Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 13, 1906, Page 1

-~ « outlined for MINNESOTA HISTORICAL VOLUME 3. NUMBER 250 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA 'I.‘UFlSDAY FEBRUARY 13 1906. . TEN CENTS PER WEEK DIFQUIETING Historical Soeis Secretary Root Continues To Advise the Adoption of the Military Precautions. ADDITIONAL TROOPSFOR PHILIPPINES "eb. Washington, whiie not re- garding an anti-fc en uprising in Clhina as exactly imminent Secretary Root is convinced that it is his duty to pursue the course he has already the protection of Amer- y in China. He ican life and proper has not hesitated to express this view to his congressional callers. Advices from the Orient are disquieting from this fact—that it is clearly established that the Chinese government, while not perhaps actually aiding the de- velopment of this anti-foreign senti- ment, has not exerted itself to prevent ; the spread of the anfi-American hoy- cott, notwithstanding the publication of nun proclamations by the vicero, So Mr. Root will continue e upon becletan Taft the adop- tion ut proper military precautions to meet this policy of preparation any emergency. Reports from officers returning from the East are to the effect that the Japanese do not appear to be involved in this wave of anti-foreign sentiment in China. The troops which were ordered to the Philippines, that this government might be prepared for any eventuality, are now en route to the islands. It is stated that the war department would be able to. ta are cf them and would have sufficient funds to provide for the increased torce in the Philip- pines. rous ISSUES WARNING. CHINAMAN Predicts the Greatest Massacre ot Modern Times. Cincinnati, Feb. 13.—Wong Fong, former secretary of the Six Companies in San Francisco, who' is visiting in this city, @ times. He has issued the follu\vmg warning to sev eral American friends, telegraph- | ing it to Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco: “The blow is about to fall. Cable warnings to friends fo leave China at once. Tell thene to seek protection of Germany rcmpm'm'i]y and to get out of country betore eb. 24.” Fong is visiting Ah wealthiest of the local Chinese resi- dents, and after fhe messages were sent explained 'their purport ‘as fol- lows: “I have received word that the .or- der has beeh sent out to the subor- dinate circles of the Chinese Re-tc.nm association to throw off all the foreign elements in our country, starting Feh: 24. The association is Ustensibly- patri- otic.” Loo Wai, the SAYS BRYAN {8 TO BLAME. Speech Made in China Stirs Up Extra Agitation. Spokane,” Wash., Feb.’1 Glasgow, manager of 4 milling, com- pany of Spokane ‘and Seattle;:has re- ceived Hongkong newspapers and let- ters from ‘William® ‘Burtte, Chinese representativé of the'company; which states that the speech made. by Will- iam J. Bryan, in which he said ‘that the labor party is, so strong /in the United States that Chinese workmen, skilled or unskilled, would never be permitted to enter, has been used by Chinese agitators to stir up flesl\ égi— tation against Ame) ican pluduels REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING. British Consuls Disagres as to Condi: tlons in Ch 13, London, Feb. 13— " ¥ demanded that China gomper missionaries. fon their property at Changpu, near Amoy and also asked for thepunishment cf those responsible -for the dlsoldels The government has no. ififorniation regarding the reported genelal unrest in China, beyond the 1ep01ts of the consuls, which are’ conflicting; some of them considering that the disorders | are local, while others believe that they foreshadow a ’enex al anu foreign uprising. Poultry, Butter and Eggs. Chicago, Feb. 124-Butter—0reamer- des, 17.@?2%c;, g —15@1iéc. Poultr; -—T\ l\gvs, chickens, 1114 for | he thinks the Boxer | trouble in China is about to calminate | in the greatest massacre of modern | 3.—Samnanel | the destrnction ot ; i 1 | I BRITISH GOVERNMENT BLAMES KAISER FOR FAILURE OF MO- ROCCAN CONFERENCE.‘ ALL HOPE OF AGREEMENT ABANDONED AFFAIR AT ALGECIRAS EXPE@}TED TO BREAK UP DURING THE PRESENT WEEK. Rome, Feb. 13.—Most pessimistic official news has been received here IS WANING. Latest London Poverty Parade At- tracts Little Attention. London, Feb. 13.