Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 24, 1906, Page 1

The Bemidji L 4 - MINNESOTA Daily Pio HI STORICAL _ SOCIETY, neer VOLUME 3. NUMBER 233 BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1906 - TEN CENTS PER WEEK FRANCE FREE ~ T0 SEND SHIPS United States Does Not Object to Any Demonstration Against Venezula. Warships on the Way AWAITING THE REPORT OF M. TAIGNY Paris, Jan. 24.—President Loubet presided at a cabinet council held in | the Elysee palace, at which Premier Rouvier gnnounced that he had re- ceived a communication from Ambas- sador Jusserand to the effect that the United States does not consider a French naval demonstration against Venezuela to be a violation of the Monroe doctrine, France, it is point- ed out, thus has her hands free, but the situation is unchanged for the mo- ment, as the council will not take de- cisive action until the report of M. Taigny, the former charge d’affaires at Caracas, is received. The foreign office has received con- firmation of the press report that the dean of the diplomatic corps and other ministers at Caracas have unsuccess- fully demanded explanations from the Venezuelan government with refer- ence to their position after the Taigny incidents. Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, Jan. 24.—The French cruisers Desaix and Jurien de la Gravier sailed from here during the day, presumably for La Guayra, Venezuela. OVER TWO HUNDRED PERISHED. Ninety-eight of Those on Board Bra- zilian Warship Saved. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 24.—Of the 310 members of the crew of the Aquida- ban, the warship destroyed by the ex- plosion Monday, 212 were drowned or killed in the explosion. . The Aquidaban of 4,950 tons :ement and 6,200 horsepower, She was built in England in 1885 at a cost of $1.725,000. She had five tor- pedo tubes. Her crew numbered 350 and men. y-eight of those aboard were saved. The bodies will be brought to Rio Janeiro and given a national funer There is general mourning here and all the theaters are closed. The cruiser Barroso has arrived here ' from Port Jacarapagua with those injured by the expln%lml REJECTED LOVER’'S DEED. Mortally Wounds Four Persons and Kills Himself. Boise, Ida., Jan. 24.—Henry Nuem- baumer, a returned Alaskan miner, shot and mortally wounded Ollie Pow- ell, his sweetheart, who had rejected him; Lafayette Gray, his successful rival; Mrs. Robert Gray. Laftayette’s mother; Lillian Gray, sister of La- fayette, and then killed hiwmself in front of the Gray residence. The miner and Ollie Powell were to have been married last November, but the night before the wedding she is said to have run away with Gray. FRENCH AND CHINESE CLASH. Celestials Defeated in French Indo- China With Heavy Loss. Marseilles, France, Jan. 24—The ! Chinese mail which arrived here dur- ing the day brought an account of the invasion of Tonquin, French Indo- China, by Chinese regulars. countered a French force numbering 400 men, of whom 150 were FRuro- peans. A three hours' battle ensued, result- ing in the defeat of the Chinese, who lost 300 killed and 300 wounded. The French lost 16 men of the foreign le- glon and 20 Annamites killed. SERVIAN CATTLE BARRED., Aggressive Action Taken by Austria- | Hungary. Vienna, Jan. 24.—The closing of the Austro-Hungarian frontier against the importation of Servian cattle into Aus- tria-Hungary is clearly an aggressive movement to make Servia understand that Austria-Hungary is firmly op- posed to the proposed neutral customs union of the Balkan states. Ninety per cent of the Servian cattle are mar- keted in Austria-Hungary. Money for Irish Nationalists. Boston, Jan. 24—An order for $10,- 000 has been cabled to John Redmond, M. P, in Dublin, by the national offi- cers of the United Irish league of America to enable the Irish party to fight the remaining contests in the general election this week. who en- | ! bill was { the firm. | torney James Heal\ N AMENDMENT TO HEPBURN BILL. Agreed Upon by Republican Members of House Committee. ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—Republican members of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce held a caucus at night and agreed to the amendments to the Hepburn railroad rate bill which they think may satisfy the Democratic members of the com- mittee and make a unanimous report of the committee possible. In the Hepburn bill the interstate commerce commission was originally | empowered'to fix a maximum rate. The Democrats on the committee objected | to this use of the word maximum, say- ing it was not definite. To meet the objections of the Democrats the Re- publicans agreed to the change of the wording so it will read: “A just, rea- sonable and fairly remunerative rate which shall be the maximum rate.” RECEIVER IS ASKED. Policyholder Brings Action Against! National Life. Chicago, Jan. 24—A bill for a re- ceiver’ for the National Life Insurance company of Chicago has been filed in | the district court at Des Moines, Ia.,| where the corapany has $1,700,000 on deposit with the state auditor. The| filed for Dr. A. L. Watson, a | pelicyholder, who asks that the Chi- cago company be restrained from transferring or disposing of funds. Dr. Watson alleges that promises made for the payment of gold bonds have not been fulfilled. Officials of the Na- tional Life assert that the suit is the outcome of an attempt to “hold up”! the company. ITALIANS Immense Snowslide Occurs Near Sil- verton, Colo. Silverton, Colo., Jan. 24.