Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 5, 1905, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 63. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WI%'DNESDAY, JULY 5, 1905. FIVE HUNDRED PERISH LATEST ESTIMATE OF LOSS OF LIFE IN RECENT FLOOD AT GUANAJUATO, MEX. GREAT SUFFERING AMONG REFUGEES | PROPERTY DAMAGE SAID TO AG- GREGATE MORE THAN A MIL- LION AND A HALF. Guanajuato, Mex., July 5—The loss of life s the résult of the recent flood ! Over | here is now estimated at 500. 200 bodies already have been recov- ered. Burial of the dead is progress- ing rapidly, although many bodies are thought to be among the ruins of houses and are difficult to locate. The property loss will aggregate more than $1,500.000.° Great suffering is prev- alent, but aid is being 1 surrounding towns and a semblance of normal conditions, it is believed, will soon be reached. The di ter is unparalleled in the history of this city, during which many floods have been recorded in times past. Guanajuato, owing to its situation In a great ravine or gorge, has been subjected to floods sweeping down from the mountains and much loss of life has been recorded, but the pregent storm, which began Friday night and continued through Satur- day, was unprecedented in its violence. By 4 oclock Saturday afternoon clouds banked up black and threaten- | ing In the northeast and within less than twenty minutes rain came down in torren ind the wate urged down the high streets with great violence, Part of the riv which was built over with masonry burst through, aug- menting the flood, and the scene be- came one of terror and consternation. The people made haste to gather their valuables and flee and many did so at the risk of their lives, for the streets! In the lower part of the clty were filled with rushing waters and the roar of wind and rain added to the general panic, With one rush the mighty flood burst its bounds, foundations of sol- 1dly built masonry and houscs boing undermined and many buildings fell with a crash. Their inmates in many cases were crushed beneath the fall- ing masonry. From the center of the'city the flood rolled te both sides of the town and the people madly rushed out to flee! to the mountains, and swept away. many being canght ved from “ CAUSING GREAT DAMAGE. Bad River at Pierre, S. " Rampage. Pierre, S. D., July 5—Bad river is on a furious rampage and is causing thousands of dollars’ loss daily to prop- erty in its valley,’which is a raging current, in some places over a mile wide. 2 All day the water crept steadily into | Plerre and in the afternoon the resi- D, on a | dents of the South Side, the principal residence district of the city, were taken from their homes in boats. Fif- | teen houses have been washed away = and a number of others seriously dam- aged. { The steel bridge across Bad river was carried out and sunk in the main channel of the Missouri about 100 yards below the mouth of Bad river. | While it is not practically certain that | any lives were lost several parties ave missing and have not been located upn to the prevent, but as many people are camped in tents on the bluffs south of the torrent the missing may | be among them. There is no commu- | mication, except by boat, down the Missouri. The water is rising rapidly, with a i prospect for a continued rise for some | hours, and thousands of dollars will be lost in this city alone. ALGER OUT OF POL!TICS. Michigan Senator Announces He Will Not Be Candidate. Detroit, Mich,, July 5—United States Senator R. A. Alger announced during the day that he will not be a candidate for re-election to the senate when his present term expires in 1907, Senator Alger was appointed by Gov- ernor DBliss to fill the vacancy when Senator James McMillan died in 1902 and was elected to fill out his unex- pired term by the legislature of 1903. Senator Alger’s decision not to again be a candidate is the result of his poor health. NINE BOYS BADLY HURT. Accidental Explosion of Giant Powder at Madison, Wis. Madison, Wis., July By the ex- ion of glant powder nine boys re- 1 serious, some probably fatal, in- ju . The accident occurred in front of the Chinese store of On Sing. Howard Ennis, aged nine, had part of his neck blown away and may die. The others injured range in age from