Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 29, 1905, Page 1

5 " The Bemidji Daily Piorie VOLUME 3. NUMBER 212 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. MINRESOTA HISTGRICAL SOCIETY TEN CENTS PER WEEK INHERITANCE LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL State Supreme Court Upholds Constitu- tonality of Laws---Much Money Al- ready Due the State. St. Paul, Dec. 29.—The state su- preme court today upheld the consti- t1tionality of the inheritance taX law passed by the last legislature: The decisisn is of great importance, as all efforts heretofore made to tax inherit- ances have been declared illegal by the supreme court. Several hundred thousand dollars already due the state is involved in the decision. S8TORMS$ STILL HOLDS OFFICE. Secretary of State of Indiana Has Not Resigned. Indianapolis, Dec. 29.—Daniel E Storms, se of state, has not resigned and it is not known whether he will comply with the demand of} Governor Hanly or not. He refuses u:g discuss the subject. It is understood that in addition tc) the situation disclosed by tlhe secre: tary of state placing his affairs in the hands of a (rustee a committee that has been examining the records of his; ofiice has reported that Mr. Storms did mot turn into the stale treasury a; fee of $25,000 paid by the Vandalia Railroad company until several months after it was due; that while the enti salary of the [oreign corporations clerk was drawn [rom the treasury a less amount was paid him; that an error of $15,000 had been corrected later and that an appropriation for an extra stenographer was anticipated byf Mr. Storms. i It was reported during the g\fim‘ noon that Mr. Storms had retainec’ counsel and would contest the demand’ -of the governor for his resignation zm‘ the ground that he had not violated ' the law. | GANG RESISTS ARREST. Ohio Marshal Fatally Shot and Dep . uty Wounded. Perrysburg, 0., Dec. 29.—Caught in the Perrysburg interurban station' early in the day five young men, be- | lieved to be members of the safe blower gang which raided the Central avenue car barns Saturday, drew re- volvers and, shooting to kill, wounded Marshal Frank Thornton in the stom: | ach so that he will probably die. An-j other member of the gang shot Deputy | Marshal William Scott in the right foot, causing a painful but not dan gerous wound. The desperadoes then scattered and escaped. | While the five men were eating in the station restaurant Marshal Thorn ton entered and, with Deputy Scott, attempted to place them all under ar rest. The desperadoes, however, crowded close about the two office pulled revolvers and opened fire. Thornton fell at almost the fi shot. Fifteen or twenty shots were| tired before the gang broke and fled,! leaving the marshal and his depuly brone on the sidewalk. Captain Orman Johnson, who had Bailed lalm and river craft for nearly forty years, w -cidentally killed al Og(lenshmg N.Y. William L. Penfield diana, solicitor for the state ment, has tendered his resigna it has been accepted. [ Judge of In depart ! stantly | moth PAYN DENIES CHARGES, Did Not Receive $40,000 From Mutual . Reserve Life. New York, Dec. 29.—Louis F. Payn former state insurance commissioner, testified before the insurance investi gating committee that the charge made by James D. Wells, former vice president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company, that $40,000 had been paid to Mr. Payn by the Mutua Reserve for allowing the company t¢ write its own report of an investiga tion by the insurance department was absolutely false in every particular . He said it grew out of the fight be tween Mr. Wells and President Burn ham, Mr, Payn was asked about the stipu lated premium law which was enacted during his administration. He sai¢ that Mr. Appleton and the actuary ol the department drew it up at his (Payn’s) suggestion. Mr. Payn em ployed personal counsel from time tc time and when asked it he availed him self of the attorney general's office said: “I don’t like to speak disrespectfully of a state officer. My experience witk the attorney general’s office was thal T aid not feel quite satisfied to gc there for advice except in some cases where the law compelled me to do so There were decisions one way an¢ next year there would be decisions another way. Then there would be ar attorney general who would give an other det‘lsmn CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH Their Mother Had Locked Them in the House Alone. Rose City, Mich.,, Dec. 29.—Twt children of Mr. and Mrs. George Fay ettc burned to death at Miller’s Mil: during the afternoon. The victim: are a little girl four years old and & boy one year old. The baby was burned to a crisp in a high chair anc the little girl was smothered to death The mother had locked them in the house alone. It is supposed the little girl set fire to the house with matches Lands W:thdrawn From Entry. Washington, Dec. 29.—Withdrawale from public entry and settlement o; 737,280 acres of land in the state ol Washington were ordered by the gen eral land office during the day. The withdrawals are thirteen townships ir the Walla Walla and nineteen town ships in the North Yakima districts and are made for irrlgation projects Starts on Long Ocean Voyage. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 29.—The mam steel floating drydock Dewey built by the Maryland Steel company for the government, got under way during the day for its long ocean voy age to the Philippine islands, where she is to be used at the naval station at Oloneavo. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Hon, Walter B. Hill, chancellor ol the Tniversity of Georsia, is dead. ‘William Harvey, a wealthy Mexican mine owner, fell from an eighteen-foot rooi at Janesville, Wis, and was in killed. = Store Closed alt Day New Years O’LEARY & BEMIDJL, BOWSER MINNESOTA Our Christmas Order for MATTD PICTURES did not arrive from the factory until this week. They are Now on Sale 300 OF THEM AT 10 CENTS EACH UPRISING ABOUT OVER INSURRECTION AT MOSCOW RAP IDLY BEING CRUSHED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT. REVOLUTIONISTS KEPT ON THE MOVE UNABLE TO ANY LONGER OFFER DETERMINED OPPOSITION TO REGULAR TROOPS. Moscow, Dec. 29.—The backbone ot the insurrection is broken and the up rising here is rapidly going to pieces The revolutionists are able to keep up only a guerrilla warfare, but the ease with which they can move smal] detachments from place to place ren ders the task of suppressing them glow and tedious. The-Brunnaia quar ter has been cleared of the members of the ‘“drujina,” as the fighting or sanization, of the revolutionists is called. They have transferred thei: operations to East Tverskaia, consist ing principally of sniping from the roofs of houses, occasionally throwing a bomb on advancing patrols and mak' ing off on the appearance of artillery All the troops of the Moscow garrison, including the former disaffected Ros toft grenadiers and the reintorcements which are employed in crushing the revolutionists, are still insufficient to thoroughly occupy the territory won thus enapling the revolutionists tc glip into vacated territory so socn as the troops move on. Many of the at tacks on patrols are seemingly made ouL of a pure spirit ot bravado, since they are completely futile trom a sirategic standpoint. The remnants of the insurrection now lack cohesion o1 & head. City Resembles Battleficld, The city of Moscow bears the pic: turesque appearance of a battlefield Officerg are everywhere seen galloping,| through the streets or being driver: about in rapidly moving sleighs, -ac companied by escorts of dragoons or Cossacks. The center of the city for| the first time shows signs of life. The stores are reopened and- the inhab itants, who had been cooped up for breath of fresh air. The troops began operations during the morning at the triumphal arch, bombarding and demolishing an im- mense barricade near the car stables of the Belgian company, which had cars. Thence, slowly pivoting frc the arch, the columns swept eastward, clearing all the streets off Tverskaia and north of the boulevard, which sep- arated the battleground from the cen ter of the city. A correspondent of the Associated Press actompanied one of the columns for an hour, during which time soldiers of the “drujina” nowhere attempted to hold the barri- cades. After firing a few shots they invariably scattered off. MOST OF THE LEADERS IN JAIL Little Likelihood of an Uprising in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.—The -ener getic measures taken by the govern: ment have completely overturned the plans of the revolutionists in St. Pe tersburg. Practically all the leaders kave been arrested. The few who are at liberty are in believe they hd captured most of the stores of riil and revolvers ‘Wherever arms were found the own ers were arrested. Nevertheless, the leaders from their hiding places still continue to assure their followers that all goes well. Securities continued buoyant on the bourse during the day, imperial fours reaching §13g aroused the belief that it was due to the support of the Mendelssohns in | connection with the recently author- | ized $200,000,000 short term notes, $75,000,000 of which it is reported the Mendelssohns have at last agreed tt accept as satisfaction for the matur ing loan, STRIKE IS WEAKENING. Situation Improving at Warsaw, Rus sian Poland. Warsaw, Dec. 29.—The general strike is weakening. The shops are open and cabs are circulating in the center of the city. The employes of the factories and street railroads are still on strike. Among the railroads only the em- ployes of the Vistula lines have struck, The soldiers occasionally have con- flicts with agitators. During the day they killed four and wounded twelve Establishes a Precedent. New York, Dec. 29.—The right tl: sign another man’s name to a railroaq ticket whichi has beeh 7Sold passenger to another has bee: by the supreme court here. cision establishes a precedent in the exchange of railroad tickets. five days, were venturing out’for a been built Dbehind overturned tramvi ding. The police |8 This sensational rise || DEMURRERS OVERRULED GOVERNMENT WINS VICTORY IN! REBATE PROSECUTIONS AT MILWAUKEE. NO APPEAL FROM THE DECISION ! CASE AGAINST THE SEVERAL DE FENDANTS GOES TO TRIAL ON ITS MERITS. | Milwaukee, Dec. 29.