Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 27, 1906, Page 1

N MINNESOTA HISTORICAL Germany Decides to cession in t Dispute. EMPEROR PRAYS WAR WILLNOT COME Berlin, Feb. 27.—The government has decided to make a further conces- sion to the French views on the Mo- roccan question provided France will also yield something. The extent of Germany’s proposals will become known only at Algeciras, where they will be communicated to the French delegates. Emperor Will- iam and Chancellor von Buelow, it is understood, would rather make an- other effort to reconcile the French aims and Germany's interests than allow the serious situation to drift. Some effort has been made here by certain small financiers to create a war scare out of the emperor’s reply to the congratulatory address of the generals Sunday on the occasion of his majesty’s silver wedding, in which the emperor remarked that he prayed God that war would not come, but it it came he was convinced that the army would acquit itself as efficiently as it did thirty-five years ago. TO DEVELOP MORO PROVINCE. Effort Will Be Made to Interest Amer- ican Capitalists. San Francisco, Feb. 27.—Fred A. Thompson, treasurer of the province of Moro, in the island of Mindanao, is here in the interests of that territor, His mission is to inform -capitalists that the province of Moro has been granted a land law by the insular gov- ernment under which it is permitted to sell or lease to any corporation which applies 2,500 acres of land for l the cultivation of hemp, rubber, sugar and the other plants and grain which may be raised in the island with profit. Thompson leaves in a few days for Kansas City, Chicago, New York and ‘Washington and hopes to interest many American capitalists in the re- sources and opportunities to be found in his island home. IMPERIAL UKASE ISSUED. Russian National Assembly Will Meet on May 10. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—An impe- tial ukase was issued during the day sannouncing that the national assembly will meet May 10. ANXIOUSFOR AGREEMENT i Make Another Con- he Moroccan QUITS STATE OF MISSOURL Mutual Reserve Life Serves Notice of " Withdrawal. > Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 27.—State Superintendent of Insurance Vandiver has received a letter from Vice Presi- dent George D. Fldredge of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company of New York stating that the company will not file with the Missouri insur- ance department a statement of its business for 1905 and would withdraw from the state. Superintendent Van- diver said that the reception of this notification would relieve him from the issuance of an order of ouster, which he had in preparation. ATE COLORED CANDY. One Child Dead and Two Others Crit- ically HL New York, Feb, 27.—After eating 2 cents worth of candy, colored red, blue and green and sold to ail the children of the neighborhood at 10. cents a pound, the three stepchildren of Harry Thompson of 414 West Fifty-second btreet were taken with violent convul- sions. Vivian, the eldest girl, aged six, tlied in great agony and the lives of her brother, Ralph, aged four, and her |three-year-old sister, Viola, are de- I spaired of. Pickpockets Secure $3,150. Chicago, Feh. 27.—John Bailey, a farmer living near Fox Lake, Ill., was robbed of $3,150 by pickpockets. Bailey had just obtained the money by the sale of a mortgage and was riding on b street car when his pocket was picked by one of three men who had been riding close to him for several squares. Compelled to Furnish Cars. ‘Washington, .Feb..27.—Representa- tive Hughes (W. Va.) has prepared a bill he proposes to introduce in the house which compels railway com- panies to supply cars to shippers upon request for the transportation of their products. A maximum fine ot $1,000 and sixty days’ imprisonment are .pro: vided for violation of the bill. . =~ l | Deer,. Scotland, in:1840. DAVID B! HENDERSON ' DEAD. Former Speaker: of the-House: #a00 UAfter ‘Long llines: Dubuque, Ial, " Feb. 2 : Herderson, former er of the na- tional houde of 'rep! tatives,'is'dead of “paresis, which attacked him nine months ago.:*'All of his family, 'except a'soh ‘'who is in California, were at-the bedside when' the end'came.t * Colonel : Henderson was = stricken with' paresis last' May and ‘his condi- tion’ grew 'so grave ‘that he was: re- i moved to a hospital in Septembér. His condition remained unchanged except for the usual progress of: such disease till ‘2’ week ago last Friday, when he: suffered another’ stroke of ‘paralysis; which ° resulted - in :total : blindhess. Since then' the: former 'speaker’ failéd rapidly physically.and mentally. . = _ David B. Henderson was. born at Old He'came to the United States with his parents’in 1846, residing for three years: in Illi- nois and then removing to:Iowa. He | served throughout the Civil war, los- ‘ag a leg at the battle of Corinth. He was elected to congress in 1883 and served continuously until 1903: He was speaker of the Fifty-sixth ‘and Fifty-seventh congresses. MASKED MEN SECURE $4,000. Millvilie (N. J.) Baker Forced to Open His Safe. g Millville, N. J., Feb. 27.