—Five Ital- ian miners employed at the Sunny, Side mine lost their lives in an im- mense snowslide. No trains from Durango and Denver have arrived here since last Wednes- FIVE KILLED. day, due to slides and immense drifts of snow which have blocked the tracks. ARMOUR SAID TO BE A LOSER. Reported That Rise in Reading Cost Him $3,000,000. Chicago, Jan. 24.—According to gos- sip which came direct from Wall street Adolph Lichstern and J. Ogden Arm were caught short 60,000 sharc: of Reading stock and squeezed by a \Vall street bull pool to the ex- tent over $3,000,000. It is said Armo: and Lichstern began going | short Reading immediately prior to | the time the shares crossed par. Dur- ing the day the price was jammed to 163, which was followed by a break to 1613, where the closing sales were made.. The squeezing of the two Chi- cago operators is id to have cul- minated during the afternoon and the rapid rise in shares was said to have caused the failure of a number of Wall street operators, which broke prices sharply all along the line at the close of the day. STOCK BROKERS FAIL, Pittsburg Firm Breaks in Floating Mercantile Securities. Pittsburg, Jan. 24—E. D. Gartner & Co., members of the local Stock | Exchange, during the day made a | voluntary assignment to Samuel A, | Steele. Liapilities are said to be $100,000. The firm was recently in- volved in an unsuccessful attempt to fioat the securitles of a new fireproof- ing company. E. D. Gartner was ihe Pittsburg Stock Exchange member of GETS AFTER THE PACKERS. Montana Seeks to Recover $65,000 in Licenses. Jan. 24—County At- representing the state of V[ontana has begun suits against Swift, Armour and the H\am~ mond packing interests to recover $65.000 alleged to be due as license money for the sale of oIeomargarme. Butte, Mont., | him in the center of Cadiz. | Russian people are not ripe for a full ! of the fioodgates of agitation by the | publication of butterine and imitation cheese in the past year. DEMAND FAIR PLAY. Kansas Oil Producers Appeal to Com- missioner Garfield. Chanute, Kan., Jan. 24—The inde- pendent oil refiners of Kansas have mailed to James R. Garfield, com- missioner of corporations of the de- partment of commerce and labor, an appeal for justice against the con- spiracy between the Standard Oil com- pany and the railroads to shut Kansas oil out of the market. The refiners who sign the ‘a])peal are Clifford Thorne, A. F. Robertson, F. 8. Bennett, C. D. Webster, J. M. Cameron, H. Kaessmann, D. O. McGee| and C. E. Martin. These men own eight refineries now in operation, be- sides two in course of erection at Atchison and Kansas City, Kan. They have invested more than $1,000,000 in refineries, tank cars, storage tanks, ‘wagons and barrels. They claim that by reason of a.con- spiracy between the Standard Oil com- pany and the railroad systems of the Southwest, particularly those rail- roads operating in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas and Jowa and the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, they are limited to the state of Kansas for a market for their re- fined oil: that to all points outside of Kansas the freight rates on all the products of crude petroleum are un- reasonably high and have been main- tained at such unreasonably high rate for the express purpose and for no other purpose than to confine business of the independent refiners to the state of Kansas. Kentucky Mcb Lynches Negro. Hopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 24.—A mob of 300 men took Ernest Baker, a negro, from the Trigg county jail and hanged Baker at- tempted a criminal assault on an eighteen- 3 ear- old gul OVER TWO SECONDS CUT OF NEW WORLD’S AUTOMOBILE REC- ORD FOR A MILE MADE AT ORMOND, FLA. Ormond, Fla.,, Jan. 24—A new ‘world's record for a mile of 32 1-5 sec- onds was made here during the day Ly" Marriott in a freak racer in the first preliminary heat for the Dewar trophy. The former record for a mile was 34 3-5. SEVEN WOMEN STABBED. “Jack tine Cutter” at Work on Crowded Streets in St. Louis. St. Louis, Jan. 24.—Seven women, one fifly-seven years old, and all of whom are employed in various capaci- ties, were victims during the evening of a mysterious “Jack the Cutter,” who stabbed each with a sharp, ap- parently double-edged knife. The as- saults all occurred on crowded streets. In several instances the women did not know they had been stabbed until after they had reached home. Six were stabbed in the lower limbs and the seventh in the shoulder. The police are completely puzzled and have formed the theory that a young man, insane, is prowling the streets armed with a stiletto, stabbing victims at pleasure, but always select- ing women. None of the victims of his work are seriously injured. ‘MOST PESSIMISTIC VIEW. American Manufacturer in Discusses Situation. Moscow, Jan. 24.