Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 12, 1905, Page 2

The Bemidji Daily Pionee MINNESOTA TGRICAL VOLUME 3. NUMBER 198 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY\ DECEMBER 12, 1905. TEN CENTS PER WEEK NOVEL METHOD PROPOSED. Bill Seeking Federal Control of In- surance. Washington, Dec method seeking federal insurance is proposed in a bill intro- duced by Representative Fred Landis of Indiana. The bill cites that con-| gress has exclusive jurisdiction over | the District of Columbia, the terri- tories 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-! Heity is the one thing required and that no insurance company can afford te quit business in any of the fe! tory named to avoid government pervision, therefore all companies be included __ will tst and litera Hugo, is dead at Pa WORST SEASON ON LAKES. Over Two Hundred Lives Lost Dur- ing Present Year. Chicago, Doc. 12.—According to fig- ures compiled by the Lake Marine News bureau the death list on the Great lLakes during the past season the heaviest loss on record. During the son of 1904 only forty-nine livi were lost on the Great lakes, being the smallest loss on record, Ex-Assemblyman Goes to Frison. New York, Dec. 12.—Former Assem- blyman Joseph J. Cahill of Brooklyn, who was convicied of perjury in con nection with visiarion of the election laws at the mayorally election last monrh, has Leen sentenced to serve twa veara in Sine Sine pris Rev. Fran pastor of the Japanese Baptist mission in Seattle, A h. planuing a colony for immi « . 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 the senate convened a message was re- | ceived from the house transmitting | the emergency bill appropriating $11.- | 000,000 to aid in the consiruction of | the Panama canal. It as withheld | by the vice president until ithe 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-| arles paid canal employes as “stealing | and graft.” Messrs. Hemenway, Hopkins, Me- 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 pay imem. Christmas Sliypers Men's Ludies Bo, and i and port reat holi ions. ay atteac Men’s mufllers, one in a box. latest styles, white grey, steel, fancy, hlack, amd Men's fine assortment of Men's neckwear from the bow, tecks, and four-in-hands at, and up 2o¢ The fine goods in vidual hoxes at and up 79¢ we have a indi- from Hats Dunlap stift Hats, $5.00 Lanpher stift ats, 5.00 Crescent Hats, - 200 Caps, 50 cents to $2.00 Trunks $3.50, $4.50 and up to $15.00 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 showa fine assort- ment of 1st quality goods. Christmas Candy. Chocolates 25 to 40 cts. a 1b. % Christmas Furnis mmmazm B S 'LEARY & BOWSER |75 BEMIDJI, - MINNESOTA Commencing Monday Dec. lith 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 to give a customer satisfactory service during the afternoon and evening on account of the large crowds of eager holiday shoppers Crepe Paper or the Christmas offer o shopper we choice of our 10c¢ ©_epe paper at Te roll sdecd crepe paper for 13¢ a fold. : hings Bath Robes and llouse Coats—We show the R & W Robes and Coats at from $3.50-$6 Jewelry, mblem Pins, Cuff Buttons, Collar Buttons, Watch Chains and Pins, many articles come in Christmas hoxes ready to mail. Handkerchiefs Cambric handkerchief: 5 to 15 cents. Linen handkerchiefs, 25 to 50 cents. Silk handkerchiefs, 25¢ to $1.00. TSN O SRR Hats Lanpher soft Hats, $3.00 Challenge Hats, 2.50 Winner IHal 1.50 (‘aps, 50 cents to $2.00 e e Fine chocolates in boxes. 10, 15, 25 Fresh Butter Cups 40 cts. a Ib. Mixed candy 10 to 2. alh. 50 and 65 cts. a box. Dolls. We can suit the purse in dolls they rangein prices from e to $9.00 each. Silk Hose Ladies’ silk hose. good Christ- mas gifts, $1.25 to § pair. Crepe Paper. 500 roll 10¢ crepe paper all colors 7 cts-a 10'l. 200 folds of decoratad crepe paper the 25¢ kind for 18¢ a fold. £ ) f_l:‘_[_a;r_nflerdrpictures. 100 framed pictures, a nice assortment of frames and sub- jects, these pictures been sold in Bemidj have . 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- | CHALLENGE AGCEPTED | LEADERS OF LABOR COUNGIL JAILED ments. RUSSIAN WORKMEN PROMPTLY REPLY TO GOVERNMENT'S LATEST MOVE. GENERAL STRIKE THROUGHOUT RUSSIA WILL PROBABLY BE DECLARED. Bt. 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 bours a general strike throughout Rus- sia will be ordered. A terrible storm has been raised by the arrest of M. Krustaloff, president of the cutive committee of the workmen's council, which was followed during the nizht by the imprisonment 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 proletariai and that the supreme wédpon, a gen eral strike, must be invoked. Railroad Employes 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. lLast night the railroad men of the Baltic lines decided to follow the example oi a-Orel men, %\umlon in Livonia is frightful. Absolule anarchy prevails. A messenger who arrived here this morning declared that the streets of Riga were flowing with blood. After; a meeting the railroad men of Riga were mowed down by the fire of m: chine guns and arifler: ‘Fhe railroad meir of St at a mecting, re “as the reaction the government i vhat was 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 ihe word from the central commitiee at Moscow, as a fallure must not be risked. FORCED LOAN ORDERED. Petersburg, Desperate Expediency to Save Russia From Bankruptcy. St. Petersburg, Dec. 10, via Eydt kuhnen, Dec. 12—The government seems 10 have succeeded in tiding the treasury over the present ,al- though the method by which thi accomplished shows (o what the government ias been reduced The emperor has approved a ukase authorizing the State bauk to discount $50,000,000 in exchequer bills, which is permitted by the regulations of the bank, but it savors of the character of a forced loan. s method has not been resorted to since the days ot the Russo-Turkish war. RAILROAD MEN IN SESSION. Central Committee Will Probably Or der General Strike, The central com Warsaw, Dec, 12. mitiee of the union of railroad men now in session at Moscow will prob. ably order a general railroad sllll\e o begin at midnight in conseq the arrest of M. Krusialoff, pi of the executive commitiee of the workmen's council at St. Petershurg. The lo.al committee of the railroud men’s union has received a notifica- tion from the committee at St. Peters. burg 1o that effect. Czar Thanks the Cossauks. St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—. Nicholas has sued an order day thanking all of the Cos 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 not cannot be said. THREATEN TO INVADE TURKEY. Force of Sultan's Troops Sent to Re- pel Persians. Constantinople, Ds 12.