—Two masked men, one white and one a ne- gro, seized Frederick Radel, a baker, while he was in the stable near his house and after gagging him marched him into his home at the point of a pistol. The men compelled ‘Radel to open his safe, from which they took nearly $4,000. The robbers escaped. SNOW AND SLEET STORM. Railroad Traffic Interrupted Southwest. Lineoln, Neb., Feb. 27.—Snow has fallen in the last few hours in Eastern and Northern Nebraska to a depth of almost an inch, with prospects for its continuance throughout the day. in the St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 27.—A bad sleet and snow storm has been raging here since early morning, greatly im- psdlng railway and street car traffic. .. Now Goes to the President. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—The senate has concurred in the house amend- ment to the Gillespie-Tillman resoln- tion for the investigation of railroads and their relation to coal and oil pro- ducing, The resolution now. goes to, the president. Alexander Will Recover. New York, Feb. 27.—The recovery of James W. Alexander, former presi- dent of the Equitable Life Assurance society, who recently underwent two operations, is announced to be prac- tically certain by his physicians. ‘tne city board of health has found twenty cases of smallpox in Michigan City, Ind. Most of the patients are school children. z “New Idea” Magazines for March now Ready. O'Scary & Bowser Demiaii, MNinnesota Jrom Wednesday sheoining Lo Daiutday Might and Embroid- eries ? we will sell ladies’ fleeced lined, $2.00 to $2.50 wrap- pers, at $1.49 Each Ladies’ $1.25 to $1.50 dress- ing sacques at 98¢ Each 500 rolls 10¢ crepe paper at 6c a roll teen petticoats at 95¢ each 12¢ fancy shelf paper at a package 10 cents $1.25 and $1.50 black sa- All remnants of dress goods; prints, ginghams, Linings and carpets, at exactly Half Price which is now used very exte Faney Wiationewy We have received our spring line of fancy stationery. Box paper from 10c to 65¢, tablets- from 5¢ to 35¢ each. We have a special tablet at 35¢ and envelopes to match at 15c, nsively for correspondence. Fome Yoods This week we will display a nice assortment, in our Dry Goods window, of Rugs; Carpets, Draperies, Curtains, Quilts, Ready-made Sheets and Pillow Cases, Carpet Sweepers and Beaters, Window Shades, Crockery, and other goods for the home. NP EATIAIEE BDANN™ B »M[chinan Yto the | DECLARED ‘TG BE ILLEGAL. frnw for the Taxation of § | “Railroads. I | | Lansing, Mich., Feb. 27.—In an unan- imous opinion written by Justice Mont- ‘gomery the state supreme court has ‘held unconstitutional the Galbraith Jlaw, whieh' provides for the equaliza- tion by a state board of assessors of the assesSment of railroad property and that of other properties in the state. The law was enacted by the legislature of 1905 and governed the action of the state board of assessors in ‘making their first tentative assess- ment of properties this year, although | they ignored it in their ‘final assess- ment. The court in its opinion says that the language of the constitutional amendment which' provides'‘that the railroad property of the state shall | pay the same rateé as other properties is too plain to need interpretation and means that there can be but one rate for all classes of property. FATHERE] LA Bill to Prohibit The % i LLETTE Corporations 'From Making Political Contributions to Any Gandidate. POLITICAL COMMITTEE IS PLANNED VANDERBILT ' RELEASED. Pays $500 td Injuréd Boy and Gets His Freedom. Florence, Italy;-Feb. 27.—W. K. Van- derbilt, Jr., whose -automobile 'ran down a child near Pontedera, was COLLIERS PAY THE EXPENSE. Will Reimburse New York City. for. Prosecution of Colonel Mann. ... New York, Feb.:27-5Robert Ji Tol- lier, publisher of ‘Gollier’s: Weekly; Yikion beforalitie Foval. praator: Glertét: ‘went on the witness stand during the who, after a full investigatior showing the occurrence.to have been unavoid- able, released him on $200 bail. Mr. ‘Vanderbilt presented two local char- day in the hearing of Colonel William D. Mann, editor-of Town Topics, on-a- charge of perjury. This charge grew out of ‘the sensational * libel - suit itable institutions with $40 each and [ brought recently against Norman Hap- promised = additional _gratuities, to- gether with 8500 to the parents of the injured child. b He then left with- Mrs. Vanderbilt, but had to bé ¢scorted to the outskirts of the towil by police officials, who feared auothér ‘hostile demonstration. S e sl . MISSIONARIES ESCAPE BY BOAT. a,t"Nanchang. New York, Feh. 27.—Reports of riot- ing at the Aimerican mission station in Nanchang dnd - the escape: of eight cable at the: Methodist board of for- eign missions. 