ten to fifteen years. Chinese Will Petition Roosevelt. | Hongikong, July & The merchants | of Canton are preparing a petition to lent Roosevelt representing the the Chine exclusion Placards are posted through- ‘ott of Amer- lcan goods. Native Christians in Can- ton are being intimidated by the pop- ulace. treaty. out the city urging a bo; Commencing To-Night This Store Will Close at 8 P. M. 0’Leary & Bowser. DLCLIBERATELY MURDERED. Chicago Youth Resists Search by Al- leged Detectives. Chicago, July 5—Charles Strelow, nineteen years old, was shot and killed by one of four unidentified men, all of whom escaped. Strelow, who was with several friends, had fired one shot from a revolver when four men who said they were detectives de- manded that the party submit to a search. Strelow resisted and ran and one of the four shot him dead. Harry Hind, six years old, was prob- ably fatally hurt by C. A. Chugg, who playfully pointed an old revolver at him ~ The weapon was discharged and the woy fell with a wound in his| breast. Charles Bennett, twenty years old, ‘was struck in the right knee by a bul- let fired by Patrolman Levis, who was trying Lo disperse a crowd which had objected to the arrest of_a boy for placing torpedoes on the street car tracks. After the shooting a crowd of 200 persons attempted to assault the policeman, who was forced to return to the station. ACQUITTED OF MURDER. Jury Exonerates Young Girl. Killed Lover. Wheaton, Minn., July 5—At 7 p. m,, less than an hour after it had retired to decide her fate, the jury returncd a verdict finding Antoinette Seiden- sticker not guilty of the murder of Herman Schipp, the nineteen-year-old boy she was accused with having slain after he had betrayed and deserted her. The verdict is taken rather as the jury’s vote that the crime v justifiable than that she did not kill the young man, for it is alleged that she has admitted the murder, Childish to the end the thirteen- year-old lass rushed to her attorney and entwined her arms about his neck in her joy when she heard the verdict that meant freedom and left the court- room with her arm about her father's waist. Who WORK OF AN ANGRY SEAMAN. One Woman Killed and Three Other Persons Wounded, Milwaukee, Wis,, July 5.—Charles H. Asterson, a seaman, during the evening shot and killed Mrs. Joseph Goetz, shot Mrs, Dolly Wallace, daughter of Mrs. Goetz, and Oscar Goetz, a son, at the Goetz home, 134 Second strect, and then turned the weapon on himself, inflicting three wounds. Aside from Mrs. Goetz none was fatally wounded. Asterson was enarmored of Lulu Wallace, a daugh- ter of Mrs. Wallace, and came to the home of Mrs. Goetz to see the girl, who had been sent away a day or two ago, and when Asterson learned of this fact broke in the door and began shooting. CHICAGO STRIKE ABOUT ENDED. Men Will Probably Return to Work as Individuals. Chicago, July 5—From the day's developments in the teamsters’ strike the indications now are that the men will belore very long settle the strug- gle themselves by returning to work, or at least making an effort to do so, as individuals. Inability of the unions to pay strike benefits and inactivity on the part of the labor leaders has brought about this state of affairs. Nearly 100 department store drivers made application for their oid jobs during the day and twenty-five of thesc men were put to work by their former employers, OGLE ISLE OF PINES. Alleged Minnesota Embezzler Located by Authorities. Mankato, Minn., July 5.—Judge John B. Ogle, the alleged forger and embez- zler, who disappeared from this city, has been located at Neuva Gerona, on the Isle of Pines, the refuge of A. A. Buck, the alleged defaulting cashier of the Mapleton State bank. Owing to the fact that the United States has no extradition treaty with the Isle of Pines it will be impossible to bring Ogle back for trial. The au- thorities as yet will make no state- ment of how he was traced and lo- cated. IN out The Ideal Beer BUDWEISER is the standard of quality by which all other beers are judged. Commanding the highest price, yet leading in sales, proves that its superiority is recognized through- the world. St. Louis, Sales for 1904, 130,388,520 Bottles. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass n s. e i . launching ceremony. i liberated from a balloon on the ship's MITCHELL CCNVIETED VENERABLE SENATOR FROM ORE- GON FOUND GUILTY BY JURY " " IN FEDERAL COURT. AGED MAN SHOWS LITTLE EMOTION ATTORNEYS MAKE MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL AND DATE OF ~ ARGUMENT IS SET. Portland, Ore., July 5—The jury in the case of the United States against Senator John H. Mitchell returned a verdict of guilty as charged after dc- liberating ten hours. ing his public position, accepted a pecuniary compensation for practicing before the federal departments at Washington, which under the ifederal statutes constitutes a crime. Senator Mitchell received the ver- dict with fortitude. He showed by no outward sign save the ghastly pallor BENATOE JGHN H. MITCHELL OF OREGON. of his face and the nervous stroking of his beard that-he felt the blow. After the jury was polled Judge Ben- nett, attorney for Mitchell, arose and on the part of Scnator Mitchell moved a new trial. Judge de Haven directed that he Jmotion be continued until next Mon- day and’ declared co\nl nd)mnnod PACKERS PREPARING DEFENSE. Will Wage Desperate Fight to Escape Prosecution. Chicago, July 5.—With fortunes run- ning far above the $100,000,000 mark to back them up the packers are rap- idly getting their defense into con- crete form. Their general counsel, John S. Miller, will be surrounded by an array of legal talent such as, per- haps, has never before been assem- bled in any case in the courts of the United States. The most resourceful practitioners in actions at law will de- fend the packers against the indict- ments voted last Saturday by the fed- eral grand jury. Every inch of ground will be fought over and the plans under considera- tion contemplate a half dozen or more different methods of procedure to set up the contention of the packers that the government’s position in the mat- ter is untenable. o JAP BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED. A Big Fighting Machine Floated at Bar. row, England. London, July 5—Princess Arisu- gawa of Japan, who was accompanied by the prince, her husband, launched the Japanese battleship Katori at Bar- row during the day. The Katori is one of the most pow- erful hattleships launched in this coun- try. Her tonnage is 16,400, her. coal | capacity 2,100 tens and her contract speed 18 knots. The side armor of | the Katori is nine inches thick. Ten thousand speciators viewed the Pigeons were bows as an emblem of peace and good L will. DEAD BODY FOUND. Wiiliam Gander Killed Himself After ¢ Shooting Four. Persons. Cincinnati, July 5—The body of The charge was : that Senator Mitchell, wiile oceupy:] | william Gander, who shot his wife, ' his brotherinlaw, another man and one of the policemen who tried to ar-' rest him, was found not far from his home on Linwood Heights. He had shot his wife with a revol- ver after eluding the large force of police which hunted for him all night. It is now believed that none of the persons whom he shot will die. BEVEN PASSENGERS KILLED. Thlr!yl'our Others ln_lurcd in Traln i | { wharves HART DEFEATS ROOT. | Fight for Heavyweight Championshlp at Reno, Nev. Reno, Ney., July 5—In a furious twelve-round fight that was witnessed by an excited crowd of 5,000 people Marvin Hart of Louisville knocked out Jack Root of Chicago here during the afternoon. This contest took place in the great arena a mile east of the city of Reno and for nearly an hour the men fought under a blazing sun that was almost prostrating. The decisive blow was landed by Hart in the twelfth round. Root, who was tired but still fighting gamely, led hard for the head'with the left and as he missed-Hart sent a terrific ght hand blow to the pit of the stomach. The smack of the blow was heard all over the immense arena and - when Root fell gasping for breath the spectaiors knew that he would never rise within the count. As the eighth second wag called Root raised himself on his hands with his mouth open, dragged himself to a kneeling position and then collapsed. His seconds carried him to his corner where he recovered in ‘gbout three minutes. Thbe fight was for the heavyweight championship of the world. James J. Jeffries, the retired cham- pion, was referee. . THE FOURTH AT CHERBOURG. French and American Fleets Join in Celebration, Cherbourg, July 5.