Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 15, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 252 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1906. TEN CENTS PER WEEK ONE COACH ALL THAT WAS SAVED Passenger Train Was Practically De- ‘ stroyed By Fire Following An Accident. THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 15.—St. Louls and San Francisco passenger train No. 118, northhound, was wrecked at Co- + fumbus, Kan,, early in the day. Harry Roundtree of Fort Scott, the express messenger, one passenger and a news- boy were burned to death. George ‘Woods, the engineer, was badly hurt and W. F. Runyan, the fireman, sus- tained a broken leg. The passenger train ran into a string of box cars that had broken loose from a freight train and ran back down onto the main line. The entire passenger train, except the sleeper, was burned. k. The train was made up of a com- bination baggage-express car, a mail car, one chair car, a common “coach and one Pullman sleeper. The bag- gage-express car telescoped the mail car and both soon caught fire. The « Tremainder of the train left the tracks, but the rear cars were not badly dam- aged, enabling the passengers to es- cape. The flames from the forward cars caught the coach and the chair car and all four were consumed. The Pullman was saved. Woman Suffrage Defeated. Columbus, O., Feb. 15—The house defeated a bill to give women the right to vote at local option elections by a vote of 65 to 50. The galleries were filled. with women and when one- of the members had finished a long speech in opposition to the bill he was greeted with hisses, CLINGS TO TIES OF TRESTLE. Wisconsin Man Saves Four-Year-Old Son and Himself. Manitowoc, Wis., Feb. 15.—George Schadeburg saved his own life and that of his four-year-old son by cling: ing to the ties of a railroad trestle with one arm while a heavily loaded train passed. The man was crossing the Wisconsin Central bridge near the city with his two children and the younger boy had trailed in the rear. Schadeburg heard a train approach- ing and ran back to save the boy, but was unable to clear the bridge. Grasp- ing the lad in one arm the father swung from the side of the bridge with the other and held on until the train had passed. Schadeburg’s arm was severely wrenched and he was conn- pletely exhausted when assistance reached him. STEEL TRESTLE FALLS. Expensive Work of Northwestern Road Collapses. Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 15—Thé en- tire pier of the Northwestern rail- road’s long steel trestle, in course of construction across the Fox river, vanished from sight during the night. This mishap, which will prove very costly and a serious delay in complet- ing the extension, was due.to the set- tling of the piling, which overthrew the stone upper part. The trestle was three-quarters of a mile long and cost a great sum, LRcRoRe e RN ReRcRoRol-Ro ol Role Ko RoRo R (’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, Minn. Thursday, Friday, Saturday BARGAINS! 1 lot of Men’s fine kid lined $5.00 shoes at, a pair, $3.60 parr, 7 oy 1 lot Boy’s $2.25 shoes at, a $1.75 1 lot little Boy’s shoes, regu-. lar $1.25 values,.now B pr. ¢ 8c 1lot of Ladies’ fine heavy sele, stamped ou sole at factory $3.50, only, a pr. kid shoes, flight or $2.95 (E-X R -EoRoR-RoR-RoRoR-RoR- I RoR o RoR Rk - RoRoR -] Ladies’ Tailor-Made Garments. We will give 83 1-8 per cent off from the regular price on any Ladies’, Misses’ or Childs;cloth coat]in Quite a.large assortment] of] Ladies’ waists worth from $1.25 and up, will be Zsold¥at 98 cents Each the store. will be 10c Counter. We are going to have a regular money saving 10c¢ counter the last three days of this week. There many 25c¢ values offered at 10 cents. gfi#%fi#@&fifi@@@@fifl New Goods Arrived This Week: EMBRO!DERIES,‘ LACES AND SKIRTS. @@#@@@#@###fi#fl###%fifi LA R R 2 R X X-E-E-2EREEREEEEEEEEE N TR Y EEEEEEEEE-E-X-R-R-2-F l HOUSE ASKS IXFORMATION WANTS TRANSFER OF OLD CUS- TOMHOUSE AT NEW YORK i EXPLAINED. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—The house has adopted a resolution inquiring of the secretary of the treasury when the government executed a deed for the old customhouse property in New York city to the National City bank, where the deed is and in whose custody it has been since its execution and why it had never been recorded. EXPOSED BY LA FOLLETTE. Alleged Scheme to Get Possession of Indian Lands. