Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 7, 1905, Page 1

4? ¥ § i \ b | { 3 P VOLUME 3. NUMBER 143. LAWSON HAS P#AN FOR INSURANCE H i ke aily BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1905, ' CAVEIN AT QUARRY NEAR GRAN- VILLE, N. Y., CAUSE OF SE- RIOUS DISASTER. e San Vot F FflUflTEEfl MEN KILLED|OVER' TWO HUNDRED TOTALINCICTMENTS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED AGAINST: AL- LEGED EMBEZZLER. - Lolan (VRPN ioneer TEN CENTS PER WEEK GAYNOR AND GREEN BROUGHT TO U. S. Wants Governer Folk To Serve With 4 Other Governors as PRESIDENT OF COMPANY A VICTIM | QUEER IETHOI! UF HANDLING FUIIIIS ' Have Fought Extradition for Years While Prisoners in Committee. Jefferson City, Oct. 7—Governor Folk last night received a telegram from'Thomas W. Lawson, asking him 10 accept a place with other governors on a protective committee for policy holders to demand restitution of money from the Mutual, New York Life and Equitable companies and to « punish guilty officers. New York, Oct. 7.—Charles A. Prel lah, auditor of the Mutual Life Insur- ance company, testified before the. in- surance investigating committee dur- ing the day that he knew nothing about three entries of $25,000 each which appeared in that company’s ac- count of advertising and printing, sta. tionary and postage for 1904, They were all paid to Robert Olyphant, chairman of the committee of the ex- % penditures of the Mutual Life Insur- ance company, and the last of them was dated Nov. 9, 1904, the day after the presidential election. Mr. Prellah sald he had no idea what the pay- ¢ ments were for. RELATIVES OF OFFICERS. Hold Best Paying Positions in Mutual Life Company. New York, Oct. 7.—Robert H. Ma Curdy, general manager of the Mutual Life Insurance company, was again a witness in the insurance investigation. Mr. McCurdy said the salaries of the Mutual Life company's officers were fixed by the finance cemmittee. He did not know the salary of the presi- dent, nor did he know that anybody did besides the president. He did not know that the finance committee ever fixed the president’s salary. « Witness sald he, as general man. “ sger, made all contracts with agents, The general agents on the same plany as C. H Raymond & Co. number ®oven in the United Btates, two in Canada and one in Mexico. All the foreign agents are general agents. ‘There are seventy-five salaried agents aside from those who, besides salary, recelve commissions on first year pre- miums but no renewals. The highest salary paid to these is $10.000 to the generdl agent at Chicago” ‘Witness said there is a constant effort to re- duce expenses, but to reduce expenses is usually to reduce the business. Amount of Premiums Unknown. Asked to explain what conditions of competition permitted the firm of Ray- mond & Co. to make $247,000 last year, of which Mr. Thebgud, Presi- dent ® McCurdy’s son-in-law, received $147,000, witness said the company did not know what the firm was making out of the business and that, like every merchant and business man, they were in the business for what they could get out of it. It was brought out that George A. Raymond, & brother of Charles H. Raymond, was the general agent for New Jersey. Howard Lewis of Albany, the gen- eral agent for Northern New York, witness said he believed was a cousin or second cousin of either Vice Pres- ident Robert A. Granniss or of Mrs. : Granniss. Dr. Elias J. Mess, the medical director, married a sister .of President McCurdy. Witness did not know the | salary he received. D. Stuyvesant Pilott, who is .an in- spector of risks, is a cousin of Leouis i A. Thebaud. i G. W. Vhite, a secretary of the cempany, is no direct relation to any of the other officers, but there was laughter in the committee room when Mr. McCurdy stated that Mrs. White was a niece of Mrs. Granniss, wife of Vice President Granniss. Mr. McCurday said be was a direc- tor in two national banks, four trust companies, two building companies, the American Bell Telephone com- pany and the Conried Metropalitan Opera company. Russell Succesds Purdy. Washington, Oct. 7. — President Roosevelt has appointed Charles W. Russell, formerly special assistant at- torney general in ccharge of the in- sular bureau of the department of jus- tice, to the office of assistant attorney general, vice William D. Purdy, re- cently promoted to the position of as- sistant to the attorney general. SHOE BARGAINS | We have too many Children’s Shoes; | been buying from too many factories; going to close one line out; every pair for them. | will be sold ata little less than we paid 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 HUNGARIAN EMPLOYES OF CON- CERN MAKE UP BALANCE OF ‘BANK CLERK TELLS OF'PROFES SOR DOUGHERTY’'S WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 7.