Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1905, Page 1

—4 The Bemldn 'Daily Pione 7 MINNESOTA TORICAL QOIE | ¥ VOLUME 3. NUMBER 198 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 1905. NOVEL METHOD PROPOSED. Bill Seeking Federal Control of In. surance. Washington, Dec. 12—A novel method seeking federal control over insurance is proposed in a bill intro- duced by Representative Fred Landis of Indiana. gress has exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, the torles and the insular possessions of the United States, in consequence of which authority is given the depart- ment of commerce and labor to re- quire full statements from all insur- ance companies doing business within such jurisdiction. He states that pub- Hcity is the one thing required and that no insurance company can afford to quit business in any of the terri- tory named to avoid government s pervision, therefore all companies will be included __ Paul Meurice, the author and drama. tst and literary executor of Victor The bill cites that con-| terri- | Hugo, Is dead at Paris. WORST SEASON ON LAKES. Over Two Hundred Lives Lost Dur- ing Present Year. Chicago, Dec. 12.—According to fig- ures compiled by the Lake Marine News bureau the death list on the Great Lakes during the past season was 213, the heaviest loss on record. During the season of 1904 only forty-nine lives were lost on the Great Lakes, this being the smallest loss on record. Ex-Assemblyman Gaen to Prison. New York, Dec. 12.—Former Assem- blyman Joseph J. Cahill of Brooklyn, who was convicted of perjury in con- nection with violation of the election laws at the mayoralty election last has been »(.ulé'n(ed to serve Frank Okazal pastor of the € Baptist mission in Sealtle, planning a colony for immi. grants from his country. It is planned to establish the colony somewhere on Puget Sound | DISCUSS CANAL MATTERS. 8enators Believe Congress Should Fix Salary of Employes. Washington, Dec. 12.—When lhe' senate convened a message was re- ceived from the house transmitting | the emergency bill appropriating $11,- 000,000 to aid in the construction of the Panama canal. It was withheld by the vice president until the con- clusion of the routine morning busi- ness. When the canal bill was called up | for reference a general discussion of | canal matters was precipitated. Mr. Tillman characterized the high sal-| aries paid canal employes as “stealing and graft.” Messrs. Hemenway, Hopkins, Mc- Cumber and Teller said there should be legislation fixing salaries for the canal employes. Mr. Teller said that by legislation congress had authorized the president to appoint the officers and fix the salaries and it was the duty of congress to nay taem. Christmas Sligpers Men's Ladies Boy and Misses and party slippe great holiday attrac tions. Men’s mufllers, one in a box, latest styles, white grey, steel, Dlack, and fancy, $1.50 Men’s ties, we have a finie ‘assortment of Men’s neckwear from the bow, tecks, and four-in-hands at, and up 25¢ The fine goods in indi- vidual hoxes at from and up 79¢ Dunlap stiff ats, $5.00 Lanpher stiff Hats, 3.00 Crescent Hats, - 200 Caps, 50 cents to $2.00 BEMIDJI, . O'LEARY & BOWS[R ( Commencing Monday Dec. 1ith this store will be open to 9 o’clock p. m. until the 23rd. If Christ- mas shoppers will do as much of their trading in the forenoons as possible they will confer a favor on the salespeople and will undoubtedly receive better service, as it is sometimes imnossible * fl to give a customer satisfactory service during the afternoon and evening on account of the large crowds of eager holiday shopvers MINNESOTA Crepe Paper For the Christmas we offer our 10¢ shopper of crepe paper !(nr 18¢ a fold. Christmmas Furnishings Bath Robes and House Coats—We show the R & W Robes and Coats at from $3.50-$6 Jewelry, Emblem Pins, Cuff Buttons, Collar Buttons, Watch Chains and Pins, many articles come in Christmas boxes ready to mail. Handkerchiefs Cambric handkerchiefs, 5 to 15 cents. Linen handkerchiefs, 25 to 50 cents. Silk handkerchiefs, 25¢ to $1.00. LANPHER Hats Lanpher soft Hats, ~ $3.00 Challenge Hats, - 250 Winner Hats, - 1.50 Caps, 50 cents to $2.00 et e S i i A Trunks $3.50, $4.50 and up to $15.00 Trunks and Cases. Suit Cases $1.50 $10.00 Clothing. Suits, overcoats and trousers. The little man of 2 1-2 years and all hisma'e re'ations can be fitted out in our c'othing department. Men's Suits $6.50 to $22.50. Young men'’s suits $5.00 to $14.00. Boys' suits $2,00 to 10.00. Children’s suits $2 to $6.00 Cut Glass' A full show case of cut glass 2nd quality, that we are clos- ing out at 20 per cent off. We also show a fine assort- ment of 1st quality goods. Christmas Candy. Chocolates 25 to 40 cts. a lb. Fine chocolates in boxes. 