Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 11, 1905, Page 1

LXY ~ ), VOLUME 3. NUMBER 120. - The Bemidji Daily Pio % BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1905, TEN CENTS PER WEEK ‘11'\950 s )'10 Q ! S0y, let dd A Pioneer Want Ad Wi 11 CAPTAIN GOMMITS SUICIDE | ESTIMATED AT $90,000,000! COMMANDER OF FISHING DORY DRIVEN INSANE BY LOSS OF EIGHT MEN. Boston, Sept. 11.—The death of Cap- tain Isaac Frazer by suicide and the loss of eight men by going astray in a fog was reported by the remain- ing members of the crew of the Bos- ton fisning schooner Joseph H. Crom- well, who brought the vessel into this port ¢ ng the day. The missing men were lost while out in dories on the Georges bank last Wednesday. The captain jumped over- board and was drowned Friday morn- ing. He left a note declaring his in- tention to commit suicide. Captain | I'razer hailed from Cape Breton. Four of the missing sailors also came from there. "U'he other four were from Ire- land. For twenty-four hours the Crom- well made a fruitless search for the missing dories with their eight occu- pants. It is supposed that Frazer brooded over the Joss of so many members of his crew until he became temporarily insane. LOSSES SUSTAINED BY VARIOUS OIL COMPANIES IN THE BAKU DISTRICT. St. Petersburg, Sept. 11.—Estimates of the losses at Baku received by the various oil companies give an aggre gate approximately of $90,000,000, in- cluding contingent l?sses d}xe to lhei Hants Baronia tion of production until the re-| struction of the plants and th s of freight steamships and rail- employed in the oil industry. Outside of Baku the losses to Rus- sian industry, generally through the absence of oil fuel, are incalculable. STILL IN NEW YORK CITY. Mrs. Young So Faf Fails to Live Up to Agreement. New York, Sept. 11.—Mrs. Beatrice Young, who ghot Katherine Morgan, a stenographer employed by Mrs. Young’s husband in the Hotel Impe- rial three weeks ago and who was discharged on her agreement with the| court to leave New York state, is still in New York city. She declared that she would not leave New York until she was ready. That there. is no law which can W' “The Best is None to Good” § MOTTO! { department Bring us your Prescriptions, 2 This especially so in our presorlptlon\ CITY DRUG STORE. iE.N .FRENCH @ CO. M i : in the town was wrecked, burying the i aged. | dicted. FOUR H:NDRED PERISH LATEST ESTIMATE OF LOSS OF LIFE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE. iN RECENT PROPERTY DAMAGE IS VERY HEAVY EIGHTEEN VILLAGES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY DESTROYED. Rome, Sept. 11.—The latest estimate of loss of life from the earthquake shocks in the province of Calabria is 400. Hundreds of persons were in- Jjured. The towns of Martirano, Pizzo and Monteleone di Calabria were almost entirely ruined and eighteen villages are said to have been entirely de- stroyed. In the Pizzo district buildings fell like cardboards at the touch of a finger. The greatest damage appears to have been done at Stefaconi, where the dead are said to number close to the hundred mark. Almost every house people in the ruins. Passengers arriving here from Cala- bria are profoundly impressed with the disaster. The depot at Parghelia is completely destroyed. The travel- ers recount seeing villages reduced to ruins and men and women half clothed weeping and seeking to find and bury the bodies of their relatives. All the people from San Giovani to are invaded by the populace demanding succor. The spec- tacle is terrifying. At Messina, Sicily, the walls of many houses and churches were cracked by the earthquake and other- wise were more or less seriously dam- IN LEAGUE WITH OUTLAWS. Charge Made Against Aguinaldo by American Officer. Manila, Sept. 11.—Captain W. P Baker, medical officer of the con stabulary serving in the province of Cavite, while testifying in a libel suit against the Renachiemiento, a nativc newspaper, declared that Aguinaldc was in league with the native out laws. He said that evidence to this effect was obtained from captured chiefs. “The people understand,” he added, “that Aguinaldo is the director of the outlaw campaign and suppos peaceful natives are aiding the mo ment under the same understanding.’ | Aguinaldo was challenged to preve otherwise. The testimony has cre ated a sensation. compel MIS. 1oung TO 1€ave NEew York or to stay away from this state was stated by Assistant District Attor- ney Kernochan when he informed the magistrate that there would be no prosecution of Mrs. Young. Mr. Ker- nochan said that Mrs. Young had been discharged for lack of evidence and was free to do as she liked unless Mrs. Morgan wished to have her in- The district attorney’s office| tried to persuade her to prosecute Mrs. Young, but she had refused, and the only alternative was to discharge Mrs. Young. 