Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 3, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 215 (CONFIJENGE RESTORED RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CERTAIN OF ITS ABILITY TO CRUSH THE REBELLION. FIDELITY OF TROOPS NOW ASSURED QFFICIALS AT FIRST UNWILLING TO PLACE MUCH TRUST IN THE ARMY. St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.—The govern: ment’s strongly worded announcement that it proposes Lo pursue to the bitter end the policy of putting down the «'Teds,” following on the heels of the crushing of the revolt at Moscow, demonstrates the confidence of Pre mier Witte's government that it has the ability to complete the task it has undertaken. The main cause of this “wnfidence is the fidelity displayed by the troops. That the government Is uncertain how far the extensive pro- 'paganda conducted by the revolution ists in the army had shaken the loy- alty of the troops is unquestionable, but the events of the last fortnight it seems to believe have proved com: pletely reassuring on this point. Despite the rigorous, ruthless fash- lon in which the -war against the “reds” is conducted the government is taking every opportunity by word and act to try to prove to the public that the repression of the revolutionists does not involve the abandonment of the reform programme, but that on the contrary their suppression is neces sary in order that the new regime may be realized. An evening paper declares that it is to the in possession of information effect that the railroad station at Ir kutsk, Siberia, has Dbeen burned by revolutioni and that trafic on the line is stop -~ ~ NoCaseof Pneumonia on Record There is no case on re- cord of a cold resulting in Pneumonia, or other seri- ous lung trouble, after FOLEY’S HONEY ~and TAR had been taken. It stops the cough and heals the lungs and pre- vents serious results from a cold. Do not take chances on | a cold wearing away or | experiment with some un- known preparation that costs “you the same as Foley’s H'*é;icy and Tar. Remember the name and get the genuine. A Severe Cold for Three Months, The following letter from A. J. Nus- baum, of Batesville, Ind., tells its own story: “‘I suffered for three months with a severe cold. A druggist prepared me some medicine, and a physician pre- scribed for me, yet I didp not improve. I then tried Foley’s Honey and Tar, and eight doses cured me.’ Three sives—25¢;.50c, $1.00. The 50 cent size coatains two and one-half times as much as the small size and the $1.00 bottle almost six times @&s much. SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY Burker’s Drug Store. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3, 1906 ENGAGEMENT IS IMMINENT RIVAL DOMINICAN FORCES EX- PECTED TO CLASH AT ; SANTIAGO. Cape Haytien, Hayti, Jan. 3.—A rev- olutionary force of Dominicans num bering about 250 men is, according to advices received by messenger, camped on the Santiago-Puerto Plata road, and is besieging Puerto Flata. The revolutionists, it is added, occupy positions which prevent all ingress in to or egress from Puerto Plata except for American warships or persons un- der the protection of the foreign con- suls. The threatened bombardment of the port by the revolutionary gunboat Independencia will not take place, pre sumably owing to the representations of the foreign consuls. The messenger also announces that the troops commanded by General Guillito, the former governor of Monte Cristi, are operating in conjunction with the revolutionary forces before Puerto Plata and that it is the inten- tion of the two forces to attack San- tiago, south of Puerto Plata, where General Caceres, the temporary pres: ident of the republic, is drawing up his troops. A decisive engagement is expected to occur at Santiago. According to the reports which have| reached Cape Haytien Morales, the fugitive president of Santo Domingo, is acting in the interests of General Jiminez, the former president of the republic, whose attempt to regain the presidency in 1903 was defeated. REVOLUTION IN ECUADCR. Long Period of Quiescence Appears to Be Eroken, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 3.—The revolutionists under Colonel Teran have captured Riobamba. A strong division under Secretary of War Larre has left Quito to aitack the revolution- ists. Guayaquil is quiet. Washington, Jan. 3.