Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 14, 1905, Page 1

i VOLUME 3. NUMBER 200 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, T/ (URSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1905. TORCH APPLIED TO RUSS HOUSES Advices Today From the Baltic Pro- vinces Are of the Most Alarming Character. St Pete croment’s advic tie provinces ar character. vicinity the houses of all estates burg, Dec. 1. s today from the Bal- of t Thousands roamiag through the coun ry of Riza puiting torches to he most alarming of peasants in the 31 railroad co nmurications with Riga are cut off anl the revoly is s p wts of Courlund preuding o SIX CHILDREN PERISH. Parents and Two Others Escape From Burning Home. Dubois, Pa., ¢ children were burned to death at Lindsey, near Punxsutawney, and wite, remaining with thelr lives. and the parents, children, TI Willlam Moy n with their two barely cscaped he mother threw two of the children from an upstairs window, thereby saving their lives, and herself jumped as the rooi fell in. She was badly burned and will prob- ably lose one foot as a re: father burned about the hands injuries. The not seriously. ult of her also badly and face, hut The fire was discovered by a neigh- hor, who hastened to the burning hou and aroused the sleeping inmat 56 At that time the whole roof and rear of the house were burning. PORTLAND MAN NAMED. John M. Gearin Appointed Senator From Oregon. Salem, Ore,, George E. Dec. Chamberlain has announced 14.—Governor the appointment of John M. Gearin of Portland to succeed the Mitchell as United State late John H. senator from but had the endorsement of not only the Dem- Oregon. Mr. Gearin is a Democrat, ocratic party in thi s state but a 50 that of some of the staunchest Repub- licans. The appointee until March 4 shall be soone ture, which w slon in January, 1907, ende; 1 meet 1907, will sit In congress unles d by his tenure the legis in regular s alll TOO MUCH ROCKEFELLER. Chicago University Professor Turned | Down by Trades Assembly. | Columbus, G. Dec. 14.—Consider- | able comment has been occasioned at | the action of the Columbus trades and labor assembly in declining to accept | the services of a professor of the Chi- cago university to deliver a course of | lectures here under the auspices of the assembly. The assembly was asked to ! pay a portion of the expenses of the professor and the assembly promptly ' declined to receive the services of the Chicago man. The reason ‘given is ltbal the Chicago unlversity has had John D. Rockefeller as a benefactor and it is almost entirely duc to his | contribntions that the universily ow Its extensiveness and high rank the educational world. One of the dele- that the professors of Chicago had to teach and stand for the things that were favored by the oil magnate and when they ceased to do this their posi- tions were jeopardized. [ view of this the preoosition was turned down and a comuiittee conslsting of Dele- i+ gates Phelan, Houck and Little ap- pointed to arrange for lectures, secur- Ing them from a “source above sus- | peton * $%. Paul Union Stock Yards. St Paul, Dec. 13.—Cattle—Good to @5.50; common to £00d to choice cows 0 @ 5.50. Hogs—$14 ling wether: $5.50@6.00; gond to choice lambs; 36.50@ Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec. —Cattl $3.50605.70: cows and_heifers, 4 stockers and feeders, Western, Hogs— Mixed and butche: 5; good heavy, $4.90@5.05 ugh heavy, $4.70 @480, light, $4.70@ Sheep, $1.006@ lambs, $4 NOW READY Fourteen times it has been our pleasure to display a line of Xmas Goods This season we have been put to great disadvantage in arranging the stock. First we had a leaky roof to rontend with tor about 2 weeks and then we disposed of a large bill of goods last Friday night without the ass:stance of clerks. consequently Saturday morning found the store in no ‘ccndition to do business, much less arranging holiday goods, but we are now ready, and are showing for Xmas gifts: Tops, Dolls, China, Cut Glass, Leather and Cellu- loid Goods, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Silk Suspenders Gloves, Slippers & Candies. O'LLeary @ Bowser Bemidji, Minn. CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD AND TWO FORMER OFFI- CIALS INDICTED. Chicago, Dec. 14—The federal grand Jury has returned indictments against the Chicago and Alton Railroad com- pany, John M. Faithorn, former vice president of the company, and J. A Wann, former general freight agent. The railroad company and the two |’ ex-officers are included in one indict- ment, in which there are ten counts against the company and against each of the two men. The general charg is that the railroad company, with the sanction of the two officers, paid il- legal rebates to the packinghouse firm of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger for the purpose of procuring shipments from the concern, and also, with the same object, gave free transportation to the employes of theconcern The indictment which was retumed is based on testimony given to the grand jury by B. S. Cusey, traffic manager for Schwarzschild & Sulz- berger, who has appeared before