—The Unitea Btates government won the first vic tory in the private car rebate prose cution against the Pabst Brewingi company, the Milwaukee Refrigerator’ Transit company and six railroad com ; _banies. " 5 Judge A. L. Sanborn of Madison handed a decision overruling the de- murrers of the Chicago, Rock Island: and Pacific Railway company and the, Pabst Brewing company and also de nied the motion of the latter to strike out certain “slanderous allegations” in the complaint. There is nd appeal from this de- cision and the case must now go to ai trial on its merits. The court’s conclusions are lengthy, occupying fourteen typewritten pages. On ‘the motion to strike out the para- graph in the complaint objected to by‘ the brewing company the court says: “It has been shown that the question i of intent of the brewing company, thel transit company and the common car- riers is a material and vital issue in' the case. Where an act is clearly un-! lawful, with or without intent, proof is excluded. But in case of an equivo- cal act, which is unlawful if so intend ed though not otherwise, evidence ot unconnected facts is admissible to show the intent.” Mysterious Thefts Solved. Madison, Wis.,, Dec. 29.—The mys- tery of many recent thefts from the Northwestern railway freighthouse i was solved during the day by the ar- rest of Adolph Shafer, an employe, who confessed, implicating = several | other young men, Head of Wisconsin Teachers, Milwaukee, Dec. 29.—Professor John T. Sims of the normal school of River Falls has been elected president of the Wisconsin Teachers’ association over George C. Schutte of Whitewater by § vote of 312 to 246, BURNED TO DEATH IN TENEMENT FIRE One Dead and Many Others Injured in Fire That Occured in Minneapolis This Morning. FATALLY SHOT. Over Woman the Cause of the Tragedy. Danville, Ill, Dec. 29.—Charles H. Smith of New York city, a member of" the “Two Johns” Theatrical com- pany, was ‘shot and fatally wounded by F. H. Cooper of New York, a mem- ber of the Morris Island company. The: shooting occurred in Smith’s room at a hotel and resulted from a quarrel between the two men over Mrs. Cooper. Cooper wag accompanied ACTCR Quarrel | to the hotel by Harry B. Walters of Minneapolis and James Young of Chi- cago. HYDE SAILS FOR' FRANCE. Says He Will Return After a Few Months’ Rest. New York, Dec. 29.—James Hazen Hyde, former first vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, has sailed for France on the steamer La Lorraine. “I am going to France,” he said, “for 1a few montks’ rest. I wish to deny emphatically that I am going to leave America to make my home in France. ¢ 1 am all tired out and I feel the need of a rest.” Alleged “Crook Captured. Cleveland, Dec. 29.—George Bailey, alias Harry White, alias Lawrence, alleged by the police to be a notorious crook, was captured here after a des- | perate running. fight in which dozens of 'shots were exchanged by officers ! and Bailey and his companion. The | latter escaped. Minneapolis, Dec 29.-— Mrs. Lor- raine Buckliff was- burned to death, two others seriously injured and 1} | slightly hurt or overcome by smoke as a result of a fire which gutted the Higgias tenement building at4:30 this morning. Twenty-seven families are rendered homeless. The blaze started in the apartments of Mrs. Buckliff as the result -of an oil explosion and many of the occupants would have perished except for the bravery of sev- eral residents of the neifhborhood, who entered th3 burning bulldmg re- peate COAL DEALERS Many Prominent Defendants Arraigned at Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Dec. 29.—Never in the history of the criminal court has there been such an array of prominent de: fendants as that which presented ft- self before Judge Caldwell of the com- mon pleas court during the dqay. It was the result of the indictments re turned Wednesday . against the coal dealers charging a combination to reg- ulate prices. All were present except Thomas J. Hall, who is critically ilt at his home in Newport, Alexander { Cunningham and George Theis, wha are not in Cincinnati at present. | Attorneys for the indicted men lasked that Jan. 5 he set as the day for pleading, by which time the law- | yers would have an opportunity te. ]smdy the indictments and the law i pertinent to the case. This was grant- ed by Judge Caldwell and all gave bond in the sum of ‘$500 each. IN COURT. ¥ No Secrets:: | 'IO‘H ide We have nothing to conceal; no secrets to medicines. Almanac for 1906; or write us and we will send them to you. formulas to your doctor, and ask him what he thinks of them. We publish the formulas of allour You will find these in Ayer’s Then show. the 3.C. AyerCo. £ AT s the way of Boxed Writing Boy’s Clothing Anyone who wishes a boys suit of Clothes or Overcoat will save money by asking our prices. YOUR LAST CHANCE! To Buy a Christmas or New Year Present!] Why not buy it at E. H. Winter & Co.'s where you can buy it at actual cost. 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