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—Senator La Follette called attention in the senate to an alleged effort to get possession of $100,000,000 worth of Indian lands, in which relatives of officials high up in the interior department are said to be’directly implicated. The lands in question are located in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of the Indian Territory. Prominently mentioned in connec- tion with the deal is the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad. This company is said to control a majority of the leases covering 107,000 acres of | coal lands in the neighborhood of South McAlester, I. T. As operated at present these lands are netting the Indians about $14 an acre per year and, according to statements made be- fore the committee, will net at a low estimate $300 an acre before ex- hausted. By the terms of a senate amend- ment put into the Indian bill as passed by the house these lands Wwere to have been sold to the lessees under an ap- praisement made by a board appoint-: ed by the secretary of the interior and the lessees, these two to choose a third. The senate amendment to the bill provided that “in making such val- uation said appraisers shall not con- sider any increased values of the lands caused by improvements and develop- ments placed on them by said lessees.” If this “joker” had gone through, it is charged by attdriieys for the In- dians, it would have given the lessees the right to purchase them-for-a song; as the appraisement would have ‘been based on the value of the land twenty years ago. THREE MAIL CARS BURNED. Fast Train on the Missouri Wrecked. Kansas City, Feb. 15—Fast mail train No. 7, westbound on the Missouri Pacific railway, was wrecked at the Gasconade hridge, twenty-seven miles east of Jefferson City, early in the day. Three of the mail cars were ditched, caught fire and were destroyed. Sev- eral members of the crew were hurt, but no one was killed. The train car- ried no passengers. Pacific Workman Explodes Dynamite. Chicago, Feb. 15.—One man was killed and seven others injured at the plant of the Illinois Steel company in South Chicago when one of a party of workmen struck with his shovel some dynamite that had been left lying in the trench in which the men were dig- ging. The nan who struck the dyna- Inite was mstandy killed, his body be- ing hurled many feet into the air. Boom for Fairbanks Started. Marion, Ind., Feb. 16.—The Lincoln league of Indiana, in annual conven- tion, adopted resolutions advocating the nomination of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks as the Repub- lican candidate for president in 1908. THEIR LIVES. IN FEAR OF Miners Around Houghton, Mich., Re- signing Positions. Houghton, Mich., Feb. 15.—Many miners are resigning their positions in the copper mines in this vicinity ow- ing to the continued earthquakes or air-blasts; which have now become so frequent and dangerous that the min- ers fear for their lives. Each day for the past week there have been 2 num- ber of shocks felt and many residents have become so alarmed they are planning on moving from the district. Derrick Rolls Down Embankment. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 15.—The der- rick of Frankman Bros. & Morris, who are building’ the new railroad bridge south of Fremont, tippeéd over and rolled down a thirty-foot. embankment, killing one man and seriously injuring two others. The dead man is P. W. Blankenburg of Superior, Wis., and the-injured -are resndents of St. Paiul and Minneapolis. Beacon Tower Swept l_\v\:ay. ¢ Michigan City, Ind., Feb. 15.—One of the three beacon towers at the en- trance to the harbor hére was swept away during a-severe storm oxn ' the lake, .The tower, which was recently | completed,: was thirty-eight feet .in - diameter at the, hue and constructed of steel on a conc:ste !oufldltlon - MNP AT\ I™ A > JOHN A. M'CALL, FORMER PRES- - IDENT OF NEW YORK LIFE, CRITICALLY ILL. Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 15.—Although John A. McCall, former president of the New York Life Insurance com- pany, is resting comfortably Dr. Charles L. Lindley, his physician, says he has yery little chance of recovery. The physician says he does not, how- ever, think that Mr. McCall’s recovery is impossible and he anticipates no immediate crisis in the disease. The nature of Mr. McCall’s complaint is not stated by Dr. Lindley, but it is said at the residence to be a form of liver trouble. . The last rites of the Catholic church were administered to Mr. McCall Tues- day, when a sinking spell attacked him. He rallied again, with his strength returning to a marked de- gree, and he passed a fairly good night. Later in the day Mr. McCall was at- tacked with a sinking spell, from which he rallied, but when his strength re- turned he showed symptoms which greatly alarmed the members of his family. His breathing was very heavy and at times difficult. CAUSE OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT. Rojestvensky Takes a Rap at Ad- miralty Thieves. 8t. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—“Perhaps I am guilty to some extent for our de- feat and perhaps my subordinates did not do all they might have done, but at all events we who fought the battle were not thieves,” said Admiral Ro- Jestvensky, who addressed the Impe- rial Technical society on the causes of the defeat of the Russians at the battle of the Sea of Japan. The admiral made no specifications regarding rascality in the construction or equipment of the ships, but he com- mented at length on the destructive effect of the heavy Japanese shells, which, when they only exploded in the water near the Russian vessels, cmcl(ed their plates and opened great Iea.ks, while those .which hit the Rus- cian ships were as destructive as | mijles. 