Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 10, 1906, Page 1

- The Bemidji Dail v Pio MINNESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 3. NUMBER 248 TWENTY-SIX ARE KILLED Disastrous Explosion of Gas Occurs in a Colliery at Hope Hill, West Virginia. HAD LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN MINING BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SA’_I'URDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1906. Charleston, \v. Va., Feb. 10.—Twen ty-six men met death in a mine explo sion in the Parallel mine of the Stew: art Coal company at Hope Hill. Thir ty-six men were employed in the mine and only ten have escaped alive. Siy bodies have been recovered near the mouth of the mine and it is certain that all the others in the mine are dead. The explosion is said to have heen caused by the ignition of gas in the western portion of the mine, which is badly wrecked. Most of the miners caught in thei nine are Hungarians or negroes whe had little experience in mining. They were not expecting the pocket of gas which is nearly always discovered in mine faults in the Kanawha region. NOTED SOLDIER AND Ei}UCATOR General John Eaton Passes Away af Washington. ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—General John Eaton, a distinguished Civil war vet eran and noted educator, is dead, aged seventy-seven years. He graduated from Dartmouth college in 1854 and]| later from Andover Theological sem- inary. He entered the war as a cap dain of the ''wenty ninth Ohio volun teer infantry and had charge of freed- men in the Missgissippi valley and sub: sequently attained the' rank of brig adier general of volunteers. At one time he was editor of the Memphis Post. He also was superintendent of schools for Tennessee and in 1870 be came United States commissioner of! education, which position he held for| sixteen years, and afterward bécame president of Marietta (O.) college and| of Sheldon Jackson college, Salt Lake, Clty. He established the educational system of Forto Rico under the miii} tary occupancy of the United States and beeame superintendemt of public Instruction there. SPEEDY JUSTICE. Murderer Tried, Convicted and Sen tenced in One Day. Mount Holly, N. J., Feb. 10.—Rufus Johnson, the negro who was arrested in Baltimore about a fortnight ago charged with killing Miss Florence W | Allison near Moorestown, N. J., m!‘, Jan. 18, was placed on trial during the afternoon, convicted of murder in the first degree and immediately sen: tenced (o be hanged on Feb. 23. Because of the atrocity of the ne gro’s crime it was feared there would be a hostile demonstration, but no un- seemly iucident marked the trial ot the case. There was a large crowd in and about the courthouse all day. Johnson took the stand in his own and repeated the confession ! de in Baltimore. He deanied that he assauiled the woman and said he had no intention of killing her. WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR LIFE. Killed Constable Whe Attempted te Levy on Furniture. i Des Moines, Feb. 10 —Mrs. Zetta, Hckles, the Cedar Rapids woman who§ is alleged to have deliberately shot! down Constable Peter Martin of Mar-| ion last October without pl‘ovoeaiion,l was placed on trial for her life during the day. Peter Martin entered the' home of the accused to levy upon some ' furniture. Mrs. Eekles claims to have warned him not to enter and when he persisted she shot him. The defense claims that her house is her castle and that she had a right to proteet it even to the extent of shooting the officer. IN NO "IMMEDIATE DANGER. John A. McCall Seriously Il of Liver Trouble. New York, Feb. 10.—Dr. John Van- derpool, family physician to John A. McCall, the former president of the New York Life Insurance company, “Mr. McCall is setiously ilk of liver trouble and since he went to Lake- wood, N. J., about two'weéks ago his condition has not improved. I have mot seen him. in several days, but have, of course, been kept informed as to his condition. Although he will probably be ill for a long time he is in no immediate danger.” | efficers and 14,282 men, of whom 1,584 COMMITTEE HEARS ARGUMENT. Federal Control of Insurance Subject of Discussion. Washington, Feb. 10.