Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 28, 1905, Page 1

> . e ~ "t | / b aid > [ VOLUME 3. NUMBER 83. The Bemidi‘ Daily Pio BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1905. MINNESOTA | HISTOMCAL TEN CENTS PER WEEK VOTE FOR DISSOLUTION BOTH HOUSES OF SWEDISH PAR- LIAMENT ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE. SOME OPPESITION TO PROPOSED LOAR IDEA CONTRARY TO SPIRIT OF PEACE PREVAILING IN i BOTH COUNTRIES. . -~ foms = Stockholm, July 28.—Both houses of the Swedish parliament have ap- proved the report of the special com- mittee appointed by parliament to deal with the crisis between Norway and Sweden. In the first chamber the re- port was adopted without debate. In the second chamber the recom- mendation in the report regarding ne- gotiations for a dissolution was adopt- ed unanimously, but there was some objection to the proposed loan of § 000,000 to meet the new conditions. About a score of members voted against the loan, the Social Democrat leader, Herr Branting, pointing out the danger of mili m and declar- ing that the proposed loan was con- trary to the peaceful spirit of the recommendation to negotiate. It was a dangerous precedent, he said, fo Sweden never herctofore had bor rowed money for military purpc and he feared Norway would regard 1[ as being in the nature of a threat of war. This view contested by other speakers, who pointed out that the riksdag, by its unanimoens ap- proval of the condition of dissolution, had voiced its willingness to dissolve the union and its des for peace both in the present and in the future. Will Vote on Dissolution. Christiania, July 28.—It is reported the Norway gevernment will propose to the storthing the holding of a refer- endum on the dissolution of the union with Sweden. The vote probably will be taken 13. ARRA\GANG FOR lNDE(nMnY ! European Financiers Confer Regarding Russian Loan. Berlin, July 28.—In view of the prob- | ability of an early peace between Rus- | sia and Japan, the terms of which will involve the payment of a very heavy indemuity by Russia, the financie Europe have been holding conferenc e indem to the end that the pe may be paid without sc ing the finances of the world Ihe | Mendelssohns, the Berlin bankers who | have been for many years the l'uluL‘-1 sentatives on the Cou t ot the Rus- sian government and who have n - | tiated many of the Rus 1 loans, have | formed an alliance with the Roths- childs in respect to the matter and have held communications with all the leading financial institutions both on the Continent and in England. They are about to send the epresentatives to New York with a view to enlisting the co-operation of the large mmn-; ciers of the United States. It is likely | that a Russian loan for the purpose of paying the indemnity will be scat- tered and that a considerable por of it will be taken in the United States. | SHOWN GREAT COURTESIES. Secretary Taft and Party Highly Hon- | cred by Japanese. Tokio, merchant tary aft and July of i Maple club durin: i nese dinuer, dur 1 geisha danc 1e clubhouse w 1 illuminated Aags handsomely and American a crossed were displa) | the building. Shiba par’ g| the clubhouse, was illuminated and t]n. driveways avere thronged with crowds | that cheered Miss Roosevelt and Sec- | retary Taft as they departed from the clubhouse. The streets in the center of the ¢ were illuminated and there was a brilliant display of fireworks in | honor of the Americans. The popular | demonstrations and official and pri- vate courtesies shown the visitors have been the most remarkable ever shown foreigners. \ EARTHQUAKE IN MICHIGAN. Disturbance Sways Buildings and Rat. tles Dishes. Marquette, Mich.,, July 28.—Mar- quette and other cities on the iron range ~ have experienced a distinct shock of earthquake. A dull, rum- bling noise accompanied the disturb- ance. Tall buildings were swayed, dishes rattled and windows were shaken, but no damage was reported. Fatal Natural Gas Explosion, Somerset, 0., July 28.—Ex-State Senator William Finck and wife were fatally burned during the day by a natural gas explosion, which destroyed their home here. | the business transacted included the | | duced to ander. | submitted to ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED. ARussian and Jap Peace Envoys Will Meet President Aug. 5. Washington, July 28. — Assistant Becretary Peirce of the state depart- ment and Assistant Secretary Darling of the navy department have com- pleted arrangements for the meeting of the Japanese and Russian peace en- voys with President Roosevelt. The envoys will leave New York on the morning of Aug. 5 for Oyster Bay on cruisers. They will take lunch with the president and in the afternoon sail in the Mayflower and Dolphin, con- voyed by the cruiser Galveston, for Portsmouth, arriving there on the morning of the 7th, when they will be received