Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1905, Page 1

" The Bemi VOLUME 3. NUMBER 88. EEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, '1905. 'TEN CENTS PER WEEK | FE-E-E-R R X R-RR-E-R-R-XER-X-XR R-X-Ro 0’Leary & Bowser 88 poirsoriadios 5\) %g-fords — as- sorted % zes and kindsat = 20 Per Cent b dunt to close out. A full line of Men’s Douglas Shoes for Fall, are now on our shelves. Trunks Suit Cases Telescopes Club Bags We still have a few pieces of wash goods with prices cut to close out. Outing flannel blankets at from 50 cents to $1.50 per pair. Outing flannels at from 5 cents to 15 cents per yard. R R R R-ER-R-R-X R TR -ER-E-R-XR-REE-RF-E R HER-HE-E R T-RF-RF-FAc folcReR R RoRgo oo o e Kook Ko X oRoRo ] PR oR-R- R R R R R R-R-K-X-X R X K-oRoRoR R R -R-R R RN RRoR-toRoR RN R R R R R ’ Health Education Worship Pleasure - Visit ¢ ellowstone Park All thru tickets good for stopover at the park Very Low Rates VIA Minnesota & International i 3 AND * ) Northern Pacificr For further information, write to or call upon .JA. Walker, Agent, Bemidji, Minn. Send six cents for Wonderland:1905, four cents for Lewis and Clarke booklet,two cents for Yellowstone Park folder, fifty cents for Wild Flowers from the Yellowstone, and thirty-five cents for Panoramic Park Picture, to ;W. M. Downie, Auditor, Brainerd, Minn. Painting : "&’ Paper Hanging % Shop. in rear of | SWBdb;ck Block. & % Kalsomining OBEY STRIKE ORDER NEARLY ALL TELEGRAPHERS ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC AND GREAT NORTHERN OUT. TRAFFIC ON BOTH LINES INTERRUPTED PASSENGER SERVICE IS DELAYED AND FREIGHT TRAINS ALL BUT ABANDONED. 8t. Paul, Aug. 3.—All the operators on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific roads are now on strike, ac- cording to President Perham of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. On the Great Northern about 812 men are out; on the Northern Pacific about 940. The telegraphers’ representatives in this city declare the strike order has been generally observed on both roads and that freight traffic has been para- lyzed. Managers of the Great North- ern and Northern Pacific admit that the strike order was generally com- plied with and that the freight busi- ness has been crippied to some ex- tent, but passenger business has not been delayed much. The strike order was issued by Pres- fdent H. B. Perham late Tuesday night and was transmitted throughout the entire systems of both companies. From tele; ic advices every man and Bismarck on the Northern Pacific walked out, with the exception of an operator at Dawson. Freight trains are tied up and all pas- senger trains are reported to be run- ning late. In Helena the entire force of the re- lay office, where all business between St. Paul and points west of Helena is handled, walked out. Dispatchers Out in Sympathy. The dispatchers at Havre, on the Great Northern, are reported to have walked out in sympathy with the tele- graph operators. At Butte the strike resulted in the Burlington flyer being held up about twenty-five miles east of Butte. From the same city comes the news that the North Coast limited is being forced-to. run slowly on account of the dificulty in obtaining clearance orders. The operators on the Spokane and Idaho. divisions of the Great Northern, except the .dispatchers, are out. All the operators on both roads in these divisions are claimed to have® walked out with the exception of one man at Pascoe, on the Northern Pacific. According to the claims of the strike committee in St. Paul 1,752 men have walked out in obedience to strike or- ders. Of these 812 are on the Great Northern and 940 on the Northern Pa- cific. The men claim that every opera- tor on the Great Northern has walked out and that all but two or three on the Northern Pacific have obeyed the strike order. The committee of the telegrapheérs in St. Paul has received a reply from James J.-Hill in response to the appeal sent him Tuesday, but the nature of its contents is withheld. USING HAND CAR SIGNALS. Nearly All Operators on Both Roads 5 in Montana Out. Helena, Mont., Aug. 3.—Dispatches from Montana points indicate that the strike order was generally obeyed by the telegraphers on the Northern Pa- cific and Great Northern. In this city, which is a relay office, sixteen opera- tors, including two wire chiefs and two operators in the yard, quit on receiv- ing the signal from President Perham. Ali-operators on the Montana Cen- tral except dispatchers, about fifty al- together, went out. At Missoula the entire Northern Pacific staff, except two men, quit work. Train No. 1 was brought into Missoula by hand car signals. The entire Rocky Mountain division of the Northern Pacific is re- ported to be tied up by the strike. ~ Walkout Perfect in Washington. Spokane, Wash,, Aug. 3.