the jury on'two separate occasions. Cusey was one of four employes of the pack- inghouse firm who were indicted some time ago for soliciting rebates. All of them pleaded guilty and each was fined $5,000 by Judge Humphrey. Three specific violations of the law against the granting of rebates arc mentioned in the indictment. The railroad company is charged with hav- ing refunded $1 per car on forty-four cars of dressed beef shipped from Kansas City to various Eastern points in December, 1903. A similar rebate 1s alleged (o have been paid on twen- ty-three cars of dressed beef shipped from Kansas City in January, 1904, The railroad company is also charged with having refunded $3,500 in passen- ger fares paid by the packing com- pany between Jan. 1, 1902, and Sept. 1, 1304, for transportation of its offi- cers and agents. DROPS DEAD Chicago Woman Expires While Plead- ing for Her Son. Chicago, De: shame ol her he would meet harsh deaiing at the hands of Justice babam Mrs. John Scanlan, seventy yearg.old, dropped dead in ihe Maxwell streetTmolicé coart IN COURT. while begging the justice to be lenl(ncI with her boy. “l know he's been in trouble bemre‘ your honor,” she said. *“l know ft. I have done all T could. But give him one more chance.” Then Mrs. Scanlan, trembling with emotion, gesped, tottered against the clerk's desk and fell forward on the floor. She died almost instantly of heart disease, the police sa The prisoner was discharged. BODIES BLOWN TO ATOMS. Five Workmen Killed in Powder Mill Explosion. Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 14.—The mixinghouse at the works of the Du- pont Powder company near Boyles, eight miles north of this city, was acci- dentally blown up during the day, in- | stantly killing five workmen. The force of the explosion was felt for miles and the report was heard in Birmingham. The victims were blown to atoms, particles of their bodies be- ing found in treetops a long di from the scene of the disaster. Democrats Elect Boston Mayor. Boston, Dec. 1+—The Democrats were victorious former Congressman John F. Fitzger- ald mayor over three other candidates Fitzgerald's plurality over his nearest competitor, Louis A. Frothingham, Re- publican speaker of the Massachu- setts house of representatives, was 5,380 ABOLISHES CANAL COMMISSION. Introduced by Representative Mann of lilinois. Washington, Dec. 14.—A bill abol»l Ishing the isthmian canal commission # Tesentative Mann of Illinois. In it direction is given the president to put the work of building the canal under any one of the executive departments and also to operate the Panama rail- road through the same means. It re- quires an itemized accounting of all} expenditures to be laid annually be- fore congress; that future expendi- tures may be made in accordance with specific appropriations made upon de- | tailed estimates submitted in the same manner as from other depart- ments of the government. It repeals 80 much of the Spooner act as pro- vides for the appointment of the isth- mian canal commission and leaves the president free to select such persons and employ such methods and to fix such salaries as he may deem proper, subject only to control by congress. LEFT SA;E AS FIXED ;V HOUSE.I Canal Appropriation Bill Reported to' the Senate. ‘Washington, Dec. 14—In the senate Mr. Allison, from the committee on appropriations, reported the bill mak- ing an appropriation for the Panama canal work and gave notice that he would ask the senate to-take it up at once. He said that the committee was of the opinion that $11,000,000 would be sufficient for present purposes and that the amount had been left as fixed: by the house. The senate, at 12:45 » m., weat into mfim session. in Boston, ele(-lin"' s introduced during the day by Rep-' REBATE GRANTING CHARGED| S|TUATI Nl IS GRAVE|BETTER CONSULAR SERVIGE INSURGEN AT RIGA, RUSSIA, SAID TG HAVE CAPTURED FORIRESS THERE. QUTLOOK BRIGHTER AT THE CAPITAL GOVERNMENT/OFFICIALS AT ST PETERSBURG EXPECT END OF DISORDERS. st. ‘Petersl'glrg, ‘Ded. 12, via Bydt Kkuhnen, EastyPrassid, Dec. 14.—Re- ports are fn dirculation to the effect that the insm‘gentb at Riza have cap- tured the fortrpss there. Inquiries myde al the ministry of the interior refulted iu the statemen’ being made thit the government's ad vices do mnot fonfirm the capture of the fortress #d the seizure of thc governor, Thd situation, however, is admitied to befgrave. - “The commafder at Riga Tuesday appealed for ajditional troops, which were dispatched. LING PREVAILS I 8t. Petersburg [Officials Look for End of |Bisorders. St. Peter hulg, Dec. 12, via Eydt kuhnen, st Irussia, l)u.. 14.