—Trouble is threatening on the Turko-Persian iron- tier at the vilayet of Mosul and in the neighborhood of Bavazid. 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 Ottoman 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 frontier in the neixhhorhnod of Bay- AN APPEAL FOR HELP HALF FINISHED WIRELESS MES- SAGE 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. L, Dec. 12—A half fin- Ished message, sent just before the batteries are supposed to have bhe- 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 off. ff The United States gunboal Thistle left here for the lightship at ¢ a. m A report from other sources sa the vessel is leaking badly and that her fires have been extingnished. As the lightship's design includes water- tight compartments intended to save her in just such str as she now in the lighthoase 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 (o the lightship were unan- swered during the forenoon. At the same time the station endeavored to pick up ocean steamers in order 10 notify them of the condition of the lightship and to request them to aid the vessel if possible. By this means communication W established with the North Star steamer Maipland. ‘The North Star answered she was too far out to be of immediate a ance to the lightship, but that she would try 1o get into communication with the disabled vessel. CUBAN CONVICTS MUTINY. Wounded in Battle With Guards, Havana, Dec. the penjtentiary Eighteen —The convicts in mutinied during the evening and a fierce fight between them ‘and ihe guards followed, in which two of the prisoners were mor. tally wounded, sixieen more or less seriously wonnded and three of the guards badly injured. The con to the number of 160 were procecding from their quarters to supper in charge of only one officer who rmed with a revolver AIIH\‘ three guards who carried machetes.| The prisoncrs 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- viets, driving them back. The ar of & platon of artillerymen complete Iy cowed the con and rendered further firlng unnecessar MITCHELL APPEAL DISMISSED. End of Case Against Late Senator From Oregon. —On motion of Jus iington, Dec Senaior Thurston Chief tice Fuller, on behalf of the sup court of the United States, has d ed the issnance of an order dismi: the peal of the late Senator chell in the e against him. proceeding s 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. | WHOLESALE INDICTMENTS. Twenty-four True Bills Against Kan. sas Cattlemen. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 12—The federal grand jury, after investigating Kansas | Jand fraud cases, has reported twenty- | four indicimcwis 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 iwenty- one indictments charge the unlawful inclosnre of the public lands. All the men indicted are wealthyl cattlemen. | 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 us- ing him as a shield. Whiteman Taken to Prisen. 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 of elgm years and five months. 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 accommadate all of the visitors and the senator received them in the corridor and addressed them there. The overfiow occupied the stairs lead- ing to the marble room, one of the semi-sacred precinets of the senate. Those stationed on the elevation led in cheering the senator, who compli- mented the people of the territori and promised they should not be d appointed in desire for state hood. Three sing 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 Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Requisition for Pat Crowe. Des Moin Dec. 12—Governor Cummins has issued a requisition fot; the return of Pat Crowe to lowa for| 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. i George necner, a young Bavarian| living on a farm south of Hammond,| Ind.. has been noiified by the Ame|‘-| ican consul at Munich that he is onej of four heirs to an estate in Bavaria] said (o amount to $14.000.000. IDE TESTIFIES, Affairs of Home Life Company Taken Up by Committee. New York, Dec. 12—An investiga- tion of the affairs of the Home Life Insurance company of New York was taken up Ly the legislative insurance investigating committee during the day. The first witness George 15. Ide, president of that com-: pany. Mr, Ide said personally he carried no life insurance, but he thought some company may have received commis- sions on their own policies. He was asked by Charles I2. Hughes. counsel for the commiitee, to furnish a list of them. Ar. Ide said hiz 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 worl Mr. Ide described the financial op- eration of his company and said it. PRESIDENT makes invesiments in stocks and bonds throvgh 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 yvears, because he regards that as sufficient and he felt that policyholders are en- titled to the accumulations on their ;. policies. Chicago Grain and Provi Chicago, Dec. 11.—Wheat — Dee., @891c. (‘m —Dec, 176 20c. Purkeys, prings, 9c. Esggs 13¢; rhicl eus and Ayer's For Lung Troubles and w about gihe oo Ladies’ Underskirts A large line at reasonable prices. The popular Sunburst Skirt, at $1.25 Imitation Taffeta Silk Skirt, at $3.50 and $5.00. BEMIDJI, - coughs, hard colds, bronchitis, consumption. 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