by the admiral commanding the navyyard. In the conference with Assigtant | Secretary Peirce and Assistant Secre- tary Darling were Rear Admiral Sigs- bee and Commodore C. McR. Winslow, commander of the Mayflower. After the details of the programme had been decided on it was announced that the cruiser Tacoma, commanded by Com- mander R. F. Nicholson, and the cruis- er Chauanuuga, e mmagg__d by Com- mander S. A. Sharp, will convey the plenipotentiaries from New York to Oyster Bay, with the Galveston, com- manded by Commander W. F. Cutler, as a convoy, and that the Galvestoen will convoy the Mayflower and Dol- phin, which vessels will convey the plenipotentiaries from Oyster Bay to Portsmouth. EXAMINED AS TO SANITY. Scldier Convict Sends Love Letters to Miss Roosevelt. New York, July sent by Preside ernors island v explained the day when Private James G. who has been serving prisonment in Castic 11 sertion, was removed on a spec..| der and examined by a boaiu ol lunacy. Although great secrecy was main- tained it was learned that Jones had ;| heen sending love letters to Miss Alice Roo elt from prison. He sent more than a score. In each of them he im- plored her to ma him, asserting that she could be happy with no one else. The climax came when Jones sent a rp note to Mrs. Roosevelt, in which he said that she was standing between her stepdaughter and him- self, He declared that if Mrs. Roo: velt only would would crown the life of the president’s daughter with the happiness she craved. The letter was received at Bay last week.and President Ovster 3 sdiafely dispatched one guard of secret service men to gate, giving him authority to act as he llu)ught best. PENSIONS CUT OFF OR REDUCED. Equitabie Directors Adopt Report of Committee. New York, July 28.—The directors of the Equitable Life Assurance soci- 2ld two meetings during the day. t was an adjourned session and election of George F. Vietor of this ciety and Ernest B. Kruttschnitt of | New Orleans to the board. of chairman was announced. The office | abolished, as pre- viously The committee on | pensions reported and in almost every instance its recommendations were adopted. A number of pensions will be discontinued entirely and others re- 50 per cent of salaries re- ceived by ofil s or employes at the time of the severance of their connec- | tions. It developed that in addition to the pension of $25,000 a year to the widow of Henry B. Hyde there was| voted at the same time a pension of | $18,000 to Mrs. James W." Alexander, | the wife of the former president, to take effect on the death of Mr. Alex-| i have been ies or annui- | 2in contracts waived | under of the society and by x ler. The matter wiil be\ the Equitable spemalr counsel. 4 | PREFERS HARRIMAN S SERVICE. | Newly Appointed Federal Judge Re- turns His Commission. Portland. Ore., he has received his commi iam W. Cotton has concluded to de-| cline the appointment as United States | Jjudge for the district of Oregon to suc- | ceed the laie Judge Bellinger. it is generally believed that induce- | ments have been offered him by the Harriman system that make it worth while for him to decline the bench and | remain where he is as general counsel | of the Harriman Northwestern lines, ' with additipnal powers and financ)al considerations. July 28.—Although on Will- SEVERAL KILLED OR WOUNDED. Attacks on Jews Reported Near Kish- ineff, Russia. Kishineft, July 28.—An attack on the Jews, in which several were killed and wounded, is reported to have occurred at Ruska Novska, New Russia (prob- ably a village near Kishineff). The number of fatalities has not been esti- mated. over the goverr i July 25. ON RUSSIAN MAINLAND JAP FLAG FLIES OVER GOVERN- MENT BUILDINGS AT ALEX- ANDROVSK, SIBERIA. SEVERAL NEARBY TOWNS DESTROYED RETREATING RUSSIAN SOLDIERS USE THE TORCH BEFORE QUITTING LOCALITY. Tokio, July 28.—It is announced at army headquarters that the Japanese army on Sakhalin island on the morn- ing of July 24, without meeting heavy resistance from the Russians, com- menced ian(\ing in the neighborhood of Alkova,leight miles north of Alex- androvsk and that Alexandrovsk was seized Tuesday. Rear Admiral Katacka, in reporting the successful landing of the Japa- nese forces in the vicinity of Alexan- drovsk, says that the piers at Alex- androvsk, vomi and Mukake were found undestroyed, but the enemy had set fire to Mukake and Alkova. The town of Alexandrovsk was not burned. The admiral’s report, which was re- ceived at 7:30 p. . on July 24, says that the Japanese flag was hoisted nt buildings at Al- exandrovsk without any loss on the part of the Japanese iorce. The fol- lm\uw oficial statement has been is- he detachment detailed to protect the landing on the Siberian coast of Japanese troops from the island of | Sakhalin dislodged the enemy from the vicinity of Alkova July 24. Volunteers Assist Russians. “The