—Fourteen men | Peoria, IN, Oct. 7.—A total of thir- ‘were killed during the day by a cavein | teen indictments have thus far been at the Vermont Slate company's quarry | returned against Newton (o8 Dpugh- about two and a half miles from Gran- | erty, city superintendent of schools ville, N. Y. Among the dead is J. B. | and president of the Peoria National ‘Williams, president of the company.| bank. Ten of them are for embezzle- The others were Hungarian laborers. | ment @nd three for forgery. Forty Sixteen men were buried -in the| more are being drawn by the state’s cavein. David Cadwallader and Frazer ) attorney's office. It was announced Queen, the foremen of the quarry,| from that office that the total would 'were rescued. The latter is expected-| reach more than 200. The bail re- to die. quired for these thus far returned is The cavein was such as occurs fre- 312 700. quently in the quarries which abound Mr, Dougherty is in receipt of mas- in Southern Vermont, but usually they | sages from all over the country, many bappen in the might or give safficient | of them expressing sympathy and a warning for all to escape. This one| belief in his innocence. caught a gang of men unawares and According to a statement made by they were almost instantly buried be- | & member. of the grand jury huadreds fore they :coukd escape. The material | of pieces of school scrip, which, it is which fell was mostly what is known | alleged, had been changed after being as waste and several hundred tons signed by the president of the school coemprised the great slide which bur-| poard, are missing. led the men. Mr. Willlams, president{ A committee appointed by the school ©of the company, was on ‘the pile when | hoard to contidue the investigation 1t fell and was not buried deep, nor| after the grand jury gets through an- ‘was his body badly disfigured, but be | pounced through its chairman, Mr. LIST OF DEAD. ‘was crushed internally. Foreman Cadwallader was taken out practically unhurt, but Foreman Frazer Queen was probably fatally hurt. "The rest of those buried were Hungarian laborers. It is thought none of them can be alive. A large force 'of men from the vicinity and from meighhoring quarries was quickly on the .scene and ‘began digging for ‘the bodies. UNION - MEN CONVICTED. ‘Court Declares There Is No Buch Thing as Peaceful Picketing. Chicago, Oct. 7.—*There is mo wuch thing as peaceful, polite and gentle- manly picketing,” declared Judge F. “A. Smith of the :appellate court in de- «ciding against Franklin union of press feeders and three of its members who jbad been fined $100 each and sen- temced to thirty days’ imprisonment for wviolatiom of :an injunction secured by the Chicago Typothetae prohibit- ing interference with employes of cer- tain members :of the Typothetae. After the injunetion was issued Fred Kit- chell, Charles Smith and John Mu- cher, members .of ithe Franklin union, were cited far cantempt of court for alleged viotatian -of the injunction :and John S. Stevens, that they would go back oyer the books of the board for twenly, years. In some cases both'stubs and vouch- ers are missing, representing, accord- ing to the cash book, large amounts. ‘Dougherty’s Queer 'Methods. E. J. Schnebly, discount and ex- «change clerk at . the Peoria National ‘bank, the man who first discovered ‘irregudarities in M. Dougher&s method .of handling school.funds, has made a statement. He said: “I took charge of the individual books @&t ithe bank :seven years ago and shertly thereafter I began to no- tice ithe queer methods Mr. Dougherty ‘had of handling the funds of the Peoria school board. He would make checks payable to warious local firms :and give his persomal check for a sim- ilar amount. I called the attention of 'the bank officials to this state of af- faire and was informed that it was none ©of my business. I was then transferred to the discount and ex- change department.