Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 25, 1905, Page 1

] VOLUME 3. NUMBER 80 'MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOOIETY. neer Bemidji Daily Pio J BEMID.J1. MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, JUI:Y 25, 1905. TEN CENCS PER WEEK FIRES BURN FIERCELY IMMEDIATE IN NO PROSPECT OF CESSATION OF BLAZE TEXAS OIL FIELD. NUMBER OF LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST MANY WORKMEN HEMMED IN BY THE BURNING FLUID AND SEVERAL PERISH. The fire in Humble, Tex., July the oil the T 0Oil com- pany continues to burn flercely with no prospect of its imme- diate control. Already five lives are known {o have been lost and a num- ber of persons are reported missing. The property damage is estimated at tanks of here threc-quarters of a million, with prac- | tically no insurapce. The fire Sunday and caused by lightning striking one of the big tanks., Shortly after the tank (o blaze 200 workmen, with sev- -five mule hurried to the Lo throw up earthen embank- ments Lo confine the fire to the tank where it originated. Suddenly the oil gave an upheaval, bubbled and lifted a greal mass of the burning fluid bod- ily from the tank and the fire was com- municated to threc other tanks. The burning oil caught the men and mules started was , were and hemmed them in. There was a wild scramble for safety, men drop- ping their scrapers and reins. Some of them mounted mules and got out, but at least forty of the mules balked and were cremated. Five negroes ! were seen (0 go down and it is not be- lieved possible they could have es- caped. While all ol the men have not been accounted for the five are all that are known to have perished. As 1t of the fire hundreds of people are home They were liv- ing in tents and in the oil field to the town. All heen destroyed he night th wis i heavy downpour of in and this cov- d the ground with a sheet ol water, coated with a thick film ol oil. and fled for the their belong by fire. Durir BODY LIES ONAMERIGAN SOIL REMAINS OF ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES IN VAULT ON NAVAL ACADEMY GROUNDS. Annapolis, Md., July 25.—In a sim- ple vault in the grounds of the naval academy lie the remains of John Paul Yones. With the simple ceremony at- tending the landing of the body from the cruiser Brooklyn the naval expedi- tion authorized to accomplish transfer from the Paris cemetery which has been its place of repose for more than a centur; completed. The formal national reception of the body with appropriate ex ises is reserved | until it shall be placed in the splendid naval chapel now being erected near the site of the temporary vault. The work of the day consisted of the removal of the body from the Brook- lyn to the naval tug Standish and from that to a float moored to the shore, where stalwart jackies placed it in a | hearse, which was escorted by an im- posing cortege of marines, jackies and " midshipmen, in which the French na- | tion participated with a landing party Lof officers and men from the French | cruisec Jurien de la Craviere. FOR REFUSING TO DRINK. Chicago Man Shoots Three Persons and Suicides. Chicago, July 25—Mrs. James Grif- fin, twenty-four years old, was shot | and instantly killed and two other per- sons were wounded by Timothy Doo- i ley at Fiftysecond avenue and West \'l‘\vvlilh street. Dooley then killed himselt. The wounded are Annie Grif- fin, seventeen years old, shot in the back of the head, and Pat Dooley, father of the suicide, who was shot in ! the left cheek. I'or some time, it is declared, Dooley had been drinking. During the day | he entered his home and when mem- bers ol the ramily refused to obey or- ders to drink from a bottle Dooley held the young The first bullet struck M Griffin in the left arm. The :ond struck her in the heart and she fell to the floor dead. Then the others attempted to run from the Kkitchen. Dooley fol I lowed them and shot each down. | Young Dooley, seeing a crowd of neighbors running toward the house, ot hin ing out his brain its [1 man began shooting. | elf through the head, blow- | DISCUSS HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Governor Carter a Caller on President Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, L. L, July 25.—Governor George R. Carter of Hawali was a caller on President Roosevelt during the day. He came to the United States for the express purpose of pre- senting to the president a statement of the difficulties he has encountered as governor of Hawaii. Since his ap- pointment to succeed Govermor San- ford B. Dole, who was designated as a United States judge for the district of Hawaii, Governor Carter has had trouble with both the citizens and the officials of the territory. It culminated in his determination to resign the gov- ernorship and he so informed Presi- dent Roosevelt. The matler was con- sidered for a time and then an ar- rangement was made by which Gov- ernor Carter was to come to the Unit- ed States to discuss the Hawaiian sit- uation with the president. He is here in accordance with that arrangement. Governor Carter’s desire is not so much to resign his official duties as to obtain from the president assur- ances that the administration shall have the support of the national gov- ernment. IOWA MURDER ' MYSTERY. Body of Well Dressed Young Woman Found in River. Muscatine, [a., July 25.