—The T ration of jcable communication with points ahLoad vesterday lasted ouly a few hours. Belore midnight it was reported HTL the cable was cnl HOPEFUL and that dispatches must again be for warded by cor dlier via the Germarn frontier. Neveriheless the outlook i clear The government is breaih- | ing rreer, with 4 fighting chance thai Premier Witte will yet be able Lo steer his v through the rocks which beset his path. /The threat of a gen- eral strike in the immediate future has disappeared aui the telegraph strike 1ot being suppétied, is going Lo piece: spite of the wild appeals of the un {00 ks stand firi. AL Moscow the tic ufi rBmains complete, bul at man, other places comnunication has bec. reopened, althoigh in a precariou fashion, as the'gmployes of hoxh tin telegraph and were. dischiarge refusing Lo work™are cutting Lhe wires | wherever it is possible to do so. The disappearaice of the danger ot a general strike seems to insure the government a certain period in which to vindicate itscli and demonstrate that it is strivivg to inaugurate the | new order of taings and If, as it Jil ends hope, it will be able to show this by deeds it will cut away public | sympathy from the proletariat ana place the workmen's organizations | when the time comes for a general strike in the attirude of deliberately | provoking a struggle 1o overthrow the | government and establish a demo ! cratic republic. The members of Count Wilte's cab fnet distinctly deny that the govern ment has entered on the path of reac tion, but they say that the present state of anarchy cannot go on. Peopie amenable to the laws will be arrested { and tried by the courts. CATHoLIC CLERGY MEET. ' Demand Autonomy and Home Parlia: ment for Poland. Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. 14 | A meeting of 417 Catholic ciergymen ‘of Russian Poland, after ten hours’ ! session, has resolved to demand auton- omy for Poland and its own parlia- ment, general secret ballot, the rein- slalemenl of the Polish language in ! gevernment offices, the abolition ot ,capital punishment and full amnesty i for political prisoners. The Official Gazette publishes a list ,of 293 post and telegraph clerks who | have been dismissed for striking. l COSSACKS AIDED THE MOBS. | Fifteen Thousand Jews Massacred in { Three Days. Boston, Dec. 14.—Leon Jacob Sioro- tin, an educated Russian Jew of Odes- 8a, who has arrived here from Russia, says that 15,000 Jews were killed in three days, with most terrible mutila- tion and torture. Cossacks and police aided the mobs in their deadly work and men, women and children were among the victims. German Mill Owner Slain. Sosnovice, Rassian Poland, Dec. 14. SECRETARY ROOT MAKES PLEA FOR REORGANIZATION OF THAT DEPARTMENT. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—Secretary of State Root attended the meeting of the senate committee on foreign relations during the day. He discussed the’ bill introduced by Senator Lodge providing for the reorganization of the consular serv It is understood that the Isle of Pines treaty and the treaty relating to Santo Domingo were considered briefly. The secretary of state asked that the consular service be classified and the president authorized to assign members of the classes proposed to such posts as the interests of the serv- ice require instead of having appoint- ments made for specified posts. The creation of an adequate inspection service and the abolishment of the fee system was recommended by Secre- tary Root in accordance with the rec- ommendations made by President Roosevelt in his message to congress. This would necessitate a material in- crease in salaries at consulates where the fee system has been followed. An increase in working forces was asked for, the secretary saying that at.a number of foreign posts there are not sufficlent employes for the perform- ance of duties imposed by the immi- gradon laws. The need of guitable quarters for embassies and legations was emphasized by the secretary, who declared that the poor accommoda- tions proviged detract from the re- spect to which the diplomatic repre- sentatives of this government are én- titled. Secretary Root also asked the committee to make provision for the creation of the post of minister to the new kingdom of Norway. IN FEW Banks Not Contributors to Campaign Funds. Washington, Dec. 14.—The senate has received from Secretary Shaw the reply of the comptrollei of the cur- ‘ency to Senator Tlillman’s resolution calling for information as to. the rev- clations of bank inspectors regarding contributions made by national banks for campaien purposes. The comp- troller s there are about 100,000 such reports on file and that while he cannot without inspecting all of them state’ their Charavitr he ls confident that except in oné or two instances they show no contributions for polit- ical purposcs since 1892, The excep. tional reporis -showing contributions cover transactions of $200 or $300 in small Imnl\ 4Il|(] do not go into deta CONSIDERATION. Queen Lil Presents Claim of $10,000,- 000 to Congress. ‘Washington, Dec. 14.—A petition from Queen Liiiuokalani asking for the payment of $10,000,000 to her was presenied to the senate by Vice Presi- dent Fairbank: The petition was ac- compauied by an autograph letter re- questing early and favorable consid- eration. ONLY INSTANCES. Hational ASKS EARLY Abraham CZAREVITCH SAILORS REVOLT‘ One Hundred Sailor s on Russian Ba-ttle- ship Mutiny in Harbor at Colombo, Ceylon. OUTCOME OF DIVORCE CASE. - Prominent Attorney on Trial in New York City. New York, Di 14.