Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 5, 1905, Page 1

BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1905. HISTORICAL MINNESOTA TEN CENTS PER WEEK SHOE BARGAINS We have too many Children’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 Children’s $ 1.75 Shoes $1.32 Children’s $1.40 Shoes $1.05 | 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 VICTORY 'FOR ~GOVERNMENT. Paper Trust Must Answer Questions and Produce Books. 8t. Paul, Oct. 5—The paper trust was routed in the federal court here. At the close of elaborate arguments )y the respective counsel Judge Van Ppevanter, in an oral decision, ruled kvorably to the government on every proposition. The meaning of the tourt’s decision is that defendants’ vitnesses must answer questions put © them by government's counsel and yroduce for inspection all books, pa- jers and documents bearing on the bject at issue. The decision has a wider sig- )ificance than its mere relation to the lase at bar, important as that is. As sbout every possible point was urged )y the opposition in the paper case hat can be raised in any of the trust )lases, a number of which are now be- lore the federal courts, the ruling of ladge Van Devanter, in every instance kvorable to the government, will af- ord a signboard for the guidance of ltigants in mm)lar plo(‘eedmgs SMALLER OFFICES SIGN. Mriking Twin City Job Printers Gain Partial Victory. 8t. Paul, Oct. 5.—Twenty-four of the maller job printing establishments of his city have signed the eight-hour \greement submitted by the Typo- jraphical union and the men em- Nloyed in the shops signing have re- urned to work. No member of the Iypothetae has signed the agreement mnd the ofticers of that organization leclare the fight will be continued to be bitter end. Several of the hest lonunion workmen imported to take be places of strikers have been won wer to the union and have deserted hbeir employers. In Minneapolis the situation is prac- fcally the same as in this city, many M the smaller shops signing the igreement. YOUNG CUBAHY DENIES STORY. Net a Word of Truth in Pat Crowe's Confession. Omaha, Oct. 5.—Eddie Cudahy abso- lutely denies the truth of the report from Butte of a confession which Pat Crowe is said to have made which implicates young Cudahy in the kid- napping scheme. He gave out the fol- lowing interview: “There is not a single word of truth in the statement that I had anything to do either with the planning or the carrying out of the scheme other than [ was the victim of the plot. “Again, I was only fifteen years old at that time and if I could plan like that I must have been a perfect won- der. And, being so young, how on earth would I have gotten rid of the $6,000 without my people knowing it? “l deny the truthfulness of ‘the en- tire statement.” !company has again advanced the price - chaneed. I8 ANXIOUS TO TALK. New York Bond Thief Applrontly Proud of His Work. New York, Oct. 5—The detectives end the police have satisfied them- selves that Harry Leonard, the young man who did the National City bank out of $359,080 worth of securities by means of a forged check, had no ac- complices. They announce that all the evidence to convict young Leonard has been obtained and that the case is closed. In court Leonard semed eager to talk concerning himself, but the po- lice would not let him. Once the re| porters surrounded him successfully and he got launched in the story be fore the police shut him up. “I've been making a study of banf ing and banking methods,” he began, “ever since I've been down in the street. A month ago I wrote an article for a Wall street publication showing up the carelessness of the messenger service down there. I liked the article so well that I decided to demonstrate the thing and make a name for myself.” At this point he was interrupted by officers. INCONSISTENCY OF RATES. Interesting Testimony of Chicago Com- mission Dealen Chicago, Oct. b6.