—After a long period of quiescence in Ecuador a rev- olutionary movement appears to-have manifested itsclf there. The state de- partment has learned that the trouble broke out at a place called Riobamba, but the nature or cause is not stated. Troops and policemen are repoited to have joined the revolutionists, who are headed by Colonel Teran. Tele- graph communication between Guaya- quil and Quito, the capital, is some- what interrupted. ENGAGES NEW COUNSEL. Patrick Will Appeal Case to Federal Supreme Court. New York, Jan. 3.—Albert T. Pat- rick, who is under sentence of death, has retained new counsel to carry his case to the United States supreme court. This was made necessary ow- ing to the illness of David B. Hill The new counsel are Archibald C. Shenstone of Shenstone & Harding and former Senator Lindsay of Ken- tucky, whose firm is Lindsay, Kremer, Kalish & Palmer. The lawyers are to ask the supreme court for a writ of error. In order to prepare the case it will be necessary to ask Governor Higgins to grant a stay of execution. Patrick is sen- tenced to die next month. Will Consider Election Cases. New York, Jan. 3.—A grand jury drawn especially to consider abovut 1,000 cases of alleged election frauds was sworn in in the supreme court during the day. This jury was im- pannelled at the request of State’s At- torney Mayer, who says he has about 1,000 election cases in which no ar- rests have yvet been made and which he will present to this jury. FOR GOEBEL MURDER. Federal Supreme Court Affirms How- ard’s Sentence. Washington, Jan. 3.—The supreme court of the United States has af- firmed the decision of the Kentucky court of appeals in the case of James B. Howard vs. the state of Kentucky. Howard was tried three times in the circuit court of Franklin county, Ky., on the charge of murdering Governor William Goebel of Kentucky on Jan. 30,1900, and convicted each time. He “I"is now under sentence to life impris- onment and he brought the case to this court to secure a review of the ruling of the Kentucky court of ap- peals affirming a decision of the cir- cuit court against allowing him an- other trial. His principal allegation was that the proceedings of the trial court in the matter of selecting and discharging jurymen was irregular. Shaw Anticipates Interest. ‘Washington, Jan. 3. — Secretary Bhaw has announced that the treas- ury department will anticipate the payment of interest due Feb. 1, 1906, on government bonds. Coupons dus on that date will be paid at once on presentation at the treasury depar:- ment and the several sub-tréasury offiices. OEED OF GRAZED LOVER] MARY PRINTERS ON STRIKE] WGALL MAKES s‘noul' 8TUDENT OF MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PRINCIPAL IN. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ATTEMPTS TO WIPE OUT FAMILY SWEETHEART IS DEAD AND TWO OTHERS AND HIMSELF FA. TALLY WOUNDED. Caledonia, Minn., Jan. 3.—Infatuated with Pearl Wheaton, daughter of N. S. ‘Wheaton, one of the richest farmers in Southern Minnesota and:rendered desperate by her refusal to marry him Matt Styer, a dentistry student at the University of Minnesota, broke into the Wheaton home, near here, in the dead of night, declaring his pur: pose to kill the whole family, and shot Pearl, her sister, mother and himself. Unable to secure entrance through the door Styer broke through a win- dow. When he entered he was met by Ruth Wheaton, who was armed with- a revolver and attempting ta protect the remainder of the family. Styer wrested the revolver from her and shot her twice. He then turned on Mrs. Wheaton, shooting her twice also, and bounded up the steps to the room of Pearl. Breaking in the door of Ler room he shot the girl through the heart and then shot himself. When help arrived Styer was found with his head on the girl’s breast, she dead and he barely living. All of the in- Jjured are fatally wounded. The victims of the tragedy are: Pearl Wheaton, aged twenty-two, dead; Matt Styer, aged twenty-three, shot in lungs near heart; Ruth Wheat. on, aged twenty-five, shot through breast and liver; Mrs. N. S. Wheaton, shot in throat and arm. The only other: inmate, a child of ten years, escaped by leaping through the window Styer had broken. Mr. Wheaton was away from hom: at the time, > GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Mrs. Stella Brennan Begins Serving Long Sentence. Minneapolis, Jan. 3.