—There was an- other march of the “unemployed” through the streets of London during the day with the objects of impressing the new government and legislators, but the demionstration fell flat. The procession was hardly half the length of the previous demionstration and the attitude of the public towards the sub- scription collectors showed that inter- est in the “poverty parades” has been INTEREST | decidedly waning since they tock on a distinetly political <character. The men marched along the Victoria em- bankment to Hyde park. where they listened to speeches delivered by La- bor party members of parliament and adopted the usual resolutions demand- ing that the government come to their aid. i PROTEoTANTS PROTEST Object to Marrlage of Princess Ena to King Alfonso. London, Feb. 13.—Tbe anticipated Protestant protests against the mar- riage of Princess Ena of Battenbe { to King Alfonso of Spain have com- menced with a petition from the Im- i perial Protestant federation appealing to King Kdward to withhold his.con- sent. The federation, which has a large membership, declares that the proposed marriage has caused the deépest sorrow and distress to Protes- tants and that the princess’ intended entry into the Roman Catholic church has greatly shocked them. answer lated disapproval is awaited with in- terest. ONLY ONE BID RECEIVED. American Capitalists Get Ccrcessxons in Ph|l|pp|nes X ‘Washington, Feb. 13.—The bid of Solomon & Co.,; Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. G. White & Co., all ‘'of New:York; Charles M. 'Swift of: DetRoit, with whom are asseciated the International Banking corpmmmn H.'R. Wilson:and Heidelbach, “Ickelheimer . & ~Co., ‘has been accepted by the Philippine gov- ernnient for the concessionary con- tracts or grants for the construction, maintenance and operation of rail- roads in the islands of Negros, Panay | and Cebu. ‘for the grants-for these islands. There were no other bids The Jlines on Negros and Panay, will aggre- gate: 100 miles each and on Cebu 95 miles. CFEW. OF TEN DROWNED. ] Nor\;;':Jian Vessel Lost Off the Coast of Scotland. Lon-ion, Feb. 13.—The steam trawler Veronica, ' belonging :at ."Stavenger, Norway, has been lost off- Elginshire, Scotia nd, with a crew of ten, . She was ‘disabled and fn tow of the steant trawler Zodiac when the rope broke. The c¢rew. of the. Veronica launched a | Anne’s when: ‘w;thln fiftee)i feet: of | boat, but? the Zndiac a high sea capsized it and they werg all drowyned. The Veronlca went, downisoan afterward:. J.nmes Sheeb‘an‘ 80’s was one of thegreatest first base: men the ‘West 318" dead at Beloit, en S nt. asslgnmg Genera} Baldwin to thescommand of. Dalkota. The king’s | to this first officially formu- who in. the: early from Algeciras, causing considerable apprehension. 1t is said that France is determined to consider a Franco- Spanish organization of the Moroccan police as her ultimate concession, to which Germany refuses to agree, thus breaking up the conference. London, Feb. 13.—While the British governmenyi has not relaxed its efforts to bring about an agreement betwcen France and Germany on the question of the Moroccan police it has given up hope of an amicable settlement. It is erpected in official circles that the Algeciras conferehce will break -un, possibly during the present week, leay- ing the Moroccan- situation where it was before the conference was callel. Germany is given credit for the fail- ure. In fact, it is believed here that Lmperor William, realizing that there is no hope of Germany’s demands be ing endorsed by the powers, is now anxious that the conference shall fail Great Britain maintains her position, snpporting the French .demands in re- gard Lo the police, and cannot see any reason for a compromise. Should the conference break up it is expected that France will continue her policy of po licing the Algerian - frontier and should serious troudles break cut with- in the sultan’s dominions France will undertake o suppress tihem, notifying the powers that she cannot wllow tha disorder to continue, us it threatens the peace of her coloay. then wiil be in the position, £ ed out, of having either to concede the right of France to police Moroceo or issue an ultimatum to the effect that France must not interfere i the af fairs of the TRAIN HITS STREET CAR. Three Persons Killed and Twelve In- jured at South: Chicago. : Chicago, Feb. 13.—+A theater train on the Pennsylvania railroad running at the rate of i{wenty miles an hour crashed into a crowded street ‘car in “South Chicago, killing instantly three. persons and injuring twelve. The killed ‘and injured were all occupants of the street car. The engine and first coach of the {rain left the rails end were overturned: ‘The train was well filled with pas- sengers, who were {hrown into a panic by the collision. The street car was hurled into the air; overturned:-and. tive. The crash came almost without warning and but few occupants of the stteet car had an opportunity to leap fmm the ‘car before it was struck. The engineer ‘of the passenger train and the crew of the street car were pla.ced \mdel arrest. { Another Football Fatahty. : Chicago, Feb., 13.