Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 8, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 246 WOULD ABOLISH f HIGHEST RANK N e Members of House Committee Opposed | To Grade of Lieutenant General Now Conferred. ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE MADE ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Provision for the abolition of the grade of licutenant general, the highest rank in the army, is made in the army appropriation bill, which has been ordered reported ~to the house from the committee on military affairs. The. section is very brief, simply providing that the place shall not be filled after the retirement of the in- cumbent lieutenant general, Bates. If this legislation secures the approval of congress Major Generals Corbin, MacArthur and Wood will not be able to secure the expected promotion to the grade of lieutenant general. Another provision of the bill, if ac- = cepled by congress, will stop the prac- + tice of promoting general officers for the purpose of retiring them at al higher grade. It prohibits the promo- tion of an officer above the grade of colonel and his retirement unless he | shall have served at least one year in | his last "mde PROMine.. . PRESENT. Annual Convent.on of the Woman Suf- fraze Association. Baltimore, Feb. 8.— The thirty-eighth annual convention of the Woman Suf- frage association bezan here during the day and will continue until and including I'eb. 13. The meeting is one of the most numerously attended gath- erings ever held by the woman suf- fragists in this country, nearly all the prominent leaders of the cause being present. Preceding the assembling of the convention there was a meeting of the executive committee and a council of state presidents, which was pre- sided over by Harriet Taylor Upton of Dhio, which was also attended by the officers of the national association and the chairmen nf various commltteea TWO-CENT FARES ASSURED. Railway Mileage Bill Passed by Ohic Legislature. Columbus, O., Feb. 8.—The house. by a vote of 104 to 1, passed the Freiner 2-cent fare bill which was sub- { stituted for the Rathburn bill passed by the senate. The senate, it is said by leaders of that body, will accept the HOPE FOR AGREEMENT. German Officials Expect to Aveid Tar- iff War. Berlin, Feb. 8.—It was reported in commercial circles that a tariff ar- rangement between Germany and the ! 3 5 > 7 s i Freiner bill, whick will go into effect United States tc last one year had | “°= " 3 e . been agreed upon, but inquiry at the i vty days after it is signed by the governor. American embassy and at the foreign The louse also passed the Wertz office established the falsity .of the |- 5 S report. The foreign office, however, bill abolishing prison contract labor apparently is-more hopeful now. Offi- in Ohio and providing that state pris- cials expect that some sort of an |0ners shall be employed in the manu- ! agreement will be reached before the | facture of materials for construction of roads and articles for tha use of end of the month. { state institutions. 0’Leary & Bowser Bemidji, Minn. Mail Orders Filled Orders Filled The New Spring Wash Dress Goods are Now on Display. Every Woman Should See Them! They are In the Smart New Shades and Designs. New Embroideries and Laces. Everything argues that for present and future needs be bought here. Displays and varieties are greater than ever before. The values aresimply surprising Special One lot of Ladies’ belts from 35 to 50 cents, we offer at 19c each. One lot of Pillow tops, the 50c kind at 15c. White Waistings, See Them, They are Beauties. Sewing Machines. e +| dividend. HEARD BY LARGE CROWD. Bourke Cockran Speaks for Rate Reg- ulation Bill. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—At the open- ing of the last day’s debate in the house on the rate regulation bill a short speech in favor of the measure was made by Mr. Bankhead (Ala.), who preceded Mr. Cockran (N. Y.), the latter being limited to an hour and a quarter. Mr. Cockran announced his position in favor of the bill. While he did not consider it a panacea for all evils it was '‘a most wholesome manifestation of a unanimous public determination to deal with the rate evils. It was the only means by which public ownership could be stopped and checked the most plausible argument of a socialist. Mr. Cockran was speak- ing but a few moments when he had a full audience, the galleries being occu- pied to their capacity. Mr. Cockran gave simple analyses of discrimination and favoritism to show its inherent in- juries. Kavoritism was always grant- ed corruptly. “Sir,” he continued, “the history of railroad management in this country is the history of favor- itism, of corruption and of fraud.” In spite of this he would not say the rail- roads had not rendered enormous service, but they had not been as efficient as they should be. He assert- ed that railway influences predom- inated both political parties. ENFORCING PROHIBITION LAW. Governor Hoch Manages to Secure Conviction at Topeka. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 8.—The first con- viction in Topeka of keepers of “joints,” or illicit saloons, as a result of the campaign started by Governor Hoch to enforce the prohibition law in the larger cities of the state was se- cured when Charles MacGregor was found guilty of keeping a “nuisance.” It had been impossible heretofore to secure convictions. LONG CHAIN OF MASTERS JOHN F. WALLACE CRITICISES PRESENT MANAGEMENT OF CANAL AFFAIRS. ‘Washington, Feb. 8 —John F. Wal lace, in his testimony before the inter- oceanic canal committee, said regard- ing the canal management: “The present arrangement amounts to a chain of masters, with the chair- man of the commission, an executive commissioner, Mr. Cromwell, Secre- tary Taft and ‘the president grading down to Mr. Stevens, or the man in actual charge of operations on the isthmus.” Replying to an inquiry from Senator Morgan he said that Mr. Cromwell had been included as one of the masters for the reason that he seemed to have certain undisputed influence which en- titled him to be classed in the chain. WATERING ITS STOCK. Standard Oil Hopes to Dispel Public Criticism. New York, Feb. 8.—Unofficial an- nouncement is made in Wall street that the Standard Oil company is pre- paring to increase its capital stock from $100,000,000 to $600,000,000 by issning six shares for each one now outstanding. It is not designed to raise immediateiy. any money on this new issue, but simply to-divide the present high priced shares into six and give them to old stockholders. ; The company has two objects in do- | ing this. One is to try to dispel public criticism that arises every time the Standard declares a 40 or 48 per cent The other is to. bring the stock among a larger number of hold- ers so there may be missionaries in every town to help stem the rising tide of opposition to the trust. It is argued that the salvation. of the steel trust is its enormous num- ber of small stockholders and the Standard at last is seeking cover from anti-trust sermmem TROOPS GRADUALLY CLOSE Livonian Rebels Gathered by Hun- dreds in Riga. St. Petersburg, Feb. ‘8- from the Baltic provinces say that Governor General Sollugub’s: plan of IN. Buying See the i ! () Ones We Offer For Men’s Department We are now showing Spring Styles in Men’s Hats. Spring House Cleaning will soon begin. Now is the time to select your: Wall Paper. We have a complete stock. All new colorings and designs. sweeping the revolutionists and their leaders from the provinges is rapidly approaching conipletion. The columns of troops commanded by General Or- loff, which haye gradunally closed in on Riga, are driving the Livonian rey- olutionists before them. The advance guards have arrived at the outskirts/ of the city. In Courland the columns are approaching from the south. " The trap will soon be sprung and the revo- lutionary chiefs, who are being gath- ered by the hundreds into Riga, will be captured. The disorders now are chiefly: confined to the northern part of Courland and Rxga AR agree tablishment ‘of a parcel post at cheap rates between Sweden and the United Siwgs has heen cancluded: 1y Not Sure of an Agreement at Algeciras. i Feb. 8—While government aintain an outwardly hopeful regarding the conference at the “indications are that oncern is felt about the out- ailure to reach an agreement on thef¥police question is regarded as probable. This inference is drawn from the fact that the inspired press had begun discussing the probable re- sults of a failure to reach an agree- ment. ' These papers assert that a failure ‘would not involve the danger of war so far as Germany is con- cerned and they argue that France would never go to war on account of Morocco, These papers interpret the warning of the Havas agency against ‘“‘excessive optimism” as proving the pacific intentions of the Paris govern- ment. The result of a failure to reach en agreement would be, according to German inspired utterances, that Mo- roccan affairs would- continue to be regulated under the arrangement of 1880. But more critical observers point out that the controversy of 1905 originated despite that arrangement and that the conference being due to German initiative its failure would in- volve serious damage to German pres- tige. The Hamburger Nachrichten says a failure of the conference would inten- sify the friction between Germany and France and compromise Germany’s position. attituge Algeci#as much | conle. Algeciras, Spain, Feb. 8.