jewish Streets of Russian City in Open Revolt Training Schooner Rammed- by Brifish ---Stores Closed and Traffic Has Closed-- Bloodshed Feared at Any Moment. Warsaw, Russian Polland, June 26. —This city has the appearance of a military: encampment. Thirty - four battallions of infantry are stationed in the town. The Jewish districts are in full reyolt, shops and stores are closed and traffic has ceased, and street cars have been overturned to form the necleus of barricades. The ugly temper ot both the populace and troops treatens to break into blood- shed at any moment. ———— LOCMIS SAILS FOR EUROPE GOING ABROAD ON SECRET MIS- SION FOR THE STATE DE- PARTMENT. New York, June 26.—On a secret mission for the state department, for which he was commissioned by Presi- dent Roosevelt, Francis B. Loomis, as- sistant secretary of state, sailed for Southampton during the day on the steamer Philadelphia. Concerning the mission Mr. Loomis would only say: “] am not only going as a special ambassador to receive Paul Jones [ vody but aiso have been commissioned by the president to perform a secret mission for the state department while abroad. 1 must decline positively to state what my mission is.” “Has it anything to do with peace?” was asked. “1 can say nothing,” was his reply. Mr. Loomis said he expected that his secret mission would prevent him from returning with the warship squadron which will bring the body of Admiral Paul Jones, as he had expect- ed to do, but that he hoped to return in about a month. TO VISIT DIPLOMATIC POSTS. Loomis Will Investigate Embassies and Legations. ‘Washington, June 26. —Ro;:ardmg the trip abroad of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis it is said at the state department that he has been commis- sioned by the president to make an investigation of the business methods of the various diplomatic posts of the United States in Furope with a view) to bringing about such reforms as may De suggested by the inquiry, in co-- nection with his own experience in the state department. It is expected that this mission will occupy him for per- haps two months. His inquiry will not affect in any way the conduct of the diplomatic business of the embas- sies and legations, but merely has to do with the adminisirative affai It is not expected now that M mis will return to the state department to remain for any considerable time— and he may not return at all—as as- sistant secretary of state. That he will receive some appointment at the hands of the president seems certain now, but it has not been determined yet what the appointment will be. STEPHEN NEAL GONE. Author of Fourteenth Amendment Dies in Indiana. Lebanon, Ind.,, June 26.—Judge Ste- phen Neal, author of the Fourteenth | amendment to the United States Con- stitvticn, died et his home in tiis city after an illness of several months. Dowie Loses Damage Suit. Springfield, 1L, June 26.—Supreme court has affirmed a decision on the Cook county circuit court giving Sam- uel G. Prindle judgment $2,000 damages against John Alexan- der Dowie for a libelous article in a paper of which Dowie was editor. RRRR R CSS < AR s SNy e, . CUEITNE )x)w)a 27 & s, s (alm 75/ > RS minindal: (LI ETET LD MRS ZET S K&K 0% TBYBIBI NSNS Te R S e e 2 ) 2052858 )78 ) ) et ) ] Physicians Advise convalescents and all who need Strength and Health to take the ideal Food Drink, ANHEUSER-BUS (. For it contains the great building and health producing properties the system demands. That’s why the most successful doctors prescribe Malt-Nutrine in their practice—that’s why their patients recover so quickly and so surely. TRADE MARK. Malt-Nutrine is the perfect, predigested food in liquid form. Sold by all druggists and grocers. Prepared by Anheuser-Busch Bmwind Ass’n - St. Louis, U. S. A. in 1901 for, N | They 4 | ed that actions will be begun to col- SUGGESTS AUGUST 1. Roosevelt Would Have Russo --Jap Peace. Plenipoten- tiaries Meet. Washington, June 26.—The presie dent has expressed a wish. to th- Japanese and Russian governments that the plenipotentiaries meet in the United States on August 1 or at the earliest possible date thereafter. NEW TRIAL IS DENIED. Mrs. Agyie Myers Sentenced to Be 4 Hanged Aug. 11. Kansas City, June 26 irs. Aggie Myers, who was' found guiity at Lib- erty, Mo., recently of murder in the first degree, has been refused a new trial and was seatenced to be hanged Aug. 11. An appeal will be taken to the state supreme court. Mrs. Myers was con- victed with Frank Hottman, who was infatuated with her, of killing the wo- man’s husband, Clarence Myers, a printer, at their home in this city in May, 1904, Since her arrest Mrs. Myers has shown practically no emotion and when sentence was passed she smiled. The appeal, which will act as a stay of execution, will, it is expected, be filed within a short time. The appeal cannot be passed upon until November next at the earliest. Michigan Village Bankrupt. Vicksburg, Mich., June 26.