Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 23, 1905, Page 1

) - The Bemid ji Daily Pioneer' VOLUME 3. NUMBER 105 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK PRESIDENT PERSISTENT CONTINUES ENERGETIC EFFORTS TO SAVE PEACE CONFERENCE FROM SHIPWRECK. SPECIAL MESSENGER AT PORTSMOUTH DELIVERS WRITTEN DOCUMENT FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO RUSSIAN ENVOYS. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23.—Presi- dent Roosevelt is energetically con- ducting his efforts to save the peace conference from shipwreck. The sen- sation of the day was a mysterious visit paid by M. Witte and Baron de w Rosen to the navyyard, where Mr. Peirce delivered to them a message in writing from President Roosevelt which had been brought from Oyster Bay by a confidential messenger named McGaw. Then for about three hours M. Witte and Baron de Rosen remained at the yard and it is be- lieved were in direct or indirect com- munication with the president. After their return to the hotel they abso- lutely declined to make any state- ment. It is assumed the president’s mes- | » sage was the result of Baron Kane- “ » ko’s visit to Oyster Bay Monday. AWAITING CZAR’S REPLY, Reason for Postponing Meeting of Peace Conferees. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23.—The Yostponement of the scheduled meet- .ng of the peace plenipotentiaries is taken here as a glimmer of hope that #n agreement may yet be reached The oficial reason assigned for the > ol programme was that the ries had not yet completed the of drafting the protocols for sub- ons for the the tentiaries. Thi but a more potent r M. t received final word from St. Petersburg and he suggested the postponement. Baron Komura ap- proved the suggestion. > As the situation now stands M. Witte could not if he would cede or compromise on either article 5 (Sak- halin) or article 9 (indemnity). The instructions given him by the emperor before he left St. Petersburg pre- cluded the possibility of either and it can be stated that up to the present hour cvery messuge he has received indirectly or directly from his em- peror shows no sign of any change of mind. And from the private advices the ad s whom the emperor is consulting seem practically unanimous in support of the view that furth ons are incon nt with Ru sia’s “dignity and honor » less Japan is prepared to yield some- thing substantial, not upon articles 10 or 11 but on articles 5 and 9, it is Better to Continue the War. 1 has not “# Although it seems to be hoping against ;™= the Japanese * hope there is still a possibility that the emperor will take President Roose- vell's advice and take the only step which, the president thinks, can save the conference fr.u :nipwreck. The president’s suggestion is not general and vague, but quite concrete. If it is finally rejected it is said not to in- volve a specific answer, but M. Witte is anxious that the emperor shall have full time to deliberate and the Japa- nese have no desire to force the issue, They will welcome a few days' delay If the delay keeps the door to peace open. There is a strong intimation that are prepared to make a proposition when the conference re- assembles, but there is nothing to in- dicate that they are prepared to re- eede on either articles 5 or 9. Articles 10 and 11 they might forfeit, but that would hardly bring peace nearer. Five and 9 remain now, as at the begin- ning, ¢ seemingly insurmountable dbstacles to peace Art > 10 of Japan's demands pro- vides that the Russian warships in- | terned in neutral ports shall be turned | over to Japan. Article 11 calls for the saslimitation of Russia’s naval power in the Far East. NO COMPROMISE POSSIBLE. ", dapanese Must Have Sakhalin Island and Indemnity. Tokio, Aug. 23.—The Jiji, in com- menting upon the proceedings at the Portsmouth peace conference, says: “The cession of the island of Sak- halin and the reimbursement of the cost of the war are the vital points of our demands and leave no room for any compromise. The moderation and reasonableness of these demands will be admitted, even by France. Should the attempt to promote peace fail the responsibility will rest with Russia, not with Japan. If the Russians re- fuse te accept the proposed terms it will be adyisable for our delegates to and that un- | | witharaw and tell them that the next | meeting will be in Tokio.” RUSSIAN SHIPS RECHRISTENED. Japanese Names Given Vessels Taken During War. Tokio, Aug. 23.—Tha imperial navy idepartment has rechris -ned the cap- tured Russian warships as follows: The Peresviet has been named the Sagami, the Poltava the Tango, the Bayan the A the Pallada the Tsu- garu and the Variag the Soya. LIMIT NOT REACHED, $aid Russia Is Prepared to Make Fur ther Concessions. Paris, Aug. 23.