27 N - NS 2202 I RALTL A s RS (L N wd A sure,ra Strength the use of— ANHEUSER-BUse, . a This Perfect tonic builds Flesh and makes Rich Red Blood—It is a Predi to the weakest stomach. At all druggists and grocers. a8 - A ait(alma(acaialanisieis Regain Health pid Recovery from disease—increased and healthy Appetite result from Prepared by . . Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass’n ' - 8ti Louts, U. S. A, Lo e e f RS S s R R R R R R S e S S ol : A [ 4 ~ gested food acceptable wneveleveiaiua (LT ot o o kT TLTE L S TRADE MARK. v, (s Sx (i YT vielm(m - (7 -, s Yy LEiwlml e ve sV e 5 a7 ) ] e S MEANT FURTHER BLOODSHED. Reason Japan Did Not Insist on Pay- ment of Indemnity. Tokio, Sept. 11.—The Nichi Nichi publishss an extended statement from Field Marshal Yamagata reviewing the war. He first discusses’the Rus: sian advance into Manchuria and Ko rea ‘and gives details of the futile ne- gotiations. He then refers to the in- crease of the Russian naval force and- Japan’s resolution to draw the sword for her own protection and conquer or die, “After the victory at Mukden the principle of humanity,” he says, “started the cry for peace in Europe and America. After the naval victory in the Sea of Japan President Roose- velt advised both belligerents to cease their offensive operations. Diiference of opinion and dissension over the terms of peace were unavoidable, but the people must remember that Rus- sia’s obduracy and desire to continue the war left no hope of obtaining ade- quate repayment to the Japanese with- out further sacrifice of life and ex penditures of money. The cessation of hostilities was also advantageous to the naval development of Japan. A continuation of the war meant the waste of the country’s energies and. resources.” Yamagata concludes by asserting that Japan’s military strength is un- impaired and the troops could have taken Harbin. TOKIO ORDERLY AND QUIET Belief Growing That Disorders Haye Ended. Tokio, Sept. 11.—The night was un- eventful and ‘Tokio is orderly and quiet. The belief is growing here that the disorders have ended. Oyster Bay, L. L., Sept. 11.—Minister Griscom, at Tokio, in a brief cable gram report to the state department at Washington, which was transmitted to President Roosevelt, said that the situation in Tokic was quiet and that there had been no further serious dis- turbances. The guard at the Amer- ican legation has been reduced to eight soldiers. CLAIMS BIG DAMAGES. Mexican Begins Suit Against Thomas W. Lawson. Boston, Sept. 11.—Claiming that he has been damaged to the extent of $3,750,000 by the failure of Thomas W. Lawson to keep an agreement with him Luis H. Rabn of Urique, Mex., has entered suit against Mr. Lawson in the supreme court. He requests that the defendant deliver to him per-! sonally 7,500 shares of the Lawson company of Mexico and in addition that he place in a safe deposit vault for ten years 22,500 shares to bind the agreement on which the suit is based. The plaintiff alleges that Mr. Lawson agreed to finance the company and that he failed to do so. An order of notice was issued by the court making the case returnable Tuesday. The Law- son company of Mexico is capitalized with 300,000 shares, with a par value of $10. Thomas W. Lawson is presi- dent and Arnold Lawson secretary and treasurer of the company. NO ACTION DECIDED ON. French Ministers Discuss the Venezu- eilan Cable Situation. Paris, Sept. 11.—It is understood that the Venezuelan cable situation was informally discussed at the meet. ing of the council of ministers during the day, but the official note issued | after the meeting did not mention the subject and the officials say the gov- ernment has not taken action pending the receipt of a report from the French legation at Caracas. The legation had been previously instructed to protest; against the closing of the French Ca- ble company’s stations and the expul- sion of Manager Brun, but the result of the presentation of these protests has not been reported. The officials here add that immediate action is not likely, as the question is sufficiently serious to require mature considera- tion. ACCUSED ENSIGN MAY DIE. | Wade May Never Face Bennington Courtmartial. San Francisco, Sept. 11.