—Lively interest was evoked by W. S. Taskar of Chi- cago, a live stock commission dealer and cattle feeder, who testified be- fore the interstate commence commis- slon regarding freight rates on live stock and live stock products from Missouri river points to Chicago. As an illustration of the alleged incon- gistency of the rates charged by rail- roads Taskar testified that on one oc- casion he shipped a herd of cattle from points in Northwestern Wiscan- sin to Chicago by way of South St. Paul at a much less freight rate than | he could have shipped the live stock direct to Chicago. The tariff from the points where he shipped in Wiscon- sin to Chicago was 25 cents a hun- dred. By shipping to South St. Paul and thence to Chicago he was able to obtain a rate of 1534 cents per 100 pounds, although the distance of the commodity had to be transported was about 300 miles farther than by the direct route Taggart Reports for Duty. Columbus, 0., Oct. 5—Captain E. F. Taggart, whose divorce case in ‘Wooster attracted the attention of the: entire country for weeks, arrived at the Columbus barracks during the day and premptly reported for duty. He firmly declined to talk in any way of the divorce proceedings or of the probable final outcome of the trouble. WPittsburg, Oct. 5.—The Standard on of Pennsylvania and Tiona oil 5 cents. The other grades of ocil were mnot | LIBERTY - DEAD IN CUBA, Defeated Candidate for Pnsldent in i terviewed at New York. New York, Oct. 5.—“Liberty is:;dead in Cuba and the condition ‘of affairs, there is worse tham it ever was uh- der Spanish rule, even' in the most ferocious periods of the -Weyler ernment. Financial ruin and dishonor face the people and if things comtinue as they are the nation will be con- verted into one of hereditary rule.” The above declaration was made by General Jose Miguel Gomez, governor of the province of Santa Clara and candidate of the Liberal party for the presidency of Cuba, at the New Am- sterdam hotel, where he is'stopping. Upon his arrival on the steamship Monterey from Havana General Go- mez refused to discuss Cuban affairs at length, but after he had rested at his hotel he was mere communicative. “1 am here to rest for some days,” he continued, “and to breathe the air of liberty that is lacking in my ewn country and for which I have lfln‘ht %o long. Y “On false charges the goverament assassinates the Liberals, the jails are filled with political prisoners wtd - we have no hope of justice from judges and magistrates who recognize no law but the will of the government. We are hindered in casting our votes and Cuba is now suffering a reign of terror never equaled under Spanish tyranny. It was such things as these that made us withdraw from the elec- tions. Public funds are used for elec- toral purposes. The sanitary condition of the island is a disgrace. The Cu- ban government has employed thou- sands of men in the sanitary depart- ment, but for voting not for working purposes.” FALLS FROM OPEN WINDOW. Cashier of New York Bank Meets Tragic Death. New York, Oct. 5,—Notwithstanding & desperate struggle of his wife and son to hold him by the feet after he had fainted and toppled over the sill of an open window George F. Krapp, cashier of the Cooper Exchange bank, fell to the street from the fourth floor of his home and® was killed. Mrs. Krapp and her son Herbert saw Mr. Krapp, who was in ill health, suddenly fall over backwards. Both roother and son jumped to the win- dow in time to seize the faling man by the feet. They held him safely for a few seconds, screaming for help, but the assistance was slow in coming and Mr. Krapp’s weight began to slip away from his rescuers. The realiza- tion of this terrible fact caused the wife’s strength to desert her com- pletely and the son, with his mother helpless at his side and compelled to hold his father alone, was' too light for his father’s superior weight. Ex- hausted and on the point of being dragged over the window sill himself the boy lost his grip and Mr. Krapp fell to the street. He died soon after- wards. MINISTER UNDER ARREST. Accused of Attempted Train Wrecking in Hope of Reward. Princeton, Ind., Oct. 5.—Rev. W. H. Breoks is in jail on a charge of at- tempted train wrecking. Tuesday he rushed into the station of the Evans- ville and Terre Haute railroad and told the officers that he had been cap- tured by two men during the night and forced to assist them in putting an obstruction on the track, his cap- tors discussing the robbery of the pas- sengers while they worked. When taken to the scene the minister be- came confused under questions and the officers soon were convinced that he had placed the crossties and rails on the track unassisted and had told the story in the hope of getting a re- ward. FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED. Three Coaches Derailed While Going Around a Curve. Connellsville, Pa., Oct. 5,—The Fair- mount express on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was wrecked during the morning near Morgantown, W. Va. Three coackes, including the baggage | car, ladies’ ceach and a Pullman chair car, left the rails on a curve and tum- bled over the bank to the edge of the Monongahela river. Fifteen to eight- een persons were injured, five of them seriously. DEFERS FINAL DECISION. Great Britain Replies to Invitation to Peace Conference, London, Oct. 5.