—Acting under instructions of the house the judiciary committee has besun an investigation in order that it may report whether or not congress has the power to provide federal control of insurance. . That this authority does exist was main- tained by R. W. Breckenridge of Omaha, chairman of the insurance committee of the American Bar asso- ciation. At the August meeting of this association at Narragansett Pier Mr. Breckenridge made a motion to have his committee instructed by the association to prepare a bill providing such control. The opposite view of the question was presented to the committee by George Whitelock of Baltimore. The Bar association, by a vote of 113 to 29, sent to its insurance committee for consideration a resolu- tion declaring federal control of insur- ance illegal and unconstitutional un- der the decisions of the supreme court of the United States. Mr. Whitelock was the author of that resolution and presented that view to the committee. Mr. Brecken- ridge presented statistics to show that the insurance business was na- tional and not local in character. Of twenty of the largest life insurance companies, he said, but 15 per cent of their business was done in the states wherein they were chartered TWO-CENT FARE BILL. Passed by Ohio Senate and Signed by | ‘the Governor. Columbus, 0., Feb. 10.—Governor Patterson has signed the Freiner 2 cent fare bill, which was accepted by the senate during the day. It will go into effect in thirty days. The law provides that 2 cents shall i be the maximum charge in Ohio for transporting passengers on the rail- roads of Ohio for a distance in excess ! of five imiles. SICKNESS IN MANCHURIAN ARMY. Fifteen Thousand Officers and Men in Hospitals. St. Petersburg, Feb. 10.—General Linevitch’s report of the sanitary con- dition of the Manchurian army Jan. 20 admitls the existenee of 220 eases of Siberian plague. The total num- ber of sick in the hospital was 744 were suffecing from contagious dis- eases, including 612 cases of typhus fever. ERIEF BITS OF NEWS. Dispatches to Dun’s Review indicate: a gencrally improved tone in the busi- ness world. Snow 1o the depth ef eight inches fell Thursday night throughout the 8chuylkill valley in Pennsylvania. William FHooten, a Chicago grain broker, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. He scheduled liabili- ties amounting to $53,600 and assets of $140. Mutiny is still smouldering om board several vessels of the Russian Black sea fleet, notably on the battle- ship Catherine II.,, where several off- cers have been arrested. Judge Lewis H. Pike, a member ot the Toledo (O.) bar for half a cen- tury, an ex-common plea$ judge and one of the best known Masons in Ohio, is dead. He was eighty years old. Governor Deneen of Illinois wil next Monday give a hearing on an applica- tion for a cemmutation of the sen- tence of the wife murderer, Johanm Hoch, who is under sentence to be hanged Feb: 23. :0. C. Ellison, one of the founders of the Mmonal rigation ¢ongress and California” comunissioner. to the Chi- cago wofld’s fagpiiis dead at Guyamas, Mex. j Hé"'wds“tRe husband of Edith Ms Nieholl. Rmer, the novelist. MARKET QUOTATIONS Minneapohs Wheat. ! The collection, of the-poll tax fi Mlnnenpohs Feb. 9.—Wheat—May, 887%ec: July, 85%%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 83%c: No. 1 Northern, 83%¢; No. 2 Northern, 81%ec. WORKMEN’S COUNCIL DISBANDS. Russian Agitators Realize Futility of Further Hostility. St. Petersburg, Feb. 10.—Realizing the futility of open agitation at pres- ent among the workmen and in order to avoid the fate of its three prede- cessors the workmen’s council has formally disbanded and has published an announcement that it will not re- sume its deliberations until the forces of reaction have ceased their activity. The revolutionary leaders have now concentrated their energies on prepar- ing for an uprising in the spring and on acts of terrorism. A punitive expedition has captured a large band of revolutionists on the Dahlen estate, in the vicinity of Riga. Fifteen of them were tried by court- martial and shot. The others were flogged with knouts. The expedition also captured sev- eral hundred rifles. Rebels Kill Alleged Spies. St. Petersburs, Feb. 10.—Three em- ployes of the Putiloff works belonging to the so-called Black Hundred were surprised and killed by a party of rev- olutionary workmen. They were ac- cused of furnishing the police with lists of revolutionist workmen and with assisting in making arrests and searches. PUBLIC GPINION UNANIMOUS SPECIAL RIGHTS OF FRANCE IN MOROCCO MUST BE SAFE- GUARDBEBD. Paris, Feb. 10.—The semi-official Temps. referring to the Merocean sit- uation, says: “There appears no doubt that pub- lie opinion in France is umanimous with reference to policing Morocco. The interests of others having been safeguarded the hour has arrived for the protection of the special rights of France. No doubt the government, with the knowledge that the whole country is behind it, will take a firm stand during the discussion of this delicate point at the conference.” - PROTESTANTS CLOSE CASE. Defense_in.Smoot Hearing Not-Rea to Proceed. ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—The introduc- tion of testimony against Senator Reed Smoot of Utah was closed by the pro- testants’ counsel during the day. A. S. Worthington, who represents the senator, said he was not ready to pro- ceed, but that he would communicate with Chairman Burrows within a few days. The character of the evidence offered this session, said Mr. Worth- ington, had convinced him of the de- sirability of calling witnesses for the defense with reference to the list of members or the Utah constitutional committee, members of the legisla- ture and state officers, charged to have been polygamists. Mr. Worthington said that it might be necessary to call from 100 to 200 witnesses to disprove the testimony of the prosecution un- less the committee permitted the filing of affidavits. He said that Senator Smoot was anxious that the case should be closed and that there should not be one day of avoidable delay. TROOPS MAY STAY IN CHINA. Foreign Residents Opposed to With- drawal of Soldiers. Peking, Feb. 10.—The trend of events in China since the powers as- sented to Emperor William's pro- posals to withdraw. their troops from that country has induced them to re- consider the matter. With all the governments except Germany having forces in North China - their with- drawal is now an open question. Their decision will depend upon the devel- opments of thg next few months. The foreign residents in China strongly oppose the wnhdxawal of lhe troops. AMERICAN FLEET MOVES. Battleships Sent Near to the Venezu- elan Coast. “Washington, Feb. 10.—The battle- ship division of the Atlantic fieet, with {* a tender, has sailed from Culebra -for Trinidad. It is explained at the navy departnient that this movement has nothing to do with the Venezuelan situation, although - the ¥enezuelan coast is only a few miles distant from Trinidad. It is said the ships are simply -working out pait:of a war game in the exceptionally suitable wa- |. ters of the Gulf of Paria. " Native Uprising Féareqd, - - Pietermaritzbarg, /Natal, -Feb. 310—=: tives-has led to trouble, which, feared, will' spread and possi ¥ velop into an ugly native rising Armed natives have resisted the collection of. the tax and have wounded with spears an inspector of police and trooper. - [ colors, as N " U gub g0 "9 g 3 _WFICIALS WILL NOT CASH THEM. Postal Orders Sent to Jews in Russia Being Returned. Portland, Ore., Feb. 10.—According 19 the statements of Dr. N. Mosesohn, & prominent Jew of Portland, whose assertions are corroborated in a measure by the local postofiice offi- cials, a large amount of money sent from the United States to aid Jewish shfferers ih Russia has never been re- ceived by those for whom it was in- ténded. It is stated that there has been a general failure of the post- offices throughout Russia to cash postal money orders which have been sent to Jews in that country and many of these monhey orders have been re- turned to the senders with a state- ment that they could not be cashed. The letters accompanying the returned orders regite various reasons for their being dishonored, one of which is that orders hdve been issued from St. Petersburg to refuse payment of them because the money is for the purpose of aiding the revolutionist cause. Postmaster Minto and Superintend- ent Whiteside of the money order de- partment of the Portland postoffice bear out Dr. Mosesohn’s statement as to, the fact that ‘the orders are being returned and state that they are re- celving complainsts continually and are unuble o answer the demands for the reason why they cannot be cashed. CASTRO MOBILIZING ARMY CITIZENS FORCED TO JOIN THE COLORS LIKELY TO REVOLT AT FIRST CHANCE. Willemstad, Island of Curacae, Feb. 10.