—Ensi Charles T. Wade, U. S. N., may never face a courtmartial awaiting him for alleged responsibility in the disaster to the gunboat Bennington. Grave fears are entertained for the life of Ensign Wade, who is lying in the Mare Island hospital in a serious con- dition, resulting from a recent opera- tion for appendicitis. It is said the operation had been too long delayed; an abscess had formed in the appen- dix and two days ago gangrene peri- tonitis set in, making his recovery al- most impossible. Cerman Cruiser Ashore. Sizcapore, Straits Settlements, Sept. 11.—The an protected cruiser Seeadicr, which left this port Friday for Gerinan East Africa in view of the rebellion there, struck the submerged Kent rocks, twelve miles from here. and remains stranded there in a bad position. FULLY A SGORE DEAD RAND POWDER WORKS AT FAIR- CHANCE, PA, WRECKED BY AN EXPLOSION. TEN BUILDINGS .BLOWN TO ATOMS FORCE OF THE CONCUSSION FELT FOR A DISTANCE OF FIF- ] TEEN MILES. Connellsville, Pa., Sept. 11.—With a report that could be heard for a radius of fifteen miles the Rand -powder works, located at Fairchance, Pa., six miles east of Uniontown, blew up, causing, it is believed, over twenty deaths and considerable financial dam- age. So far twelve bodies have been taken from the ruins and it is said there are about a dozen bodies still under the debris. The explosion occurred in a car of powder and was followed a few mo- wments - later by another and heavier one when the flames ignited the large magazine. The concussion of the sec- ond explosion was so great that tele- phone, telegraph and trolley wires were blown down, interrupting all communication with the scene of the catastrophe. Persons within a radius of fifteen miles heard the explosion and knew that the powder works had blown up. Every vehicle in the sur- rounding vicinity was pressed into service and hundreds of people were soon gathered about the ruins aiding in the work of rescue. The bodies re- covered were burned almost beyond recognition. Manager Rand of the Rand powder works was seriously huit and was taken to his home at Uniontown, Pa. Passenger Train Almost Derailed. A passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, northbound from Morgantown to Connellsville, which, was passing the works when the first | explosion occurred, was almost thrown from the track Dby the concussion,]| which broke all the windows and| caused a panic among the passengers, several of whom were injured by fly- ing glass. Opposite the powder works the tracks of the Pennsylvania and, Baltimore and Ohio railroads were de-; i stroyed. For a mile around Fair- chance buildings have been wrecked and at Uniontown, Pa., six miles from the explosion, hundreds of windows | have been broken. A large skylight !in the courthouse at Uniontown was smashed and there was a panic among the occupants to escape from the build- ing. Damage was done at Connells- | ville, Mount Pleasant and Scottdale jand in hundreds of homes the dishes fell from the cupboards and pictures MURDER MYSTERY DEVELOPS. Editor Thompson Slain in Prominent New York Hotel. New York, Sept. 11.—A mystery of unusual proportions has developed in the circumstances surrounding the death of Jacob H. Thompson, for forty years an editor on the New York Times, by positive evidence that he was murdered on the night of Sept. 7 by a brutal cluboing in a prominent hotel situated in one of the busiest residence and business sections of New York city. This fact was dis- closed by the coroner’s autopsy. This examination showed that Mr. Thomp- son had been struck over the head at least a dozen times with a blunt in- strument and had been strangled as well. No one has been found who ad- mits having the slightest knowledge of what transpired in the editor’s room in the St. James hotel from the time he entered it early Thuxsday evening until he was found about 9 o’clock Friday morning by a chamber- maid, who told the coroner that she saw him half sitting and making con- vulsive movements with his Hands. He was then fully dressed and was wear- ing riding boots. An unfinished letter was lying on his desk as if the writer had just laid down his pen. FIRED BY TELEGRAPH. President’s Summary ‘Action Against Public Printer Palmer. Qyster Bay, L. I, Sept. 11.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, becoming aware of the fact that Public Printer Palmer dis- obeyed him in his instructions to for- ward to him his resignation to take effect the 15th inst., and also not to take any further action in the case of 0. J. Ricketts, foreman of printing, and L. C. Hay, a division foreman, whose resignations Palmer had re- quested, telegraphed Palmer to for- ward his resignation immediately and directed him to turn over the office to Foreman Ricketts. It can be said that the appointment of Mr. Ricketts as acting public printer is not an assurance that he will 'succeed permanently to that office. STRIKE TO BECOME GENERAL. Printers in Many Large Cities Will Be Called Out. Chicago, Sept. 1l.