Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 24, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER. 260 A SPIRIT OF GO! | CIL'ATION American Envoy H‘o'peful of an Agree- ment at The Moroccan Gouference. BANK QUESTION BEING CONS‘IDEREP washington, Feb. 24.—Ambassador White has cabled the state department {rom Algeciras that the Moroccan con- ference had adjourned for several days after discussing at some ‘length the question of an intefnational bank. A very strong spirit of conciliation ap- peared to prevail. The understanding here is that there is no immediate prospect of a hostile issue between France and Ger- many on this subject. Algeciras, Spain, Feb. 24.—The first feeling of depression over Germany’s rejection of the French proposals is gradually wearing off and a slightly more hopeful feeling is observable among the delegates. This is due largely to the amicable spirit shown between the French and German dele- gates during the formal debates on the Moroccan bank ques’tion. Strong influ- NEW BATTLESHIPS. Warlike Preparations to Be Made ‘by the French. Paris, Feb. Zi—Premier "Rouvier laid the Moroccan situation before the cabinet during the day, but me an nouncement was made concerning. a modification of the present status. Minister of Marine Thomson an- nounced his intention. to' ask. parlia- ment: to build three battleships, each of 18,000 tons, which will be the larg- est French ships yet constructed. YEMEN REBELLION SPREADING. Extraordinary. Meeting of Turkish Min- | isters Called. Constantinople, Feb. 24.—An extra- ordinary meeting of the council of min- isters has been summoned to confer with the-sultan at the Yildiz palace ences operate to induce the (Jermans | and deal with the situation in Yemen, to recognize the syndicate of French bankers who furnished the first loan to Morocco and who seek thereby to obtain a preferred position in the state bank. The deadlock on the question of policing Morocco is unchanged, but the improved feeling also extends to that question. IS POSTPONED. French Chamber Will Not Discuss Mo- roccan Situation. Paris, Feb. 24—A sensational de- bate was expected in the chamber of deputies drring the day, as several orators inténded to question the gov- ernment upon the:Moroccan situation. Premier Rouvier made an earnest ap- peal to the chamber not to force a de- DEBATE bate at this moment, as it might em-'{ barrass the interests of :the country. Later, the premier added, when the conference at Algeciras terminated or wag suspended, he would fully discuss the question. M. “Rouvier's reference to the pos- sible ~suspension of the conference caused surprise. The orators yielded to M. Rouvier's request for a postpone- ment of the debate, with the exception of M. Jaures, the Socialist leader, who vigorously criticised the ministry’s al- leged indecision. ‘Turkish Arabia. The hitherto localized revolt in Ye- men against: Turkish rule has been fanned into' a more widespread rebel- lion by a warlike proclamation of Sheik Mahmud Yohia. A number of tribes have joined the rebel sheik as the encounters with Turkish troops which have taken place at various points indicate. The situation is critical. Turkey is embarrassed .by the objection of the troops to go to Yemen. Further rein- forcements which were on their way there mutinied on board a transport in the Red sea early this week and re- fused to do any duty until they re- ceiw.d ‘their arrears of pay. ALEXANDER MAY NOT RECOVER. Condition of Former Insurance Official Critical. . New York, Feb.' 24 —Fears over the condition of James W. Alexander, a former president of the Equitable Life' Assurance society, were expressed by: the three physicians who have been attending 'him since :an operation per- formed Thursday. This was the, sec- ond operation on Mr. Alexander in the Jast two weeks and was performed for an organic trouble. His physicians said that he had thus far failed to rally from the operation as rapidly as he 1id from the first one. INSANE NEGRO. Glashes Three Persons, Twn of Whom * 'May Die.” ‘Topeka, Kan:, Feh. 24-—After cnt* ting and slashing three white per- sons, two of whom probably will die, Cyrus Haygood of-Kansas City, a ne- gro, believed to be