—In con- ) hection with the closing of the Vicks-{ burg Exchange bank it has developed | that the village of Vicksburg is bank- rupt. There is only $34 in the village treasury and half of this amount is a check on the closed bank. The village owes the bank $7,000. Rock Island Wreck. Iowa TCity, Ia, June 26—Engineer Phillip Barnhart of Stuart, Ia., was killed and Fireman Frank Higgins badly injured in a wreck of the Rock Island eastbound limited No. 42 just this side of Iowa City at 12:30 p. m. SCANDALOUS CHARGES MADE CERTAIN WEALTHY NEW YORK- ERS AMASS FORTUNES OUT OF EQUITABLE LIFE. New York, June 26.—Definite state- ments are made by the Herald that, in addition to the proceedings which are expected to be inaugurated by Attor- ney General Mayer and District At torney Jerome, Paul Morton, chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance soci- ety, with ihe full knowledge and ap- proval of the new owner, Thomas F. Ryan, will by his own investigation of afiairs delve deeper than either the Frick committee or State Superintend- ent of [nsurance Bendricks. Most scandalous charges against certain very rich men are hinted at: | n connection with this development. kave not heretofore figured ! prominently. One of them, says the , Herald, is currently reported to have ! accumulated $8,000,000 in a few years, while another, an appraiser, massed ‘ ‘more than $1,000,000 in two years. ‘While some of these matters were only indirectly ccnnected with the so- clety’s affairs it is intimated that vari- j ous documents are heing certified, ‘while accounts and occurrences will he used s~ a basis for affidavits inl court proceedings. Wherever, the! Herald declares, money is found <o hnve been obtained by individuals on syndicate operations, on bonuses to | secure loans and the like it is assert- ( | lect the amounts, fo. which. the society i s lawfully entitled, which have been ~ diverted from its treasury. Chicago Union Stack Yards. Chicago, June 24 —Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.25@6.00; poor.to me- | @ium, $3.75@5.10; stockers and feed- { ers, $2.50@4.50; cows and. heifers, §2.- | 50@5.00; calves, $3.00@5.:50. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.15@5.45;. good to_choice heavy, $6.35@5.47%%; light, 1 ‘Sheep—Good to choice ‘Western 'sheen.' IMODERN WOODMEN ADJOURN. Important Legislation Enacted at Mil- waukee Convention. Milwaukee, June 26.—The conven- tion of Modern Woodmen of America came to a close during the day with the installation of officers .and the adoption of the usual resolutions. Among the important matters of legis- lation decided upon by the convention during the week were the following: The admission of metal miners and railroaders to membership; the adop- tion of a table of rates for extra haz- ardous risks; the admission of em- ployes of brewers and distillers not directly engaged.in the manulacture of liquors and the exclusion of officers and stockholders of such institutions from membership; the adoption of a system of inspection of risks under the direction of the medical depart- ment; the adoption of a bylaw provid- ing for trienmial instead of biennial conventions of the head camp; the selection of Peoria, IIl, as the meeting place for 1908; the unanimous adop- tion of a committee report recommend- ing that the question of revising the rates of assessment be brought to the attention of the 1908 meeting in form for definite action; the admission of portions of Texas and Tennessee to the sociely’s working territory; di- recting that no' private bank shall be named depository for society- funds; increasing the bond of the head bank- er from $500,000 to $1,000, 000 RADICALS FAVOR WAR. -Minority of Swedish Riksdag Begins Active Campaign. Stockholm, Sweden, June 26.—The uncompromising element in the riks- dag is actively prosecuting a campaign in favor of presenting to Norway de- mands representing Sweden’s irredu- cible minimum and obtaining guaran- tees from Norway before passing the bill cenferring on the government power {o negotiate terms for the for- mal separation of Norway and Swe- den. 7his faction considers that the government ought to be authorized to contract an emergency loan of $25 000,000 and mobilize troops to support Sweden's demands. The government, however, has still the strong, united backing of the Moderate party, which is prepared to entrust the king and the ministry with the powers demand- ed for untrammeled negotiations in regard to the necessary guarantees to be given before agreeing to a dissolu- tion of the union. FOR BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY. School Directors of Shenandoah, Pa., Go Up for a Year. s Pottsyille, Pa., June 26.