Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 16, 1905, Page 1

¥y The Bemidji Daily Pioneer HISTORICAL MINNESOTA SOCIETY. VOLUME 3. NUMBER 99. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY: AUGUST 16, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK SITUATIGH IS BETTER SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT LOW FEVER CONDITIONS IN NEW ORLEANS. IN YEL- DR. GUITERAS MAKES A PREDICTION SAYS CRESCENT CITY WILL BE FREE FROM INFECTION IN FORTY DAYS. New Orleans, Aug. 16.—The number of new cases and deaths up to noon shows a slight improvement in the yellow fever situation in New Or- leans. New cases continue to appear from day to day in the state, but there is no general or violent spread of the pestilence .outside of the orig- inal center of infection. Alabama and Mississippi continue free from the disease, three suspicious cases at Raymond, Miss., being pronounced not yellow fever. Dr. Guteras, the expert, predicts that New Orleans will be free from the infection in forty days. The second death above Canal street in a fortnight occurred during the day. The victim was Joseph O. Daspil, one of the brightest of the younger branch of lawyers here. Cases above Canal street continue to be traced to the down town infec- tion, indicating that there are still a few of the disease laden mosquitoes loose in the old infected area in spite of the tons of sulphur that have been burned’ tiere. Of the twelve deaths in the preced- ing twenty-four hours seven bore Ital- ian names, two English, two German and one French. All were below Canal street. Nineteen cases were handled during the day at the Emergency hos- pital, where there have been to date 121 cases. Twenty-seven have been discharged and many of the present patients are convalescent. The hos- pital authorities say that confidence in the treatment given in the institu- tion is growing among the foreign ces. % 5., : C,@,;D IMMENSE DAMAGE. Severe \c@én in Sections of Ohio, Ken' v and Indiana. Cincinnati, ., 16.—Reports re- ceived indicate ¢ ‘the recent severe storm caused da® = estimated at several hundred thidsand doliars in Southwestern Ohio and less serious loss in other parts of the state and in Kentucky and Indiana. At Hamilton, 0., the rainfall reached two and a half inches, causing a flood on the Miami river, which washed away sev- eral small bridges. At Middletown the rainfall reached 4.25 inches and both traction and steam railroads were washed out at several points near there. Near Mansfield, O., Joseph Finney, aged three years, died from the effects of a stroke of lightning, but his parents, who were stunned, recovered. Misses Nellie Smith and Lulu Wilson were seriously injured by lightning which struck a farm- house neafi\dar)svnlle O. Seven per- ! sons were stunned by lightning near Circleville, O., but all will recover. David Walts, the fourteen-year-old son of a wealthy farmer of Fayette county, Ky., was perhaps fatally in- jured by a bolt of lightning while standing under a tree. The damage to crops was especially heavy in But- ler and Warren counties, O. LCRCRCR R R RR R R R R R R R R X X Three Essentials STYLE, FIT, QUALITY, arethe essentials in woman’s garments If You Buy Right You Get All Three; If You Don’t Get all three you don’t buy right fords, Mohairs, batross, SO BUY HUGO DuBROCK and the Bernhard Lines of Ladies’ Fall Waists Ladies’ Silk Waists Ladies Walk’g Skirts Ladies’ Ladies’ Dress Skirts Ladies’ Wrappers Ladies’ Petticoats Received One Shipment of Fall and Winter Dress Goods. Serges, Waistings, Panama, Bed- Flannels Proof Goods. O’Leary & Bowser BETBLRILBB GBS Silk Skirts Broadeloths, Al- and Shower (FOR VIOLATION OF LAW ' INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS- SION BEGINS FIGHT ON PRI- VATE CAR LINES. NUMBER OF ACBUSATIONS ARE MADE DISCRIMINATION IN RATES, UN: JUST CHARGE$ AND FAIL- URE TO REPORT. P Washington, Aug. 16.—The inter- state commerce commission, on its own initiative and as a result of com- plaints against private car linés, dur- ing the day unexpectedly began in- vestigation of the relations between railroads and - refrigerator lines, by which it is charged that thex®ct to regulate interstate commerce is being violated in several specified particu- lars. The complaint set forth by the commission is ‘directed against the Armour Car Line, the American Re- frigerator Transportation company, the Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch and the followlng railroads: St. | Louis and San Francisco; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; St. Louis; Iron Mountain and Southern; Central of Georgia; Southern Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboard Air Line; Pennsyl- vania; Southern Pacific and Kansas City Southern. The railroads and refrigerator lines are made respondents in proceedings which require that specific answer to all allegations be made to the inter- state commerce commission by Sept. 5. Charges Made by Commission. It is charged that by way of rebates or other devices the refrigerator lines are acting for the railroads as author- ized agents and the railroads, acting through the refrigerator lines, are collecting and receiving