enemy’s strength consisted of one battalion of infantry, newly dis- patched there, besides several hundred volunteers, Wwith eight field pieces from Alexandrovsk placed in the hills in the direction of Juikoff. Before this one detachment of infantry which had been dispatched under the protection of torpedo boats toward the pier at Alexandrovsk dispersed a body of the enemy which was attempting 4o burn the pier, which the Japanese captured intact. A detachment landed at Mu- gati, assisted by the torpedo boats, dis- lodged the enemy and captured 40,000 tons of cout and light railway mate- rials. Anoiher detachment occupied a third line at Alkova the same after- noon and, continuing the advance, Al- exandrovsk wus taken and entered the same evening after some resistance. The enemy continued his resistance in redoubts west of the town and on an eminence northeast of Alexandrovsk a stubborn resistance was offered. The fighting had ceased at sundown. “At dawn July 25 the enemy holding the position east of Alexandrovsk was attacked and our troops pressed him toward Novoe Michaelkoye. We com- pletely occupied Novoe Michaelkoye That place and Alexandrovsk escaped conflagration. Two hundred brisoners were taken.” HARD BLOW FOR RUSSIA. | Japan Will Demand the Neutralization of Vladivostok. Washington, July 28.—As a clearer idea is gained of Japan’s peace terms the skepticism with which Washington received the European reports that Japan would demand the neukrahza- tion of Viadivostok is lesfened. In fact it is learned that not only is this likely (o constitute one of Japan's de- mands, but it will be accompanied by a startling counter proposal. In effect, according to a seemingly well in- formed source, Japan will propose in | return for the neutralization of this last Russian port on the Pacific not to fortify Port Arthur. Should this in- formation prove correct it will entire- ly change the view which has pre- | vailed in oiiicial circles that the ques- tion of Vladivostok’s neutralization could not reasonably be made a part of Japan’s peace price. It is pointed out ithat while the war has demonstrated | that Port Arthur was a military blun- i der mnevertheless this great fortifica- tion ce! tutes a tremendous political infiuence in the Far Eastern question |'1uu its abandonment as a stronghold is a conc on of such magnitude that it is not felt Russia can refuse to meet it. It is believed here that the questicn of Vladivostok will sprove to be one of the most difficult which the conference will face, as Russia has not concealed her disinclination to permit it to enter into the negotiations. Foreign Embezzler Arrested. New York, July 28.—Charged with embezzling $10,000 from a Bremen bank Herman Schadow was arrested as he stepped off the steamship Main here. The prisoner declared his will- ingness to return to Germany to stand trial. He waived examination and was committed to the Tombs to await ex- tradition papers. SERIOUS EPIDEMIC, UNLIKELY. New Orleans Officlals Hope to Check Yellow Fever Scourge. New Orleans, July 28.—No report of additional new cases or deaths from yellow fever was made public by the city board of health in the early hours of the day. There were unofficial re- ports of a number of new cases, how- ever. Official report was made of twelve new cases and six deaths occur- ring in the previous twenty-four hours. Of the twelve new cases nine are Ital- ; lans. Six of the cases are at 520 and 524 St. Philip street, showing the prin- cipal infection to be still in the vicin- ity of the French market. Only two of ; the cases are in the upper part of the | city. Of the deaths one occurred in the hospital, two up town and three in the French market district. The health officers, after a study of the foci, expressed the opinion that there was hope of eradicating the disease before fall and, in any event, with the precautions being taken, a serious epidemic was entirely out of the ques- tion. NUMBER Two More Deaths as Result of Ben- nington Disaster. San Diego, Cal., July 28.—The list of Bennington dead now numbers sixty-two, there having been two more deaths, S. Tacate, a Japanese mess atten@ant, and H. A. Metius, pay clerk. The case of Metius is peculiar. He was able to walk up town after the accident and was thought not to have been badly injured. After his wounds had been dressed he was out on the streets. Suddenly he collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital on a stretcher. It is supposed that the shock and a weak heart were the causes of his death. The Bennington is now ready to go north, but should Admiral Goodrich, who is due here in a few hours, de- cide to hold an inquiry here the pre- sumption is that the Bennington will not be taken north until the investi- gation is completed. VICTIMS SIXTY-TWO. GAVE LIFE FOR ‘ANOTHER. Minneapolis Girl Drowns After Rescu- ing Child. * Minneapolis, July 28.