—Foreign Secretary Lansdowne during the day replied to the Russian invitation to Great Brit- ain to be represented at a second peace conference at The Hague, ac- cepting it in principle but deferring final decision until more fully in- formed regarding the questions pro- posed to. be discussed and the scope of the conference. Would End Epidemic of Crime. Des Moines, Oct. 5—In an effort to put a stop to the epidemic of crime which has been a source of terror to Des Moines all summer Judge McVey has sentenced Alonzo Watson to prison for twelve years for highway robbery. EMPEROR WILL SIGN .riPAN':s: PRIVY COUNCIL AP-|. PROVES TREATY OF PEACE WITH RUSSIA. FORM' OF RATIFICATION DISCUSSED MINISTERS -OF ,-THE TWO COUN: TRIES 'IN CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON. Tokio, Oct. 5—A prolonged meet- ing of the privy council was held here during the day, extending into the aft- ernoon. At the coaclusion it was announced that the peace treaty had been ap- proved. The treaty will be immediately rati- lfid by the emperor. An order, abrogating martial law at Sasebo, Nagasaki, Tasushima and Hakodate was passed by the privy council. DISCU8SS FORM OF RATIFICATION. Russia and Japan Resume Diplomatic Relations. Washington, Oct. 5.—Diplomatic re- lations between ‘Russia and “Japan were resumed at the state department during the day while Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador, and Mr. Taka- hira, the Japanese minister, discussed the forms of ratification of their re- spective countries. 'The call was made by appointment at the request of Mr. Takahira, who desired to see the Rus- sian form of ratification. Accordingly Secretary Root sent for Mr. Smith, chief of the diplomatic bureau of the state department, who brought to the diplomatic room a copy of a Russian extradition treaty, which gave Mr. Takahira the information he desired. The envoys remained for a few min- utes in conversation with Secretary Root and then left the department without further exchanges. They bowed pleasantly as-they parted out- side the diplomatic room. It would seem certain from this that rgtifications of the peace treaty are to bé exchanged at Washington. As soon as ' the date of the ex- change of these ratifications has been agreed upon special plenary powers will be cabled to Baron Rosen and Mr. Takahira by their respeetive em- perors. The exact form which these . powers shall take was diseussed at the day’s conference, both envoys be- ing anxious that there should be no difference on that subject. The plen- ary powers will be indentic. EXCHANGE OF , PRISONERS. Russia Agrees to the Japanese Propo- sition. St. Petersburg, Oct. 6.—Russia has sgreed to the Japanese proposition to " |exchange prisoners of war, whereby 1,866 Japanese prisoners in Russia will be delivered at some point on the western frontier of Russia and 64,000 Russians will be delivered at the ports of Kobe, Nagasaki and Yoko- bama, whence they will be conveyed to Vladivostok in ten Russian trans- ports now interned at Shanghai and Saigon and two or three other ships which are being sent from Odessa. The American charge d'affaires, Spencer Eddy, is endeavoring to make special and more speedy arrange- { ments for the release of 250 sick Japa- nese, for whom it is hoped Japan may send a ship direct to the Baltic. KING WANTED SPEEDILY. Norwegian Commercial and Industrial Interests Favor Monarchy. Christiania, Oct. 5.—Attempts to create agitation in favor of a Nor- wegian republic are finding no support from the country. At an important meeting of repre- sentatives of eommercial and ship- ping interests it was unanimously re- solved to present an address to the storthing declaring that the submis- sion .of the subject of a change in the constitution to the plebiscite would greatly injure the country’s economic interests. «An address was drawn up asking the storthing to insure tranquillity by the speedy election of a king. SAILS FOR HdME OCT. 13. Miss Roosevelt to Devote Interim to Sightseeing in Japan. Yokohama, Oct. 5.— Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party arrived here during the day on the steamer Minne- sota from Shimonoseki. Miss Roose- velt was received by the American minister, the American consul, the fm- perial master of the ceremonies and' the governor, but declined any for- malities. She will go sightseeing into the interior until Oct. 13, when the party headed by E. H. Harriman and Miss Roosevelt’s party will leave Yo- kohama for San Francisce om the | steamer Siberia. GERMANS GET COAL STATION. Small Island of Danllh West Indies Bought by Steamehip Line. - Chicago, ‘Oot. 5.—The Trit une's Washington ' correspondent seys:’ Con- hldmble ‘concern has been caused.the ndmlnistn.tivn 88’ a result of the ac- on of the Hamburg-Ameriean ' B(emm ship company in purchasing Water feland, a small key which commands the Danish West Indies, for use as a ‘eoaling station. Advices' to- the state department, which have been furnished by Consul Payne, who is stationed at 8t. Thomas; intimate that the purchase was ef- fected' through collusjon between the German and Danish governments. The anxiety of the authorities arises.not only from this fact; but ‘from the fur- ther fact that the Hamburg-American eompany is subyentioned by the Ger- man government. Its steamers are available in time of war for use as auxiliary cruisers and its coaling ste- tlons may be utilized by the German government in order to carry on hos- tile operations. The dispatch from 'Consul Puyne ‘was referred, upen its receipt, to the navy department and is believed to haye been sent to the general:board, though thie could not be confirmed. From what-experts of the navy-said, however, it developed that the general sentiment is that it:would be ageainst the interests of the United States to permit the comsummation of the project of the Hamburg-American company. DEFENDS ROCKEFELLER. Chicage Millonaire Philanthropist In- terviewed. Ch(cnzo, Oct. 6.—"I'would rather be John D. Rockefeller today, divested of his wealth and with his lovable per- sonality, than any of the crew, saints or sinners, who are attacking him.” The foregoing is a quotation from an interview with Dr. D. K. Pearson, & Chicago millionaire, nationally known as a philanthropist. “To the popular mind,” continued Mr. Pearson, “excited just now by socialistic outcries, there is no wealth that is untainted. This cry of ‘tainted money’ is no jest. It is unfair and un-American. It has become the rally- ing cry of the socialists and the drone and the discontented member of so- clety, who hates those whose talents or wealth exceed his own.” Mr. Pearson, after talking in this straln with vigor for some time, sBowed a recent letter which he had ed of pergonal items it concluded: €: “Thank you for yeur kind words, good friemd; I appreciate them. Life is shert and you and I have too much to do in the world to be diverted from our purpose to try and make things better. Let us keep right on and do our best in our day and generation, rejoicing in the beautiful sentiment expressed by our lamented Lincoln, ‘with malice toward none and charity for all.”” NO FURTHER ALARM FELT. Yeliow FevEr Situation Continues to Improve. New Orleans, Oct. 5—To business men the most encouraging feature of the yellow fever situation is the dis- position that is being manifested by parishes and towns in Louisiana to raise their quarantines about Oct. 13 In harmony with the suggestion of Dr. White and President Souchon. It is light showers, but the fever situation bas lost whatever alarming feature it may have possessed. For the fifth day there has not been a single case reported from the originally infected region and for several days no deaths have occurred in the Emergency hos- pital, while the cases under treatment there have dropped to thirty-eight and nearly all the patients are doing well. Above Canal street old cases are re- covering more numerously than new ones are being reported. The Louisiana state university, it is announced, will open Nov. 1. The various departments of Tulane uni- veraity will open about the same time. The public schools in many parts of Louisiana are already in operation. PROBABLY FATALLY HURT. Mayor Roach of ‘Minot, N. D., Injured by Runaway. Minot, N. D., Oct. 5—Mayor Joseph Roach was seriously, if not fatally, bjured in a runaway accident. While tanding mear the Roach elevator he vas struck by & runaway team and Tushed under the weight of a heavily oaded farm wagon. The mayor was icked up in an unconscious condition ind taken to his residence. Mr. Roach is president of the Sec- md National bank of Minot, a member f the state Republican central com- pittee, chairman of the county com- dittee and one of the wealthiest men o this section of the state. I Endorse Roosevelt's Position. Philadelphia, Oct. 5—The conven- fon of the National Carriage Build- irg’ association has adopted the re- rt of Daniel T. Wilson, chairman of e executive committee, denouncing Mscriminating freight rates and sup- jorting President Roosevelt in his move for the establishment of a ribunal to deal with the subject. -received from Mr. Rockefeller. Divest- another day of gloomy weather, with | PRESIDENT IN EARNEST DETERMINED TO SECURE LEGIS- LATION FOR REGULATION OF FREIGHT RATES. GONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJEGT DISCUSSED BY EXECU- TIVE AND THE AUTHOR OF " HOUSE NEASURE. 