—According to the officers of the International Typo- graphical union, the war between the United Typothetae and the Interna- tional Typographical union over the latter’s demand for an eight-hour day, to go into effect Jan. 1, is to become general. The strike will soon spread to every city in the country where the employers refuse to grant the eight- hour day. Thus far tBe strike has aifected only Chicago and Detroit, but Saturday printers were, called out of the ty- pothetae shops of Indianapolis, and from day to day strikes will be or- dered in other cities. Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Fifty Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 11.—Fifty printers, including the employes of all | were blown from the walls. Scores | of people in the town of Fairchance | were painfully injured. Not a vestige of the ten buildings that made up the big powder works remains standing. The scene in the neighborhood of the powder, plant was one of horror. { The debris was strewn about for a bodies were among the wreckage. Large holes were made in the ground by the force of the explosion. MAY LEAD TO HOSTILITIES. i 8wedish-Norwegian Situation Causing Some Alarm. Christiania, Sept. 11.—The fear is becoming general that the situation between Norway and Sweden may yet lead to war. Even in the most pacific circles the situation is looked upon as having an element of danger and the prevailing nervousness has been increased by the tone of the Swedish newspapers. In that country the press is now calling upon the government to mob- to command 3,000 troops. ‘While the Swedish riksdag demand- ed that the “fortresses recently erect- ed be no longer maintained” the Swedish newspapers insist that the fortifications of the old fortresses of Fredrikstein and Kongsvinger shall be destroyed. No suggestion could be made which would more deeply wound the national pride of the Norwegians. Kongsvin- ger is thirty miles from the frontier and holds a commanding position for the defense of Christiania, the richest section of Norway, while the corre- sponding zone in Sweden, it is pointed out, is “unimportant and has never been fortified.” Responsible people here say the -arrogant tone of the Swedish press, unless it is modified, is likely to lead to serious developments. Ninneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Sept.9.—Wheat—Sept., 8015c; Dec., 809, @805%¢c; May, 83%@ 84c. On track—No. 1 Northern, 82%c¢; No. 2 ijthgm. 19%ec. . o the newspapers and printing estab- lishments in Watertown, struck dur- ing the day in an attempt to force the signing of the eight-hour agreement. The newspapers were published as usual. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Standard Oil interests have acquired great distance and pieces of humanj the San Francisco Gas and Rleciric company. King Edward has returned to T.on don in splendid health after taking the cure at Marienbad, Bohemia. Minister Rockhill has cabled the state department from Peking that the boycott situation continues steadily tc improve. Mrs. Mildred Simpson Allen, wife of R. Buckner Allen, lawyer and former newspaper man of New York city, shot and killed herself in her home at Lex- ington, Ky. QUOTATIONS. MARKET Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Sept. 9.—Wheat—To arrive ilize 70,000 troops, at the same time| first half of September—No. 1 North- pointing out that Norway is only able| ern, 83%c; No. 2 Northern, S0c. To arrive—No. 1 Northern, 82%c¢; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; Sept. (old), 8ic; Sept. (newj, 77%ec; Dec., 7634c. Flax —To arrive, $1.12; on track, $1.14; Dec., $1.03%4; May, $1.07. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Sept. 9.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.85@6.50; cows, $1.30@4.50; heifers, $2.15@5.00; good to prime steers, $5.40 @6.50; poor to medium, $2.835@5.35, Hogs—Heavy, $5.30@5.95; rough heavy, $5.30@5.50; mixed, $5.40@5.95; light, $5.45@5.90. Sheep—Native, $3.30 @5.25; Western, $3.30@5.25; year- lings, $5.00@5.75; lambs, $5.75@7.60. Chicago Grain and Provisions.’ . Chicago, Sépt. 9.—Wheat—Sept., 807%c; Dec., 82%¢c; May, 85%c. Corn —Sept., 53%¢c; Dec., 43%c; May, 433 c. Oats—Sept., 25%c; Dec., 27%c; May, 29%c.” Pork—Sept., $15.00; Oct., $14.75; Jan., $12.35. Flax—Cash, Northwestern, ‘$1.11; Southwestern, $1.07. Butter—Creameries, 17@20c; dairies, 16% @18c. Eggs—13Y, @16%c, Poultry—Turkeys, 16c; chickens, 12% ©@13¢; springs, 13¢.