—Another name has been added to the list of football fatalities for the 1905 season' by the death of John Smith of Austin at St. hospital. Smith, who is eight- een years old, died as the result of injuries received in a game Oct. 25. | CHILDREN v Pupils of Sheboygan Schools te 5weep the Streets. Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 13.—An or- ‘ganization including three- quarteru of the school children in the ¢ity has | been formed to clean up the city. G present the children are cleaning hqnesentaleé-NléhoI&s Iungworth! up about their own homes, but on a b4z has so far ecoy Wis aged seventy. fou The formal opening ‘of the James- lto\\n (Va.) ‘expedition has heen set for Apu 26, 1907, instead of May 13, 1907, as originally. planned Andrew J. Brown, one of the found- ers of Northwestern unwersn\ and the last member. of the' oi‘iglnnl board ‘of trustees of the .,nstltution. is dead at Ev; anston, 1L George C. McMi | L&, Crosse (Wis.) ‘company, the larges that city, and a mgn of great' wealth, is dead of uraemio isoning. i of the Northwest, is.d. ad at La Crosse; | n; president of the' given day the entire league will start at a given point and practically sweep “the. city. “Insurance Suits Dismissed. Milwaukee, ~Feb. 13.—The suits ‘started by the Prudential Insurance company of Newark, N. J., against State Insurance Commissioner Zeno M. Host just before the Republican state convention in May, 1904, ‘have been withdrawn by = the company. Stipulations have been.submitted by attorneys representing the eompans; dismissing both the actions in the fed- eral and superior courts. ‘BRIEE. BITS OF N'zw's. Fire of unknown origin destmyed $50,000 worth of property at Mason City, GERMANY RESPONSIBLE ground to splinters before the locomo- |, . AIMED AT JAPANESE. Bill to Prevent Aliens Fishing in Alas- kan Waters. N ‘Washington, Feb. 13.—Japanese fish- ersuen are the special target at which the Cushman bill to prevent aliens from fishing in Alaskan waters is aimed. Representative Cushman (Wash.) appeared before the house committee on territories in support of this bill and stated very frankly that the Japanese are so near to Alaskan waters and so extensively cngaged in fishing that some law to check their activity is required. Mr. Cushman read a letter from the secretary of commerce and labor fa. voring the prohibition of fishing by aliens within a marine league of any of the American ‘coasts and also read another letter from Secretary Root saying that so far as he could find the provisions of the measure do not con- flict with any treaties with Japan or any, other nation. PARDONED BY PRESIDENT. Midshipman Meriwether Will Nct Be Dismissed From Navy. ‘Washington, Feb. 13.—Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr., of Louisiana, a member of the third class, convicted and sentenced to dismissal for hazing, has been pardoned by the president.’ BUYS8 COLORADO COAL MINES. Harriman to Extend Southern Pacific Lines. San Francisco, Feb. 13.—E. H. Har- riman- and his associates, who are- interested in an Arizona and Colorado railway enterprise that will eventually become a Southern Pacific branch, have bought a vast coal land area near Durango, Colo., and have just paid down a part of the purchase prise., It is said it will require $2,000,000 to complete the deal. Surveyors have been at work for months past between Durango, Pueblo and Clifton, Ariz:, on the line of the Southern Pacific, which means that. the company proposes to get into Pu- eblo for the benefit of Eastern traffic and for a share of the business of the Colorado Fuel and Ifon company. The Utah Coal and Fuel company, which is owned by Gould and other stockholders of the Denver and Rio Grande rodd, has also been buying coal lands around Durango in competition with . the‘ Harriman people President of Nashville, Chattariooga and St. Louis Railroad. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13.—Major John W. Thomas, president of Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis rrailroad, died at his home here during’ llhe morning, aged seventy-six years. Heart failure was the direct cause of his death. He leaves a wife and one son, John W. Thomas, Jr., who is gen- eral manager of the Nashville, Chatia- nooga and St. Louis railroad. Major Thomas ‘entered the railroad service in November, 1858, as agent of the road at Murphysboro, Tenn., and in September, 1883, “became general man- ager. He has' been president of t..e road since 1899. WlTNESSES DISAPPEAR. Get Out of Ohio to Avoid Testn‘ymg in Bridge Trust Suit. | g Columbus, 0., ‘Feb. 13. —Attorney General Eliis is having much trouble to get witnesses to' testify i the bridge {rust. hearing., Many Wwho are wanted are decldred to be.absent trom the state and others say they will ‘in- cummate themselves if ‘they go on the stand; One-of the most imporiant witnessesA went West just before thie | .announcement that the hencing ‘would'| begin and others are' now in Calitor- - nia. MANY 'AMENDMENTS OFFERED. Senate. Committee Continues: Discus- sion_of Rate Bill. Washington, Feb. 13.