—The body of a young girl about twenty-two years old has been found in the river here | Her throat had been cut. oner's jury brought in a verdict of murder. The victim has not been identified, but it is thought she be- longed to a well-to-do family, as she wore diamonds and was handsomely dressed. b Des Moines, July 25.—Brakeman cremated in an oil explosion following the derailment of a Rock Island fast freight train at Unionville, Ia.’ Con- ductor Horace Davidson and Fireman U william Flesher, both of Trenten; were perhaps fatally burned. The wreck was caused by the spreading of the rails. TFourteen cars of merchandise were burned. Cotton Prices Advance. New Orleans, July 25.—Cotion ad- vanced more than 30 points during the day as a result of the worst crop re- ports so far this son, Many of the private reports said the fields were raising even a half crop. ) foRcReRcRoR oo e RN £ ] Mail Orders & Promptly Filled. XXX T From Tuesday Morning * WHY? in our ke ok P o & shoe stamped either $4 or table. Your choice at Wash Goo the bargain tables. One lot new Fall Lace, wsale you can have it at pREDOBLB BB I HLLBLHBLBBTBLESGSH 20 per cent off. Everything in fancy wash goods on Special Lace Values 15¢ a yard. Just to help the wash goods 5 1-2 cents a yard Bemidji, Minn. : Fioe Days of Wondetjul Wargains. Because we want to make this month’s business the largest July in § We've got last July beat already, but it is 4 going to keep.us busy to beat July two years ago, but we are going to do it. History. MEN’S SHOES We are going to discontinue the $4 and $4.50 Douglas Shoes. large assortment now on hand; patent leather, box calf velours and enameled. Every $4.50, take your choice at $2.98 .= Ladies Oxfords We have taken all broken lines from stock and placed them on the bargain sale price Extra large bath towels worth 25c, 12 1-2 cents each G RRBAVBEDERE BB SED (’Leary & Bowser You'll Meet your friends at this store To Saturday Night. We have a Towels ds values for Men’s VHandkexzchiefs Fancy hemstitched borders, 10 cent Five Cents worth up to One lot of Men’s Negligee Shirts 79 cents each M Hundreds of Special Bargains RGP BVIBT BB BB BIND fifi#fifig*g*fi: $1 and $1.25 values for THROUGHOUT THE STOCK. e @ © ] & & & & & @& & =] & @ & & & @& & & e & & & & ke & & & k=] & & 1 & & & & @ (2] & & @ & The cor tion was to be entirely personal and James Murphy of Trenton, Mo, was ! flooded and all hope was now past of ! KAISER ADVISES CZAR GERMAN AND RUSSIAN RULERS HOLD CONFERENCE OFF THE SWEDISH COAST. CONVERSATION ENTIRELY PERSONAL EMPEROR NICHOLAS URGED TO END WAR AND GRANT RE- FORMS DEMANDED. Berlin, July 25.—The foreign office here is advised that a meeting be- tween Emperor William and the czar took place early in the day off the Swedish coast near the island of Bjoer- koe. Emperor Nicholas wrote to Emperor William several days ago that if, dur- ing the latter’s yachting in the Baltic, he should approach the Russian shore he (Emperor Nicholas) would be pleased to meet him. The German “emperor replied that he would be glad to cruise to any convenient point and the island of Bjoerkoe was suggested. It was understood that the conversa- intlmate and therefore no minister from either government was to be present, although the Russian minister of marine is m Emperor Nicholas’ suite. The meeting is a sequence to the correspondence that has been go- ing on between the two emperors con- cerning peace, in which Emperor Will- iam urged Emperor Nicholas to take steps toward peace. Emperor William was then co-operating with President Roosevelt in seeking to bring the bel- ligerents to a discussion of the terms of peace and in the present meeting the Associated Press is authoritatively informed Xmperor Willlam will con- tinne to advise peace should the Rus- gian cmperor ask for his further views, anf it would be very natural that Em- peror Nicholas should do so as a de- velopment of the correspondence which has alreuady taken place. Emperor William went to the mecting, as the Assaociated Press is officially informed, prepared to say if he were asked that he thought Emperor Nicholas conld at- tain ‘a full understanding and recon- ciliation with the discontented por- tions of his people only through re- forms. The German government is in- terested in having the neighboring country peaceful and prosperous, for it is toward the Russian empi that CGermany's manufactures look for great trade expansion in the future. TO PROTECT MONARCHIES. Alliance Between Germany and Russia Possible. St. Petershurg, July 25.