Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 8, 1906, Page 1

(S VOLUME 3. NUMBER 270 RUSSIAN HOPES BLIGHTED. Powers of New Parliament Restricted by Manifesto. St. Petersburg, March 8.—Although Tuesday’s manifesto and ukases refer- ring to the national assembly leave considerable vagueness regarding the exact status of the parliament under the new political scheme of the gov- ernment—the vagueness perhaps be- ing intentional and intended for future definition according to the develop- ment of events—it is made clear that Russia has not been granted a written constitution, The cabinet, as in the German system, remains quite inde- pendent of the majority in parliament. The hope expressed after the mani- festo of Oct. 30 that the cabinet would be responsible to the national assem- bly, after the British system, has not been realized. KEven interpellations of the ministers are restricted to alleged violations of the law and the apparent causes of events. FIRM AGAINST DEMANDS. lllinois Operators Will Not Grant In- crease of Wages. o Chicago, March 8—Two hundred members of the Illinois Coal Oper- ators’ association met here to consider the demands made by the members of the United Mine Workers' union for increased pay and who threaten to strike on April 1 if their demands are not granted. Reports that a split was likely regarding the demands of the miners proved unfounded, as all of the speeches that were made were without exception in favor of refusing the demands of the miners and the great majority of those present ap- proved the speeches. The sentiment against granting the demands of the miners was so strong at the meeting that several members of the association declared that in the event that the national association of operators makes terms with the un- ion the Illinois association will prob- ably make a single handed fight against the miners. We are sole agents in Bemidji for the Youman Hat and are now showing the spring block, price $5.00. Our Leader, $2.50 hat is as good as most $3.00 hats It's made by Roelofs of Philedelphia and sold direct to us, thats how we save you 50 cents on a hat. Umbrellas We are now showing the spring line of umbrellas, made by Hirsch Brothers, you pay no jobbers profits buying here, the prices range from 50 cents to $5.00.: Ladies’ Waists The first shipment of waists from the Du Brock factory are now on exhibition. Chambra, Lawn and Silk. price from $1.25 to $6.00. 0’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji, - Minnesota RETURN OF ANDREW HAMILTON FOLLOWED BY MEETING OF ' INSURANCE OFFICIALS. SPEEDY FILING ,OF SUITS PLANNED EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO RE- COVER THE MONEY USED TO 'WATCH LEGISLATION. New York, March 8.—The\unexpect- ed return to this country of Andrew Hamilton, the legislative agent of sev- eral large insurance companies, whose aame was prominently mentioned in connection with the recént legislative investigation, has resulted in several conferences between officials of the New York Life Insurance company and the company’s legal representa- tives. Hiram R. Steele, a member of the New York Life house cleaning com- mittee, otherwise known as the Fowler committee, said that Hamilton’s return would mean the speedy bringing of suits for the return of nearly $1,000,- 000 spent by Hamilton while he was employed by the New York Life to watch legislation and taxation. Mr. Steele was in conversaticn with ex- Justice William A. Keener, counsel for the committee. Mr. Keener and John G. Milburn, with the regular law- yers of the company, are engaged in the preparation of complaints in the suits against Hamiiton. President Alexander E. Orr, Secre- tary John C. McCall, Vice President Darwin T. Kingsley and other execnu- tive officers of the New York Life held a special meeting during the day. It was not made public what was the purpose of the gathering, mnor could it be learned at the offices of the com- pany whether any one there had heen in comminication with Hamilton. FOR RECOVERY OF MONEY. Suit to Be Pressed Against Ham_nlton‘ and the McCall Estate. Buffalo, March 8.—John G. Milburn, attorney for the trustees of the New York Life Insurance company to bring suits against the McCall estate and Andrew Hamilton for the return of money alleged to have been fraud- ulently taken from that company, ex- pressed surprise and delight at the return of Hamilton to New York. He said: ‘“Andrew Hamilton was sued along with the McCall estate and the matter will be pressed immediately in the courts ‘for return of the money. I shall go to New York city and there shall be no delay in prosecuting the suit.” “Will you bring criminal proceed- ings against Hamilton?” Mr. Milburn was asked. “No, I have nothing to do with that; that is the duty of the district attor- ney. I don’t remember the amount in- volved in the -suit, but it is a large sum and we believe we have.a good case against the McCall estate and Andrew Hamilton. LIKELY TO BE APPROVED. Suffrage Bill Taken Up in Austrian Parliament. Vienna, March 8.