10, 15, 25,50 and 65 cts. a box. Fresh Butter Cups 40 cts. a Ib. Mixed candy 10 to 25¢ alb. Dolls. We can suit the purse in dolls they range in prices from 5S¢ to $9.00 each. - Silk Hose. Ladies’ silk hose, good Christ- mas gifts, $1.25 to $250 a pair. Crepe Paper. 500 roll 10c¢ crepe paper all colors 7 cts-a 10'l. 200 folds of decoratad crepe paper the 25¢ kind for 18c a fold. zEFramed Pictures. 100 framed pictures, a nice assortment of frames and sub- jects, these pictures have been sold in Bemidji, the past summer as high as $2.00 a piece, our;holiday pricef6y cents, Japanese Goods. Hand embroidered whit : shirt waists patterns $9.00. Japanese Cushions $1.00 to §5.00. Japanese Collars 25 to 75 cts. Japanses card cases, matts and wall orna- ments. [ frontier in the neighborhood of Bay- CHALLENGE ACCEPTED| RUSSIAN WORKMEN PROMPTLY REPLY TO d‘OVERNMENT'S LATEST MOVE. LEADERS OF LABDR COUNGIL JAILED GENERAL STRIKE THROUGHOUT RUSSIA wiLL PROBABLY BE DECLARED. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 10, via Eydt- kuhnen, East Prussia, Dec. 12.—There is every indication this morning that the government's chalienge will be ac- cepted and that within forty-eight hours a general strike throughout Rus- sia will be ordered. A terrible storm has been raised by the arrest of M. Krustaloff, m'c-siden\t of the executive committee of the Workmen’s council, which was-followed during the night by the imprisonmefit of the members of the workmen’s council and a num- ber of socialistic leaders. “The reaction has come,” were the words on every lip and in the liberal extremist camp there was only one opinion, namely, that it must be re- sisted to the bitter end. At all the meetings last night, some of which lasted until morning, the opinion was unanimous that the government had forced the hands of "t Dproletariay and that the supretne weé#pon, a gen: eral strike, must bé invoked. Railroad Employss Declare Strike. The employes of the Riga-Orel rail road have declared a strike on ac- count of the declaration of martial law in Livonia and have sent an ap- peal to the other roads to join. Last night the railroad men of the Baltic lines decided to follow the example of the a-Orel men. The§ftuation in Livonia is frightful. Absolute atarchy prevalls, A mensenger who ‘arrived here th morning declared thal the streets of Riga were flowing with blood. After & meeting the railroad men of Riga were mowed down by the fire of ma- chine guns and arifllery.. Fhe-raliroad-mer-of St "Petersburg, at a meeting, resolved that inasmuch “as the reaction is gaining force and the government is seeking to retract what was won by the first Pan-Rus- sian strike,” the railroad men stand ready to obey the signal for a general strike, but advise their fellow work- ers to await the word from the central committee at Moscow, as a fallure must not be risked. FORCED LOAN ORDERED. Desperate Expediency to Save Russia From Bankruptcy, St. Petersburg, Dec. 10, via Eydt kuhnen, Dec. 12—The government seems to have succeeded in tiding the treasury over the present crisis, al- though the method by which this was accomplished shows to what siraits the government has -been reduced. The emperor has approved a ukase authorizing the State bank to d $50,000,000 in exchequer bills, is permitted by the regulations of the bank, but it savors of the character of a forced loan. This method has not been resorted to since the days of the Russo-Turkish war. RAILROAD EIEN IN SESSION. Central Committee Will Probably Or der General Strike, Warsaw, Dec. 12.—The central com- mittee of the union of railroad men now in session at Moscow will prob- ably order a general railroad strike to begin at midnight in consequence of the arrest of M. Krustaloff, president of the executive committee of the workmen's council at St. Petershurg. The local committee of the railroad men’s union has received a notifica- tion from the committee at St. Peters- burg to that effect. Czar Thanks the Cossacks. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—Emperot Nicholas has issued an order of the day thanking all of the Cossack troops for their “‘self-sacrificing, untiring and loyal services to the throne and fa- therland, both at the seat of war and in the preservation of order within the empire.” Communication Restored. St. Petersburg, Dec. 12—Tele- graphic. communication to the cable end at Nystady Finland, has been re- established, but whether communica- tion will be permanent or mot cannot be said. THREATEN TO INVADE TURKEY. Force of Sultan’s Troops Sent to Re- pel Persians. Constantinople, Dec. 12.