—Ella Brown, aged eighteen, lost her life in Rice creek at Frederick in saving the llfe of a little child. Miss Brown was on the shore of the 3 tli a number of children when one-¢hild fell- into the water. With rare presence of mind the girl leaped into the water after the drowning child and shoved her to shore and safety. In struggling to reach shore the heavy water weighted clothing dragged Miss Brown into the middle of the creek, where an eight-foot depth of water is maintained, and she lost her life. She was a senior student at the North Side high school and the only daughter of a widowed mother. DOG SAVES TWO CHILDREN. Littie Boys Fall Into Deep Pool and Spaniel Drags Them Out. Duluth, July 27.—Frank Bridgman, aged seven years, and Olive Pugh, aged eleven, were saved from drown- ing in Chester park by a water span- iel. The two children fell into one of the deep pools in the creek. Mrs. Frank Spurbeck rushed in to pull them out, but found the water beyond her depth. Her daughter also tried it, i but could not reach them. They were rushing to get sticks to reach the lit- tle ones, when their dog ran down the sand and plunged in. He pulled one [ to Mrs. Spurbeck and then went back | for the other, getting both out, and none too soom. SIX WORKMEN KILLED. Laborers Rum Down by Train at Tribes Hill, N. Y. Amsterdam, N. Y. July 28.—Six men, all italian laborers, were killed and three others were probably fatally injured by being struck by an accom- modation train on the New York Cen- tral railrcad at Tribes Hill, six miles west of this city. About a hundred men were engaged at work on a curve track No. 2 to allow a westbound freight train to pass. A number of the men failed to notice the approach of a train on track No. 1 and they were run down. MCNEY TO FEED TRAMPS. { Michigan Woman Leaves Fund of $10,- | 000 for That Purpose. Kalamazoo, Mich., July 28 —The will of Mrs. Almiga Kramer, just read in the presence of the heirs, astonishes them by a trust fund of $10,000 to be used to feed tramps. Senator Bur- rows, who is named as trustee, will have charge of the money. All appli- cations must be made by tramps at the police department, where each tramp. will be presented with a ticket entitling him to a square meal at a restaurant. 1f the tramp wishes he may have a hot bath. Senator Burrows drew up the will for the woman, who was eighty- nine years of age when she died. The heirs will not contest, as the residue of the property amounts to $105,000. when they were obliged to step from | HOCH FROM " SNATCHED GALLOWS Wealthy Woman Secures His Reprive Two Hours Before the Time Set Fpr His Execution. Chicago, July 28.—Johan Hoch, who was to have been executed at noon today for the murder of one of his numerous wives, has been re- prieved until the middle of Septem- ber. Two hours before the time set for his execution a woman giving her name as Mrs. Wilson and reputed to be wealthy, appeared at the sheriff’s office and agreed to furnish money necessary for the appeal of Hoch’s case to the supreme court. The gov- ernor was communicated with and the reprieved followed. _——mmm PUBLICITY THE REMEDY., Cardinal Gibbons on Corruption in Business and Public Life. New York, July 28.—Cardinal Gib- bons, who is spending the summer at Southampton, L. I, has been inter- viewed on the subject of corruption in business and public life, which, he de- clares, must be cured by publicity through the press. “Corporation corruption is a fixed evil that we must reckon with just as long as the present condition of so- ciety exists in this country,” said the cardinal. “Whenever there is an amalgamation of great capital or a large collection of men interested in one money making concern there is sure to be corruption. It is not a new story. It is a story as old as the world’s history. The only @ason that it comes so much to the fore at pres- ent is that the metbgds of its detec- tion are daily growing stronger. “The bright spot is the fact that the degradation is made known. Corrup-! tion cannot exist nowadays without being discovered after a¥hile. The| greater the evil the greater the pos- sibility of remedy. And that possi-! bility of remedy has now become suchl an assured fact that it counterbal- ances, almost, the evil which the pres- ent ccalition of money madness cre- ates. i MAY REFUSE TO SIGN CHINA OPPOSED TO TREATY WITH UNITED STATES CONTAINING AN EXCLUSION CLAUSE. NEW ATTITUDE ASSUMED AT PEKING INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN POWERS BLAMED FOR CHANGE IN GOV- ERNMENT’S POSITION: Washington, July 28.