—The French and American squadrons Tuesday joined | in celebrating the American national holiday. At an early hour the ships i of both countries broke out flags from stem to stern, The American flag was conspicuous everywhere, yachts and showing the and Stripes. The sky was overcast, but the harbor presented a brilliant pic- ture. Crowds lined the wharves await- ing the national salute by both squad- rons, which was fired at noon, accom- Stars panied by salvos from the land forts. HOGG FOR THE CABINET. Ex—covernnr of Texas May Be Ten- dered a Position. Austin, Tex., July 5—A report is j current in state official circles here i that ex-Governor J. S. Hogg has becn sounded by President Roosevelt as to whether he would accept a cabinet position. It is believed the report grew out of the fact that friends of Hogg through- ‘out the statg, without his knowledge, have sent petitions and telegrams to President Roosevelt asking that the Texan be appointed to a position in the cabinet. FOUR MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. Seven Others Badly Hurt by Explosion of Boiler. Danyille, Va., July 5.—Four men were Kkilled outright and seven others so seriously wounded that some of them will die by the explosion of a threshing machine engine on the plan- tation of Rush Tanes, near Axton. The dead: C. L. ing, Luther Hull and John Stokes. Indiana Coal Companies Combine. Pittsburg, July 5—A combination of twenty-six coal companies of Indiana, controlling 29,000 acres of coal lands, has been formed here under the name of the Vandalia Coal company. The new concern has a capital of $7,000, 000 and is said to be the largest coal company ever consummated in the West. The annual output will be 3, 000,000 tons. Fairbanks Makes Address. - Urbana, O., July 5.—The three-day centennial celebration of the founding of Champaign county as an organized county of Ohio began here during the day, an address by Vice President Fairbanks, who was born just across the line in Union county, being ‘the feature of the day. Young Men's Dormitory Burns. Vermillion, S. D., July 5—West hall, the young men’s dormitory on the uni- versity grounds, was totally destroyed by fire during the day, the loss being $20,000, fully insured. It was the work of a firebug. The loss to students on clothing and bedding stored for the summer is large. BRIEF BITS OF: NEWS. Fred Darette, nine years old, was drowned while bathing in a pond of | water on the flats at the foot of Ten- nessee street in St. Paul. The heat in Italy is growing more , Intense and reached 103 in the shade | Monday. The pope is reported to be' suffering from his seclusion in ' the vatican, James R. Penn, a real estate and insurance agent of Fulton, Mo., and one of the best known business men in_that section, has committed sui- cide by taking poison. Charles M. Thompson, a ‘prominent . lumber merchant of the United States ; and until a few months ago a resident f Chicago, was found dead in his room at Toronto. Death was due w heart faflure. FOURTH OF JULY GAMES. National League. Bullington, Martin Wall-| i RE:CEIVED AN OVATION. Mutineers Cheered by Crews of Rus- sian Warships.- St. Petersburg, July 5.—The govern- mental story of the events at Odessa, as published in the Official Massenger, has been in great part already covered in the statements made in official quarters and cabled to the Associated Press since the commencement of the outbreak. The losses by fire on the docks are estimated at millions of rou- bles and the number of persons killed is placed at several hundred. The gov- 2020, ernment report then proceeds to re- TR ARrE late the arrival of Rear Admiral Kru- ger’s squadron during the morning of June 20 as follows: “As the squadron approached the Odessa pier the Kniaz Potemkine cleared for actdon, advanced to meet it and cut through its line. As the - Kniaz Potemkine passed the mutineers received an ovation from the crew of { Odessa, July 5. the Georgi Pobiedonosetz. Rear Ad-| sistently in army and navy that_the Kniaz miral Kruger thereupon signalled the squadron to swing around and return to “Sebastopol, but the crew of the Georgi Pobiedonosetz prevented that vessel from following and put ashore all their officers disarmed with the exception of Lieutenant Grigorieff, ‘who blew out his