Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 4, 1905, Page 1

SSP \ v 8, MINNESOTA HISTORiCAL | " The Bemidji Daily Pic SOCIETY ser VOLUME 3. NUMBER 140. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK SHOE BAR\;‘*‘ INS We have too many Ohildren’s Shoes‘, been buying from too many factories; going to close one line out; every pair will be sold ata little less than we paid | for them. Children’s $2.50 Shoes $1.88 Children’s $2.00 Shoes $1.50 Children’s $1.85 Shoes $1.39 | One lot Ladies’ Shoes worth up to $2.00 at $1.19 One lot Douglas’ $4.00 and $5. 00 Shoes at $3.25 ‘ One lot Drivers’ worth $3.50 to $5.00 at $2.98 (0’LEARY & BOWSER Children’s $ 1.75 Shoes $1.32 Children’s $1.40 Shoes $1.056 B8ESSION FINALLY SUSPENDED. ®tormy Demonstration Lower House. Vienna, Oct. 4—The president of the lower house of the reichsrath was obliged to suspend the day's session on account of a stormy demonstration on the part of the Czechs and Rad- icals. The latter, interrupting the business of the house, rushed in a body to the ministerial bench and in- sisted on the minister of the interior replying to an interpellation on the subject of disturbances at Bruenn. All attempts to restore order were futile 80 the session was suspended. TEN MILLIONS IN CASH., Rockefeller Turns Over Gift to Gen. eral Education Board. New York, Oct. 4.—The $10,000,000 gift of John D. Rockefeller to the gen- eral education board, which was an- nounced last June, has been paid to the board by Mr. Rockefeller in cash. The payment was made in a series of checks made payable to George Foster Peabody, treasurer of the board. Six of the checks were for $1,000,000 and two for $2,000,000 each. TROOPS RESTORE ORDER. Ten Mussulmans and Armenians Slain by Russians. Tiflis, Caucasia, Oct. 4.—Quiet has been restored at Eravan, the troops having suppressed the rioters after eight Mussulmans and two Armenians had been killed and eleven persons had been wounded. The trouble arose from an attempt on the part of a number of Armenians to rescue some of their fellow countrymen who had been ar resled for mmdenng a Tartar IN ORDER TO BRING SUIT: Chicago Gas Company Asked to File Bond of $15.000,000. Chicago, Oct. 4.—D. O. Mills, com- plainant in an injunction suit to re- strain the city of Chicago from en- forcing an ordinance fixing the max- imum price of gas at 75 cents, may be compelled to file an indemnity bond of $15,000,000 to secure the city and consumers generally from all damage while the injunction proceedings are pending. € matter was taken be- fore Federal Judge Peter S. Grosscup during the day, but a hearing will uot be had uutil Oct. 10. The motion for the bond was made in an affidavit filed by Attorney Henry M. Ashton, special counsel for the city. It is charged in the affidavit that the People’s Gas Light and Coke com- pany, which has practically a monop- oly in Chicago, claims assets valued at $78,713,918, while $36,000,000. gas . company It is also charged that the has failed to create a reserve fund to cover the $13,000,000 loss it would suffer if the city wins the suit in Austrian| the company | plant is actually worth not to exceed , MONETARY LOSS IMMENSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS’ DAMAGE CAUSED BY TYPHOON IN PHILIPPINES. Manila, Oct. 4—The estimated loss in the hemp growing districts from the ravages of the recent typhoon is $5,000,000 in gold. The hemp in ware- houses ready for shipment is also a total loss. The plantations are im- paired to such an extent that it will take a year to get them in condition again. Reports now coming in from the South indicate a greater loss of life and property than was first estimated. On Tioao island the beach is strewn with dead bodies, among them those of some Americans, in such a condi- tion as to be unrecognizable. HAZED YOUNG PROFESSORS. Teachers Mistaken for Students and Compelled to Climb Trees. Ann Arbor, Mich.,, Oct. 4.—Two{ members of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Michigan, mistaken for freshmen, were forced to climb trees during a fight between the sophomores and freshmen when the latter were; holding a mass meeting in preparation for Friday’s annual rush. Two young instructors of the engi- neering department, just beginning their first vear at the university, were the victims of the mistake. “We're in the faculty,” they cried, | but the sophomores thought it was a’ new freshman bluff. After chasing them up trees and telegraph poles the second year men! brought the freshmen down, had them ! kpeel in proposed attitudes to co-eds and, while they knelt, poured eggs and milk over their heads. They were’, made io walk a picket fence and finally ducked in the botanical ponds. SIX BURNED TO DEATH. Two Women and Four Children Per- ish in Fire. Edgington, W. Va., Oct. 4.