insane, surrefidered. to, the police here and begged for their protection. He had been chued by friends ‘of his vietims. .During the night Haygood : wa.u Sur- priaed while attempting to rob the boardinghouse kept by Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Coons. In:his éffort to escape the: negno. slashed- Coons ahout the face, neck and .arms with a knife and cut several gashes n Mrs. Coons’ face After escaping from the Coons -house Haygood attackedDavid “Brewer, a newspaper carrier, whom he evidently mistook for a policeman. Brewer’s throat was so badly cut ‘that he cannot talk. Mrs. Coons and Brewer-may die. DEED 6F Several Bridges Wnfied Away. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 24.—The Platte stretch of country on account of.the ice gorges, is receding, although a rise in the Loup river may cause a con- tinuance of the danger. Several small bridges have been washed away. MOVE AWAY TOWN ON Minn, Rapidly Losing Bulldings. ; ‘Winona, 'Minn., Feb. 24—The little town of Chester, some miles west of this _city on: the Northwestern rail- road, is rapidly disappearing and the| residents fear that what they once be- Heved would be a prosperous city soon will be not even a hamlet. Seyeral houses and buildings aiready have been bodily removed ‘several miles and anotHer is'now on its way, hiving been vlaced on runners. Still another. is tc tollow, .if the sleighing holds out; and there will remain a cluster of anly, halt a dozen buildings. ICE. Chester, Its COPPER - FIND PROVES RICH. Test Pits Show Value Increasing With ‘...Depths Attained. Sault Ste: Marie, Ont., Feb.'24.—Im- portant results are attending the de- velopment work . in progress.on the Leizart property, near the Dean Lake station, the scene of the Tecent copper discoveries. sunk over-a length of three-quarters .of a-mile and;in"each case-ore rich in these varies from five to’ twelve feet in: width. A shaft is now going .down and so far the vein has been found to increase in width as depth is dttaiued Sympathetic, Strike, Ended. Chicago, Feb. 24.—The sympathetic strike of the steamfitters came to a summary ending during the day when the joint arbitration . board of the| Steamfitters’ union and the master steamfitters ordered the men to return +o.work. The trouble originated some days ;ago, when the steamfitters em: ployed at a new downtown building walked out in violation of their con: tract because they objected to the presence of nonunion stonecutters. A e e e e Skinners Satin IF you are going to reline that last year’s v Overcoat or Jacket we can furnish you with 86 inch, yarn dyed, Skinners Satin in all colors at $1.50 a yard. Makers guarantee it to wear two seasons. river, which has:overflowéd!a :large |- Four'test pits have been| copper hasbeen found. The vein inl* § -FAVORS ~THE BQYCOITT. o wu Tlng Fang Says It Is'Solely an Act of ‘Retaliation. . iéekint, Feb.:24—Wu “Ting Fang; ‘former ‘s’}hinesarminister to the United States when interviewed for the first timé oni'the existing situation in China, spdke ib, support of /the Moycott. ling Fang is nqw, living quietiy in ek ng, devoting his time to codiiy- ing thd laws:of China, one of the nu: megus .reforms under.way.. Speaking e boycott Wu Ting Fang said: d?y Chinese = who have gone to America, -Australia and the pnin abt rite home complaining of arbitray iminations made against thd mese which dare not be at- teripted. against - other fo Therefore . every: ‘oné,: i§ . herdce the boy illubtrating the féeiing azal t!le un- just exclusion laws. . It has. apread ;over all China and i solely in retalia- uon against urjust. discrimlnation and ] not anti-foreign.” i \i No slgns of an Outbra K Wishington, ' Feb. 24. — Minister Rockhill: has cabled ‘the ‘state-depart- ment from Peking:that everything is quiet in China and that there are no signs of an outbreak. MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. Pm:hurg (Kan.) Real, Estate Man the Victim. . . ' ' Pittsburg, Kan,, : Feb.. 24—Frank Marsh, a real estate dealer of Pitts- burg, was murdered by unknown per- sons .while..driving to this cityin a { buggy in company with Tony, Valencia, | .an Italian. Valencia, who is being held for investigation, says they were at- tacked by several men,:unknown to him, who, after , shooting . Marsh, dragged him from the baggy .and pounded his head to'a pulp. Marsh, who was under. sentence. in Missouri for, forgery, is alleged to.have involved .seve\ai ltalian miners in real estate deals. German-Americans Protest. ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—Representa- tives of the National German-Amer- ican alliance, one of the great.German- American organizations of, this coun- try, called on the president during the day to protest against the Hepburn- Dolliver now pendmg before con- federal recognition of prohibition. ” “ WORK - ON.. PANAMA CANAL. Report of Engineer. Stevens for Month of January. ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—The isthmian canal commission has received a re- port . from Chiet Engineer John ' F. Stevens at Panama which shows that, the total yardage covered on the Cu- lebra division for the month of’Jan- ‘uary exceeded that moved in Decem- ber and that the average cost per vard for January was lower. report is as follows: “The work report, for the month of January, 1906, Culebra division, shows a total yardage moved of 120,990, at a cost of 72 cents' per cubic yard. Com- paring this with the figures for De- cember the, latter month shows 70,630 yards moved at a cost of 93 cents. “The above figures are made in ac- cordance with the monthly reports which have been made since the isth- mian canal commission took charge of the work; and you will see that, as compared with certain months last fall, we have redueed the cost of han- dling this material over 100 per cent.” DECLINE TO DISCUSS REPORT. Insurance Officials Mum on Finding of. Committee. New York, Feb. 24~—The higher offi- cials of the leading.lite -insurance companies are disinclined to discuss the recommendations of the Armstrong: msurance . investigating committee; en;bodxed in its report ;made puhiic at | Albany Thursday, théir reason being "that they had not had enough time to master the details of the report. » Among, those who declined to say ‘anything at all at this time were Pres- -ident Paul Morton of the Equitabie Vice President Gage E. Tarbell of the Equitable said that he would make ent,_only after he had. thor- nd digested the report 0 S T Correspundent Mlulng. celi?ed here from /Sofia, Bulgaria, -an- nounced that Albert Sonniclisen ‘ot Oakland, Cal, a .gorrdspondent of the 153t W Ydrk Iwemhg Post, had disap- | Vmi@.lna «forty . miles trom Monastir, | Feb. 15, disappeared. from' his ‘hote! ther .not: been_seen used by Father Cosgrove on the dying man to secure the bequest.® PIapE b Mr. Stevens’ | Life ‘Assurance society and President- iPeabody of the Mutual. \ license. Feh 24.—A felegram res | clmming undie : inflliknce ghad—/pflenfl ON 'MIGRATORY 'DIVORCES. Congress :on Uniform Laws Adopts s Resolution. ‘Washington, Feb. 24—Before finaily adjourning the: congress on uniform divorce Jaws, for. the several -states | ldopted the | (’ollowmg resu]utlon, which seeks to make even more ‘stringent the laws pertaining,to the “migratory” character of divorces: “Each state should adopt. a statute emhodying the prix\cipie contained in the Massachuse . “I an"inhabitant of this weaith goes into another state try to. obtain, h occurréd here while the partie res ded here, or for a cause whigh opld mot authorize'a divorce by laygs qf this commonwealth, a divorce i 80,;obtained shall be of no fqrce or'| ei‘rgct in this commonwealth.’” ..: | In reporting thig ‘regolution Chair-| man Smith of the reqoiu‘:ions commit- tee expiainqd ‘that its purpose was to avard againsf migratory.divorce, which | would still obtain providing some state, or states declined to adopt the unitorm| divorce code to be prepared. A resolution was aiso adopted pro- viding that “fraud or collusion in ob- taining or attempting to obtain di- yorces should be ‘made ‘statutory erimes by the criminal code.” Vienna, Feb: 24.—Five bills, embody- ing a_scheme. for_ universal suffrage’ wnd, other electoral reforms, were in- Ytroduced in the lower ‘house of the. Austrian parliament during the day by the premier, Faron Gautch von Frank- | enthurn. The premier was subjected to; noisy interruptions on the part of ' Pan-Germans while explaining the de- tails of the plan, but the majority of ‘the deputies heartily alppiatidgd his speevh. act, which is as fol- | y"o,rce tor a cauge. MINNESOTA e Roeipa . Tittspurg, Teb. 23.