—Trouble is threatening on the Turko-Persian fron- tier at the vilayet of Mosul and in the neighborhood of Bayazid. These points have never been exactly delim- ited. Five thousand armed Persians are gathered in the district of Sujbu- lak, southward of Lake Urumiah, and they threaten to invade and take pos- session of a strip of territory in the vilayet of Mosul, claimed by Turkey. Two battalions of Qttoman troops, with three guns, have been dispatched to repel the invasion.and the governor of Mosul is calling for more reinforce- ments. A similar situation 'exists on_the AN APPEAL FOR HELP HALF FINISHED WIRELESS MES- S8AGE RECEIVED FROM DISA- BLED LIGHTSHIP, HAS A CREW OF ABOUT TWELVE MEN BELIEVED VESSEL CAN BE KEPT AFLOAT UNTIL AID CAN GET TO HER. Newport, R. I, Dec. 12,—A half fin- Ished message, sent just before the batteries are supposed to have be- come exhausted, came here by wire-| less from the Nantucket lightship early in the day asking for “help from anywhere.” The message was timed 2 a. m. and was as follows: “Nantucket Shoals lightship in dis- tress. Send help from anywhere—.” Here the message broke oft. ff The United States gunboat Thistle left here for the lightship at & a. m. A report from other sources says the vessel is leaking badly and that her fires have been extinguished. As the lightship’s design includes water- tight compartments intended to save her in just such stress as she is now in the lighthouse officials declare that there will be little difficulty on the part of her crew in keeping her afloat until aid can reach her. The light. ship has a crew of about a dozen men. Repeated calls by the wireless oper- ator here to the lightship were unan- swered during the forenoonm. At the same time the station endeavored to pick up ocean steamers in order to notify them of the condition of the lightship and to request them to aid the vessel if possible. By this means communication was tablished with the North Star steamer Maipland. The North Star answered she was too far out to be of immediate assistance to the lightship, but that she would try to get into communication with the disabled vessel. CUBAN CONVICTS MUTINY. Wounded- in Battte With Guards. Havana, Dee. 12.—The convicts in the penjtentiary mutinied during the evening and a fierce fight between them “and the guards followed, in which two of the prisoners were mor- tally wounded, sixteen more or less seriously wounded and three of the guards badly injured. The convicts to the number of 160 were proceeding from their quarters to supper in charge of only one officer who was armed with a revolver and three guards who carried machetes.; The prisoners suddenly rushed on the guards and overpowered them, taking their machetes, when the officer fired, wounding several of the prisoners. Hearing the shooting four more guards armed with guns came on the scene and fired into the crowd of con- victs, driving them back. The arrival of a platoon of artillerymen complete- ly cowed the convicts and rendered further firing unnecessary. Eighteen MITCHELL APPEAL DISMISSED, End of Case Against Late Senator From Oregon. Washington, Dec. 12.—On motion of former Senator Thurston Chief Jus- tice Fuller, on behalf of the supreme court of the United States; has direct- | ed the issnance of an order dismissing the appeal of the late Senator Mit- chell in the case against him. The proceeding was brief. Senator Thur- ston announced the death of the Ore- gon senator and moved the dismissal of the case. In directing the order the chief justice merely remarked that this course was usual in crim- inal cases. INDICTMENTS. Twenty-four True Bills Against Kan. sas Cattlemen. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 12.—The federal grand jury, after investigating Kansas land fraud cases, has reported twenty- four indictmests against cattlemen. Three of the indictments charge conspiracy to defraud the United States government out of a portion of its public domain and subornation of perjury in the securing of fraudulent homestead entries. The other twenty- one indictments' charge the unlawful inclosure of the public lands. All the men indicted are wealthy cnl(lpmen WHOLESALE STOREKEEPER - HELD UP. Robbers Use Him as a Shield Against Attack. Fort Dodge, la., Dec. 12.