| Mr. Dougherty’s «dealings were carried on as follows: “He would bring in checks for large .amounts, payable in most instances to & school furniture firm in Chicago or a plumbing firm im St. Louis. With were adjudged guilty. The cases were'| these checks he would purchase New taken to the :appellate court by Frank- lin union, against which, as an organ- ization, a decree imposing a fine of $1,000 had been entered. This decree is also affirmed by the appellate court. TO BREAK SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE. Nonunion Men in Chicago Yands of the Grand Trunk Road. Chicago, Oct. 7—Nonunion men to be used in breaking the strike of switchmen in the Chicago yards of the Grand Trunk line were sent to Elsdon and Blue Island im a special train.| ‘They relieved Superintendent Egan York, Chicago or St. Louis exchange made payable to his.own order. Upon examination of the endorsements on the drafts I found that in many in- stances they had been used in his private business affairs. In some cases he would endorse the names of local firms on the drafts without their knowledge, putting his own initials under the filgnature." RESENT EXPULSION OF HAZERS. Football Team on Strike and Student Body in Open Revolt. Sioux City, Ia., Oct. 7.—Because and other officers of the road who have | George Millner, captain of the foot- been performing the duties of switch- men since the strike was called a week ago. -At first engineers, firemen and other trainmen objected to carry- ing the strike breakers, but upon learning that the switchmen do not want any one to strike in sympathy with them agreed to make the trip. In the nonunion crowd were many veterans-of the garment workers and teamsters’ strikes. : COOLER IN LOUISIANA. Yellow Fever Conditions Continue to Improve. New Orleans, Oct. 7—A chill in the air and cooler temperature in por- tions of Louisiana brightened the spirits of people generally during the day and raised the hope that with the improving conditions in ‘every direc- tion complete resumption of business is not many days distant. The situation in this city continues to grow better. The returning passenger traffic over the railroads leading into New Or- leans is rapidly increasing and it is expected that almost the normal pop- ulation will be here by the time the president reaches town. s i Wealthy lowan Murdered. Des Moines, Oct. 7.—Ed Gressor, a wealthy farmer, was found dead in a pool of blood in his home near Avon, eight miles from Des Moines. Neigh- bors believe that the man_ was mur- dered. He has a bullet hole in his temple and other wounds. ball team, and Ralph Heilman, man- ager of athletics, and two other stu- dents, were expelled from . Morning Side college for hazing a freshman the entire football team is on a strike and 500 students are in a state of mutiny. Upper class men took a fresh- man on a watermelon hunt, having other students hide in the weeds, who shot blank cartridges. One of the upper classmen pretended to fall dead and the freshman was hauled to the police station charged by the upper classmen with murder. He was al- most crazed with fright. ' * PACKERS TO PAY COSTS. New System of Government Inspec- tion of Meats. : ‘Washington, Oct. 7.—At the cabinet meeting the plan of Secretary of Agri- culture Wilson to require packers to ‘| pay for the inspection of meats was approved and it will be put into op- eration at once. It is expected that a saving of $50,000 a year will thereby be effected by the government. The draft of the reply of the invi- fation of Emperor Nicholas to take part in the second Hague peace con- ference was made and talked over. The Chinese question also was dis- tussed and it was determined that no thanges or modifications in conflict with instructions to United States “{consnls contained in the ecircular is-* sued several months ago by the presi- dent’s direction will be made. Canada. NEW RUNNING RECORD. 8ix Furlongs Covered on Circular Track in 1:11 35, -Belmont Park, N. Y., Oct. 7.—Rose- ben, carrying 147 pounds, created & new world’s record for six furlongs on a circular track when he won the third race here by covering the dis- tance in 1:113-6. Thig is one-fifth of & second faster than Dick Wells’ time, made at Washington park, Chicago, in August, 1903. Dick Wells carried 112 pounds. . Lineman Killed at Top of Pole, Red ~Wing, Minn.,, Oct. 7.—While John Foughty, lineman of an electric company, was- working on some wires on Third street, he made in ‘'some manner a circuit through his body of 2,200 volts, Kkilling him instantly. He wag .on tap of a high pole when the acident oeccurred and it took scme time before the current could be turned off and his body taken down. Strike Situation Unchanged. St. Paul, Oct. 7.