—On the Spokane division of the Great North- ern and the Idaho division of the Northern Pacific all the operators ex- cept the dispatchers are out. The men claim the walkout is absolutely per- fect, only excepting one man at Pas- coe, on the Northern Pacific, and claiming every man on the Great Northern. Train Tied Up by the Strike. Butte, Mont!, Aug. 3.—Train No. 6, known as the Burlington flyer and run- 'ning over the Northern Pacific track west of Billings, is reported to be tied up at a point abeut twenty-five. miles east of Butte as a result of the teleg- ' raphers’ strike. . ‘Over Two Inches of Rain. . Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3.—More than two inches-of rain fell-here during the night, the greatest precipitation for the same length-of -time this season.}. The rain was general oyer the state and almeat *equally-Nieavy rains. are: HYDE ANSWERS CABLE. Former Statistician Will This Country. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—In answer to a cablegram to John Hyde, former statistician of the department of agri- culture, urging him to return to this country, ‘Secretary Wilson during the day received the following dispatch from Mr. Hyde, dated Southport, Eng.: - *Returning as soon as possible. Let- ter.” Mr. Hyde left Washington about the time a special grand jury was convened to investigate charges of a leakage in the bureau of statistics by which, it is alleged, Edwin S. Holmes, the for- mer associate - statistician, furnished advance information of the depart- ment’s figures on the cotton crop to New York brokers. When Mr. Hyde resigned as chief of the bureau he agreed to hold himself ready o aid the department of justice in the*fhvestiga- tion it is making. He took passage for Europe a few days later and his de- parture was not learned until he was beyond the jurisdiction of federal au- thorities, who wanted him as a witness before the grand jury. OPENING OF SOO CANAL. Semi-Centennial Celebration at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Aug. 3.— ‘With the city crowded with thousands f visitors and with hundreds of yards of bunting flying in the breeze from all the buildings on both the American and Canadian sides of the St. Marys river a salute at sunrise from the gov- ernment ships in the harbor opened the two days’ celebration of the semi- centennial g¢f the opening of the St. Marys ship canal which connects Lake Superior with the lower lakes. More trafiic passes through this canal than through any similar water- way in the world. In 1894 38,000 pas- sengers were transported through the canal and a total of 21,546,106 tons of freight with a value of $340,000,000. The first day’s celebration was de- voted to naval and military parades, an Indian exhibition and a reception by Governor Warner to the other dis- tinguished zuests, followed by a mag- nificent exhibition of fireworks. RIOTING AT’ SAN JUAN. Return to Porto Rican Capital Scene of Strike Violence. * San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 3.—As an outcome of the longshoremen’s strike for an increase in wages to 23 cents an hour, which has been in progress for a month, the greater portion of San Juan was under the control of a mob between 7 and 9 p. m. The mob, in which there were about 1,000 armed persons, dug up paving blocks and stones and with these and other mis- siles rushed through the streets fighting the police, who were armed with rifles and fired scores of shots, but mostly in the air. One person was killed and there are four of whom may die. At 8 o'clock, while the main police force was engaged with the rioters, another mob, mainly composed of young men and boys, threw stones at the arc lights in the main streets, with the result that nearly the entire town ‘was in total darkness all night. NATIONAL STRIKE LIKELY. Employes of American Bridge Com- pany May Be Called Out. New York, Aug. 3.—In all probabil- ) ity there will be, says the World, a national strike against the American Bridge company. Should the strike be called more than 50,000 men will be involved. b The worlers attribute the trouble to the alleged employment of nonunion men by the Boston Bridge company. Frank Buchanan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, has ar- rived in the city and will make his headquarters here during the contro- versy. “It is very possible,” he said, “that a strike will take place. I can do noth- ing for a day or two except to wait for developments. Should the strik® be ordered it will have the assistance of the international union and other la. bor organizations.” BLANCHARD PROTESTS. Says Revenue Cutter Is Interfering With Fishing Boats. New Orleans, Aug. 3.