Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 256 IS DISSOLVED BY FORCE of Hungarian Parliament Ejected by The Soldlers and The Police. Members ACTION DECLARED TO BE ILLEGAL Budapest, Feb. 20.—The <ungarian | constant interruptions from 1he gal- parliament was dissolved during the morning with the use of force. The fioor and corridors of the building were cleared by the police. There was no resistance and no disorder. The mem- bers of the coalition party declared that the dissolution was unconstitu- tional and illegal and that they will hold a meeting Wednesday in the par- liament building unless prevented by troops, in which case the meeting will be held elsewhere. The session opened at 10 o’clock sharp. The vice president read letters from General Nyiri, the royal commis- sioner, and Herr Justh, president of the lower house, and declared that the royal rescript dissolving parlia- ment, forwarded by General Nyiri, was unconstitutional and illegal and ener- getically protested against it. The vice president proposed that the house ignore the rescript and return it to the emperor-king. The house unanimously accepted the proposal with prolonged cheers. Thereafter the minutes of the meeting were adopted, the depu- ties were notified to reassemble on Wednesday and then the house ad- Journed. The royal rescript dissolving parlia- ment was left lying unopened on the president’s desk and the members left the house singing the Kossuth hymn. The floor was alimost cleared when a captain of Hungarian militia, at the head of five soldiers with fixed bay- onets and a large number of police- men, who had previously entered by a side door, entered the house. The cap- tain and the soldiers mounted the president’s tribune and the policemen occupied the floor. The captain then opened and read the reseript amid leries and some of the deputies who returned to the floor and all present united in singing the Kossuth hymn, with ‘the result that not a word of the rescript could be heard. The police escorted several of the noisy members from the floor and then slowly cleared the galleries and corridors. LOSS ABOUT $1,000,000. Peavey Elevator Building at Duluth Destroyed. Duluth, Feb. 20.—The wooden work- ing house of the Duluth grain elevator plant of F. H. Peavey & Co. of Min- neapolis was burned to the ground with its contents, consisting of about 1,000,000 bushels of grain, 800,000 bush- els of which was wheat and the re- mainder flax. The loss on the grain and house is estimated at $1,000,000 or more and is fully covered by insur- ance. The elevator was known as the “PV” and was the receiving and ship- ping house for the great Peavey con- crete storage house, with a capacity of 4,000,000 bushels. The concrete walls of the annex appear to have withstood well the great heat to which they were subjected. BELIEVED END IS NEAR. Former Speaker Henderson Suffers Another Paralytic Stroke. Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 20.—Former | Speaker David B. Henderson has suf: fered another paralytic stroke, which has deprived him of his sight. His wife is the only person he recognizes. His general condition is worse. It is believed the end is near. regular selling price Children’s Men’s $5 Shoes, only 3 in'1 oil, ; 3 50c toilet powder, 15¢ tooth brushes, Infants 90c¢ shoes, only Infants, $1.25 Shoes, only : $2 Shoes, only : Boy’s $2.25 Shoes, only : : Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes. only Oc Counter! Men’s 15¢ canvas gloves, . . Ladies’ 25¢ to 60c golf gloves, 3 spools black silk thread, 3 2 4 pair tubular shoe strings, . . i i —a e This week we offer all short ends of Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Muslins, Lining, j Gingbams and Percales at just 1-2 of the FOOTWEAR ! We are closing out a few hundred pairs of Shoes at less than the cost of the leather, 3 3 59¢ . 98¢ $1.49 $1.75 $2.95 $3.50 . 10c S . 10c s 5 10c 10¢ 10¢ 10¢ JOHN A. M’CALL DEAD. | Former Pres:den! of New York Life Expires After Brief Hliness. Lakewood, N. J., Feb: Z0.—John A. MecCall, ex-presldent" of the New York Life Insurance company, died here der- | ing the afternoon, aged fifty-six years. The immediate cause of death was, malignant ocancer of the liver, the growth and development of which, the physician said, was hastened by the tense mental strain to which the pa- ‘tient has been subjected tollowins the insurance investigation. The announcement of the death was made by John C. McCall, the eldest| son.. He was shaken with grief and JOHN A. M'CALL. spoke bitterly. While he did not say it in so many words he intimated that his father had been driven to his death by the criticisms of his manage- ment of the New York Life, which broke his heart. ° Other relatives and friends of the family declared that John A. McCall had died a poor man, almost as poor as when he was a $10 a week clerk in the office of the Connecticut Mutual and that all his fortune and even his life insurance had been sactificed to make good what he believed to be a moral but not legal claim. LONGWORTHS TO VISIT GUBA PORTION OF THEIR HONEYMOON TO BE SPENT ON THE ISL- - AND REPUBLIC. Washington, Feb. 20.