—Six per- sons, two women and four children, were burned to death in a cabin home. The two husbands of the women es- caped. Those burned were Mrs. J. Algo and her three children and Mrs. Joseph Cardelli and one child. Their charred bodies were found in the : smoking ruins of the cabin. Batemafi Eipected to v Recover. Des Moines, Oct. 4—First Baseman Bateman of the Milwaukee team, who i was stabbed Monday night by Catcher Charles Dexter of the Des Moines team, is somewhat improved. Unless blood poisoning sets in Bateman will Tecover. S SEEKS AN INJUNGTIUN'BUEH PLOT ALLEGED PRESIDENT RAMSEY OF WABASH ROAD BRINGS SUIT AGAINST 3 3 GOULD AND OTHERS. ATTEMPT TO STIFLE COMPETITION WOULD ENJOIN RIVALS OF THE WABASH FROM VOTING THE SOMPANY’S STOCK. St. Louis, Oct. 4—Suit for injunc- tion has been filed in the St. Louis eircuit court by Joseph Ramsey, Jr., president of the Wabash railroad, against the Iron Mountain and Wa- bash Railway companies, the Mercan- tile Trust company of New York, Wal- ter 8. Wilson, H. M. Walker and George J. Gould. In his petition Mr. Ramsey asks the court to grant him an injunction pre- venting the proposed annual meeting of George Gould and his associates at Toledo, where it is proposed to elect & board of directors end a president to control the Wabash road for the next year. As a reason he alleges that one result of this meeting would be to stifle competition in traffic between the Wabash and Missouri Pacific roads between St. Louis and Kansas City. Mr. Ramsey sets out in his peti- tion that he is a resident of Missouri, while the defendants are non-resi- dents. He owns $50,000 par value of the debenture bonds of the Wabash class “B” and 100 shares of the cap- ital stock. He brings the suit, he gays, for himself and others similarly situated. The Missouri Pacific rail- way, hLe , holds 20,000 shares of Wabash stock, the Iron Mountain holds 65,600 shares of preferred stock and $5,435.000 par value of debentures, these shares being held in trust by the Mercantile Trust company of New York, Wilson, Walker and Gould. Gould, he says, owns and controls a majority of the stock of the Missouri Pacific and controls the majority of I stock of the Iron Mountain railway. F. W. Lehmann, attorney for Mr.-Ram- sey, says: “The importance of this suit to the public is that it is a suit to enjoin rival companies of the Wabash from voting its stock and debentures.” RECEIVER FOR ROSENFELD. New Upheaval in Western Life Indem- nity Case. Chicago, Oct. 4—A new upheaval occurred during the day over the af- fairs of the Western Life Insurance Indemnity company when the assets of E. I. Rosenteld, general manager of the Western Life, were ordered placed in the hands of a receiver. The ac- tion was taken in the federal court be- fore Judge S. H. Bethea, who named as the receiver Edwin C. Day. Rosen- feld was charged in a bill filed in court Monday with being “a trafficker in and a wrecker of life insurance companies for his own personal profit and with an utter disregard for the rights of policyholders.” Attorney Hoyt King appeared iu court for Rosenfeld, who was not pres- ent. Attorney King said there was no contest against the appointment cf a receiver or the bankruptcy proceed- ings. While the proceedings were be- ing completed before Judge Bethea | Judge Kohlsaat was listening to argu- ments from Attorney Isaac Mayer in | opposition to the original bill of com- vlaint in which the appointment of a receiver, an accounting from the offi- cials and a reference for the entire matter to a master-in-chancery was asked. ——— BERLIN STRIKE EXTENDS. Thirty-eight Thousand Electrical Em- ployes Now Out. Berlin, Oct. 4.—The .strike of the j electrical - workers has extended to two more factories. The total num- ber of men out is 38,000. No dis- turbances have occurred. Enough men have been obtained to supply a cur- rent sufficient to keep two-thirds of the street cars going. Elections for Russian Assembly. St. Petersburg, Oct. 4—An imperial decree was published during the day directing that immediate arrange- ments be made to conduct elections of members of the national assembly. The regulations fer the conduct of the elections are also published in the Ofticial Messenger. Big Ca‘v‘\?