—Governor Blanchard during the day wired the secretary of the treasury a vigorous protest against the interference of the revenue cutter Winona with Louisiana fisher boats lawfully riding in. Lou- isiana or federal waters. He advised the secretary that the Winona has been 'guilty of interference with the rights of Louisiana boats on naviga- ! ble waterways of the United States | and is apparently assisting the Missis- sippi quarantine patrol boats in inter- ference with Louisiana citizens. The governor requested prempt ac- tion to’'stop these practices and asked fori the release,of the boats held by ‘the Winona. ‘The governor also wired the collec tor-of customs at Biloxi, under ‘whose , release of Louisiana boats said ta. 1 be hield by the revenue cutter. ° forty injured in the hospials, three or: PROGRESS OF PLAGUE YELLOW FEVER SITUATION IN | THE SOUTHERN STATES IS NOT SO FAVORABLE. l HEAVY RAINS IN NEW ORLEANS ADVERSE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS UNDO MUCH WORK TO PRE- VENT CONTAGION. New Orleans, Aug. 3.—The yellow fever situation in the South is not so favorable, h?_g’h temperatures and heavy rainsipiNew Orleans, the center of infection, not only producing unfa- vorable climatic conditions but undo- ing much that had bggn accomplished in the past twenty-fc! it hours in the way of oiling gutters, cisterns and ponds and ‘causing this work to-be done over. The authorities have confi- dence in their ability to control the situation and the developments of the past twenty-four hours, they maintain, were nothing more than was to be ex- pected in the progress of the plague. Passenger and freight traffic on the railroads in and out of New Orleans is practically paralyzed. All suburban service to coast towns was discontin- ued a week ago and almost daily the railways have been dropping one or more trains until the service on most of the lines is at its minimum. There were no developments during the day in the controversy over the al- leged invasion of Louisiana by Missis- sippi troops guarding' the frontier, ex- cept the announcement from Jackson that Governor Vardaman had decided ; to go personally to-the scene and in- vestigate the conditions for himself. The governor acted on receipt of a telegram of complaint from Governor Blanchard. Before leaving Jackson Governor Vardaman said he desired to make no statement until his investiga- tion of the matter had been-finished. Mobile has' tightened its protective cordon and has ordered, in addition to disinfection, a detention of five days for all boats coming from Central and South American ports.. Texarkana, on the line between Ar- kansas -and Texas, has ordered 'a dis- continuance of all trains between | Shreveport; La:; where a case has ap- peared, and Texarkana, Arkansas-as well ag Mississippi is; using its militiamen as quarantine offi- cers and has stationed-them at various points to prevent the landing of people | from infected districts. 5 YELLOW FEVER SPREADING. Increase in Number of New Cases at New Orleans. New Orleans, Aug. 3.—With a large increase in the number of new cases | during the past twenty-four hours the fever situation was not as favorable during the day as it had heen, though the health authorities believe the con- finement of the serious infection to the quarter below Canal street is an encouraging sign. President Souchon was of the opinion that the intense heat, followed by a severe rain and thunder storm, bringing cooler tem- perature, was to some extent responsi- ble for the increase in the cases. How- ever, in spite of the most rigid inspec- tion that has been in effect for a week past, concealed cases among the Ital-; ians are here and there cropping out and the authorities in consequence are appealing to the Italian organizations to redouble their efforts to convince their countrymen that it is to their in- terest as well as to the interest of the whole city that there shall be imme- diate report of all suspicious cases. Up to noon there had been six deaths from yellow fever, making the total deaths to date seventy-four. So apprehensive are people in the country towns that they will be bot- tled up by the report of suspicious cases in their midst that many of the town councils are meeting to pass or- dinances imposing severe penalties on persons. who circulate reports calcu- lated to cause unnecessary excitement or alarm. PREFERS A MONARCHY. But Emperor William Fears Norw'ay Will Be a Republic. Copenhagen, Aug. 3.