—Mr. and Mrs.| Nicholas Longworth will spend a por- tion of their honeynioon in Cuba. Dur- ing the morning they left “Friend- ship,” the country estate of John Mc- Lean, where they went after the wed ding, in a large automobile and rode to Alexandria, Va., where they board- ed the private car Elysian, which was attached to the Washington and South- western limited train on the Southern ‘Railway, leaving Alexandria at 11:1§ a. m. They will go to Tampa, Fla., via Jacksonville, where they will take a boat for Havana, arriving there on Thursday morniu" TWELVE PERSONS INJURED. Fast Mail Train Wrecked Just Outside of St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 20.—The new fast mail train for the Southwest on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railway was wrecked, presumably by a broken rail at Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis. Twelve men, including the conductor and engineer, were injured, several of them seriously. It is be- lieved all will recover. The mail train was just getting into full speed when the engine suddenly left the track, followed by two cars. The engine and first car telescoped and together rolled down a fifteen-foot embankment. The second car, after turning over, lodged on the edge of the river Des Perces. It contained a num- ber of mail clerks and the loss of life would have been general had-the car fallen into the river. The engine ploughed along the track for some dis- tance before going down the embank- ment. The train consisted of mail and ex- Dress cars, no passengers being car- ried. The crash aroused Carondelet ‘citi- zens and they speedily turned out and assisted in caring for the injured, sev- eral ‘'of whom were so tightly pinioned in the wreckage that it required ‘much work to release them. ] SOME ALARM IS FELT. Lofty Colorado Promontory Develops Into Volcano. Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., Feb. 20. —Mount Sutton, a ‘lofty promontory three miles from here, has developed into an active volcano, flames and smoke belching from a crevice'far up the mountainside. A party of citizens approached as near the crater as they dared, only to be driven back by stifling sulphuric fumes. Alarm is felt here, though up to date thereha.s been little lava emitted. RDASTE GINCINNATI JUDGE, ‘of Ho]nest Election Committee * to Court’s Criticism. sen| atlonal reply to the statements: ' by gudge Lm.letord in. dismiss I election and registration traud fmegts :was ' submitted - to: the| durlng the day by the honest| mittee, | whose’ methods! been crltlclsed from the bench. thaf it should not be blamed for any! Jack of evidence which may have d veloped in the trial in the cases it| ought to ‘the attention of the prose- utor and points to the fact 'that in- ‘dictments were returned in more than fifty of the cases with the knowledge of the prosecutor, as proof of the right- eousness' of the recommendations to that arm of the court. The reply con- cludes: ' “Your statements, which you delib- erately wrote out and intended to be _puhblished and scattered broadcast, are a libel upon this committee. Your apparent intention ‘was to insult and degrade the cominittee and' to destroy; its" power and influence in the com- munltyr by leading the pnblk- to be- lieve that its professions were a traufl’ and its work an outrage. “Your conduct and language shqw‘ that you are the most dangerous ob stacle ‘'we have thus far encountered ttemptl to purify the elections_ in this, ommunit)’ 2 MANY 'STATES REPRESENTED. Congress -on Uniform Divorce Laws ‘Meets at Washington. Washington, Feb. 20.—Governor Samuel ' W;: -Pennypacker: of Pennsyl- -vania was.chosen president of .the congress on uniform divorce laws which convened here during the day. The congress was called by Governor Pennypacker last summer, the Penn- sylvania state legislature having ap-| prapriated $10,000 to defray the ex- penses of *the gathering. The mem- bership is national in scope, all but three of the states of the Union being represented. About 100 delegates are in ‘attendance. Following an address of welcome by District Commissioner MacFarland Governor Pennypacker uuthnefl the Ob]LCtS of the congress. NEW PARLIKMENT = OPENED KING EDWARD’S ADDRESS FROM THE THRONE CONTAINS NO 'SURPRISES. London, Feb. 20.