ét‘:t‘c’ry Destroyed. Davenport, Ia., Oct. 4—The Amer- ican Can company factory was burned to the ground during the night with a |loss of $150,000, partially covered by insurance. Three hundred men are thrown out of work. The fire was discovered just after midnight by the watchman. As there was apparently no fire in the building the authorities are at a loss to discover the origin. LEADING BURGHER fiESIDENTfi OF GERMAN SOUTHWEST AF- RICA UNDER ARREST. LARGE QUANTITIES OF ARMS SEIZED SAID TO HAVE ARRANGED com- BINATICN OF FORCES WITH REBELLICUS NATIVES. Berlin, Oct. 4.—Andrew de Wet, nephew of the famous Boer general, Christian de Wet, has been arrested at his residence in a suburb of Wind- hoek, German Southwest Africa, with four other Boers accused of plotting the overthrow of German rule in Southwest Africa and create a Boer republic. This news, purporting to come from an excellent authority, was distributed to the German press by the Hanseatic press bureau and is ac- cepted as true by leading Berlin jour- nals. Andrew de Wet, who is a merchant of Windhoek, is described as having arranged with the rebel natives to make common cause with them. About 15,000 Ecers are said to be in Ger- man Southwest Africa, one-quarter of whom are organized. Considerable quantities of arms were seized at De Wet's house. Although the arrests oc- curred Aug. 23 nothing was reported by cable to the newspapers, doubtless on account of the censorship. Andrew de Wet m >d a daughter of a Prussian army cflicer. ROOSEVEL MITCHELL SEES Seeks Appcintment for Editor of Mine Workers’ Crgan. “Washington, -Oct. 4.—John Mitchell, presigent oi the United Mine Workers of America, had an interview with President Roosevelt by appointment. He remained with the president about half an hour. At the conclusion of his interview Mr. Mitchell said he had come to Washington -to-see the pres ident not at the Jatter’s invitation but of his own volition to talk with bim about “‘a personal matter.” Pressed for informstion as to the nature of his mission he said that he had urged the president to appoint Louis Hammer- ling, editor of the official organ of the United Mine Workers of America, col- lector of internal revenue for the Scranton (Pa.) ‘district. He declined to indicate whether the appoiitment would be made or not. Hammerling is opposed by some members of the Pennsylvania congressional delega- tion. “I did not discuss with the presi- dent the labor situation in the anthra- cite coal fields,” said Mr. Mitchell. “My business with him was purely on this personal matter.” it WILL ASS!SS FRANCHISES. Minnesota Tax Board After Foreign Corporations. St. Paul, Oct. 4—The" state board of equalization has adopted the fol- lowing resolution: “Resolved, That the portion of the capital stock employed in their busi- ness in this state by foreign corpora tions licensed under our laws should be assessed the same as other prop: erty. “Resolved, Further, That in all cases when such assessment has not been made for the current year the state auditor be instructed to direct the proper county auditor to list for taxation as omitted property the pro- portion of the capital stock of such foreign corporation employed by it in its business in this state. “Resolved, That the county auditors of the several counties of the state be and they are hereby instructed to place on the tax lists of their respec tive counties as omitted property the capital stock or franchise of every privately owned public service cor poration located in his county not al ready assessed in this year’s returns. Such county auditors are also re quested to report to the state auditor the names of all telephone companies organized in their counties.” H the state is ‘successful in the liti gation certin to follow an attempt tc collect this tax an immense sum will be realized. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 3.