—Francis L. Rob- bins, ‘chairman of'the Pitt.sburg Coal company:.and leader, of. the bituminous coal operatgrs, declared , upon his- ar- i‘ivfll from New York during the day that he could see . no possibiiity of averting a coal strike in the bitumin- ous coal regions. - Mr. Robbins said he had met President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America in New York, but not for the purpose of considering a settlement of the dif- te‘rqnqes between the _bitummous op- ave no authority ‘to settle for the ‘operators and Mr. MitcHell’ cannot settle for the miners,” said Mr. Rob- bins. T do not 'think there ‘is any pos- sibility. of avertmg a bituminous coal rike on April |NchPLETE. ¢ ands of Miners on_ Anthracite Operators. nNew :York, Feb. 24.—The demands which the anthracite miners are form- ing for presentation to the operators are still incomplete. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of Amer- | ica did not himself remain with the committee which is drawing up these demands. He left the Ashland House, where the work is under way, saying that he did not know when the de- mands would be forwarded to the op- erators. With Mr. Mitchell when he left the hotel was Joseph;Cavanaughyis; freight agent of the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul railroad. It was re- ported that before presenting. the an- , thracite ‘miners’ demands President ‘Mitchell-desires to discuss the situa- tion in.the soft coal fields with the bituminous operators and if possible to come to an understanding with them as to -their position atter the anthracite matters are settled. He has talked several times with prom- inent bituminous coal operators during the last few davs, VANDERBILT IS STILLIN JAIL Efforts of American Consul to Secure His Release Have So Far Been Unavailing. SAVED FROM DEATH BY GENDARMES LICENSE IS SECURED. = Lieutenant Edward Scharrer to. Wed Miss Busch. Los Angeles, Cal,,-Feb. 24.—1t devel- oped during the day that a marriage license was issued Thursday to Lieu- tenant Edward Scharrer and Miss Wil- helmina Busch, daughter of Adolphus Busch of St. Louis. The county offices were closed in honor of Washington’s birthday, but ‘Lieutenant Scharrer Jooked up Chief Deputy County Clerk G. S. Barson, Jr., and .secured - the The iieutenant gave his age as twenty-eight and that of Miss Busch as twenty-two. . It is not known when the wedding ‘will take place. Mr. | Busch and family are now staying at their winter home in Pasadena. i The Dewey at the Canaries. . Jas Palmas, Canary Islands, Feb. 24 has ‘arrived here. lowa Monument’in Position. taniooga, Tenn., Feb. 24:2-After; tnals with intervals of months, di9§§10n i m pissioners to locate the site and erect the shaft. The United) States drydock Dewey | |283%c. “Eggs—113se7 7, Feb. 24.—W. whose automobile Florence, ‘Vanderbilt, Ttaly, Jr., dyesterday ran down and severely in- jured a five year old boy atPontedera, is still in jail at that place and the efforts of the American consul to se- cure his release have so far been un- availine. Following the accident Vanderbilt was roughly handled by a mob which attempted to use revolvers but was disarmed on the arrival of gendarmes who saved him from pos- sible death. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago,. Feb. 23.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.90@6.35; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 4.90; stockers and ‘feeders, '$2.76@ ,4.70;° Texans, $3.60@4.40. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.00@6.27%; rough heéavy, $6.06@6.16; good heavy, $6.20@6.27%; light, 7 $6.00@6.22%% ; pigs, $5:75@6.10. Sheep, $3.60@5.75; lambs $4.75@7.10, Chucago Grain and Pravns:onl Chicago,” 'Feb. 23.—Wheat—May, 8214 @823%¢c; July, 81@81l4c. Corn— May, 43c; July, 43% @433%c. Oats— May, 30%c; July, 29% @29%c. =May, §15.623; July, $16.20. Flax— Cash, Northwestem, sl 13355 Bé\ifh ‘western, $1:08%4 :-May$1.14%. : Butter —Creameries, 17@27%(: dairfes, 17@ ‘Poullry—Tur- Keys, 13@150; chickens, 12c; springs, 12¢. Pork !