—Many aniend- ments 'to' the Hepburn' railroad /rate bill have been proposed in the senate comniittee on interstate commerce and are bemg discussed: and laid aside to be voted upon begmmng next Fnday ' The committee has not formally con- sidered any amendment touching upon the court feature, for the reason that the opponents of the bill in its present form desire to perfect a plan for a court review of orders of ‘theinter- state commerce commission before it i3 offered. Senator Crane favors a " provision similar to that of the Ksch- Townsend bill’and informally has pre- sented . sich, ap amendment,. but ‘has not urged: it any way. The discus- sion during the day was confined to the first, three sections with a/view to pex{ecting them and it did not provoke any controversy 4 i o Alabamq Negro Lynched. Gadsden. Alg., Feb. 13.—Bank Rich- ardson, a neg charged with. the-as- sault and murder of Mrs&Smah Smith here July, fi £, was foreibly taken | from' thé %fid hang (of the Louisville and Nas! ai:mss Coosa. . river, Twenty-four masked men went to the, jail, over- powered the sheriff and jailer and made short work of the prlsontr Governor Folk Wou FLOATING SMALLPOX HOSPITAL. Crew of American Whaling Vessel Has Terrible Experience. New York, Feb. 13.—One month on the Atlantic ocean with the entire ship converted into a smallpox hospital and a quarter of the crew ill with this dis- ease was the experience of the whal- ing brig Sullivan of New London, Conn. The story of the smallpox out- break on the whaler was told by Mrs. M. J. Haggex‘g, wife of the captain of the Sullivan, who has just arrived here from Rio de Janeiro on the steamer Italian Prince. The whaling vessel put into Rio de Janeiro after two of its crew had died of smallpox and with seven others ill with the disease and the thirty-seven remaining members of the crew fran- tic to get ashore. “The cruise began, Mrs. Baggerty said, last October from the island of Fayal, in the Azores. After the brig had been out some time the smallpox started with one case. The disease spread until nine sailors were ill. Days followed when. owing “to the fear which spread among the members of the crew, the brig drifted along almost like a deserted ship. MiNE OUT OF BUSINESS. Severe Earth Disturbance at Hancock, Michigan. Mich.,, Feb. Hancock, 13.—The Fivere earth disturbance, called an earth quake or airblast shocks. "No. shaft falling rock broke the aix' pipes and the men were unable to descend. Numbers 2, 4 and-7 shafts are also out of ‘commission-as' the result of caving inwefedrifts and falling of tons of rock “in the wreckage levels. Only one shaft, No. 7 of the Mes- nard, is not wrecked. Nearly 100 min- ers and other underground employes have quit and things look dark for the mine and the adjacent territory. One shock at 6 p. m. shook build- ings in Hancock and Houghton, rattled and; smashed dishes and trinkets and caused other damage. CARS GO OVER AN EMBANKMENT. Fourteen People Injured in Wreck on Wisconsin Central. Milwaukee, Feb. 13.—Twenty five persons on a Wisconsin Central limit- ed train narrowly escaped death or serious injury when a.broken wheel “on the engine threw six of the eight coaches in the train over a fifteen-foot embankment. --Thirteen passengers were slightly bruised and the cook.in the dining‘car was injured, possibly fatally. Tt was ‘necessary to cut him out of the wreck- age. CAR BARNS BURNED. Vassar Students Must Walk Two Miles 4 to School. Poughkeepsie, 'N. Y., Feb.'13—The entire plant of the electric street. rail- ‘way powerhouse, car barn and every trolley cal m the city except one has At:may be weeks before ‘cars’ ar Tubning again s there is no reserve powerhouse. The students at Vassar, which is two miles from town, will miss the cars more than ‘@nybody ‘else. The money loss is abput $500.000. < Whipping Post Bill Defeated. ‘Washington, I’eb. 13.