—Wheat—Dec., 84% @84%c; May, 85%c. Corn—Oct., 493;c; Dec., 435% @43%c; May, 43%c. Dats—Oct., 27%c; Dec., 27%c; May, 297%c; July, 29c. Pork—Oct., $14.821%; Jan., $12321%,@12.35. Flax — Cash, Northwestern, $1.03; Southwestern, 97c. Butter—Creameries, 17@20%c; dairies, 161, @18%%c. Egegs—13%4 @ 17%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 16¢; chick- ens, 10c; springs, 1lc. Souvenir D Envelopes OF. = - Bemidji on sale at Pioneer Office Opposite Post Office also at City Drug Store PERMISSION ASKED TO SUE OFFI. CIALS OF THE NEW YORK f LIFE COMPANY. New York, Oct. 4—Permission to begin suit against John A. McCall, president, and George W. Perkins, vice president, of the New York Life Insurance company for the restitution of $150,000 contributed to Republican campaign funds was asked of Attor- ney General Mayer during the day by ‘William Hepburn Russell, acting as attorney for several policyholders. Under the laws of this state the sanc- tion of the attorney general is re- quired in order to bring a suit of this character. Mr. Russell said the suit would be based on the contention that the money paid to the national Repub- lican committee -was expended by Mc- Call and Perkins without corporate authority. He declared that he in- tended also to sue for the restitution of $235,000 which Mr. McCall testified had been placed in the hands of An- drew Hamilton of Albany. The pol- icyholders represented by Mr. Russell are Walter Goodyear, Samuel D. Lilly and William P. Winslow. 1IN NEW CASES. { Yellow Fever Situation Taking on a Brighter Aspect. New Orleans, Oct. 4.—The yellow fever situation is taking on a brighter aspect every day, both as to the city and country. Only one death occurred during the day in the whole state out- side of New Orleans and there is a shrinkage in the number of cases everywhere with perhaps the excep- tion of Patterson. | POSTOFFICE ROBBED. Safe Blown and Seven Hundred Dol- lars Taken. Sparta, Wis., Oct. 4.—The postoffice at Cashton, this county, was robbed during the night. The safe was blown open and the burglars secured about $700 in stamps and money. OECREASE" RECOVER CAMPAIGN FUNDS LONG CAEINET MEETING. Accomplished. ‘Washington, Oct. 4.—Few longer cabinet meetings than that of Tues- day have been held in President Roosevelt’s administration yet at its conclusion assurance was given by the members that little of public im- portance that could be disclosed at this time was accomplished. Most of the time of the meeting was aoccupied by the president and Secre- taries Root and Taft and Attorney General Moody. Secretary Root dis- cussed the Chinese boycott of Amer- ican goods and the proposed exclusion treaty, among other questions. ¥ Secretary Taft participated in this part of the discussion and incidentally went over some of the details of his trip to the Orient. Attorney General Moody discussed the status of the beef trust cases which are being pressed by the department of justice. Postmaster General Cortelyou re- mained with the president for a time after the other members had gone, discussing with him some postoffice -cases. - é LONG FIGHT IN PROSPECT No Developments in Strike of Twm City Printers. St. Paui, Oct. 4—The job printers’ strike in_the Twin Cities is devoid of developments. No union men have 'gone back to work and the Typothe- tae, the employers’ organization, is standing firm against the eighthoux' day. ‘ Except at union headquarters there iare no congregations of the strikers and the citizens can see no evidence of the keen labor struggle that is be- ing fought. Neither the leaders of the employ- erg or the men look for speedy de- velopments. Each side realizes that | the contest is to the finish and each has long prepared for a protracted test of strength. Wisconsin Educator Dead. Racine, Wis., Oct. 4.—John T. Pearce, who for twenty-five years was surator of Racine college, was found dead in his room at the Hotel Racine. The cause of death was apoplexy. Mr. Pearce was fifty-six years of age and had resided in Racine for forty years. He had accumulated a large fortune. and Twin Brainerd, sleepers. No Better Service \ Than on the ‘‘North Coast Limited®’ or Pacific Pacific Railway. Double daily trans-continent- al service between St. Paul, points in connection with the Minnesota & In- ternational Railway. Pacific dining cars. Minnesota.& International Railway M. W. DOWNIE; Auditer, Brainerd, Minn. G. A. Walker, Agent, Bemidji, Minn. City Express trains of the Northern Minneapeolis, and Portland and Puget Sound Standard and tourist No better meals than in Northern 8aid Little of Public Importance Was