—The St. Petersburg i correspondent of the Temps contra- | dicts the reports sent to the London | Times and the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger i to the effect that at a council held at Peterhof it was decided not to make further peace concessions. He says that the council, on the contrary, pronounced by a small majority for the conclusion of peace and that the emperor has ordered the Russian dele- gates to make a new proposition rela- tive to indemnity. The correspondent adds that the Russian delegates have received tele- grams from the generals in the field urging against the conclusion of an unfavorable peace as the army feels { sure of victory. GERMANS GIVE UP HOPE. Berlin Believes Peace Negotiations Have Failed. Berlin, Aug. 23.—Definite news from Portsmouth was waited for intently until late in the afternoon in the great banks, among the curb brokers and in the foreign office, but the bulletin boards remained bare and the heads of the banks reluctantly returned to their homes. The government seem- ingly is as devoid ot certain informa- tion as are private institutions. The general impression is that the negotiations have failed. | Pessimistic Feeling Prevails. | London, Aug. 23.—The Stock Ex- ichange was inactive during the day. ‘While a majority of the traders be- lieve that a satisfactory settiement will result from the negotiations at Portsmouth a more pessimistic feeling prevailed and nervous holders real- | ized, causing weakness. Consols led in the decline. TAKES PESSIMISTIC TURN FRENCH OFFICIAL OPINION CON- CERNING THE CRISIS AT ! PORTSMOUTH. | Paris, Aug. 23.—A feeling of deep tude prevails concerning the at Portsmouth, which officials expect will continue for some days | pending the last desperate efforts to avert a rupture. The view in official | quarters ok a discouraging turn, ap- | parently as the result of confidential advices through official Russian | sources. It is semi-officially announced that the special cabinet council to be held Thursday will be confined to topics concerning Morocco and the fixing of the date for the reassembling of par- liament. The omission of any refer- ence to the peace negotiations is om- inous of a growing disposition to hold aloof from profitless intervention. The prevailing view among officials is that President Roosevelt, having initiated the movement, should cope with the difficulties without outside interference. French journalists at Portsmouth continue to guote M. Witte and other members of the Russian mission as | declaring that a rupture is inevitable. Dispatches from St. Petersburg reflect the same sentiment. Russian Loan Not in Demand. St. Petersburg, Aug. 23.—It is an- nounced from Moscow that subscrip- | tions there to the new internal loan are unsatisfactory. The subscriptions | thus far amount to only $100,000. | THIEF TELLS OF HIDDEN LOOT. | Minnesota Banker Recovers Stolen in 1903. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Aug. 23— Foliowing the clue given by one of ! the robbers who, after trying to com- mit suicide and believing that he would" die, told where the loot had been buried President N. O. Onscard land Attorney O. K. Dahle have discov- ered $1,100 in silver, the booty se- cured by thieves who robbed the Spring Grove bank in 1902, under the Burlington bridge five miles above this city. The discovery rewarded a long search, the only information given by the bandit being that the money was hidden near a railroad mile post in this viciaity. Money Charged With Embezzlement. Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 23.—W. J. Yea- ger is under arrest here on a charge of forgery and embezzlement. Yeager was cashier for Julius Cahn of the Empire theater of New Yerk and it is alleged he stole $12,000 of his em- DISSOLUTION OF UNION STORTHING AUTHORIZES NORWE- GIAN GOVERNMENT TO BE- GIN. NEGOTIATIONS. POWER TO NAME DELEGATES GRANTED EFFORT TO REACH PACIFIC SET TLEMENT OF MANY QUES- TIONS INVOLVED. Christiania, Norway, Aug. 23.—The storthing during the day adopted by a vote of 104 to 11 the proposals of the government for the formal open- ing of negotiations with Sweden for the dissolution of the union. The gov- ernment proposed to communicate the result of the recent referendum to the Swedish government and to ask it to accept the abrogation of the act of union and to co-operate in negotia- tions for a pacific settlement of the questions connected with the dissolu- tion, including those raised by the Swedish riksdag. The government was also granted power to appoint delegates to conduct the negotiations. MURDERED BY RUSSIANS. Shipwrecked Jap Seal Hunters Seek Refuge in Kamtchatka. Victoria, B./C., Aug. 23.