—Since his ar- vival at the Danish court Emperor William appears' to have become con- vinced that there is no hope of a| prince of the house of Bernadotte be-1! Large coming king of Norway. His majesty now favors’ Prince Charles ‘of Den- mark and he is quoted as saying: “If Prince Charles does not become Ring Norway will be a republic. Of jurisdiction the Winona is, demanding| course I prefer a monarchy and there-{ fore' shall hereafter support the can- didacy of Prince Charles.” ‘Attempt to Dynamite ‘Dam.: Janesville, Wis, Aug. 3.—An at- ‘namite the Indian Ford dam, which s f&g"!. 'i’.“:«:‘f“ jagkd “xplode. > Placed to her ear. | JEROME. AFTER FACTS ) NEW YORK BISTRICT ATTOHNfl WILL RIGIDLY PROBE INSUR« ANCE METHODS. MAY NEED SPECIAL -GRAND JURY EXTRAORDINARY STATE OF APY FAIRS EXISTS IN EQUITA- BLE SOCIETY. New York, Aug. 3.—District Attors ney Jerome told Justice Davis in the eriminal branch of the New York state' supreme court during the day that he might need a special grand jury to in« vestigate the Equitable Life Assurance’ society’s affairs before the legislativé committee has finished its investigas tion of life insurance conditions whick Is soon to begin. The court has beem kept sitting to await possible action by Mr. Jerome. He informed 1t during the day that he was mnot certaim whether he would want the special grand jury or not, but requested the. court to adjourn to Sept. 11, which it did. In the meantime, he said, any Justice of the court could grant the ors der for a special jury. In making-the request for an ade journment Mr. Jerome said: “As a result of the investigations of the state superintendent of insurancg, which called attention to the conditiem of the Bquitable company, I have dis~ covered in the investigation an Extraordinary State of Affairs which aftects not only this country but: all parts of the world. Transactions have been of such a character on their face that they require investigation by the district attorney of this county. The state superintendent of insurance is not a prosecuting officer and the in< vestigation he conducted was not with a view of finding whether the com- pany had conducted its business in & criminal manner.. While the investiga~ tion of the superintendént covered & wide field there were points that were inadequate for. a prosecuting officer for the purpose of prosecution. Since reading the .testimony I have made some investigation and inquiries for myself and as a-result of them' further inquiry is necessary and important im my own investigation. Mr. Jerome added that the legislas tive investigating committee would ap« proach the subject about as did the superintendent of insurance. The coms mittee, he said, was not chosen to dis+ ‘cover. whether a crime had been cem< mitted but to ascertain facts and de- vise legislation. Yet it might disclosé facts highly important to the distriet attorney and he might need the serye ices of a special grand jury. OFFICERS ESCAPE CENSURE. + Bennington Explosion Due to Weak Spot in Boiler. San Francisco, Aug. 3~—A special dispatch from San Diego to the Call says: From an official source, the reliabile ity of which cannot ' be questioned be« cause of its connection with the court itself, it has just become known what in substance will be the report of the court of inquiry now investigating the Bennington disaster. It may be stated authoritatively that the court will find that boiler B of the Bennington ex« ploded not because of the unusually high pressure but because the metal of the crown sheet and the bolts hold- ing that crown sheet in place had be- come *“dead,” had lost all life and nearly all tensile strength by reason of constant use and the failure to re- new the weakened place. The court will not censure the officers of the Ben- nington but will pass up the matter and the responsibility to higher aue thority. K SMALL SKIFF CAPSIZES, Four Persons Lose Their Lives in Itasca County, Minn. Duluth, Aug. 3.—Four lives were lost by the capsizing of a small skiff on Swan river five miles north of Vera, Itasca county.- The names of the un- fortunates are Edith Tichenor, Goldie Tichenor, Everett Tichenor and Mrs. J. M. Pogue, settlers of that portion of the country. Z Mrs. O/ E. Pogue was a member of the party. She saved her life by cling= ing to the boat until she could reach hottom. None of the Tichenors wa# &ble to'swim, . £ WILL LOSE HEARING: Absent Minded Girl Pouuvlnk Inte $vinac Her Ear. ~ Findlay, 0., Aug. 3—Miss Gussie Stratton~probably- will- lose her hear<” ing en account of having filled her ear™ & telephone call. Miss Stratton, hear- ing the telephone bell, reached for the receiver without Iooking at it. Instead,” she grasped an ink bottle, which she — B