—King Rdward opened the second parliament of his { reign with the customary ceremonial. The absence of Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and ‘the mourning into which the court has been, thrown by the death of King Christian detracted somewhat froin the brilliance of the pageant. .Other- wise the royal procession from Buck- ingham palace to the palace at' West- minster and the proceedings in the house of lords followed the well known lines of those of previous vears. The weather was cloudy but rain held oft and all the points of vantage along the troop lined route followed by the royal procession were well occupied by cheering crowds. The speech from the throne con- tained no surprises. The usual refer- ence to the continuance of friendly re- lations with foreign powers was fol- lowed by a paragraph rejoicing over the fact that the Russo-Japanese war has “been brought to an end by the satisfactory conclusion of the negotia- tions commenced in August and due to the initiative of the president of the United States, which had resulted in an honorable peace.” The speech closed with a mention of prospective legislation. An impor- tant paragraph devoted to Ireland was as follows: “My ministers have under considera: tion a plan for improving and effecting economies in the system of govern- ment for Ireland and for introducing thereinto means for associating the fairs. It is my desire that the gov- ernment ‘of thecountry in reliance upon the ordinary law should be car- ried on so far as. existing circun- stances permit in a, spirit regardful of the wishes and sentiments of the Irish people and I trust that this' may con- duce to the mainitenance of tranquillity and good feeling between the different classes of the community.” PROBE OIL , TRANSPORTATION. Commerce :Comrission Orders an In- vestigation. ‘Washington, - Feb. 20.—The inter- state commerce commission has or- dered an investigation of 'the rates sand practices of the railroad carriers engaged in transporting oil tmmxsn- ) sas and Indian Territory to inoerstate destinations, the hearing to be held at Kansas City March 12, 1906. The in- vestigation is based upon ‘a pétition of the Kansas Oil Producers’ asspria- tion, embracing a number of charges. ~ Clncinnati, Feb..20.—A formal and| ‘ people with the «conduct of Irish af- e committee expresses the belief!|: POINTS TO THE SO0 AS AN EXAMPLE BRIDAL CQUPLE SERENADED. gworth Aroused at on, Feb. 20. -—Mr 'md Mrs. Nicholas Longwqrths dream of quiet 3 dsfnp, " where they went Sat- ‘in’ the morn!ng when Joe en ot the other stalwart estat . It was about 2 oé‘loc!\ when. they arrived at “Friendship” and the or- chestra started its highly classic pro- gramme, which ended with a ‘“Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.” They received no attention at first, as round and round the big old mansion they went, playing loudly and constantly, hunting for the proper location where the strains best would be heard, if not most appreciated. At last they attracted proper atten- tion and Mr. and Mrs. Longworth, who long had been accustomed to unwel- come attention, took the matter philo- sophically and made the best of .thej affair. ' Mr. Longworth was forced to respond suitably to what was half a beautiful serenade and half an old} fashioned charivari, the latter calling; for all the wind if not for all the skill of the artists. T BOMBARDED BY WARSHiP. - Moroccans-Shell Waorks of Ej at Marchica. § Malasa, Spain, Feb. 20. —Dlspatchev from Melilla, Morocco, announce that the Moroccan warship Sidi el Turki bombarded the factories belonging to the French filibusters at Marchica, de- stroying a portion of the works. 'lhe[ Moroccan rebel. forces responded toj the warship’s attack without result. This is a renewal of the recent in- cident between the French and Mo- roccan warships, which; it is feared, may complicate the situation at Alge- ciras, as the Germans assert that the Tebels are cooperating with the French filibusters against the main- tenance of Moroccan authority. | Fall Causes Instant Death. Louisville, Feb. 20.—Edward 1. Pe: Junior member of the firm of Arthur Hild & Co. of Saginaw, Mich., eithel fell or jumped from the sixth floer ot the new Seelbach hotel and was in- i stantly killed. Mr. Peck was in Louis- ville settling up an estate recently left to his wife. DROPPED BY THE MINERS. Recognition of Union Not Incorporated l in Demands.’ New York, Feb. 20.