—The dele- gates to the Moroccan conference dis- cussed the customs duties of Morocco and settled a number of details refer- ring to various articles, but postponed deciding the question of increasing the general rate to 12% per cent ad valorem. Morocco's request to make tobacco a state monopoly was ap- proved. LARGE SURPLUS ON HAND HARD COAL OPERATORS MAY DE: CIDE TO CLOSE MINES ON APRIL 1. meeting of presidents of several an- thracite coal roads there was an inti- mation _given_ dn’ quarters friendly to the operators twat the anthracite coal which had been mined was so much in excess of demand that a shutdown in the mines may be necessary if there is no strike on April 1. Henry S. Fleming, secretary of the Anthracite - Coal Operators’ associa- tion, estimated that even’ allowing for cold weather there would be easily a five months’ supply of anthracite on hand on April 1. SPEAKS ON TOBACCO INDUSTRY. Secretary Taft Again Before Senate Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Secretary Taft was heard during the day by the sen- ate committee on the Philippines in advocacy of the Philippine tariff bill. He spoke particularly of the tobacco interests of the islands and pointed out the difficulties which beset the to- bacco growers and said that the labor could not be procured to grow tobacco ig large quantities. There was a pros- pect of increasing the rice and hemp areas, but there was not such a favor- able outlook for extending the tobacco areas. NO SMOKING FOR BOYS. Drastic Ordinance Offered to Chicago City Council. Chicago, Feb. 8. —Chicago may have an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any person under twenty-one years of age to smoke tobacco in any public street or building. The draft of such a measure has heen presented to the council judiciary committee. A fine of $10 for each offense is provided. Other ‘articles in the proposed or- dinance prohibit minors to purchase cigarettes or any of the parts known as the “makings.” CAUSE OF HUNGARIAN cRIB‘lS Premier Fejervary :Holds Coalitien: i Party. Responsible. “ Budapest, )umger for sovi flshts and functions of the chief of' /State iu such a:way as “‘even the prep- ldent of a republic would not submit to” are declared by Premier Fejervary to be the Teal causes ‘of ‘the crisis: mt.rvlew,y wishes to' restr sovereign rights of the el and orgpfl SRS S O B S N b i i Pl B0 S5 ) -— - /Hungary; Feb. 8—The | MUCH [INTEREST SHOWN. Patterson Discusses Democratic Senatorial Caucus. ‘Washington, Feb. 8.—Many persons were attracted to the senate during the day to hear Mr. Patterson’s speech on his resolution declaring against the policy of party dictation in disposing of treaties with foreign nations. In bLeginning his remarks the senator had, he said, supposed that his former Mr. remarks on the Santo Domingo treaty | would be passed over as inconsequen- tial, but the action of the Democratic caucus of last'Saturday had made it evident to him that he fell directly within the censure of that caucus. He had, be said, made up his mind pre- vious to the caucus and as it had thrown no new light on the question he had not been impelled to change his position. He said he had been called ‘a “bolter” and a “White House Demo- crat” and that a New York paper had gone so far as to say that there had been an understanding between him- self and the president and that an un- derstanding about patronage and the senator’s re-election had heen reached. In refutation of this charge he said that he had never made but one re- quest for an official appointment by the president and in that case the re- quest was refused. He confessed to a warm friendship for the president and he felt that in the struggle he was making on economic lines he de- served support. “I admire and com- mend him for .his brave position.” My. Patterson said that he expected to wvote for-the Santo” Domingo treaty, but that he expected the treaty to be amended. “I do not object to the main features of the treaty,” he said, “but if the treaty is not amended as I think it should be I will take the new condi- tion into consideration and in‘the end do as I think I should.” Discussing the Democratic caucus binding resolution he asked: “Is it persuagive or coercive?”’ and answer- ing his own mquiry he declared it to be cruel. ‘It strips senators, of everv element of independence and is liable to force them to disgrace their high offices or into oblivion. He declared that such a course brought the senate down to the level of ‘an ordinary ‘polit- ical meeting. QUIETER AT PEORIA. Excitement Over ‘Simmons Suicide Has ‘Subsided. = ° Peoria, Ill, Feb. 8—Much of the excitement! caused by -the suicide of" Dr. George H. Simmons. pastor of the First Baptist church and interested in two banks, has subsided. The banks of the city all came to the aid of the Interstate Savings and Trust bank and accepted their paper at par. They met every demand for deposits. The People’s bank is still closed. E. L. Kelley, the surviving partner, says it will probably not open, at least until the estate of Dr.. Simmons has gone through the probate court. Court Has No Ju ction. Springfield, Ill., Feb. 8.