for the re- frigeration of fruit and vegetables lower rates from some shippers than they are contemporaneously receiving for similar service rendered to other shippers. This is held to be in viola- tion of sections 2 and 3 of the act to regulate interstate commerce. Another charge is that failure and neglect to publish at shipping sta- tions and file with the interstate com- merce commission the rates and charges imposed for the refrigeration of fruits and vegetables constitutes a violation of section 6 of the interstate commerce act. The commission alleges further that charges published jointly by the re- frigerator lines and the railroads for the refrigeration of fruits in certain specified territories are unreasonable and unjust and in violation of section 1. The territories described are Mis- souri, Arkansas, Indian - Territory, Texas, California to Eastern points, Louisiana, Kansas, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina to New York. SECRETARY WILSON IN CHICAGO. WIIl Investigate Transportation of Live Stock. Chicago, Aug. 16.—Secretary of Ag- riculture Wilson, accompanied by Dr. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of ani- mal industry, has arrived in Chicago and will at once begin an investiga- tion into live stock transportation. “We have come to Chicago to learn the actual condition of the live stock traific,” said Secretary Wilson. “We want to see for ourselves just what the situation is so we can handle it intelligently at Washington. The law provides that cattle shipped in cars which are not provided with con- veniences for feeding and rest shall be taken out and fed at least once in twenty-eight hours. We want to de- termine what conveniences are neces- sary to feed and rest cattle in transit.” INDICTMENTS EXPECTED. Grand Jury Resumes Cotton Leakage Investigation. ‘Washington, Aug. 16.—The grand jury of the supreme -ourt of the Dis- trict of Columbia has ;csumed its in- vestigation into ihe leakage of the cotton crop reports of the department of agriculture. District Attorney Beach is hopeful of completing the investigation in a short time and expects to secure in- dictments against more than one per- son, notwithstanding the absence of Mr. Hyde, the former statistician of the department, and the refusal of Messrs. Peckham and Haas to testify. WILL AGAIN SERVE UNDER ROGCT. William C. Sanger to Be Assistant Secretary of State. Lenox, Mass., Aug. 16.—There is a report in Stockbridge that William C. Sanger of New York is to be assistant secretary of state and that the ap- pointment will be made this -week. Mr. Sanger is now in Labrador with Becretary Root. He served as assist- ant secretary.of war under Mr. Reot £ SEEEGTIVE PAGE and was’ invited to make the frip’ to Labrador by his former chief. Standard Oil Dividends Increase. New York, Aug. 16.—The Standard Oil company of New Jersey has de- clared a dividend for the quarter of $6 a share, payable Sept. 15. The previous dividends were $9 a share, payable June 15, and $15 a share, pay- able March 15, making $30 a share declared so far this year, against $29 a share in the corresponding period last yetr. 8CHWAB'S EUROPEAN TRIP. Goes to Investigate Secret Process of Making Steel. New York, Aug. 16.—Charles M. Schwab, who has returned to this city from Braddock, Pa., revealed for the first time that his trip abroad is for- the purpose of* investigating in Ger- many a new and secret process for the manufacture of steel which may lhave an important bearing on the fu- ture of that industry. “I will be gone for three weeks and the only country I intend to visit is Germany,” Mr. Schwab said. “I am going to inspect several steel mills. One offers a new development in the manufacture of steel. This has been inaugurated by friends of mine over there and I am going to see what it is like. Mr. Johnson, general man- ager of the Bethlehem Steel company, is going with me.” He added that there was a possibil- ity of his visiting Andrew Carypgie before he returned and refused tml.s- cuss his rumored contracts to con- struct wharves in Russia. Typhoid Raging in Washington. ‘Washington, Aug. 16.—Twenty-nine new cases of typhoid and two deaths from the disease were reported to the health officers Monday. The outhreak has surpassed in severity that of 1908, when the greater number of persons under treatment for the dis- ease at any one time was 224. Indian Lands Opened. Duluth, Aug. 16.—Ninety persons were in line before the door of the United States land office at 9 a. m., when lands in the Fond du Lac Indian reservation were opened to settlement and entry. Of the number in line just three are women. The first man has been in line a week. Yellow Fever in Indiana. Laporte, Ind., Aug. 16.