brains. On the ad- vice of the revolutionists a committee of twenty was elected to take charge of the vessel under the direction of a boatswain’s mate -and apparently against the latter’s will. Dissension prevailed among the crew, only part of which was “influenced by the revo- lutionists and wanted to,follow the Kniaz Potemkine. The latter threat- ened to fire on the Georgi Pobiedono- setz if she tried to rejoin the squad- ron at Sebastopol, The anti-revolu- tionary sectlon, however, ultimately gained an upper hand and when in the afternoon of July -1 the two battle- ships weighed anchor the Georgl Po- biedonosetz put on full speed, entered the harbor and sent the boatswain’s mate and some sailors ashore to sig- yity her submission.” GENERAL STRIKE ORDERED pedo boats, which intend to | The crews of these boats officers who volunteered for: Ice; there is mo danger of fusal to obey orders to des! Tenegade - ship. The Kniaz kine's hours are -declared here to Bumbered. - Regret is expressed at destruction of such a splendi powertul battleship and at the lo life, but this is thought to be p: able to the continued dishonor ¢ presence in the Black sea commal by mutineers. Several torpedo ‘were reported to be off Odessa du the night, There are other activity among the torpedo flee fl'fififi whereabouts of the Kniaz Poi Heavy Loss. Tolkdo, July 5—The following dis patch has been received from tha heldqunrlers of the Japanese WORKMEN OF ST. PETERSBURG INSTRUCTED TO WALK OUT ON THURSDAY. pulsed them. One h } of the enemy’s cavalry a infantry, with eighteen : taneously attacked St. Petersburg, July 5.—The execu- tive committee of the social revolution-| ists has issued a stirring appeal, sum- moning the workmen and all classes of society interested in the overthrow of the present regime to show sym- pathy with all of those who fought for. freedom at Lodz, Warsaw, Odessa and other places, as well as with the sail- ors who mutinied at Odessa and Libau by- inaugurating a general political strike. The workmen’s leaders here have supplemented this by the proc- lamation of a general strike for Thurs- day. Over 25,000 men are already out and more or less disgrder hns oc- cyrred. NO MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS. it July. 2, when the enemu The enemy’: “At dawn July 2 4( .eavalry, with artil Noromok, on the engaged and repulsed the our detachment made i‘ the enemy’s infantry miles north of Yusyos ment ulso struck an Neither Norway Nor Sweden Prepar- Ing for War, Christiania, July 5.—There has heen no mobilization whatever either in Norway or Sweden. Of the military forces under arme in hoth countries | only contingents have been called to- gether for the ordinary yearly exer- clses. In Norway these exercises are taking place on the nsual drill grounds. Some few companies of Swedish troops are watching the three rail- roads coming from Norway, but these troops ure some distance from the frontier. The Swedish squadron has transfer- red its exercises from the Baltic to the west coast of Sweden. Although these measures may appear somewhat strange under existing circumstances, they are not regarded by Norway as belng of special importance after the peaceful declarations of the Swedish | government., BY DECISIVE VOTE. French Deputies Favor supluflon"fi $tate and Church. Paris, July 5.—The bill fer the sep- aration of church and state passed the chamber of deputies by the decisive vote of 341 to 283. The result was greeted Dby governmental cheering "and opposition- hisses and there was Intense excitement. 4 i When the result was officially given ,out there was renewed clamor, par- i ticipated in by the crowded galleries and lobbies, as well as by those on | , the fioor of the chamber. This most important le.lalntlon af-| fecting the last established religious ! conditions of France becomes an ac- | complished fact so far as the chamber of deputies is concerned. ‘when lnvlnr‘nudro!y arresting the. captain cers. Second Lieu _ “The Prouf pol and the crew The oflicers have! crew begging (ha posts. The Prout | anchor at Km, Parls, July 6—A o Temps frora emdu i — : ! FRENCH PREMIER. AOC!PTS Agrees to Plan Suqyemd by sulhn i i & of Morocco. - | Berlin, July 5.—The F‘rench 'lmt German governments are not far In ‘regard to the proposed M