Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 22, 1905, Page 1

_The Bemidji Daily Pio Py » 4 M|~NNE56TA ~ HISTORICAL SCCIETY. nee VOLUME 3. NUMBER 104 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER FEDERAL OFFICIALS HOPEFUL OF MASTERING FEVER SITUA- TION AT NEW ORLEANS. DISEASE SPREADING OUTSIDE OF CITY MANY SWAMPS IN CERTAIN LO- CALITIES PREVENT WIPING OUT OF MOoSQUuITO. New Orleans, Aug.- 22.—It is ap parent that the annihilation of the fever transmitting mosquito is mark- ing the decline of the yellow fever scourge within the city of New Or leans. The oppressive weather, how- ever, added to the consuming ten- dency of the fever, shows itself in the large number of deaths reported. The cases to date total 1,402 and the deaths R For the first time since the federal authorities have assumed charge of the situation the professional reserve has been broken. It is not expected of strict disciplinarians to comment on their work, but the atmosphere which, pervades the actions of the | ferent. marine iospital surgeons Yeliects thelr corifidence that they have about mas- tered a serious problem. Outside of New Orleans, however, the circumstances are somewhat dif- In St. Marys parish, notably on Riverside plantation, there is cause for concern. The numerous swamps in that locality afford ample breeding ground for the mosquito and the in- sect is not as easily destroyed. Sixty cases have been reported at Riverside plantation. The state board of health has decided to send three nurses to aid in caring for the stricken. Suspicious Case in Missouri. Keokuk, Ia., Aug. 22.—A case of yellow fever is reported from Greg- ory, Mo., seven miles south of Keo- kuk. A Greek laborer on railroad construction has been quarantined, Lis case being pronounced yellow fe- ver. He came from Natchez a few days ago with a party of laborers. BLAST KILLS MINERS. Explosion Jars Loose a Large Mass of Coal. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 22.—Two miners named John Manskey and William Kolonkoshi were killed in pit No. 4 of the Canadian-American gCoal and Coke company. They had fired an overhead blast and remained at a distance until after the smoke cleared away. A large mass of coal gave away and both men were buried be- neath it. Other miners got a rope around Manskey to keep him from going down the chute, but he expired before he could be taken out. LoReReg oo R R RN R R R R R - R X KA The School Season will soon be with us ool ol ed = £ Es £ o The Above Linss TR R R R R R RN R FoR XX KoK KRR R R R RoR Rk o Rallege Our Stock of Misses, Child- ren’s «« Little Men’s School Shoes is Complete o - School Children Will Want New Shoes, and You Will Not make A Mistake In Buying Any of The (0’Leary & Bowser 2 8 R R L) We Carry The Little Giant Independent Sharwood Selz American] Boya Pingree School Shoes . . . @ ULV BBEIROIERROOBBISD fact that we have The City Drug Store was broken into sometime last night and a very valuable corn cob pipe stolen. The reason. the robbers did not take more was for the / ve just received a large, new and up- to-date line of pipes and are obliged to keep -them in the safe as they represent a large sum of money. E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. NAANY il TRAIN HITS STREET CAR NINE PERSONS KILLED AND MORE THAN A DOZEN INJURED AT BUTTE, MONT. RAILROAD MEN BLAME MOTORMAN ATTEMPTED TO CROSS TRACKS 'AFTER BEING WARNED OF HIS DANGER. Butte, Mont.,, Aug. 22—Nine per- eons were Kkilled, one fatally injured and about thirteen more or less in- iured in a collision between a street car filled with returning merrymakers from the Columbia Gardens and a freight train on the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific railway. The dead are: Maggie Harrington, aged nineteen, Butte; Maud Johnson, aged nineteen, Butte; Mrs. Jacobs, colored, Butte; Mrs. Sadie Smith; Maggie Keefe, aged nineteen, Butte; Vera Haughton, aged fourteen, Butte; Chris Wold and an unidentified man and woman. Loaded with passengers, many of them women and girls, the car was struck by the end of a freight train on the railroad tracks north of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific depot and crushed beneath the weight of one freight car. That more of those on the car were not killed is miraculous, for the accident occurred with a sud- denness that precluded any hope of escape for those on the front end of the car. Most of them were women and young girls and six of these were killed, the other two victims being men. The train which struck the street car was composed of fourteen freight cars, being pushed east on the tracks by a Butte, Anaconda and Pacific en- gine. The street car was approaching from the south. Conductor Hoagland says he was on top of the train with a lantern and warned the motorman, but the latter put on speed and at- tempted to cross ahead of the train. ONE DEAD, MANY INJURED. Street Car Jumps the Track While Rounding a Curve. Milwaukee, Aug. 22.