—Mrs. Fred Shreve of Waterford, this county, who recently returned from the South, wheze her two sisters died from what was called swamp fever, is reported fatally ill with a disease which her physicians diagnosed as yellow fever. BRIEF. BITS OF NEWS. Baron Sannomyia Yoshitane, grand master of ceremonies at the imperial court of Japan, is dead from cancer. Fire at Bakersfield, Cal., destroyed ten buildings, including Scribner’s theater, the largest theater in town. The president has modified his proc- lamation withdrawing from entry lands in the Uintah Indian reservation in Utah. 80,000 acres of the withdrawn lands. R. W. Scott, Canadian secretary of state, has invited Baron Komura to visit Canada after the peace confer- ence and the Japanese minister has accepted if engagements will permit. The suspension of gold and silver coinage at the Philadelphia mint is explained at the treasury department by the statement that the stock of sil- ver bullion is entirely exhausted and there is no call at present for gold or minor coins. The Calumet and Western Grain Elevator company of Chicago has given notice to customers to transfer open accounts to the firm of Crighton & Co. The company’s attorney said that the company had become in- volved in outside complications. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At Pittsburg, 5; Philadelphia, 0. American League. At Washington, 2; Cleveland, 3— thirteen innings. At Philadelphia, 2; St. Louis, 1. | At New York, 7; Detroit, 1. At Boston, 1; Chicago, 6. game—Boston, 5; Chicago, 3. Second MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Aug. 15. — Wheat— Sept., 837% @84c; Dec., 82%c; May, 85%%c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.07; No. 2 Northern, $1.05. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Aug. 15.—Wheat—On track —No. 1 Northern, $1.07; No. 2 North- ern, 99c; Sept. (old), 837%c; Sept. (new), 79%c. Flax—To arrive, §1.20; on track, $1.48; Aug., $1.20; Dec, $1.12. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Aug. 15.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.00; common to fair, $3.75@4.25; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $2.00@ 5.00. Hogs—$5.70@6.20. Sheep—Year- lings, $4.50@5.75; good to choice na- tive lamps, $5.00@5.00. It is understood he restores | ARTICLE 5 LAID ASIDE PEACE CONFERENCE STRIKES A SNAG WHEN CESSION OF SAK- HALIN IS REACHED. PRECEDING " ARTICLE DISPOSED OF RELATES TO SURRENDER OF RUS- SIAN LEASES ON THE LIAO- TUNG PENINSULA. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 16.—Article 4 of the peace conditions under con- sideration by the Russian and Japa- nese plenipotentiaries was agreed on during the forenoon sitting of the peace conference. Consideration was also given to article 5, but in the course Of discussion difference of views developed and it was decided to take note of the opposing opinions and proceed 'to the consideration of other articles. The following is the official announcement of the moruning session: “At the morning sitting the confer- ence discussed articles 4 and 5. Art- icle 4 was unanimously agreed to. Not being able to arrive at a unani- mous decision on article 5 the pleni- potentiaries have decided to take note of the divergence of views and to pro- ceed to the discussion of the other prticles.” Article 4 relates to the surrender of Russian leases on the Liaotung penin- sula and article 5, which was passed over on account of differences. to the cession of Sakhalin island to Japan. Opening Work of Conference. When the plenipotentiaries again faced each other in the morning the first business, before taking up article 4, was the reading and signing of the protocols of the pervious day’s pro- ceedings, including the draft of the three articles agreed on and the min- utes of the discussion: The Asso- ciated Press is now able to state au- thoritatively from both sides that the twelve articles now before them con- stitute the basis of a prospective “treaty of Washington,” but as }.he wording is subject to revision it does not, as accepted, necessarily establish the final text. The Associated Press is informed that, while covering the surrender of the lease of the Liaotung peninsula and the Blonde and Elliott islands, which are included in the leasehold, article 4 does not touch Port Arthur and Dalny, which are covered in a separate article. Japan, it is under- stood, insists, at least for the present, on the occupation of these two points. The guestion of Russian government and private property will probably be dealt with by mixed commissions, as is customary at the conclusion of a war when fortified cities pass from the jurisdiction of one country to an- other. Witte Acts on Instructions, There is what is regarded as an ab- solutely certain warrant for the state- ment that M. Witte is not referring the questions regarding the various articles to St. Petersburg or Peterhof. All that he has done thus far has been in pursuance of his own deci- sions, although he is advising his sov- ereign, post facto, of what is done. But as to the two main propositions, if the time should ever arrive when, in his judgment, concession should be made on either, it can be regarded as certain that he would consult the em- peror before committing himself. In his interviews with the emperor be- fare he left St. Petersburg he learned and shared the view of the ruler that peace was impossible for Russia on the hasis of indemnity or cession of territory and in all his public and pri- vate utterances he continues to hold an absolutely uncompromising attitude on those points. All indications from the Japanese side show also that Baron Komura is equally firm and that the payment of the “cost of the war and the cession of Sakhalin” are conditions sine qua non. A suggestion is made that when Baron Komura ascertained from M. ‘Witte’s reply the Russian non possu- mus on these articles he decided to begin the consideration of the articles seriatim in order to have time to communicate with his government and secure its final word, ACCEPTED BY RUSSIA. First Three Articles of the Peace Treaty as Agreed To. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 16.—The first three of the twelve articles which constitute the Japanese conditions were agreed to by Russia, as follows: First—Russia’s recognition of Ja- pan’s “preponderating influence” and special position in Korea, which Rus- sia henceforth agrees i« utside of her sphere of infiuence, Japan binding herself to recognize the suzerainty of the reigning family, but with the right to give advice apd asgistance ta im- prove the civil adminfstration of The empire. Second—Mutual obligation to evace uate Manchuria, each to surrender all spectal privileges in that province; mutual obligation to respect the “ter~ ritorial integrity” of China and te maintain the principle of equal oppor- tunity for the commerce and industry of all nations in that province (open door). Third—The cession to China of the Chinese Eastern railroad from Hs.rbln southward. HOPEFUL JF A VICTORY, Russia Would Make Last Supreme Ef. fort in Manchuria. New York, Aug. 16.—The St. Peters- burg correspondent of the Times says that “an important personage” de- clared to him that if Japan did not abandon her demand for an indemnity the negotiations at Portsmouth would be broken off this week. Every preparation, he sald, had been made for a general mobilization with a view to a supreme effort in Manchuria in the present year. True, the chances of victory were dubious, but Russia would play her last card before accepting dishonorable. condi- tions of peace. Thedorder for the mobilization will be issued in the middle of August- (old style) if peace has not previously been concluded. RUSSIANS FINALLY DISPERSED. Japanese Squadron Attacks Post Ir| Tartary Straits. Tokio, Aug. 16.—Admiral Kataoka reports that a detachment of his squadron attacked the = Russians guarding Lazaroba point, in the Tar- tary straits, Aug. 15. Marines were landed and they were exposed to & sudden attack from the Russians, who were hidden in a forest. The Japa~ nese loss was only one killed and four wounded, but the Russians were finally dispersed. A Japanese torpedo destroyer oper- ating on the east coast of Sakhalin island attacked the Russians holding the telegraph office at Raioro on the morning of Aug. 13 and captured eighteen men and thé telegraph ap- paratus. JAPS S8INK RUSSIAN SHIPS. Third Steamer Shelled and Town I8 Threatened. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.—Japanese warships in the sea of Okhotsk have sunk two Russian sailing vessels and shelled the government steamship Ret- iviz. The captain and crew of the Retiviz were killed or wounded. The Japa~ nese expected to make a landing. In- habitants of the town of Okhotsk are retreating inland, leaving the town undefended. A dispatch from Guntzuling says Field Marshal Oyama seems to be re« ducing his forces in Manchuria to re- inforce those in Korea. RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK. ¢ « Reconnaissance in. Force Along the Railway. Headquarters Japanese Army in Manchuria, Aug. 13, via Fusan, Aug. 16.—A Japanese reconnaissance in force along the line of the railway on the Kirin road from the Changtuf line drove in the Russian outposts. On Aug. 12 eleven Russians were killed and ten captured in a counter recon- naissance in the direction of Kinyton, The Russians were driven back by the Japanese outposts. Japanese PARADE AND BANQUET. Taft Party Given .a Warm Reception at lloilo. Manila, Aug. 16.—Iloilo tendered the Taft party a magnificent reception during the day. The civic and mili- tary forces paraded and at night the party attended a banquet at which 300 persuns were present. The trans- port Logan will sail at daylight for Bacolod, the capital of Occidental Ne- gros, where an inspection of the sugar plantations will be made. The dowager empress of China has inquired through the Chinese consul here desiring to know if Miss Roose~ velt will visit Peking. If so General and Mrs. Corbin will accompany her. The condition of Mrs. Dubois, wife of Senator Dubois, who was injured in a runaway accident, is greatly im- proved. Shortage in Banana Supply. Chicago, Aug. 16.—With the visible supply of bananas reduced to less than half the usual amount because of the restrictions on importations made by the guarantine at New Or- ltans wholesale dealers along South Water street are predicting a famine in the fruit. Prices during the last two weeks have shown a steady rise. Clash Over Freight Rates. Spokane, Wash.,- Aug. 16.—Troeuble between the state railway cemmission and the Harriman lines has arisen at the very outset of the commissien’s work. The clash is over the right of the commission te order a joint reste for handling coal from Roslyn te Cel- fax, Wash.