—Joseph and Pius Bierstein, David Feist, Jacob Noll and George Holvey, school direc- tors of Shenandoah, have been sen- tenced to serve one year in jail for bribery and conspiracy. The men pleaded guilty of accepting bribes for their influence in the appointment of schoolteachers. Skipping Rope Causes Death. Appleton, Wis., June 26.—Under pe- culiar circumstances nine-year-old Ma- ria Derrick met sudden death during the day. She was-skipping rope and as she reached the 100th mark she said: “I have finished.” Almost be- fore she had ceased speaking the child dropped dead. Thirty Persons Drowned. Vigo, Spain, June 26.—Advices re- ceived here from the Minho river, which- empties into the Atlantic near Caminha, say that thirty persons were drowned recently through the capsiz- ing of a bark which had arrived in the i river from Portugal. Forced to Summon Aid to Repulse Russian Attack. Headquarters of the Russian Army, Codzyadani, Manchuria, June 26.—The Russians on June 21 made a recon- 7 naissance in force against the Japa- nese right in the region of Oanchez. ‘The Japanese advance post retired to Esaopinga, where they have built strong fortifications, and held them in force, Behind this line of posifions are two other lines of fortifications, strengthened by bombproofs and. en- tanglements. The Russian® attack, which forced the §apanese to summon three divisions of infantry from Kal- yuan, ceased with darkness and: the Russian detachment retired. 2 Bomb Thrower to Be Executed. ‘Warsaw, Russian Poland, June 25.— Stephen Okrjeia, the locksmith who threw the bomb into the Praga police $ ation March 26, injuring six police- men, has been sentenced to death. The workmen threaten a general strike as a conseguence and further disorder is Steamer and Sleeping Boys Are Drowned. Copenhagen, June 26.—The Danish | cadet training schooner George Stage. minutes after the collision and 22 cadets were drowned. The boys were was accidently rammed and sunk last all in their bunks at the time of the night by the British steamer Ancona. The vessel sunk in less than two disaster. The Ancona is being held here pending an investigation of sthe i eollision. SHOT ENDS HIS TROUBLE. Niles (Mich.) Alderman Feared Arrest on Serious Charge. Niles, Mich;, June 26.—Fear. of arrest on a most sensational charge caused Alderman D. L. Gillette of Niles, one of ‘the best known business men of Southern Michigan, to commit suicide by shooting himself with a revolver borrowed from a clerk in his store. His hody was not discovered until an hour or so after the fatal shot had been fired. A few hours before Gillette shot himself papers were served in connec- tion with a suit filed against him in the Berrian county circuit court for heavy damages for assault -on Clara Bickerson, the thirteen-year-old daugh- ter of David Bickerson. The crime is alleged to have taken place in Gil- lette’s groeery on the night of June 12. LONGEST TERM ON RECORD. Negro Given One Thousand Years for Attempted Assault. ‘Waco, Tex., June 26.—Sentence of 1,000 years in state’s prison was pro- nounced” during the day upon Lee Robertson, a negro laborer, who at- tempted to assault Mrs. Alonzo Rob- inson, the wife of his employer. Mrs. Robinson’s husband was ab- sent at the time and in resisting the attack her scalp was badly torn and one hand was bitten to the hone. The jury could not assess the death penaiiy, as the deed. was not accom- plished, but, there being ne limit as to the time he might be given in the pen- itentiary, the court made it ten cen- turies and one day over. SUICIDES THROUGH MISTAKE. Chicago Man Believed He Had Shot a Friend. Chicago, June 26.—Frank R. Mec- Camyon, a walter, believing that he had shot and fatally wounded a friend and was liable to arrest, committed suicide during the day. McCamyon had been quarreling with his wife and when twe friends interfered he fired at one of them named Marshal. Mar shal was unhurt, but McCamyon, be: lieving otherwise, turned the revolver on mmself (Mng ms!antly Former State Official Arrested. Chicago, June 26.—Henry Wulff, for- mer state treasurer and president of the Continental Financing company, an alleged “get rich quick” concern for which a receiver has been appointed, was arrested here during the day. Wulif gave a bond for $2,500 and will have a hearing Tuesday. Kills Her Child and Herself. Findlay, O., June -26.—Despondent over a long illness Mrs. Alois Shields, aged thirty-five years, shot and killed her twelve-year-old daughter, Nellie, and killed herzelf with the same weajon. COLOMBIAN AGENT SEES TAFT. Discusses Relations of His Country and Panama. Washington, June 26.