—Mrs. §tella Brennan has begun the service of her life sentence in the Minnesota state penitentiary. This woman, .convicted of the intentional killing of her step: daughter, ¥lizabeth Brennan, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for the rest of her natural life by Judge Dick- inson of the Hennepin county court. In the custody of Sheriff Dreger, Jailer Nels Clausen and Jail Matron Mary Woodburn she left the Hennepin county jail shortly after noon and was properly installed in her permanent abode at Stillwater at a little after 2 In the afternoon. The two indictments charging Mrs. Brennan with the murder of the othex two little children were continued over the term, on motion of County Attor- ney Smith, and will be kept on the calendar until the defendant’s motion for a new trial has been decided or dropped. SUICIDE SUSPECTED. Mysterious Old Chicago Boy. Chicago, Jan. 3.—Earl Dean, four- teen years old, was found dead in the kitchen of his mother’s flat in Hyde Park. The boy's head and shoulders rested on a pillow in the oven of a gas range, with the unlighted gas es caping from the burners under it. His Death of Fourteen-Year QUIT WORK TO ENFORCE EIGHT HOUR DAY AND CLOSED SHOP DEMAND. New York, Jan. 3.—One thousanc printers went on strike here during the day in stpport of a demand for the eight-hour day and thirty-two printing shops declared a leckout against theii employes. The strikers immediately placed pickets in the vicinity of ali shops where the lockout was declarec and three halls were secured by Typo graphical union No. 6 to accommodate the men on strike who wish to' make their headquarters in these places The strike: was begun without disor der. : Tn 160 printing shops the Typograph ical union gained a victory without a man quitting work, as these shops granted the eight-hour day and the closed shop principle demanded by the union. The opponents of the union were printing offices belonging to the United Typothetae, which had been making preparations for the strike for several months. Has Little Effect at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 3.—The national eight hour workday of the Printers’ union was declared by that erganization tc¢ be in effect in this ecity. The intro duction of the new programme was not marked by strikes of any magnitude most of the militant employers having anticipated the movement weeks agc by locking out their union men and continuing their shops with nonunion men. Five lowa Cities Affected. Des Moines, Jan. 3.—Twenty per cent of the printers of fowa are on strike in conjunction with the interna tional eight-hour fight in the jcb print ing offices of the United States. Agree ments granting the eight-hour day have been signed in every city in the state except in Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Keokuk and Creston. Most Bosses Refuse to Sign. Cleveland, Jan. 3.—Two hundred and forty-five employes of job printing houses have joined the 175 members of the Typographical union already on strike here. Three-fourths of the mas. ter printers having refused to sign the eight-hour agreement the strike was declared. The Typothetae is mak. ing efforts to obtain nonunion men. Three Italians employed on a Pena sylvania railroad construction gang near Wilberforca, O., were run dows by a train and killed. 3 PAYS NEW YORK LIFE $235,000 NOT ACCOUNTED FOR BY ANDREW HAMILTON. RETIRING PRESIDENT A POOR MAN S8ENDS CHECK FOR $85,000, BU1 BALANCE OF AMOUNT" IS COVERED BY NOTE. New York, Jan. 3.—John A. McCall i Dresident of the New York Life In surance company, has paid to the com pany the $235,000 advanced to An drew Hamilton and so far not account ed for by Mr. Hamilton. Thomas P Fowler, chairman of the company’s. in vestigating committee appointed by the board eof trustees, has received s check from Mr. McCall for $85,000 anc a note for $150,000. Mr. McCall some time ago promised to make good this sum unless Hamilton, who was legis lative agent for the big insurance com panies, rendered an accounting. On receipt of Mr. McCall’s letter, accom panying the check and note, a meeting of the heard of trustees was called While no official statement on the subject was obtainable it was accepted as a fact that Mr. McCall’s resigna tion as president will be presented tc the. trustees =f -he next meeting. SCOFFS AT WAR TALK. German Official Does Not Take Frernch Fears Seriously. Berlin, Jan. 3.