—The meet- ing between the Russian and German emperors has caused intense interest here, but little is known of the sub- Jects discussed at the conference. In diplomatic quarters not exactly friend- ly to Germany there is a disposition to suspect the German emperor of try- ing to bring about an alliance between CGermany and Russia, not only to block the attempt which Great Britain is believed to be making to isolate Ger- | many through her understanding with France and the latter perhaps through an understanding with Russia, but for the mutual protection of the mon- archial system. Emperor William is said (o be fully alive to the fact that the revolution in Russia could easily be communicated to Germany and it is reported that he is anxious for that reason to see that reforms are grant- ed which will restore tranquillity in the terrvitory of his Eastern neighbor, BRITONS DISCUSS CONFERENCE. Expect No Startling Developments as Result of Meeting. London, July 25.—The British for- eign office does not appear to antici- pate that the meeting between Em- peror William and Emperor Nicholas will be followed by any startling de- velopments. Although the officials here have no definite information about the objects of the conference they are inclined to attribute the meet- ing primarily to the German emperor’s desire to remove the resentment which the foreign office here says is known to have been growing in Russia against Germany since the cordial re- ception of the Prince and Princess Arisugawa of Japan. The toreign office adds that there is no doubt that poli- tics will be discussed between the em- perors and there is no doubt that Em- peror William's advice will be in the direction of conclusion of peace. Sl bl > ————— Follows Dr. Osler's Advice. 8t. Louis, July 25.—The body of an unidentified man, about sixty years of age, who had committed suicide with poison, was found in Forest park dur- ing the day. In his pocket was a note saying: “I heartily agree with Dr. Osler. An old man and a poor man has no business on earth.” FIGHTING YELLOW FEVER. Federal Officials Co-Operating With New Orleans Authorities. ‘Washington, July 25.—Surgeon Gen- eral Wyman of the public health and marine hospital service, who has been absent from the city on official busi- ness, is now on his way to Washing- ton/and on his arrival will give per- sonal attention to the yellow fever sit- uation in New Orleans, Meantime the service, under the direction of Dr. Clennan, is co-operating with the New Orleans authorities to prevent any fresh outbreak. There are half a dozen trained members of the force in that city and they are now giving their especial attention to getting residents away. To accomplish this and with- out endangering other communities a large number of detention camps will be established outside the New Or- leans city limits. will be keld for a sufficient time to protect those with whom they may later come in contact. Mobile Institutes Quarantine. Mobile, Ala., July 25.—On account of what the local health authorities term the laxity of precautionary meas- ures by the Mississippi towns between |here and New Orleans against the lat- ter city in the yellow fever matter the Mobile board of health has instituted ia rigid quarantine against every town on the Gulf coast. Guarding Against Yellow Fever. Havana, July 25—The steamer Ex- celsior, which arrived here during the day from New Orleans, brought twen- ty-seven passengers, They were all ordered to be detained in quarantine for five days. Only immunes are per- mitted to visit the ship, which will be unloaded by immunes. DEATH OF DANIEL S, LAMONT HEART DISEASE BRINGS CAREER OF FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR TO SUDDEN END. Milbrook, N. Y., July tack of heart frouble has sudden death of Colonel Daniel S, La- i mont, first private s stary to Presi- dent Cleveland, later s stary of war rand afterward vice president of the Northern facific railroad. The fatal illness was so brief that it startled teven the medical men attending him. Colonel ‘and Mrs. Lamont were out driving during the afternoon and Colo- Inel Lamont appeared to be enjoying the Dbest of health. After dinner he complained of feeling ill and Dr. Stew- art of New York, who was a guest at the house, immediately went to his aid. The physician diagnosed the case as an attack of heart failure and in spite of the heroic treatment Mr, La- mont passed away within half an hour. At his deathbed were Mrs. Lamont , Frances and Bes- Several gu at the Lamont home were also present when the end came. Colonel Lamont was fifty-four years of age. . WOUND MAY BE FATAL. Walking Delegate Shot by Supposed Nonunion Men. New York, July 25.—For attempting to bring a strike to a peaceful ending George Prescott, walking delegate of the National Teamsters’ union, was shot, probably fatally. Union team- sters employed by Joseph Johnson & Co. of Staten Island notified the na- tional union that they had struck and that nonunion men were working in their places. There was no disorder of any kind, but when Prescott landed on the island to meet Mr. Johnson and discuss the strike his steps were dogged by two Italians, said to be non- union drivers, who, at a lonely corner, ordered him off the island and shot the delegate through the body once and also stabbed him. Prescott was carried unconscious to a hospital. The Italians were arrested. GAYNOR AND GREENE CASE. Defendants Withdraw Petition Leave to Appeal. for ‘Washington, July 