'The Methodist board has a 'mission station at that place. The geablegram, which was sent by and made public by Dr, H. K. Carroll of the Methodist board, is as follows: “Mission Nahchang. rioteds. Meth- odist missionaries escaped. on boat.” The names of the Methodist mis- sionaries at Nanchang are as follows: { .Rev. Edward James and wife of Wis- consin; Dr. M. Charles and. wife of Ohio and four American women; Gertrude How, Genevieve Hughes, Alta Newdy and Kate L. Ogdorn. In addition to these eight missionaries the Methodist board had one Chinese woman, Ida Kahn, stationed at Nan- chang. Boycott Agitation Subsiding. Washington, Feb. 27.—The Chinese minister has received a cablegram from the viceroy at Canton saying that the boycott agitation has subsided and that no meetings to agitate a boycott .| movement have been held lately. He ‘| reports everything quiet. PRESBYTERIAN FEDERATION. . Representatives of Various Branches ) to Meet March 14. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 27.—Represen- tatives of the Presbyterian church, Presbyterian Church South, United | Presbyterian church, Reformed Church in the United States, Reformed Church in’ America and the Reformed Pres- byterian church will meet at Char- tlotte, N. C., on March 14 to prepare a ‘hasis for the federation of the denom- inations. At a meeting held in this city over a year ago a basis for con- solidation was prepared and arrange- ments were made to present the same legislative bodies of the churches. The various general assem- blies and general synods received the report favorably, but in each instance referred it back to.the joint committee :tor.more detailed plans. POISON IN COMMUNAL WINE. iAttempt’ to Kill the Archbishop of Venezuela. Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. :27.—According to advices received :here from Caracas President Castro is greatly unnerved as ‘the result of an unsuccessful attempt by an unknown person to poison the Most Rev. Dr. Juan Bautista Castro, archbishop of" Venezuela, by putting nitrate of silver (Feb. 18, which caused a great sensa- ition. The archhishop some time ago Issued an encyeclical rebuking the Ven: ezuelan clergy for their immorality, 'fhe attempt on the archbishop’s life | I8 ‘generally attributed to'a priest. * Union Man Charged With Murderg | New York, Feb. 27.—Peter Cooper, ironworker; was held without bl e Lee avenue court, Williamsburg, on ‘a charge of homicide. He was‘é cused of haying-caused the death of John Jahrsdorfer, a nonunion irom- worker, who died Saturday night in the Bethany ‘Deanconesses’ home of Injuries inflicted with a slungshot. ‘Bishop J. WesBashfords ofShanghaisiswwe..for Double Crime, . hin ‘the " communal ‘wine on Sunday, ! good, editor of Collier’s Weekly, and which was decided for Mr. Hapgood. Mr. Collier said’ that he and his father, Peter F. Collier, expect to pay the expenses of the prosecution of Colonel Mann. “Would it surprise you to know that his proceeding will cost you more than $100,000?"” ‘asked Mr. Littleton, counsel for Colonel Mann. “No; I would not be surprised. - We Methodist Board Informed of Rioting | wouldn’t- mind if it cost twice that amount,” answered the witness. Mr. Collier.said he:expected to re- imburse the-city, through the district attorney’s office, for all the money American ‘missionaries stationed there | €pent for handwriting. ‘experts and were received here during the day by | Other witnesses. HUSBAND AND WIFE DEAD. Jealousy of the Woman Responsible Chicago, Feb. 27.—William F. Sears and his wife were found dead in their _apartments. at 413 Jacksoxn: haunlevard during the day. The gas had been turned on and" all: apertures. stopped with rags. From the actions‘of Mrs. Sears during the past few days and from letters which were found in:the room, the police believe that she turned on the gas while her husband ‘was sleeping and then locked the. door. Jealousy over the supposed infatua- tion of her husband for another woman is the cause ascribed to her act. ANITIFINJUNTTION EAGUE. National Movement Inaugurated by Chicago Union Printers. Chicago, Feb. 27.—Asking the co- operation of all the labor unions in the country Typographical union No. 16 has launched an artii-injunction league, with the purpose of opening a general fight against the issuance of restrain- ing court writs during times of strikes and other labor troubles. The Federation of Labor will be asked to promote the league and if possible make it national in its scope. As a preliminary step, however, the ! printers authorized a committee of five to draw up a plan of action. It is probable that the movement will fol- low political lines. The league will start, it is expected, with a membership of 75,000 trade un- jonists in Chicago. It was declared by the printers that more than 50 per cent of the labor organizations in the country have been enjoined during strikes. These have a membership