—News has been received by the steamer Shaw- mut of the return to Hakodate of the Japanese sealing schooner Tora with four dead and four wounded, with news of the murder of fourteen other sealers of the schooner Matsu Moto by Russians off coast. off the Kuriles when she picked up a four men. hunting off Copper island their schoon- er foundered during a storm, the crew drowning with the vessel the Kamtchatkan coast about miles northeast of Cape Loepatka. The four men @icked up by the Tora had left the survivors on the beach to seek a coast settlement where provi- sions could be obtained. The Tora returned to succor the shipwrecked sealers, but when the landing place was reached the Russians opened fire on the Tora boats. It was learned that the fourteen shipwrecked sealers had been killed and the Tora’s sealers were driven back to their vessel with four dead and four wounded. Tora then returned to Hakodate with their dead and wounded. COURTMARTIAL MAY RESULT. Responsibility Placed for Disaster on the Bennington. Washington, Aug. 23.—The findings of the court of inquiry into the Ben- nington disaster suggest -a courtmar- tial for Ensign Wade, the only surviv- ing officer who may be held respon- sible. The findings were a complete sur- prise, for they at once set at rest the stories that had been circulated to the | effect that the Benningten’s boilers, and perbaps those of other naval ves- sels jof the same age, were defective. As a matter of fact the court found the explosion resulted from the clos- ing of a valve which connected the explcded boiler with its steam guage S0 that the pressure on the boiler may have been several hundred pounds to the square inch when the accident oc- curred. ‘While praise was accorded to the officers and crew of the ship for their conduct 'dur&ng the harrowing scenes following the accident the officers and men who were responsible, in the opinion of-the court, are pointed out rand courtmartial proceedings suggest- ed in the case of the only one of them surviving, Ensign Charles T. Wade. THREATENS TO ADOPT FORCE. France Demands Release of Citizen Held Prisoner in Morocco. Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 23.—The French minister has presented to the sultan an energetic demand for an in- demnity of $2,000 for the recent arrest of a TFranco-Algerian citizen. The minister also demands the punishment of the official responsible for the ar- |rest and an additional indemnity of §100 daily until the prisoner is re- leased. It is believed that the sultan will premptly grant the demands of the minister, as it is definitely known that the French government is .determined to adopt forcible means to bring the sultan to terms should satisfaction not be immediately given, including, if necessary, the occupation of a Mo- roccan port, Indicted for Embezziement. Washington, Aug. 23.—Thomas E. ‘Waggaman, late treasurer of the Cath- olic. university .ang., whose financial the Kamtchatkan| The Tora was huntiig seals boat of the Matsu Moto containing! They reported that while nine of| and the remainder, eighteen in num-| ber, in three boats managed to reach| fifty | The | dxmculu“e’s Thave attracted considtrable attention by reason of the amount in/ volved, has been indicted by the fed- eral grand jury for embezzlement in connection with his management as trustee of an estate. Extensive Blaze at Portland. Portland, Ore., Aug. 23.—Fire that started in a restaurant in East Stark street destroyed four blocks of build- ings in the business center of old East Portland. The loss approximately is $150,000. NOTED WOMAN WRITER DEAD. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge Expires After Long lliness. New York, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, poet, editor of St. Nich- olas magazine and author of several stories for children, is dead at her summer cottage in Onteora Park, Tan- nersville, N. Y. Mrs. Dodge had been in ill health for several months, but sufficiently recovered about twc MRS. MARY MAPES DODGE. | months ago to go to Onteora Park. She had been editor of St. Nicholas since its foundation in 1873. Mrs. Dodge was the widow of Will- iam Dodge, a lawyer, and was a na- tive of New York city, where she was born in 1838. Books she had written include. “Hans Brinker,” “Donald and Dorot “When Life Is Young” e Land of Pluck,” *“The- s and Others,” “Along the Way” (poems), AFTER A PERILOUS VOYAGE | | STEAMER ATHOS ARRIVES AT NEW YORK SEVENTEEN { | DAYS OVERDUE. | New York, Aug. 23—The steamer Athos, seventeen days late, with eight passengers and a cargo of rotted bananas and: with the bones of half eaten sharks on board to indicate the perils of the voyage, arrived off Scot- land lightship during the night. ! On July 30 the Athos left Port An- | tonio, Jamaica, for New York, a six days’ voyage, with provisions in plen- ty for this short period. Three hours out of port an eccentric rod on the engine broke and from that hour un- til last Sunday, proceeding sometimes only an hour a day under her own steam, the Athos drifted at the mercy of storms, in constant danger of fam- ine and for a time without drinking water. Sharks and other sea food | were caught and this, with food pro- ;vided by a passing steamer, managed to keep those on board from starva- i tion. After drifting helplessly for nearly two weeks the captain of the Athos abandoned the attempt to make way under the vessel’s own steam and two days later the first offer of aid was ‘accepted and the Athos was towed to this port. Passengers of the Athos on landing reported that the famine caused small mutinies among the ship’s crew of eighteen Chinamen. Trouble first start- ed among the coolies over the dearth of tobacco and rice. A negro helper was stabbed during one of the fights of the hungry crew, but the officers and passengers were not seriously menaced. IS COMPROMISED. Chicago Woodworkers Reach Agree- ment With Employers. Chicago, Aug. 23.