—The trial of H. Hummell, one of New York’s most widely known lawyers, on the charge of conspiracy calendar before Justice Rogers in the supreme: court during the day. The|; charge” against Hummell grew out ofZ] the sensational Dodge-Morse di litigation; in which ‘it ‘is allezed” that Hummell entered into a conspiracy (6 procure perjured evidence. Formér Supreme Court Justice Rdgar L. Furs: :ted on the charge in the same case, The conspiracy and perjury charg were .made after-an investigation by District” Attorney Jerome of - allega- tions that the courts had heen made use ‘of in“an fmproper manner in an effort to procire an annulment. of ti decree -of . divorce obtained by Mrs. Clemenée Dodge against Charles F. Dodge. - After this divorce Mrs. Dodge was married to Charles W. Ilorse, a capitalist of this city, who is very prominent in banking and steamship affairs, SELECTING A JURY. Proceedings in Beef Trust Cases at Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 14,—The examination of veniremen in connection with the selection of the first jury in the el trust” cases began Curing the day in the United States disirict court before Judge Humphrey. The jury to he chosen will try the last preliminary plea of the twenty-one defendants. The chief question to be decided is whether the packers gained immunity under the investigation of Commis- sioner of Corporations Garfield, the de- fenso uf the kers boing that-Coms missioner (arfield promised them im- muniiy from criminal prosecution pro- vided they would malke statements to him. Gther peints to be decided are whether. the 1oport of Commissioner Garfield wa: vsed in securing the in- dictment of the defendants and “lence was seized by the out proper process of was on the | | Colombo, Ceylon, Dee. —One hundred of the Russians on board the Russian battleship Czarevitch in the harbor here revoited today., Military assistance wis asked for aud sen’ and 50 of the wwutineers were taken on shore, i 3 Concerning Famlly Scan I 14.=A7 msgtch to T New York, Dec." ;the Tribune from Pittsburg sa: J. B. Corey, uncle of Willf Ellis ¥ Corey, president:of the United.States Steel corporation, issued a Temark- dble ‘Jetter during the #ftérnGon ad- _dressed_to “the newspaper aeporters of Piftsburg.” " In it Mr. Corey.tells of how his quiet life ‘has b erable by thé demands upon him for information ahbout his nephew's affairs | and says he has decided to make good use of the additional information he possesses. Mr. Corey tells in his leiter 65 hay- Ing recently. given $20,000.to the fund for the relief of the suffering Jews in Russia and says that more money is needed. He says that, lnnsmm:h as the public likes to read s\lfl\lt‘ scandal, they should be compelled' to pay for it. Tic declares that he has a number of letiers ‘which were exchanged be- tween himself and Andrew ‘€arnegie, Charles M. Schwab and E. R. Corey, which he is ready to hand over to the public for $100,000, the total amount to be applied to the Hebrew relief fund. e does mot care, he.says, in what sums the money is subscribed, or whether it is made up by gne in dividual, one hundred, one thonsand or a hundred thousand. In giving the letters to the public, in consideration of the above mentioned amount, Mr. tributors “that ‘they will get thefr money’s worth or their money will be refunded.” Representative Sulzer of Néw York has introduced a resolution: calling on the secretary of the treasury for his opinion as to how the money market can best be relieved, Cause of Headaches i You must look well after the condition of your liver and bowels. Unless there is daily action of the bowels, poisonous products are absorbed, causing head- aches, biliousness, nausea, dyspepsia. Ayer’s Pllls arefienmne llver pills. & e publish e s St s ot e AT | AR AAMAA MAAAARZ AAAAAA AAMAAAAAAAAAAA presents. i kinds of articles suitable for Christmas presents. Furs Buy your sister or mother You could not purchase a more Toilet Sets and Japanese Ware We will be glad to have you call | i :-—Os(ar Schoef), 2 German and owner of a great spinning mill here, was Rhot and killed by an unknown person during the night. He had been fight- Ing the terrorist committee, which condemned Schoen to death for asking the authorities for military protection against the strikers. KILLED BY WISCONSIN SENATE. Resolution for n&mlgauon of Certain Corgorations. Madison, Wis.| Dec. 14—The state Benate, by a vote of 18 to 15, killed a i resolution for idvestigation of insur- ance and public|service corporations. ! after much debale the assembly killed Sills for both the Massachusetts and the Minnesota Australian ballots. Boys Charg:d With Murder. Ottumwa, sms, fifteen yeals old, died at a hos- _ pital here during the day from a gun- shot wound received Sunday afternoon at Hiteman. ‘Pl T, aged fifteen Ia, |Dec. 14—Frank Ad-_ our line with the others in town. Do not wait until the last day before making your selection of yonr Christmas The best will ke taken. We are showing a very large line of all a fur scarf. suitable gift. Fire engiues, and compare Kid dolls, dressegl dolls, 'rubber dolls from‘: 4 de to $5.00 Christmas Presents! Dolls Toys Potrol wagons, Aubomobiles Corey savs he wifl guarantee (he con-