—Some doubt is expressed in official circles whether it will be possible to obtain China’s consent to another treaty with the United States providing for even the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country. The state department is aware of ill feeling throughout China on the whole subject and now that the immigration treaty with China has i been allowed to lapse without the ne- “It may not be good theology, it| gotiation of 2 new agreement reports may not be good ethics, but it is cer- tainly very good common sense and a very good moral element that the fear, the dread of exposure in the pubhc' press, keeps many a man sticking have reached here that China is in- clined hereafter to refuse to sign any similar convention. China’s position appears to be that the exclusion of Chi- close to the path of rectitude who| €S5S¢ citizens from a friendly country ‘ways of personal graft.” TO COUNTERACT GERMAN VISIT.' British Squadron Ordered to Scan- dinavian Waters. London, July 28.—The British chan- nel fleet will sail for the Baltic sea Aug. 20 and will remain there through September. As it has been years since a British fleet appeared in that sea the announcement is connected in the public mind with Emperor \Qxll lam’s recent tour and the visit of a German squadron to Scandinavian waters. The cruise of the British ' fleet is regarded as designed to coun- teract the preponderance of German influence in The admiralty. however, discourages | the idea of politics having any bear- ing on the cruise and says that the Baltic is an open sea and that the fleet is simply going there to execute maneuvers, a ceremonious visit not being contemplated. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Willlam Slugger shot and fatally wounded his wife and William Vivian at Knox, Pa., and then fired a bullet into his head. s Pxerpam Morgan was among 1he passengers who sailed from Liverpool for New York on board the White! Star liner Oceanic. Hugh Roberts Parrish, treasurer of' La Capital company of Buenos Ayres and a well known clubman of Phila- delphia and New York, is dead at Philadelphia. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At New York, 6; Cincinnati, 5. At Brooklyn, 6; St. Louis, 1 At Boston, 2; Pittsburg, 8. At Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, 2. American League. At Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 2. Scandinavian politics‘ otherwise would stray off into the b}-! is in itself a disgrace and while she cannot ignore the laws of a foreign power providing for such exclusion she can refuse {o sanction it or become a party to a treaty involving such re- strictions. A year ago, it is said, it would have been easy to conduct nego- tiations with China for the exclusion of Chinese laborers only. Now, how- ever, it is understood the Chinese offi- i cials are disposed to regard the sign- 1 ing of such a treaty beneath the dig- nity of their government. The reason for the assumption at Peking of this new attitude is not quite clear to the officials here, though in some circles it is attributed to the influence of foreign powers. BOYCOTT AMERICAN EBEANK. | Chinese Bankers Call Meeting to Dis- cuss Proposal. Shanghai, July 28—The native bankers here are calling a meeting to discuss a proposal to boycott the In- | ternational Banking corporation. The International Banking corporas tion was organized in June, 1901, un- der the laws of Connecticut, receiving its charter by a special act of the leg- islature. It was then the only Amer- x(an ban}\mg institution formed for the purpose of domg business entirely | in foreign ccuntries, with authority to establish branches. The corporation was made the agent of the United States government for the receipt of | the payments to this government on account of ihe Chinese Boxer indem- nity. The corporation was capitalized at §$3,000,600, with a surplus of $3, 000,000. Among the cities represent- ed in the concern were New Yecrk,. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Colum- | bus, Detroit, Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Louis. The Southern and Pacific coast cities were equally well repre- sented. z =, s SRR STRIKE VIOLENCE RENEWED. At Cleveland, 2; Washington, 3. Second game—Cleveland, 7; Washing- ton, 1. American Association. At Milwaukee, 6; Minneapolis, 3. At Louisville, 4; Toledo, 2 At Indianapolis, 1; Golumbus, U. Second game—Indianapolis,, 2; Co- Iumbus, 6. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, July 27.—Wheat—July, $1.0612; Sept., 933%c; Dec., 90% @ 80%c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.10%; No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 Nom] Mob of One Thousand Attacks Cara- van of Wagons. Chicago, July 28 —Violence growing out of the teamsters’ strike has broken out afresh. A mob of nearly a thou- sand persons assaulted a caravan of wagons belonging to a wholesale grocery company while they were re- turning to the barns of the company. After beating one of the drivers into insensibility the wagon was driven away Dby the rioters and the horses turned loose. Two sets of new har- ness were stolen. ! i i