—The su- preme court has denied a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ to compel Mayor Dunne of Chicago to enforce the Sunday closing law as ap- plied to saloons. The court held that it had no jurisdiction in the matter. Medals for Russian Soldiers. 8t, Petersburg, Feb. 8.—Medals for all those who participated in the war wlth Japan have been ordered accord- ing to an‘imperial reseript ‘published in_ the®Ruski Invalid. - Those who-de- gt Arthur are slngled out for pcqh dlltlnct;nn Eps Duluth Wheat and Flax. No. 1 Northern, 82¢c; No. 2 North- ern, 80c. On track—No. 1 Northern, 82¢; No. 2 ‘Northern, 80c; May, 83%¢; July, 84%c. Flax—To arrive and on L1 track, $1.14%; May, $1.17%; July, $1.- 1183 Sept: $1.17; Oct., $1.15%;. SE WILL 0 TO TRIAL Countess De Castellane Refuses to With- Draw Suit for Separation ‘From Husband. DECREE ANNULSMARRIAGE CONTRACT Paris, Feb. 8—Strong efforts con- tinue to be made in behalf of the Cas- tellane family to bring about the aban- donment of the divorce suit begun by the Countess Boni de Castellane (for- merly Anna Gould), but up to the pres- ent the desired result has not been achieved. An attempt made to obtain the countess’ assent to a judicial sep- aration without an absolute divorce has also been unsuccessful and prob- ably the case will pursue the ordinary course, coming up for a hearing at no fixed date, but it is expected that it will be heard three weeks hence. According to the French law there is no further necessity for the defend- ant to appear unless the judge decides that his evidence is essential. The pronouncement of a decree dissolves any contract relative to marriage set- tlements, each party resuming control of their own property. <A divorced woman may not remarry within ten months after a judgment, while an ap- "peal against a decision must ke lodged within six months. A report, which cannot be confirmed, says that Count Boni has entered a counter-plea, claiming heavy damages. FORCED TO PART WITH WATCH. Count Boni de Castellane Already in Financial Straits. Paris, Feb. 8.—Swift retribution of i a tragic kind, even if it has a comic element, has overtaken Count Boni de Castellane for the wrongs suffered at <-his hands by his"American wife. Count Boni has been obliged to sell outright his watch and articles of per- sonal jewelry in order to provide him- self with pocket money for his “or- dinary daily requirements. | ‘Duluth, Feb. 7.—Wheat—To arrive | ‘When the count and countess part- ed so suddenly the count’s personal bank account happened to be exhaust- ed, a not infrequent state of -affairs. He was too angry or top proud, or perhaps too much afraid of a rebuff, to appeal to his wife for current spend- ity solong as there remained any hope of patching up a reconciliation pre- vented him from tapping the purses of his friends. Count Boni has been for the last few days besieged by his creditors. On the other hand he is closely pursued by money lenders who afe eager to speculate on his future by advancing him almost any amount { SEIZE 'ANC APPORTION ISLAND. Force May Be Necessary to Dislodge Invaders. Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 8.—The crofters of Barra island, Hebrides, have seized the neighboring island of Vatersay and declare their intention ‘| to resist by force of arms any attempt to dislodge them. A regular war ex- pedition was fitted out by the invading islanders, who collected a fleet of | boats and, with flags flying and pipers skirling: Highland bhattle tunes, soon effected a bloodless landing on Vater- say, hitherto used as a game preserve. The Barra men for years have claimed the right to cultivate Vatersay, but have been unable to get the necessary permission from the authorities and now they have seized the island, have ‘apportioned it into small farms and have distributed. them among them- selves. There are no police or troops in the immediate’ vicinity of this far away islet, so the.government’s'action is hampered. TURNS ON THREE GAS JETS. Boston Woman Kills Herself and Four ; Children. children were found dead in tkeir beds at their home, 29 Dennis street, Rox- bury district. An investigation by the police indicates that the woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon, had killed the chil- dren and herself by opening three gas iets. ing money.. His determination to keep.. | secret, the fact of his domestic calam- - Boston, Feb. 8—A woman and four - nt providing for the es- ACCCEATIAIE DA Thus cried the hair. And a kind neigh- | bor came to the rescue with a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hair was saved! In gratitude, it grew long and heavy, and withall the deep, rich color of carly life. Druggists have sold itin all parts _of the: wofld {urfimyurs. : b AT | army and . make them. depende the discretion of chlng!hg‘pnrlm- n.’Help/ v to_ap- proval ‘or rojectkm of vote\i “for anny .credits and the 'lmnua,l contingent of recruits. |