—One man was killed, several others seriously in- jured and many others slightly hurt in an accident to a Fox Point street car near Whitefish bay at a late hour at night. Henry Altpass of Milwau- kee was killed, his body being horribly mangled. The accident was the result of the car overturning from too rapid running around a curve. There were slxty persons in the car ‘at the time. ‘With the first crash there was the wildest confusion among the passen- gers, but they had no opportunity to jump. Some of those who stood on the platform managed to escape, but the eccupants of the car were unable te extricate themselves. The man who was killed stood on the front platform of the train, He fell beneath the front truck and his head was crushed to an unrecogniz- able mass. Some of the injured were unconscious when they were taken out and placed on the roadside. Their cries aroused the occupants of some of the nearby farmhouses, who ap- jpeared on the scene with lanterns to assist in the work of rescue. The seriously injured were temporarily given shelter in a nearby saloon and later brought to hospitals in this city. SEVEN STILL MISSING. Sixteen Known Dead in Excursion Train Wreck. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 22.—The bodies of two more victims of the Kinston and Greenville excursion railway wreck of Thursday were found during the day in the western branch of the Elizabeth river near the scene of the accident. One of them was Thomas Ferguson, the drawbridge keeper, who was knocked off the bridge and ldrowned when the train plunged through the epen draw. This makes fourteen bodies that have been recovered from the river, with two injured dead in St. Vincent’s hospital here, making sixteen known dead up to this time. It is believed that still more bodies are in the river. Some of the excur- sionists who returned home, not find- ing their friends there, have come back to Norfolk to make further search. It is thought that as many as seven people are yet missing.. "THREE PERSONS DROWNED. Father and Two Children Perish in a Wisconsin River. Jefferson, Wis., Aug. 22—Frank Hall, his oldest daughter, aged four- teen, and his oldest son, twelve years old, were drowned in the Crawfish river about two miles from here. Hall 3nd his wife were on the shore fishing Yhile the two children were bathing. Ehe gith was in distress.and .the ‘day for Washington. father rushed 1nto the water to rescue her. Tle sucteeded in bringing her part of the way to the shore when his strength failed and he sank. The son then made an attempt to rescue and shared a similar fate. Woman Badly Hurt in Storm. Winona, Minn.,, Aug. 22.—A small tornado is reported as having done some damage in the southwestern part of this county. The house of Frank G. Sanders wes destroyed and Mrs. Banders badly hurt. - WILL FIGHT BEEF TRUST. —_— Ty Heavy Users of Product to Erect Packing Plants. Chicago,. Aug. 22.—Hotel men, whoiesale butchers and restaurant keepers have formed a combination to fight the “beef trust.” Two plants, one costing $150,000 and the other $300,000, are in course of erection and a third, to cost $500,000, is contem- plated. Irrigation Congress Meets. Portland, Ore., Aug. 22.—The thir- teenth annual meeting of the National Irrigation congress, with more than 1,000 delegates present representing.| more than four-fifths of the states in the Union, assembled during the day at the Lewis and Clark auditorium. Governor George C. Pardee of Califor- nia, president of the congress, called the ccnvention to order. Colored Pythians in Session. Pittsburg, Aug. 22.—The thirteenth biennial session of the supreme lodge, colored Knights of Pythias, of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Aus- tralia, the Hawaiian islands and the West Indies, convened here during the day. The organization was formed forty-two years ago as an offgshoot of the white {fraternal soclety of the same name. Gas and Water Plants Wrecked. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 22.—The city gas plant at Syracuse, Neb., was part- ly demolished during the day by an explosion which also wrecked a part of the waterworks plant. Both plants are owned by the city. The explo- sion was caused by a leak in the pipes. J. C. Reed, a fireman, was probably fatally injur Japs Seize Russian Transport. Tokio, Aug. 22.—The commander of the squadron sent to Kamchatka re- poris that he seized the Russian trans- port Australia in Petropavlovsk har- bor orrAlg. 13. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Charles Marshall, fourth earl of Romney, is dead in London at the age of sixty-four. He was president of the Marine society. The steamer Siberia, which sailed from San Francisco on Aug. 16, has arrived at Honolulu. She has broken the record between the two ports. The French foreign office has ad- vised the American embassy at Paris regarding the pitiable condition of 250 employes of MacCaddon’s Amer- ican circus, who have been stranded at Grenoble since Aug. 10. General Leonard Wood, who has been resting near Boston after a slight operation on his head, left Mon- General Wood is now perfectly well and expects to sail next month for the Philippines, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Aug. 21.— Wheat— Sept., 82%c; ‘Dec., 813 @81%4c; May, 84%c. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.08%%; No. 1 Northern, $1.06%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.03@1.04. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Aug. 21.—Wheat—On track —No. 1 Northern, $1.08. To arrive— No. 1 Northern, 86%c; No. 2 North- ern, 82Yc; Dec., 78¢. Flax—To ar- rive, $1.10%4; on track, $1.48; Aug, $1.21: Dec., $1.00. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Aug. 21.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.00; common to fair, $5.75@4.25 ;good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25@4.25; veals, $2.00@ 4.75. Hogs—$5.50@6.00. Sheep—Year- lings, $4.50@5.75; good to choice na- tive lambs, $5.00@6.00. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Catile—Good to prime steers, $5.50@6.00; poor to me- dium, $3.75@4.75; stockers and feed- ers, $3.00@4.20; cows and Ipiters, $2.- 50@5.00; calves, $3.50@7.00. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.00@6.25; good te choice heavy, $5.90@6.25; light, $5.95@6.25. Sheep—Good to cheice wethers, $5.00@5.50; Western sheep, $4.85@5.40; native lambs, $5.50@7.50; ‘Western, $5.26@7.25. Chicago Grain and Provisions. . Chicago, Aug. 21.—Wheat—Aug, 80%c; Dec., 817% @82c; May, 85¢. Corn —Sept., 523;c; Bec., 463c; May, 48% @43%c. Oats—Aug., 25%c; Sept, 25%c; Dec., 26%c; May, 283 @28%c. Pork—Sept., $14.22%; Oct., $14.30; Jan.,, $13.05. Flax—Cash, Northwest- ern, $1.16; Seuthwestern, $1.06. Butter —Creameries, ‘17@20c; dairies, 16@ 18c. Eggs—12%@16c. Poultry—Tur- keys, 15c; chickens, 1lc; springs, 131gc. RUSSIA ASKS FOR POSTPONEMENT Vital .Meet‘ing' of Peace Conference. Again Put Off Until Tomorrow Morning. Portsmouth. N. H. Aug. 22—The meeting of ths peace conference which was to have taken place this afternoon has been postponed until tomorrow mornirg at9:30. The failure of Sat- urday’s, complete protecols is given as the reason but the real cause is said to be the failure of M. Witte to receive final word from St. Petersburg. The Russians requested a postpon- ment. St. Petersburg, Aug. 22—Russia’s answer is not being sent toM. Witte. It is said on good authority that it makes substantial concessions as to indemaity znd theisland of Saghalieu, Porfsmouth, N. H, Aug. 22.~-The situation at Portsmouth can be summed up. in a sentence. Emperor Nicholas’ answer to M. Witte’'s com- munication embodying the suggestion of President Roosevelt is still await- ed. The object of the' president is officially described by the authority, [ most competent to characterize it to be “to prolong the negotiations” and thus prevent an immediate rupture. Beyond this no official statement is vouchsafed. M. Witte, however, took occasion to deny that the president had proposed that the existing differ- ences be submitted to arbitration. The president primarily wants the two countries to continue to try to adjust their differences themselves and Dby concession reach an agree- ment, but according to the Associated Press’ information suggests the prin- ciple of arbitration as a possible final method for adjusting any points re- maining in dispute. The president’s role is a very delicate one and what he has done is described as ‘“‘unoffi- cial.” It will in no way appear in the meetings of the plenipotentiaries at this juncture. Sentiment here con- tinues pessimistic. READY FOR SUBMISSION. and Japanese Their Protocols. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 22.—Both" the Russians and Japanese have fin- ished the preparation of the protocols to be submitted at the next meeting of the coniference. The features of xthe protocols are the presentation of jthe reasons advanced by both sides for the divergence of views on the articles on which no agreement was reached. On article 5, the cession of Sak- halin, the Japanese claim that ,they are entitled to the island as well by reason of their national right to its possession as because of its present occupation by the Japanese forces. Russians Complete that up to 1850 Japan had never claimed any right to Sakhalin and at that time only twenty-five unmarried Japanese lived in the south of the isl- and during the fishing season. The negotiations between Russia and Ja- pan regarding Sakhalin started in 1855 and continued for twenty years, end- ing with the treaty of 1875 by which the sovereignty of Russia over the whole island was recognized. With regard to article 9 the proto- col repeats the arguments already set