—Senor En- rique Cortez, confidential agent of the republic of Colombia, had an audience with Secretary Taft during the day and discussed in a general way the relations of his country and the re- public of Panama. Although nothing definite was proposed relative to the assumption by Panama of a part of the foreign debt of Colombia it is under- stood that such a proposition may be made later. Secretary Taft has ar- ranged another meeting on his return from New England with Senor Cortez and Senor Mendoza, the recently ap- pointed Colombian minister to the fUnited States. It has been stated that Colombia’s debt amounts to $32, 000,000 and that the amount it desires Panama to assume aggregates $3,000,- 000. Senor- Cortez asked to be excused from discussing the details of his mis- sion at this juncture. THINK WALLACE WILL QUIT. Has Removed All His Personal Effects From Panama. Panama, June 26.—That Chief Engi- neer Wallace will not return is gen- erally believed here. He has taken all ‘his personal effects and Settled all ac- counts. The main reason for his. de- parture is said to be a better offer in _the North, but he also has had a dis- agreement with sanitary and other eflicials. Dneiper. Returning to Europe. - Jibutil, French Somaliland, June 26. —The Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnel- r, which June 5 sank the British “HOLD UP AN ELECTRIC CAR. Two Bandits Rob Passengers, Conduc- tor and Motorman, Chicago, June 26.—The passengers . on a Chicago-Milwaukee electric car were robbed by two men at night while the car was passing through the suburb of Winnetka, fifteen. miles north of this city. The men stopped the ‘car at Win- netka avenue, a lonely place, and searched the passengers and the mo- torman and conductor., They took small sums of money from the passen- gers and all his money from the con- ductor, obtaining in all about $65. They secured one gold watch from the motorman. After robbing the passen- gers the men jrmped into a bugsy which they had in waiting and drove rapidly away Large Freighter Launched. Chicago, June 26.—The steamer William B: Corey, a duplicate of/the Elbert [1. Gary, the largest boat ply- ing the Great Lakes, was launched during the day at the yards of the Chi- cago Shipbuilding company. The new steamer was built for the United States Steel corporation and is named after the president of the corporation. Six Persens Overcome by Gas. Chicago, June 26.—Six persons were overcome by gas in a hoardinghouse kept by Mrs. Katherine Marla at South Chicago. All were unconscions and it was at first feared none would .sur- vive.” Physicians, however, succeeded in resuscitating all of the six and said all would probably recover except George Marla and Mark Markaizsch. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Secretary Hay left Washington Fri- day for his summer home at Lake Sunapee, N. H., where he will remain probably until autumn. The Houston and Texas Central railroad is perfecting plans for the sale of a vast tract of land in North. west Texas, south of the Oklahoma line. Prominent citizens of Boston have undertaken a movement looking to the purchase and the preservation of the home of Paul Revere, which fs situ- ated in North square, that city. Rev. Orello Cone, D. D,, aged sixty- six, professor of theology in the the- ological schaol of St. Lawrence univer- sity, is dead at-Watertown, N. Y., of heart failure. He was the author of several books on theology. The Railway Yardmasters’ associa- tion, a fraternal and benevolent or- ganization embracing the whole coun- try, with headquarters in New York city, has been incorporated with the secretary of state at Albany, N. Y. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At 'Pittsburg, 6; Brooklyn, 1. Standing of the Clubs—New York; .700; Pittsburg, .583; Philadelphia, .564; Chicago, .557; Cincinnati, .542; St. Louis, .424; Boston, .333; Brook: Iyn, .288. = American League. At New York, 7; Detroit, 0. At Philadelphia, 3; Cleveland, 0. At Boston, 1; Chicago, 3. At Washington, 4; St. Louis, 1. Standing of the Clubs—Cleveland, 653; Chicago, .608; Philadelphia, .604; Detroit, .551; Boston, ws New York, .409; Washington, .389; St. Louis, 368, American Association. ‘At Ingianapolis, 0; Louisville, 7. At Milwaukee, 1; St. Paul, 2. At Columbus, 2; Toledo, 1—eleven innings. Standing of the Clubs—Columbus, .623; Milwaukee, .600; Minneapolis, .600; St. Paul, .508; Indianapolis, ,508; Louisville, .417; Kansas City, .400; To- ledo, .344. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, June 24,—Wheat—July, $1.08%; Sept., 893%@89%c; Dee. 8634c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern, $1.1134; No. 2 North- ern, $1.07%; No. 3 Northern, $1.02%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, June 24 —Wheat—To arrive —No. 1 Northern, $1.12. On track— No. 1 Northern, $1.12; No. 2 Northern, $1.04; July, $1.12; Sept. (new), 84%c; Sept. (old), 89%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, §1.48; July, $1.46; Sept., $1.29%5; Oct., $1.26%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, June 24—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.00; common to. falr, $4. 50@5 25; good to choice cows 4.75; veals, $2.00Q@ 2% .