—Alexander Barr; a naturalized American, who is amo. the most prominent manufacturers of Moscow, takes an exceedingly gloomy | view of the situation, industrially and politically. Mr. Barry employs sev- eral thousand men and unquestionably has more krowledge of Russian condi- tions than any American and is capa- ble of giving a close diagnosis of the situation, He is convinced that the Russia | constitutional regime. The - opening the imperial reform manifesto only served to demoralize a portion of the masses which had already been disturbed by the agi- tators. COLORED STUDENTS STRIKE. Employment of Southern White Man the- Grievance. Talladega, Ala., Jan. 24.—Over 100 students left Talladega college (col- ored) because a Southern white man, L. O. Parks of this county, was em- ployed as superintendent of the col- lege farm. The students demanded his discharge. This was refused by President B. M. Nice. They appealed to Dr. S. H. Baird, secretary of the American Missionary society of New York. which fosters Talladega college. Dr. Baird upheld President Nice and’ as the result the students left the college. The main objection to Mr. Parks, it was asserted, is that he is a Southern white man. The students were quiet and orderly in their deter- minatian to leave college. DEFECTIVF PAPF TO BACK IMMUNITY CLAIM. Packers Will Use Letter Written by President. Chicago, Jan. 24.—Attorney William J. Hynes for the defendants, in his Opening statement before the jury hearing the immunity pleas of the beef packers, read an excerpt from a letter written by President Roosevelt to Attorney General Moody in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe re- bate case, which was a part of the communications between the two men called for by congress some time ago. This letter is taken by the packers as an admission by the president that the department of commerce and la- bor and the department of justice worked together to indict the pack- ers, supporting the contention of the packers upon which they rely for im- munity. The defendant packers will en- deavor to inject the letter in the shape of evidence as if the president was present and testified concerning it. The letter was written by the presi- dent on June 12, 1905, at the time the federal grand jury was sitting in Chi- cago in the beef inquiry. That part of the letter read by Attorney Hynes and which will be introduced by the defendants if possible as evidence from President Roosevelt follows: “With my approval the department of justice, with the assistance of the department of commerce and ]abor,' has for months been endeavoring to find out whether or not they can ob- tain legal evidence of such willful and deliberate violations of the injunction by any individual. If the grand jury now sitting in Chicago finds an in- dictment against any individual con- nected with the packing corporations it would be because in their judgment such legal evidence of the violation of the injunction had been laid before them.” STATEHOOD BILL REPORTED HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS AD- MISSION OF FOUR TERRITOR- IES AS TWO STATES. ‘Washington, Jan. tive Hamilton (Mich.), 24.—Representa- chairman has submitted a favorable report on the Hamilton joint statehood bill, which provides for ‘the admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as the state of Oklahoma and provides joint statehood for New Mexico and Ari- zona under the name of Au/ona TO INDUCE ATTENDANCE. St. Louis Pastor Finds Trading Stamps Successful. St. Louis, Jan. 2+.—Trading stamps as a means of getting children to come to Sunday school, to bring other children with them and to contribute ; their pennies to the contribution boxes has proven so successful in the First Methodist Episcopal Church South that Pastor Todd will extend the in- novation to the church proper and al- low the grownups to share in his busi- nesslike religious enterprise. Under the Rev. Mr. Todd's plan every child who comes to Sunday school regularly receives a 2-cent trad- ing stamp each time she or he is pres- ent. For bringing a new pupil a & cent trading stamp is issued and a 1- cent stamp is given for each penny contributed to the Sunday school plate. When the child has $2 worth of stamps it is permitted to select a pres- ent from a large stocl\ kept by the ! pastor. General Joe Wheeier III. New York, Jan. 24.—PBrigadier Gen- eral Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A, retired, is seriously ill at the residence of his termined on a retaliatory stroke and sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, in’ Brook-| the viceroys threaten the leaders with lyn. He has been confined to his bed for three days with a bronchial affec- tion. of the house committee' on territories, | | Estella, head” and arm blown off; A. | RESIST TAXATION SCHEME. l threatens to break out as a result of TRUSTS SCORED BY GOVERNMENT Packers’ Counsel Object to Vigerous Words of Government Prosecutor Who Pays Respects to Trusts. COURT GRANTS WIDEST LATITUDE EXPLOSION KILLS SIX. in Saw Mill Near Holcombe, Wis., Blows Up. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Jan. 24.