25—Mr, MacMas- ter, Canadian counsel for the United States government in its case against Gaynor and (Greene, has cabled the de- partment of justice from London that the two men have withdrawn their petition for leave to appeal to. the privy council at T.ondon and that on Wednesday the council will formally dismiss the appeal. This leaves pend- ing in the courts only the habeas cor- pus proceedings, which will come up before Judge Ouimet at Ottawa about Aug. T. North Dakota State Fair. Grand Forks, N. D, July 25—The North Dakota state fair for 1905 will be held in this city Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, inclusive. The exhibition promises to be a great success. This will be the first state fair held under the provi- sions of the law passed by the last legislature designating Grand Forks and Fargo as permanent state fair wites. : PR SRR s In these refugees | |BALFOUR MINISTRY PROMISED A LIVELY TIME UNTIL END OF PARLIAMENT. DECIDES T0O REMAIN IN OFFICE CABINET HAS NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING AS RESULT OF ADVERSE VOTE. London, July 25.—The government has no intention of resigning in conse« quence of Thursday’s adverse vote. This was the gist of Premier Balfour's eagerly anticipated statement in the pouse of commons during the after- noon. Although it had been generally recognized that such would be the de- cision of the premier there was fever- ish eagerness on all sides to hear the exact terms of his statement. The house was literally packed. Every gallery available to the peers and the public was crowded and there had not been such an attendance of members during the life of the present parlia~ ment. Mr. Balfour, who was heartily cheered by his supporters on rising, tried the patience of his hearers some- what by a long disquisition on how former administrations had ignored de- feats similar to that of Thursday. He declared that such incidents had never been regarded as ground for resigna- tion or dissolution and announced that the government did not propose either to resign or dissolve parliament be« cause of Thursday’s occurrence. The premier considered that it would be a grave evil if the tenure of ministers was made dependent on such votes as that of Thursday. He hoped the prac- tice would never prevail of allowing a government united in itself and pos- sessing the confldence of the majority of the public to abandon its post mere- ly in consequence of such a vote. Opposition Attacks Government. Mr. Balfour sat down without refer- ring to the remaining business of the session. and Sir Henry Campbell-Ban- nerman, the Liberal leader, asked for an opportunity to discuss the pre+ mier’s statement. The opposition, he said, did not propose to proceed with { Sir Edward Grey’s proposed vote of censure, which obviously was super- {seded by the occurrence of Thursday. IThey waiited to discuss the conduct of the government regarding the events of last week, John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Nationalists, took a similar line and the heated tone of both leaders indicated that the government will have to face the most determined op- position during the remainder of the session. Ultimately by an arrange- ment with Mr. Balfour the chief gov- ernment whip, Sir Alexander Acland- Hood, formally moved the adjourn- ment and Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man opened the debate with a stirring attack on the government, Mr. Redmond followed and in a few fervid phrases characterized the pre- mier’s action as contemptible. The opposition, he declared, ought to band together and make the continued life of this government impossible. Speak- ing for the Nationalists Mr. Redmond promised the 'government that they would neither ask nor give gquarter, but would fight day and night so as to make short work of “this government of shreds and patches.” The opposition, for tactical reasons deciding to abstain from a division, the debate in the house of ‘commons was unexpectedly ended and the gov- ernment motion for an adjournment was carried without a division. PAINTERS WILL STRIKE. New York Employers Refuse Demands of Union, New York, July 25.—Preparations are making for a strike in this ecity by the Brotherhood of Painters, hav- ing a membership of 6,54, The union demands that the Master Painters’ as- sociation shall submit a proposéd trade agreement to the general arbi- tration hoard of the Building Trades Employers’ association, The same de- mands have been made on the Interior Decorators and Cabinetmakers’ asso- ciation. The master painters have refused either to grant the demands or to sub- mit the dispute to the general arbitra- tion board. It is declared that if the brotherhood men strike their places will be taken by the Amalgamated Painters’ society, a rival body. 7 YA RIErt Decide to Move Energetically Against European Rulers. Paris, July 25.—A meeting of 100 anarchists was held here Sunday night. French, Italian and Spanish agitators were present. Violent speeches were made, a militant pro- gramme being advocated, and it was decided to proceed - energetically . against Euw__ WARNEDBY GPPOSITION Y