of close to 1,000,000 men and women. If allied in action, it was said, a strong political force might be exerted against the issuance of labor injunc- tions. ATTACK CUBAN RURAL GUARDS. Rioters Kill Three'and Wound as Many Others. Havana, Feb. 27—The quartered town of Guanabacoa, occupied by twenty-five rural guards, was attacked early in the morning by about thirty rioters, armed with rifies and revolvers, who suddenly entered from the rear and began shooting indiscriminately into the dormitories of the sleeping -soldiers. As soon as the dazed soldiers realized the situation they seized their arms and began to return the fire, whereupon the rioters fled. None of them has been arrested. . | It was found that a sergeant bad been killed in his bed and that a cor- .poral on guard also was killed, while four rural guards were injured, one of ‘whom has since died.: ' ' Woman Fatally Burned. Des Moines, " Féb::27.—One will die and three others are seri y.injured s the result of #ire which destroyed the liome of Mr. and: Mrs. George Reck. The fingers of Mrs. Fleck’s right hand were burned off and she was badly burned about the body and fege. She will die. washington, , Feb. 27.—Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has introduced a . | Bweeping blll,gequiring committees of |al), political parties in national and | congressional elections to account for | all moneys expended in said elections; for fl'ling‘of statements of receipts and disbursements of political committees with the secretary of commerce and labor and to prohibit corporations from directly or indirectly contribut- ing money to any political committee or to any candidate for political office. The bill defines a _‘“political’ com- mittee” 'as composed of two or more persons who have been elected, ap- pointed or chosen by a national polit- ical party convention or by members of either or both houses-of congress belonging to the same political party. for the purpose, wholly or in part, of raising, collecting or disbursing money. Treasurers of every such committee are compelled to keep a correct and true report of all moneys collected and disbursed and file the same with the secretary of ¢ommerce and labor. - ! Candidates for senator' or ‘represen- tative: in' congress are'also ‘compelled to file’with the secretary of ‘commerce and labor within' thirty days after elec- tion a sworn statement of moneys re- ceived and disbursed and the persons from whom such moneys were re- ceived. CITRUS - FRUIT - 'DECISION. Slipreme Court HoYds Alleged Railroad Pool as Lcgal. Washington, Feb. 27.—The suits known as the “citrus fruit” cases, in which all the railroads of Southern California are interested, have been ‘decided unfavorably to. the raiiroads by the supreme court of the United States, the opinion being by Justice Peckham. The cases involved the right of the railroad companies to des- ignate the route for fruit shipped East after leaving their own lines. The de- !clsmn of the circuit court for the Southern district of California and also the order of the commission were reversed by the decision. CASTRO’S NEXT MOVE. Seeks Damages From France Similar to Alabama Claims. ‘Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. 27.—It is learned from official sources at Caracas, Venezuela, that President- Castro’s next move in the French ques- tion will be to call upon the United States to arbitrate the question of the amount of damage done by France in permitting the fitting out of the filibus- tering steamer Ban Righ at Fort de France, island of Martinique, to prey upon Venezuelan commerce and trans- port troops during the Matos revolt. The United States’ claim against Great Britain in the case of the Alabama will be cited as a precedent. PREPARING FOR CAMPAIGN. Meeting of Democratic Congressional 2 Committee Called. . Washington, Feb. 27.—The Demo- eratic campaign for the Sixtieth con- gress is to be started in the near fu- ture. A call has been issued by Secre- tary Edwards of the Democratic con- pressional organization for a meeting of the committee to be held on the evening of March 6. in the minority rommittee room of the house of repre- sentatives. It is stated that the meet- ing is called for the purpose of organ- ization, ‘that th: details of the cam- paign inay receive immediate and sys- fematic attention. REDUCES' REPRESENTATION. Bill Atfecting Southern Membership in Congress. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—Representa- tive Keifer (0.) has introduced a bill to reduce the number of representa- tives in the house of Southern states ‘because of the disfranchisement of ne- gro voters. The bill makes the reduc- tion as follows: Alabama from 9 to 6, Arkansas from 7 to 5, Florida from 3 to 2, Georgia from 17 to 6, Louisiana ° from 7 to 3, Miseissippi from 8 to 3, North Carolina from 10 to 6, South €arolina from 7 to 3, Te 10 to 8, Texas from 16 to from 10 to 8., a3 SR G A