—An explosion of a bhoiler in a saw mill seven miles southeast of Holcombe resulted in the killing of six men and severe injury to three others. The mill is owned by John Lager- maier. The men were killed outright. Beside the three men severely in- jured others suifered minor injuries and many had narrow escapes. The mill was demolished by the ter- rific explosion. Just what caused the boiler to explode is not known. = The dead are: FEugene Ellenson, Cadott, head blown off; Bert Lamb, Boiler Scott, head and chest crushed; Eddie Vetch, struck by flying timbers and killed; A. Foley, Flambeau, crushed; Harry Hicks, body torn into shreds. Several were more or less injured. The bodies of the dead were taken } to Holcombe. The torn and ghastly corpses presented a ghastly spectacle. CREW OF VESSEL SAVED. Steamer Trojan Sunk in Collision in Vineyard Sound. Boston, Jan. 24.—The loss of the steamer Trojan of the Boston and Philadelphia line in collision with the | steamer Nacoochee of the Savannah line in Vineyard sound last Sunday was reported here during the day by .the Nacoochee. ! The accident was due to fog. The Nacoochee struck the Trojan ~amid- ships and the latter steamer went to the bottom within three-quarters of 'an hour, but Captain Thatcher and | the crew of seventeen men‘of the Tro- j jan were taken off by men from the Nacoochee. SNOWSLIDES KILL TWO MORE.! Reports From Mountain Settlements Tell of Tragedies. Salt Lake, Jan. 24.—Belated reports , from the mountain settlements have! added two more names to the list of men killed by snowslides within the last three days. Besides the seven miners killed at Alta and in Amer- ican Fork canyon Peter Christensen, a coal miner, was killed near Sunny- side, Utah. From Rigby, Ida., is re- ported the death of Charles B. Counts, a surveyor employed by the Oregon Short Line, who was crushed to death under a snowslide. Counts was a resi- | dent of Jacksons Hole Wvo Leaders of Chinese Guilds Threatened | With Decapitation. Canton, Jan. 24.—Serious trouble | the viceroys’ scheme for taxation in order to raise revenue for the con- | struction of the' Canton-Hankow rail- way. The merchants’ guilds are de- decapitation. Three Chinese gunboats have been summoned from Shanghai. i district attorney declared that the ple { to immunity was an “afterthought. Chicago, Jan, 24 —T<he government, through District Attorney Morrison, made its opening statement in the packers’ case during the day. The district attorney entered on his ad- dress to the jury with such vigor that attorneys for the defense at once ob- Jected. “The claims of the defendants in | this case,” declared District Attorney Morrison, “are only a part of their claptrap defense presented by men oi influence in the effort to unfit the jury for fair deliberation .in this case. These men have not only the ingenu- Ity of criminal lawyers, but they corporation lawyers—trust lawyers— Attorney William J. Hynes, who closed the opening of the packers an attack upon the district attor made strong objections to the staic ments of the district attorney. “I object to the statement that T a trust lawyer for myself and my & sociates,” declared Mr. Hynes. “You are defendi: a trust now,’ replied Attorney Morrison. ‘“You ar: defending men right now who are Lo- ing charged with being members of trust.” Mr. Hynes still objected to the state- ments of the district attorney and th » court was called upon for a decisior. 1t ruled in favor of the district attei- ney. Another ¢ when of the packers that they are entit Continues His Denunciation “Those men,” mmmued the district attorney, indicating the attorneys iex the packers, “while the grand jur was in on went betore the high- est officer in the land and put forth every effort and influence to stop this prosecution. They said nothing about immunity then. Attorney John S. Mil- ler, who appears here for the packers, ! was there and he never said one word about immunity."” “I object to that statement because the distr attorney can never hope to prove it,” ida Mr. Miller. “I say 1 ¢ * replied the attormcy for the government. “I will put Mr. Miller himself on the stand and he will tell all about that interview. I was present and 1 know what he said.” The attorneys for the packers agam oftered objections, but Judge Hum- phrey said: “I gave you gentlemen a wide lati- tude and I am disposed to grant the government a very wide latitude.” After some additional legal sparring the district attorney went on with his statement. “The issue in this case,” he do- clared, “is not what Mr. Garfield or any one else has done, but whether under the law these men are entitled to go free and never be put on triai under the indictment. I was mnot aware any government official had mistreated those poor defendants untii I heard the opening statements in this case. It is a surprise to me that the attorneys for these men should base their case on a chance of shieldinz their clients from a trial on the main issue.” Our combined removal and clearance sale is still in progress and we have a. number of exceptionally good bargains. reduce stock before we move to make room for our new spring stock. We must .| Y W Berman Emporrum