—President Mit- chell has announced that it would be several days before the committee now drafting the demands to be made of the anthracite mine operato would complete its work and meet the com- mitfee of the operators. He also said that no information as to the nature of the demands would be divulged before they are presented to the-operators. The demand for complete recogni- ;tion of the Mine Workers’ union, in other words, the employment of only union men, will not be embodied in the ‘document, as it was not opened at the “conference with the operators. It is now understood that the miners’ com- mittee will inake no actual demands. The document to be presented to the operators’ committee will take the [lorhx of a “declaration of grievances, for which adjustment is desired.” The miners’ " ‘'committee hopes by :this means to 'avoid an abrupt breach of negotiations with the operators and leave the differences discovered to ex- ‘ist between themselves and the oper- ators open to arbitration. Both sides ‘are apparently anxious to avoid a strike, ' though neither is willing to avoid'such an issue at all cobts. The chief features of the document now being drafted by the miners’ com- tee will undoubtedly be the ques- | ‘tion”of an eight-hour day for all'mine’| employes, both inside and outside men, an increasé of 10 per cent in wages and a chang in the conciliation board. ».Gommlssnon. r ° Washington, Fen. 2U.—Fresident Roosevelt has transmitted to congress the report of the board of consulting engineers on the Panama ‘canal, to gether with the letter of Seeretary aft, the report of the isthmla ca al commission and a letter by Chief glneer Stevens. The letter of the pres- “I submit herewith the letter of thé secretary of war, transmitting the re- port of the board of consulting' engi- neers on the Panama canal and the ‘l'report of the isthmian canal commis- slon thereon, together with a ' letter “written to the chairman-of the isth- mian canal commission by Chief Engi- neer Stevens. Both the board of con: sulting engineers and the canal com- ‘mission divide in the report. The majority of the board of' consulting engineers, eight in number, including the five foreign engineers, favor a sea level canal; and one member. of the canal commission, Admiral Endicott; takes the same view. Five of the eight Amerlcan memhers of the board of nunsulting englneels and fl\e niem- 'Bers of the isthmian canal commission favor the lock canal and so, does Chief. Engineer Stevens. The secretary, of war recommends a lock canal pursuant to the recommendation of the minority of the board of consulting engineers and of the majority of the canal com- mission.. After careful study of the papers submitted and exhaustive con- sideration of the whole subject I con- eur fn {hfs recommendation. . LPt uiy T CO S CA PRIISU Uy E LAY LIy the great traffic canal of the old world is the Suez canal, a 'sea level canal, whereas the great traffic canal of the new wmld is “the Sault Ste. Marie canal, a lock canal. Although the lat- ter, the Soo, is closed to navigation during the winter months it carries annually three times the traffic of the Suez canal. In my judgment the very able argument of the majority of the board of consulting engineers is viti- ated by their failure to ‘pay proper heed to the lessons taught by the con- struction and operation of the Sco | canal. Each type has certain disad- vantages and certain advantages. But in my judgment the disadvantages are il jfewer and the advantages very much greater in the case of a lock canal substantially as proposecd in the pa- pers forwarded herewith; and I call especial attention to the fact that the chief engineer, who will! be mainly re- sponsible for the success of this mighty engineering feat and who has therefore a peculiar personal interest in judging aright, is emphatically and earnestly in favor of the lock canal project and against the sea level project.” ESCAPES UNINJURED. Eight Shots Fired at President of Colombia. Feb. 20.—News ‘Washington, has i reached Washington that on the morn- ing of Feb. 10 an attempt was made to assassinate the president of the re- public of Colombia. Eight shots were fired at him, five of ‘which struck his carriage, but he escaped uninjured. The information came to the state department in a cablegram from Min- Ister Russell, at Caracas, which said: “The United States minister at Bo- gota requests me to send the follow- ing: ‘On the morning of the 10th, while the president of Colombia was riding in a carriage in the suburbs of | Bogota three mounted men attempted to ‘assassinate him, firing eight shots, five of which struck the carriage. The president was uninjured. The assail- ants.escaped. Much excitement and * Indignation at the cowardiy attempt. The city is quiet?” Indiana Official Indianapolls, Feb. 20—During a stormy conference at the statehouse Daniel E. Storms, secretary of state, tendered to the governor his resigna- tion, which was accepted. Fred Simms of Fraukfort was irnmediataly appoint- ed to succeed Mr. Storms.