forth several times in the Associated Press dispatches. The Japanese claim reimbursement for the expenses of the war on the ground that they were Forced by Russia’s Aggressions to resort to arms for self-preservation and,~having been victorious at all points on sea and land, are entitled to reimbursement. trary, denies absolutely that Japan is in a position te dietate such a condi- tion, as Russia does not acknowledge defeat and appears at the conference not imploring mercy but because of her love of peace and her willingness to conclude on an honorable basis. Russia declares that a claim for in- demnity under the circumstances is unprecedented. ‘With regard to article 10 (the in- terned warships) Japan insists that the surrender of interned ships which have sought refuge in neutral ports as a spoil of war is net contrary to inter- national law. Russia, however; as- serts that international law affords no precedent for a claim for the posses- sion of property ia the safekeeping of neutrals. Finally, with regard to article 11 (the limitation of the Russian naval power in the Far East) the Japanese assert that it is indispensable to se- cure a lasting peace. Russia rejects the whole idea as being offensive to Bussian honor and dignity. While de- —— The Russians on the contrary insist; Rusgsia, on the con- | clining, however, 1o place suen am article in a treaty she is willing to make declaration that she has no in« tention of attempting to threaten the naval position of Japan or of any other power in the Far East. LESS HOPEFUL OF RESULTS. Feeling Regarding Peace in -German Official Circles. Berlin, Aug. 22.—There has been a decided weakening of the confidence felt by government officials and mem- bers of the diplomatic corps that’the hegotiations at Portsmouth would res sult in a peace agreement. The worst symptom, as it is looked at here, is that President Rooseveit should have found it necessary to again take ac~ tion. It is pointed out that if the ne- gotiations were proceeding smoothly to the desired end the president would not have interposed and that he has done so is considered an indication of acute tension. One of the belligerents, it is said, invited the president to in- tervene. Whatever the president may have done, however, is likely to be strongly supported by the German government, GENERAL STRIKE IN POLAND ACTION TAKEN AS A PROTEST AGAINST SCHEME FCR NA- TIONAL ASSEMBLY. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Aug. 22.— A’ general strike has been proclaimed throughout Poland as a protest against the disregard of the rights of the Poles in the scheme for representas tion in the national assembly. The strike began here during the day. Employes of the Vistula railway quit work and many trains were left standing at their intermediate sta- tions. Eighty socialists carrying arms, while attempting to enter the -city, were opposed by a detachment of Cos- sacks. Eight of the socihlists were killed and the others arrested. Employes of factories at Warsaw, Lodz and Pobiance have joined the strike. ~ Besides the Vistula railway the Terespol line and the light rail- ways have been compelled to suspend service. GREAT BRITAIN INAGTIVE. Will Not Request Japan to Modify, Peace Terms. A London, Aug. 22.—The Asseciated Press. was informed at - the. foreign office ‘during the day that President Roosevelt has not requested the Brit- ish government to make represents.- tions to Japan on the question of peace, The foreign office thinks if would be impertinent for the British ' government to request Japan to mod~ ify her terms. The Japanese governs ment believes that her terms are mod~ erate and Japan should not be de prived of the fruits of her victory. The foreign office further says it did not believe that Japan would modify the terms put forward at the opening of the conference. Official reports received by the gov- ernment from Russia take a gloomy view of the situation. The members of the British cabinet are divided, some taking a hopeful view and oth- ers believing that all hope of peac has been dissipated. ¥ FRANCE READY TO ASSIST., Anxious to Avert Failure of Peace Negotiations, . Paris, Aug. 22.—Officials, both govs ernmental and diplomatic, apparently are preparing to lend every assistance to avért the failure of the peace nego- tiations af Portsmouth. Premier Rot vier has suspended his vacation in Switzerland for the purpose of at- tending a special cabinet council Thursday mext. Mr. McCormick, the American ambassador, will return from Carlshad Wednesday for the pur- pose of being ready to exercise any friendly influences in his power. M. Jusserand, the French ambassador at ‘Washington, who is spending his vaca- ltion in the country, will also return to Paris in the middle of the week. Martial Law in Baltic Province. Mitau, Russia, Aug.- 22.—Martial &w has been declared throughout the Bajie vroviiep of Conrlant, e s,