4 A young heutenant dur’ lng the’ dis- 'cussion attempted to lay the blame on submarine boats, but the admiral de- nied that submarine boats or mines were used during the engagement. PROMPTLY KILLS HERSELF. Telephone Operator Hears Sweetheart Confess Love for Another. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 15.—Hearing her sweetheart telling a young woman in another town over the telephone of his love for her Miss Bessie Frazier, a telephone exchange operator at Lam- pasas, shot and killed herself. Miss Frazier chanced to make a connection on the line her sweetheart used in call- ing up her rival and listened to the conversation. HALE QUESTIONS TAFT. Belleves United States Under No Ob!i- gation to Filipinos. Washington, Feb. 15.—Secretary Taft was befere the senate committee ‘| on the Philippines during the day and was examined by Senator Hale eon- cerning the benefactions the Filipinos have received from congress. The senator said that a great deal had been brought out concerning the obligations of the United States to the Philippine Islands and it was his desire to bal- ance the debit and credit sides of the ledger to determine which is indebted to the other. He said that if the ac- count is found to be in favor of the Filipinos it does not seem worth while to legislate further to disturb indus- tries in the United States. The ad- ministration of the military and civil forces of the United States since Ma- nila was taken in August, 1898, was: reviewed by the senator’s examination of the secretary. Ameng the benefits the ‘Filipinos have received were in- “luded the expenditures of this gov- ernment in maintaining forces to re- move the Spanish yoke and’ bring about good: erder and establish a gov- ernment; education of the people; or- ganization of civil forces; aiding the people by direct appropriation of $3,- 000,000;. establishing a currency sys- tem; payment of salaries in. connec: tion: with the ‘geodetic coast survey; | purchasing the friar lands to restore them to the Filipinos on long Mme payments and the ‘admission free of duty of 82 per cent of th@lr products. Senator Hale called attention to the small exports of the United States to | the Philippine islands in compmson to exports from other countries to the | islands and Secretary. Taft admitted .sx;lniued this by, saying.that m.mn- Ao € ple can, Lmyffoodatufls from a t_Algeeiras has again chmnged. : 1 8 way ‘yet Veing | found to bring the German and French -governments’into ‘Bgreement; though IN CHINA The United States To Mobilize An Army of Over Thirty Thousand Men at Manila. NAVY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING ACCUSED OF VIOLATION OF LAW. Charges Made Against Senators El- kins and Gorman. Washington, Feb. 15.—Senator Ste- phen B. Elkins of West Virginia, now the chairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce having in charge the railway rate regulation bill, and Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland, the Democratic leader of the senate, are directly charged with having caused violations of the inter- state commerce laws and anti-trust laws in a petition sent Representative Gillespie of Texas by the Bituminous CGoal Trade league of Pennsylvania. Former Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, the father-in-law of Sen- ator Elkins and a cousin of Senator Gorman and vice presidential nominee of the Democratic party in 1904, is ac- cused of being a party to these viola- tions. The petition not only charges the senators and Mr. Davis with having caused violations of the anti-trust .aws, but makes a strong case against the Pennsylvania railroad. The petitioners say that Senator Gorman and Senator Elkins, together with Henry G. Davis, are joint owners of an enormous acreage of West Vir- ginia soft coal lands and operate all the mines along the lines of the West Virginia -€entral railroad, which they control. The independent operators. the petition declares, are compelled to sell ‘their output to one or the other of the operating companies owned by these men and known as the Davis Coal and Coke company and the Davis Collieries company, otherwise they can get no cars or siding connections with which to get their production to market, German Patrol Ambushed. Berlin, Feb. 15.—The rebel Hotten- tots ambushed a German patrol near Sendoorn, German Southwest Africa, killing a lieutenant and six troopers. TO HEAD LAWSON COMMITTEE. Stuyvesant Fish Requested to Accept Position. New York, Feb. 15.