—To outward ap- pearances the strike of the job print- ers shows little change. There has been no trouble of any sort in the past twenty-four hours and conditions promise to remain quiet. It was stated at union headquarters that three of the best of the nonunion men: leff their jobs and came over to the union, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolié Whe'mf ‘Minneapolis, Oet. 6.—Wheat—Dec., 8133 @81%c; May, 88c. On track— No. 1 hard, 83%c; No. 1 Narthern, 82¢; No. 2 Northern, sOc Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 6.—Wheat—To arrive— No, 1 Northern, 82%c; No. 2 North. ern, 80%¢. On track—No. 1 Northern, 82%c; No. 2 Northern, 80%c; May, 86c. Flax—To arrive, on track and Oct., 99¢; Dec.,'99%4c; May, $1.03%4. St. Paul Union Stock Yards, St. Paul, Oct. 6.—Cattle—Good to <hoice steers, $4.50@5.50; common to fair, $3.75@4.25; good to.choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.25; veals, $2.00@ 5.00. Hogs—$4.90@5.40. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $4.50@5.25; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6.75. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Oct. 6.—Cattle—Beeves, $2.65@6.35; cows and heifers, $1.40@ 4.50; stockers and feeders, $2.15@ 420; Western, $3.25@4.85. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.10@5.77%; good heavy, $5.35@5.75; rough heavy, $4.95@5.20; light, $5.05@5.70. Sheep,. $3.90@5.00; lambs, $4.50@7.60. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 6.—Wheat — Dec., 85%%c; May, 863c; Oct., 84%c; July, 83%c. Corn—Oct., 50%c; Dec., 44%c; May, 45%c. Oats—Oct., 28%c; Dec., 28%c; May, 30%c; July, 29%c. Pork —Oct., $15.10; Jan., $12.42%. Flax —~Cash, Northwestern, $1.02; South- western, 96c. Butter—Creameries, 17% @20%c; dairies, 16%.@19c. Eggs— 16% @17%c. Poultry~Turkeys, 16c; chickens, 10%4c; springs, 11%e. Montreal. Oct. 7—Gaynor and Green wanted in the United Siates on the charge of robbingthe government of a large sum of money in conspiracy with Captain Oberlin M. Carter, left here for the United States this morn- ing. The prisoners have been in Canada for several years and have fought extradition at every step. DASHES INTO OPEN SWITCH. Fast Northwestern Train Narrowly Escapes Bad Wreck. Sheboygan, Wis., Oct. 7=~The Chi- cago -and- Northwestern fast limited passenger train, northbound, had a narrow escape from a bad wreck in the Sheboygan railroad yards by dash- ing into an open switch and into the rear of a line of freight cars and only the fact that the train had slackened speed on entering the yards prevented what would have been in all probabil- ity a terrible disaster. A number of passengers and trainmen received in- juries, most of them of a minor na- ture. A number of freight cars were smashed into splinters and the pas- senger engine was derailed. | ELevenvEAROLD suiciDes. Yisconsin Youth Ends Life to Avold ‘Threatened Whipping. Grand Rapids, Wis,, Oct. 7.—Be- severe whipping the eleven-year-old stepson .of.. John . Seifert, a farmer, in a barn. The boy had been playing with a neighboi’s son when the other lad was injured by the explosion of dynamite caps they had found. The father of the injured lad told Seifert of the accident and the latter, on re- turning home, said to his wife that he would punish his stepson if the other boy was seriously injured. RAILROAD BRIDGE } ‘ABLAZE. Wisconsin Girl- Flags Passenger Train in Nick of Time. Janesville, Wis., .Oct. 7.—Eighteen- year-old Hattie Lentz, daughter of a { farmer residing twq miles from this city, proved herself a heroine by flag: ging a passenger train just before it reached a burning bridge on the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road. It ‘was found -upon inspection that twen. ty-five ties and other timbers had been destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been started by sparks from a train’ which preceded the one-flagged. BRIEF BITS OF NEWB. A‘home for foundlings, with infant incitbators, will be erected by John D. Rockefeller for:the Cleveland Humane society. Government ‘reports show that at least 200 ‘mnatives’and 25 Americans and forelgne)'s were “killed in the re. cent storm in the Philippines, e It is announced on behalf of the New York section of the Social Demo- cratic party that,the late Mrs. E. D. Rand, mother-inlaw of Professor | George D. Herron, had bequeathed 18200,000 to found a school for sbeial- sm. eause he had been threatened with a- committed: suicide by hanging himself" ! s I |