1 Washington, Oct. 5—“President Roosevelt is dead in earnest on the subject of railroad rate legislation and’ fe just as dqtermined as ever that legislative regulations. shall be onact- ed looking to federal supervision of the freight rate situation.” This statement was made by Rep- resentative Townsend of Mihigan, one of the authors of. the. socalled Esch-Townsend ralivond rate DdiMk ‘which pessed the house of representa- tives last winter, after a eonference with President Roosevelt. The con- ference was the most interesting and important held during the day at the White House. The president has taken wp the subject of railroad freight rates with an earnest desire to reach such a conclusion as wiil be satisfactory generally, but he adheres to the principle embodied in the legis- latlon proposed at the last session of congress. Representative Townsend called to talk over the general subject with the president and of the necessity for the making of changes in the measure which he and Mr. Esch proposed last winter. Mr. Esch notified the presi- dent that he could not be here at this | time, but that Mr. Townsend and he were in utter accord. Mr. Townsend did not have opportunity to go fully into the subject with the president, but the president requested him te call again. ) Roosevelt's Position Unchanged. . -i “f have no authority to represent the president’s views as to railread rates,” said Mr. Towneend, “but I can say that he entertains now the same views in principle as he expressed in his message last Pecember. He be- lieves that to either the interstate commerce commission or to some other body ought to be given the au- thority to adjust rates found to be unreasonable. The erux of the whole matter is net that the commission should fix rates, but that it should have the power to substitute a reason- able rate for one found on investiga- tion to be unjust. Without such au- thority the evils complained of could not be reached.” . “Have any guggestions been made of changes in the KEsch-Townsend bill?” “Some changes may be made,” re- plied Mr. Townsend, “but they will be |for the purpose of making ths bill clearer on certain points. It is in- tended, of course, te include in the bill regulation of private cars, refrig- erator cars and terminal charges. We thought they were covered by our measure, but in order that there will be no question about them they will be sincluded in the bill in a definite way. One thing is quite certain— there will be no narrowing of the scope of the bill—no modification of the principles involved. The interest i of both the shippers and the railroads are to be subserved. Nobody wants to do an injustice to the transporta- tion lineés and the bill agreed upom will not be unfair to the railroads.” METCALF 18 SURPRISED. His Department Held Responsible for Chinese Boycott. ‘Washington, Oct. 5.—Strong protest will be made by Secretary Metcalf of the department of commerce and la- hor against’ any modification by the | state department of its circular of June 6 directing the American tonsuls In China personally to inquire into the truth of statements in Chinese certifi- cates before signing them. The in- structions referred to have become known as the “president’s circular” in {that it was issued by his direction fol- lowing the boycott established by China against the importation ef American goods. It was the principal subject of discussion at Tuesday's cabinet meeting, which Secretary Met- calf was unable to attend on account of illness. He expressed great sur- prise on learning that in his absence the cabinet members took the position that the regulations of the depart- ment of commerce and labor were Te- sponsible for the strained relations between the two countries to a great- er degree than are the laws them- selves. Berlin Street Cars Running. Berlin, Oct. 5—All the street cars are running, the strike of the elec- trical workers being unable to stop work at the powerhouses. | | { | |