—The strike of the woodworkers has been settled and 2,300 men who have been affected by the strike will return to work in the twelve plants involved. The settle- ment is in the nature of a compro- mise. The woodworkers struck for an in- crease in pay of 2 cents an hour and by the three-year conmtract just en- tered into they are to continue at the old wages, 28 cents an hour, for a period of two years. At the begin- ning of the third year the cabinetmak- STRIKE a1 increase of 1 cent an hour and the finishers 11, cents am hour. The ‘closed shop agreement will be main- tained and .the contract expires July 1,1908. EXCITEMENT INTENSE THREE CASES OF YELLOW FEVER DEVELOP IN LUMBER CAMP IN MISSOURI. ALL THE VICTIMS ITALIAN LABORERS PERMITTED TO SLIP THROUGH QUARANTINE LINES FROM MISSISSIPPI. | @regory, Mo., Aug. 23.—Three cases of yellow fever have developed here within the.past twenty-four hours. All are Italians. One victim has died and the two other cases diseovered are said to be very low. The three infected Italians, with four others of the same nationality, were brought up the river to Gregory recently from Greenwich, Miss., and employed at track work by the Bur- | lington railway. Monday one of the men, taken suddenly ill, was reported dying and when physicians called promptly reported the patient suffer- ing from genuine yellow fever he was isolated, but died~within a few hours. Two more of the Italians were found to shave become infected with the disease. They also were isolated, as were the four other = Italians brought from Mississippi. Excitement is intense and much indignation is ex- pressed that the Italians were per- mitted to slip through the quarantine lines. Gregory is a lumbering camp on the Mississippi river fifteen miles from Keokuk, Ia. New Orleans, Aug. 23.—There is an increase both in the number of cases of yellow fever and of fatalities. In the list of fatalities two deaths ap- pear as having occurred in the Marine hospital. They were sailors admitted to that institution. Another death was in the French asylum on St. Ann street, where a half dozen cases have been reported to date. The total cases so far number 1,457 and the deaths 211.% SEVERE IN TENNESSEE. Earthquake Shocks Experienced In Several States. ? Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 23.—At Clarksville, Tenn., a severe earth- quake shock was felt at 11:10 p. m.,, creating considerable excitement. Seismic disturbances were also noted at Union City and other sections of this state. A slight shock was felt in Nashville. Cairo, 111, Aug. 23.—An earthquake occurred at- 11:06 p. m. It lasted about one minute and shook the strongest buildings in Cairo. The shock was preceded by a loud rum- bling noise. Many persons were frightened and took refuge in the streets. Kansas City, Aug. 23.—Reports re- ceived during the day indicate that the earthquake shocks experienced during the night in the Mississippi valley were felt slightly in some West- ern Missouri points. No damage was done, ] Owensborp, Ky., Aug. 23.—Owens- boro and Henderson, Ky., and Evans- vills, Ind., were visited by an earth- quake at 11:05 p. m. Two distinct shocks were felt. Citizens of Owens- boro were greatly frightened. STORM DAMAGE HEAVY. Belated Reports of Tornado in Seouth- ern Minnesota. Lanesboro, Minn., Aug. 23.—The storm of Sunday night was severe in this territory, several points in South- ern Minnesota being hard hit. One man was killed and several people in- jured. ' Crops are reported to have suffered to a considerable extent. Four farms were in the path of the storm near Pilot Mound, nine miles north of this place. T. Danielson, owner of one of the farms, was killed in his house, which was totally demol- ished. All of the buildings on his place were wrecked. The farm buildings belonging to William Cocker, Andrew Menes and Frank Sanders were wrecked. Frank Sanders had her arm crushed. Elk River, Minn., Aug. 23.—Serious ers and machine hands are to receive damage was done by rain, wind and hail throughout Fillmere county Sun- day evening. At Clear Lake village not a building remains undamaged. Some were blown down -completely, while all were damaged by wrecked wings, gables or broken fanes of win- dow glass. CAUSE PANIC. ON TRAIN. Carlead of Drunken Strike Breakers Bound for Chicago. La Cresse, Wis., Aug. 23.