—A traveler who has just arrived bere from Venezuela said: #President Castro is busily engaged ini enlisting throughout the republic and in other ways preparing for war. Generals in each state have been com- missioned-and orders have been given to call the recruits to the colors. “‘Information from the best sources indicates that the people do not sup- port President Castro. On all sides are heard expressions of a desire to | revolt and..gverthrow the.president’s government as soon as the French “blockade is declared. “A ‘well informed Venezuelan.tqld me that. ay have all been compelled to join the army, voluntary enlistment being unknown in Venezuela. Puerto Cabello and la Guayra are the only ports capable of making a slight de- fense. The former has two modern 6-inch guns and the latter has four modern 6-inch guns, with the usual display of old Spanish pieces which would be blown to pieces at the first shots. “It is doubted whether President Castro can raise more than 16,000. men who will take the field with any show of spirit. The men are armed with Mauser rifles, but they never practice shooting. They have 20,000,000 rounds of ball cartridges-and a few mountain guns. The Venezuelan navy consists of five small craft concentrated at La Guayra.” RAISING STRANDED VESSELS. Canadian Wrecking Company at Work in American Waters. Miiwaukee, Feb. 10.—Complaint has beer formally made to Customs Col- lector W. H. Devos of Milwankee by members of the firm of the Gillen ‘Wrecking company of Racine against the Reid Wrecking company of Sarnia, Ont.,, in connection with the work of that firm in raising the stranded steamers Argo and Whitney in Amer- iean waters. e iy Collector Devos has presented the matiter to the office of the United States district attorney for this dis- trict and prompt action is promised by that official. : This step may raise international eomplications with Canada, as the ac- tion of the Racine firm-is the ‘out- growth of years of business rivalry beiween the Canadian firm and vari- | eus Ameriean firms in the same line of business. It is. understood that the complaint Was. the supporf of mearly every American wrecking firm on the Great Lakes. - LOSS ALREADY IMMENSE. Fire Threatens to Destroy West Vir- .. ginia Town. \Iew Martinsvu]e, Wi Va., Feb. 10—- A fire at Littleton,”W. Va.. elghteen miles from ‘here, threatens to destroy the entire.town. . At 3 p.-m. the best portion of the town had_been devas-: “tated. The town hag 1,500 rd ondi 8 »revafled hgr %r snow i8 falling and, drilted hy a strong wind, filled. the couniry roads and seriously " impeded trolley trafic on the city and inter- urban lines. - ™ gm A o g troops..will -desert their| éwene tady, N, Y.,.Feb,10.Bliz- uring’| s TEN CENTS PER WEEK TEN MILLIONS EVERY YEA Estimated Loss to the American Pro- ducers If They Are Shut Out of Germany. URGES THAT SOME ACTION BE TAKEN CONDITIONS ON THE vaernor of Canal Zone Before Senate Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—Charles E. Magoon, governor of the Panama ca- nal zone, was before the senate com- mittee on interoceanic canals during the day and gave his testimony in con- nection with the investigation of the canal work. In response to a request from Chairman Millard Governor Ma- goon outlined conditions on the isth- mus when he was assigned to duty there last spring. He had, he said, found an excellent organization for the government zone, but that the men there were very much overworked and very anxious over the possible effects of the reorganization. No removals were made. The sanitary force was elso well organized and it had done and is now doing excellent work. Senator ernor as to the truth of Mr. Poultney Rigelow’s charges as to the incapacity he court and Governor Magoon re- plied that the chief justice had been for years chief justice of the Panama supreme court and is an able lawyer. ISTHMUS. FEARS OUTBREAK IN CHINA. Secretary Taft Asks for Additional " Barracks at Manila. ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—When Secre- tary Taft was before the senate com- mittee on appropriations, which was considering the urgeni. deficiency bill, 000 to be expended for additional bar- racks and quarters for the army at or near Manila. When asked as to the necessity for . this. appropriation he stated that the situation in China was such:that it might be necessary at any time to send troops there and that. it would be wise to have troops near to be used-for that purpose. The com- mittee did not think it expedient to make the appropriation at this time. The report when presented wili recom- mend that the request be referred to the committee on the Philippines as it is thought by some senators thai the matter is of such importance that the committee on the Philippines should take it up and consider it. TO VISIT NAVAL' ACADEMY. House Committee Decides to Investi- gate Institution. ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—The house committee on naval affairs has adopt- | Representative Loud (Mich.): “Resolved, That a sub-committee of five be appointed by the chair to visit the naval academy at once to examine and report upon the discipline and management of the academy and to report to this committee at the earliest possible time.” Chairman Foss has appeinted the following sub-committee to investigate the academy: Representatives Vree- land (N. Y.), chairman; Loud (Mich.), Dawson (Ia.)), Padgett (Teunn.) and Gregg - (Tex.). The sub-commiitee will go to Annapolis next week. PENSION DAY 'IN HOUSE. Large Number of Relief Bille on the Calendar. ‘Wushington, Feb. 10.—Pension leg- islation had the right of way in the house. The culendar contained 135 senate bills. 293 house bills and one correcting a military recerd. Seventy- five per aent of these bills are for the benefit of peyseus either blind or bed- ridden, requiring am attendant. Farmers Ferming Unions. New Richmend, Wis., Feb. 10.—The | farmers of Barron county are organiz- ing into ‘unions for the purpose of mu- tual protection and to' secure profit- abie prices for farm produets. Northwestern, $1.1614 $1.11; May, $1.18%. Butter—(aeam- eries, 18@26¢; dairies, 17@23¢c. Esggs —16@1lTc. Poultryv—'!‘urke,\'s. 15¢; chickens, 11%c; springs, 11%e. Knox questioned the gov- | he-requested-an appropriation of $100,- | ed the following resolution: ofiered by I ‘Washington, Feb. 10.—Wh=% is to be done by this country to meet the com- ditions which are to be imposed eu America by the new tariff regulations of Germany. effective March 1, is a question which Alvin H. Sanders of Chicago, chairman of the executive committee of the Reciprocity TParil league, has come to Washington to discuss with President Roosevelt and with senators and representatives in eongress. i If nothing should be done by this government to meet the new sitnation Mr. Sanders says the farmers, stock raisers and manufacturers of America will lose in export trade to Germany alone $10,000 000 annua]ly DEMANDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE. Coal Operator Discusses the Proposed Wage Scale. New York, Feb. 10.—The clerical staff in most of the offices of the an- thracite coal carrying companies are working overtime in preparation. for the coming conference with President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers. All the eoal presidents have replied to Mitchell’s request for a conference, agreeing to meet him Feb. 15. Presi- dent David Willcox of the Delaware and Hudson company sent a letter ev- i pressing his views as to the stand the coal presidents, will probably take: In his letter Mr. Willeox points out ‘that the anthracite miners are receiv- | ing mare-than the soft eoal miners in ‘wages. He says that his personal opin- ion is that the operators cannot go he- yond the award of the anthracite strike commission, whieh gave liberal terms to the miners. The eight-hour ‘workday cannot be conceded and the present demands are looked upon as impossible. ' If they were granted the price of anthracite would have to be increased, he says. RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY. Pennsylvania Legislature - After the Coal Roads. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 10.—The house of representatives has adopted the Creasy resolution directing Attorney General Carson to inquire whether the railroad companies of Pennsylvania are engaged in the mining of coal, which is alleged to be in violation ef the state constitution, and if so te proceed against them. The resohition was adopted with slight opposition. It will come up in the senate on l\londa) mght ‘ON BOARD PLANT'S YAEHT. John D. Rockefelier Cruising in South- ern Waters. Raeine, Wis., Feb. 10.—The private yaeht of Plant, the Standard Oil mag- nate, with John D. Rockefeller om board, was laid up at Key West, Fla., Feb. 4, aecording to Viggo Hansen, a prominent business man of Racine, now traveling in the Sowih, who sends the above information, he having sat at the table next to Mr. Rockefeller in a Key West hotel. The next stop- ping place of the yacht was not aseer- tained. REFUSES TO DISCUSS BILL. J. J. Hill Questioned Regarding Hep- burn Rate Measure. New York, Feb. 10.—James J. Hil, ‘when questioned, said he did not know ‘what chanee the Hepbuwrn railway rate regulation bill had of passing the semn- ate and would not express an opinion of its value as legislation. “l know this much about it,” he said. “Before some of the railroads get down to the rates the Great North- ern is charging now they ‘will all be xiek and nled of rate regulation.” DOLAN. SECURES INJUNCTION. M'iner§ Restrained From anoving temporary injunction restraining the. delegates to the district convention now in session here from interfering with his powers as presideni of the district organization. an