—The German foreign oflice has been aware for some time that nervousness existed in France both among cabinet officers and peo ple, over the possibilities of a renewed controversy with Germany. Baron von Richthofen, the foreign secretary. was informed a fortnight ago that the French cabinet has fears of Germany’s intentions. e secretary replied tc his informant, who was fresh from Paris, that such apprehensions were wholly without cause, adding: . *“What could Germany gain by a war?” TEN CENTS PER WEEg LOST HUSBAND'S LOVE- Hiinois Wife Sues lowa Girl for $5,000° Damages. Clinton, Ia., Jan. 3—Claiming that Miss Maude Powers, a well knewn Clinton girl, won the affections of her husband from her and caused him to- desert her Mrs. Elizabeth Hartman of Dixon, Ill, has brought suit in the Clinton: district court for $5,000 dam- ages against Miss Powers. The plain- tiff states that her husband, Clarence ~ Hartman, whom she married on Nov. 26, 1896, met Miss Powers on Feb. 28, 1904; 4and that the latter deliberately won his love away from her so that he became careless, failed properly ta support her or their two children, aged five and seven years, and later entire- Iy deserted his family. The case wilk be heard at the January term of the Clinton district court. STEAMER'S SHAFT BROKEN. Adrift at Sea With Many Persons =% Board. San Francisco, Jan. 3.—The Pacifie Coast Steamship company’s steame:r. City of Puebla was spoken on Satur day oft the Wolumbia. river by the schooner Charles Nelson and reported having broken her shaft. No assist ance could be rendered at the time, The City of Puebla is bound from Puget Sound perts to this city with passengers and merchandise. She is an iron screw vessel 320 feet lomg with a gross tonnage of 2,024, and is commanded by Captain Jepsen. Captain Preble of the Nelson decid ed to run to this port to report the condition of the disabled vessel. He says that if the weather is favorable she is in no isgmediate danger, though” her passengers may suffer from & scarcity of provisions. As near as he could judge there are ahout 150 per sons on the City of Puebla. JOHN W. HILL ON TRIAL. Case Against Former Philadelphia Offi cial Begins. Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—John W. Hill former chief of the filtration bureaw was placed on trial before Judge Aw denried in the criminal court charged with forgery and falsification oif the records of.the. filtration buveau.. .M Hill’s arrest last June was one of the first and most sensational of the de velopments growing out of Mayoi Weaver’s break with the Republicau organization and his crusade for gové— government. No Secrets To Hide We have nothing to conceal; no secrets to hide! medicines. Almanac for 1906; or write us and we will send them to you. e 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 J.0. AyerCo., Lowell, Mass. hands were tied behind him and his | feet were bound with one of his mother’s aprons. A handkerchief was knotted loosely about his neck. Thefact that the youth was bound and that the back door of the fiat, in which he was alone, was unlocked gave rise murder. Nothing in the rooms, how- ever, had been touched. Furthermore, | § the placing of the cushion beneath the lad’s head was taken as evidence | of preparation for taking his own life, a precaution that probably no mur- derer would have taken. DEMAND INCREASED WAGES. Several Thousand Ironworkers Strike in New York City. New York, Jan. 3.—The majority ot the 6,000 members of the Housesmiths | and Bridgemen’s union in this city went on strike during the day. They demand an increase in wages from $4.50 to $5 a day. Several independ- ent building contractors granted this raise, thereby keeping their men at work, but the members of the Iron League and Building Trades Employ- ers’ association, which employs most of these workers, refused the 50-cent increase. “Work on 200 new office and factory buildings is affected by this strike. to a strong suspicion ot # Shoes | Phone 30. January Bargains! The Holiday season has passed and in order to clean up our odds and ends of stock will give you some greatly reduced prices. Toques, Tamoshanters and Fascinators, will go at your own price. Ladies’ Skirts---All of our MacPherson Lang- ford skirts at a low figure. Fleeced goods---Our 12 1-2 and 15¢ fleece lined goods will go for 8¢ s---Look at our $3.50 shoe window. You find your style, we will find your size. Bemidji, Minn. ® = & Co.