—The District of Columbia whipping post bill was de- teated in the house by being *laid on ‘he table” by 2 vote of-155to '57: The Longworth bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the purchase of Amer- | ican legations and embassies in for- elgn capitals has been favorably re ported to the house committee on for- eign affairs by a_ sub-committee According to a report issued by the department of commerce and labor the ag/gleg&te volume of internal com- merce during 1905 was undoubtedly the largest for any corresponding pehod in the history of the country. ‘Miss Alice Roosevelt has received a offered to Miss Roosevelt by M. Jus: serand, the French ambassador at | Washington- PERSONAL TAXES T0 BE ABOLISHED Quiney mine is again practically ont|. of commission as the result of a se-{* /| ness, hay and vehicles. Id Assess Only the Real Estate and Corporations--- The Poor Benefitted. PRESENT SYSTEM UNFAIR TO POOR @===rson City; Mo., Feb. 13.—Gov- ernor Folk Las issued an explicit state- ment of his convictions concerning the abolition of personal taxes in Missouri and the shifting of a large part of the burden upon the big corporations. He said: “It is asserted by some persons that the removal of state taxes from per- sonal property, thus placing upon real estate and corporate monopolies the burden of government, would benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. | ‘‘On the contrary, in proportion to lproperty, the personal property tax (and Dby personal property is not meant corporate franchises and priv- ileges) falls heaviest on the poor and the honest. “The abolition of this tax and put- ting it' on corporate privileges cannot be to the advantage of the rich as against the poor, for the poor man has no monopoly privileges and no corporate holdings. “Every farmer, under the present system, pays on every cow, horse and hog: every widow or orphan whose estate must go through the probate court must pay in full, while too often the man of wealth, having his person- alty in such shape it cannpl be reached, paya pxacucallv nothing.” . FLEMING TO ASSIST JEROME. District Attorney Preparing to Take Up Insurance Cases. Fleming, who. was associated, with Charles E. Hughes in the life insur- ance investigation, has been: retained by District Attorney.Jerome {o assist him in the prosecution of the insur- ance cases. Mr. Fleming is expected l to talke up the work this week. Excepting Mr. Hughes there.iis no man more familiar with the insurance situation ‘than’’ Mr! Fleming. When the Arvmstrong committee engaged Mr. Hughes he made it a condition that Mr. junior counsel. Little wzis heard’of Fleming during the mogress ‘of the investigation. He did not examine a witness, but it was he who over night dug out the facts which’ pointed the questions of Mr. Hughes the next day. He has a won- derful memory and a great capacity for details. Fleming should be retained as GRADUATION AT ANNAPOLIS. Recent Courtmartials Cast a Damper Over Ceremonies. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 13.—The eareer of the class-of 1906 at-the naval acad- emy was brought to its close officially in the magnificent new armory during the morning wher Secretary “of ' the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte delivered to 101 members of the class their cov- eted diplomas in the presence of fully 2,600 persons. In the large crowd were the families and friends of the graduates from all over the country and, while not marked with the joy- ousness of similar occasions in the past, the scene was an impressive and Leautiful one. The speech of the secretary did not refer in any way to the present condi- tions at the academy, which, however, have materially affected the tradi- tional gayety of the occasion and cast a damper over the whole week’s cere- Monies. His address was short. Eighteen ‘Horses Perish. ‘Winunipeg, Feb. 13.—The stables of J. N. B. Gladsen, contractor, were de- stroyed by fire at an early hour. Eight- een horses were burned, besides har- A peculiar thing about the fire was that it was all over before the fire brigade knew any- thing about it, no alarm having been rounded. Twenty-one Bodies Recovered. . Charleston. W. Va., Feb. 13 —Twen- lv—one bodies have been Trecovered from the Parall mine in Fayette coun- ty and, it is suvposed that one body remaing to be recovered, making the total fatalities twenty-two. Admits Embezzling $18,000. Chicago, Feb. 13.—Ferdinand Schop- 0 #bridge | wedding gift from the French gover 0- | pek,the Austrian arrested here several ille Tailway’ nient. The gitt consists of a beautiful | days ago on the eharge of embezzling goblin representing “‘Justice” and was| $18,000 ‘from a bank in Vienna, has confessed the crime and will be taken' back to Austria for trial as soon as extradition papers can be secured. New - York;Febr-18=~=Matthew--C.-