—A car- lead of intexicated telegraph oper- stors sent out to break the teleg- 12, ‘Ehers’ gfil{g on_the Northgrn P Mrs. ¢ific and Great Nortnern ~roads and discharged after the return of the strikers to work precipitated a riot on a Burlington ‘train between St. Paul and Chicago. gaged in a fight among themselves and in the melee a number of revolver shots were fired. , The passengers be- came panic stricken and messages were sent to La Crosse for a detail of police to meet the train on its arrival here. The police arrested several of the ringleaders, the balance proceed- Ing to Chicago. TO DEAL WITH LABOR UNIONS, Association of Manufacturers Incore porated at Albany. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Twenty-oneé prominent manufacturers from differ- ent parts of the country are named as$ directors of the National Association of Meanufacturers of the United States of America, which was incorporated here during the day for the principal purpose of regulating relations be< tween employes and employers and dealing with labor unions. The cer« tificate states that the organization is formed for the ‘‘betterment of relas tions between employer and employe, the protection of the individual lib- erty and rights of employer and em- ploye, the education of the public in the principles of individual liberty and ownership of property, the sups port of legislation in furtherance of those principles and opposition to leg- islation in derogation thereof; %¥so to secure freedom from unlawful and unjust exactions.” The principal office is in New York. The directors include a number of well known opponents of union labor. TO IMPROVE THE RIVER. The men became en- - Meeting of Association Called at-La: Crosse for Next October. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 23.—At a eon« ference between Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington, Ia., president of the Upper Mississippi Improvement association, and the advisory committee represent~ ing the states of Wisconsin, Minne« sota, Illinois, Towa and Missouri, it was decided to hold the annual cone vention of the organization at La Crosse on Cct. 10 and 11 next. The Upper Mississippi River Improvement association was formed with the ob« ject of securing a deep water channel in the Mississippi river from St. Paul to Cairo, Ill., and at the La Crosse meeting the scope of the improvee ment wanted and the plans to be laid before congress at the coming session will-be defined. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Alfred Waterhouse, a well known architect and prominent member of the Royal Academy, is dead in Iom don. James Marcellas Ross, for more than forty years in charge of steam< ers and fleets on the Mississippi river, is dead at La Crosse. Ross was a cousin of General U. S. Grant. J. C. Savery, owner of the famous Cable mine and well known in Iowa | banking circles and on Wall street, ig dead of heart disease at Anaconda, Mont. He was eighty-three years old., Eleven workmen were caught in the collapse of the educational building at the world’s fair grounds at St. Louis, upon which the men were at work de- molishing the structure. Three werd seriously hurt, Six representatives of the imperial railway system of Japan arrived inm Chicago Tuesday and left for New York via the Great Lakes. They are in this country to study the Amere ican locomotive and to purchage rails way supplies. BASEBALL SCORES. National League. At New York, 10; Pittsburg, 2. At Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 12. At Boston, 1; St. Louis, 0. At Philadelphia, 1; Cincinnati, 5. American League. At St. Louis, 2; Philadelphia, 4. At Chicago, 3; New York, 5. At Cleveland, §; Washington, 9. Sec: ond game—Cleveland, 2; Washinge ton, 1. At Detroit, 0; Bosten, 3. Second game—Detroit, 5; Boston, 0. American Association. At Kansas City, 2; Columbus, 10. At Milwaukee, i Toledo, 13. At Minneapelis, 4; Indlanapolis, 0. At St. Paul, 0; Leu -ville, 1 MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapelis Wheat. Minneapolis, Aug. 22.— Wheat— Sept.,, 83l%c; Dec., 82c; May, 85%@ 85%c. Om track—Ne, 1 hard, $1.09; No. 1 Northern, $1.07; Ne. 2 Northern, $1.03@1.04. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Aug. 22.—Wheat—On track ~—Old Ne. 1 Northern, $1.08. Te arrive —No. 1 Neorthern, 87%c; No. 2 Nerth« ern, 833%o0; Pec., 78c. Flax—To ar- rive, $1.10; on tmk $1.48; Aug., $l« 21; Sept., $1.09%;; Dec., $1. .7%. . 8t. Paul Unien Steck Yards. St. Paul, Aug, 22.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.50@5.00; common to fair, $3.718@4.26; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@3.50; veals, $2.00@, 5.00. Hogs—$5.50@6.05. -Sheep—Year- lngs, $4.50@5.75; good to S, s