—Ed Gor- man and Tom Smith were arrested here charged with holding up Patrick O’Connor in his store at Vincent, a village six miles east of here. Two men with threats of death forced him to open the safe and turn over several hundred dollars to them. A son with a revolver and a daughter with a shotgun were prevented from assisting O'Connor by the-thieves uw ing him as a shield. IN INTEREST OF STATEHOOD. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Dele. gation Visits Washington. ‘Washington, Dec. 12—Single state- hood for Oklahoma and Indian Terri- tory was promoted during the day in one of the most novel performances ever enacted in the national Capitol building. A delegation 150 strong from these territories called to pay its respects to Senator Beveridge, chairman of the committee on terri- tories. The committee room would not- accomimrodate all of the visitors and the senator received them in the corridor and addressed them there. The overflow occupied the stairs lead- ing to the marble room, one of the semi-sacred precinets of the senate. ationed on the elevation led ring the senator, who compli- mented the people of the territories and promised they should not be dis- appointed in their desire for state: hood. Three rousing cheers rang through the Capitol at the’conclusion| of the speech and Charles G. Jones of | Oklahoma City, chairman’ of the dele-| gation, declared that Senator Bever:' idge ever had been ready with “the right kind of advice” in the fight made by Oklalloma and Indian Tenitory | i Requlsmon for Pat Crowe. ; Des Moines, Dec. l2~Governmk Cummins has issued a requisition fot ; the return of Pat Crowe to Towa fm| holding up a street car in Council; Bluffs the night of July 2, 1905. A woman betrayed Crowe and he will be tried upon her evidence. George Bocner, a young Bavariar| living on a farm south of Hammond, Ind., has been notified by the Amer- ican consul at Munich that he is one| of four heirs to an estate in Bavariaj said to amount to $14.000.000. TEN CENTS PER WEEK PRESIDENT IDE TESTIFIES, Affairs of Home Life Company Taken Up by Committee. 3 New York, Dec. 12.—An investiga- - | tion of the affairs of the Home Life . Insurance company of New York was taken up by the legislative insurance investigating committee during the - day. The first witness called was - George Ji. Ide, president of that com-: pany. Mr. Ide said personally he - carried no life insurance, but he thought some of the officials of his. < company may have received commis- sions on their own policies. He was 5 asked by Charles E. Hughes, counsel for the committee, to furnish a list of them. Mr. Ide said his company is paying a pension of $1,000 a year to a clerk who was employed since the foundation of the company and is now unable to work. Mr, Ide described the financial op- eration of company and said it. malkes invesiments -in stocks and bonds through one firm of brokers and pays them the regular commis- sion of one-cighth of 1 per cent. The surplus of his company has been held at about $1,125,000 for twenty years, 2 because he regards that as sufficient and he felt that policyholders are en- titled to the accumulations on their i policies. Chlcago Grain and Provisions,. | Chicago, Dec. 11.—Wheat— Dec., ¢; May, 89%6@89%c. Corn—Dec., 86 44%¢; old, ; May, Oats —Dec., 31% @31%c; May, @32%¢ Pork—Jan.,, $13.42%; May, $13.421%. Flax—Ca! Nor(hwestern, $1.021% Southweste 96c. Butter—Creamer- les, 17@23%c; dairies, 17@20c. Eggs —20(924c. Poultry—Turkeys, 13c; ehicleus and springs, 9e. Whlleman Tiléen to Priscn. Buffalo, Dec. 12—Alonzo J. White- man, convicted of defrauding the Fi- delity Trust company of this city by means of forged and raised paper, was taken to Auburn prison during the day to begin a term alxhtze-n qnd fiu months, % Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral certainly cures hard coughs, hard colds, bronchitis, consumption. And it certainly strengthens weak throats and weak lungs. There can be no mistake about this. Your own doctor will say so. Just ask him about it, then do as he says. We have no secrrt-1 - We publi pihe lorz x[.\« of r. ®Ihe best On Earth! ™ IS A HANAN SHOE You” get STYLE, FIT, QUALITY that no other shoe firm can’ For Lung Troubles produce, and for | $5.00 - you. buy in Bemidji a shoe that you would pay $6 for in the cities Ladies’ Underskirts A large line at reasomable prices. . The popular Sunburst Skirt, at $1.25 Imitation Taffeta Silk Skirt, at $3.50 and $5.00. especially made for stout people and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR M CHEERFULLY REFUNDED.