—The Evening Post says that Thomas W. Lawson has withdrawn from the life insurance pol- icyholders’ committee, for which he has collected proxies to the number of 50,000, and that definite efforts were made during the day to get Stuy- vesant Fish to head the committee. This committee contains among its ! members several governors of states and other important men of aftairs, especially Western men. Mr. Fish, the Evening post says, gave no intima tion of his decision in the matter and while the beliei prevailed that he would not aecept some of his friends declared that he might find it ex- pedient to, work with sueh a commit- tee if one should be formed upon proper lines. Mr. Fish has been very active in the investigation of the affairs of the Mu- tual Life Insurance company. TO THREATEN HAMILTON. Legislative Agent Must Disgorge or Be Extradited. New York, Feb. 15.—Thomas P: Fowler, chairman of the New York Life Tnsurance company’s house clean- ing committee, will depart for Europe | March 1. While Mr. Fowler’s trip is ostengibly for pleasure it is said that he will"see Andrew Hamilton, who, by-last accounts, was in the Riviera, and demand of him, on pain of extradi- tion, an immediate accounting or resti- tution of the $1,000,000 detailed in the Fowler report. Mr. Fowler, it is said, has been in close communication with Attorney General Meyer and District Attorney .Terome in the lagt few: days. ‘Some Possibility of an Agr Aigeciras. aBarJin Feb. 15—The’ situation at the. exact. .nature ;of the suggestions,d - which' have been made by a neutral power, are not made public. Washington, "Feb. 15.—Thirty-etght thousand men of the regular army are % be mobilized at Manila for service in China in case of an uprising against foreigners in the ancient empire. The war department has determiped to send four regiments of cavalry and seven batteries of artillery to the Far Eastern islands, in addition to the troops already ordered. The navy department also is active and has directed Rear Admiral Sigs- bee’s squadron, consisting of one ar- mored and three protected cruisers, to hold itself in readiness to proceed to the Far Hast and report to Rear Ad- miral Train, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet. The navy department also has sent instructions to Rear Ad- miral Train to take such measures as may seem to him advisable for the adequate protection of Americans and their interests. ena class, which have been undergoing repairs at Manila, will be commis- sioned without further delay and sent to China for use on the Yangtsekiang. Rear Admiral Train has arranged with missionaries living in the terri- tory traversed by this stream to hurry to certain points in case of apprehen- sion of trouble and upon arrival they will be picked up by the men-of-war. e aias AR TS TE Former Minister to China Discusses Situation. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15.—Edward H. Conger, for many years United States minister to China, who is stay- ing at Pasadena for the winter, is quoted in an interview on the present anti-foreign agitation in China as fol- lows: “The TUnited States should warn China against a repetition of the ter- rible riots of a few years ago. “A show of warships should be made to impress upon the government of China that the troubles must not be repeated and will not be tolerated. “I am satisfied that serious trouble will come, but do not expect that it will be directed especially against the United States, but will be against the reigning Manchu dynasty. “The Manchurians are insignificant in numbers and if the present uprising is for the purpose of establishing a new dynasty and not to oust foreign- There | ers the most violent disturbances will be in the Squthern provinces and will endanger all foreign interests. “Americans within the zone of the rebellion are liable to be hurt before they can get out and that is why the United States should let China know that it will not tolerate for an instant anything detrimental to the interest of i its citizens.” i MANY AMENDMENTS PENDING. Senate Committee May Not Vote on Rate Bill Friday. ‘Washington, Feb. 15.—At the econ- | chusion of the day’s session of the in- terstate commerce comniittee of the senate it was admitted that a bill reg- ulating railroad rates cannot be re- ported with anything like a unanimous endorsement. This is the form in mise on the question of authorizing state commerce commission fixing rates is impossible. Neither is it eer- tain that a vote can be had in the «committee on Friday in accordance with the ‘agreement reached a fort- night ago. It is.said that nearly 100 amendments are pending and if there 0 is a disposition on éifuer side to inter- fere with a vote on the house bill it-: self votes may be demanded on each of the amendments. Case of Disappointed Love. Washington, “Feb.. 15.—After firing two shots Josephine Rickey,”émployed in a Taun- dry establishment here, neither of. which took: effect, William Sefton, a’ photographer, hlew out his brains in . front of the building wheve the young' ' +|'woman is employed. The case was one. of disappolmefl love. Hiys Safeblower Securc /$900. - ; Ingram, ‘Wis.,: Feb." Btanton's. saloon .was burglarized du: ing the night. The safe was broken g2 ‘Opelt ard “About '$900° ‘taken. " Some tigars are also missing. Gunboats of the Hel- . CONGER EXPECTS TROUBLE ot i e i which it is announced that a compro-’ judicial review of orders by the inter-; range at Miss 15— Thomas