—The debate on the government’s general equitable and direct suffrage proposal for Aus- tria, which was introduced by Premier Baron Gautch von Frankenthurn Feb. 23, began in the lower house of parlia- ment during the afternoon. It is the most important measure for Austria presented to the house in the last gen- eration. The bill at first encountered much hostile criticism, but it has now won almost universal support and there is every reason to suppose that it will be passed. One after another of the important political elubs repre- senting the various nationalities of Austria have recognized the project as imperative for the country. The land- ed aristocracy, who lose power and prestige thereby, naturally are op- posed to it, but they will not be able to materially injure the proposed law, which will be energetically and length- ily discussed. Differences Being Adjusted. Washington, March 8—In am au- thorized interview H. B. Perham of St. Louis, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, stated that the differences with the Southern Rail- road company were being amicably | adjusted and that there would be no strike on Friday as heretofore an- nounced. Miss Anthony Much Better. Rochester, N. Y., March 8—Susan B. Anthony, who is ill with pneumonia, is said by her physician to be consid- erably improved. She spent a restful night. The doctors now say she has a fair chance for recovery MINNESOTA HISTORICAL BEMIDIL, MINNESOTA. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1906, CAME AS A sflmm IS HELD FOR Exmmumn WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE TAKEN OATH TO ASSASSINATE " PRESIDENT. New. Orleans, March 8.—Declaring that her life will be taken unless she assassinates President Roosevelt a woman who gave her name as Mrs. W. B. Lewaller of Philadelphia ap- plied at Central police headquarters during the day for protection. She spoke rationally on all general sub- jects, but the police and coroner de- cided to detain her for an examina- tion. . Mrs. Lewaller says that she fell in with a party of socialists in Phila- delphia and that she was taken to a room there and made to take an oath against the president, being told that she would be destroyed if it was not executed. She said she fled to Hous- ton, Tex., but the men followed her there and that she had then come to New Orleans. MADE DAY DARK AS NIGHT. Chicajo Covered by a Pall of Smoke and Clouds. Chicago, March 8.—For a number of hours during the day Chicigo was covered with a pall of smoke, which, coupled with heavy clouds, made the day as dark as night. At 10:30 o'clock in the morning ‘all the stores and offices .in the business section of the city were lighted as they are at 6 o’clock on a day of midwinter. Street scars ran with their headlights burn- ing and all lights turned on. At times it was impossible to see a half square along the street and the big down town buildings were discernible only because of the lights that filled them. The darkness was the cause of much trouble and delay in the streets and collisions were numerous. < The darkness brought business in the stock yards to a complete stand- still for a time. About 10 o'clock it became so dark that cattlemeén were unable to distinguish their stock from Jdhat owned by others a1 fusion was created. T finally grew so bad that employes of the va ) Di Who “WOTK: Outstdy -abandon their efforts to he until the unnaturat night away. ADMITS HIS GUILT. Principal in Big Pay Check Swindle Arrested. Chicago, March 8.—The pringcipal in the recent $18,000 forgery of Illinois Steel company pay checks in South Chicago has been discovered. Accord- ing to his own confession Louis Long- pre is the man. He was arrested in the office of the Western Bank Note company, where he has been employed as an engraver. Longpre protested innocence, but after being closely questioned he con- fessed that he made the plate from which the checks were printed and that he assisted in cashing them among the South Chicago merchants. Marie, Longpre’s wife, was also ar- rested and was identified by several merchants as having cashed some of the pay checks. There are several others under arrest, but the police re- tuse to tell their identity. Longpre has been under police sur- veillance for a number of years and. when the pay check forgery was per- petrated he was suspected. Governor Admits His Guilt. Shanghai, March 8.—All is quiet at Nanching, the scene of the recent massacre of Catholic missionaries, and the missionaries who fled are re- turning. It is stated that the Chinese ‘governor has admitted his guilt in failing to preserve the peace and has asked for personal punishment. He will probably be degraded. TO ADOPT PLAN OF ACTION. Pittsburg Operators Will Hold Meet- ing on Friday. Pittsburg, ‘March 8. — Chairman Francis L. Robbins’of the Pittsburg Coal company, who has represented the bituminous coal operators at all wage scale conferences, has called a meeting in this city next Friday of the operators: of the Pittsburg district to decide what action they will take at the general convention to be held at Indianapolis. It is expected tha{ the developments of the Pittsburg meeting will be inter- esting as the result, it is said, will practically determine the stand to be taken by the operators of the bitumin- ous flelds. The more conservative operators in this district will not discuss the situa- tion further than to say that they would like to prevent a strike. At the same time they insist that there is nothing in the report that they have agreed to grant the miners more money and say that it is impossible to increase the employes’ wages at this time. DEFFnTI\IE ™ a Afl- vs: Mh,m__\fllan Is Killed. PROTECTION TO TEN CENTS PER WEEK Agreement Reached Concerning The Amendment to Isle of Pines Treaty. AMENDMENT WILL BE SATISFACTORY MAY COVER ALL AFRICA. “Sleeping Sickness” Spreading Over Black Continent. Berlin, March 8.—Professor Robert Koch lectured during the day on the “sleeping sickness,” which he investi- gated for several months in Equatorial Africa during the yéar 1905. Emperor William and a distinguished company were present. The malady, said the professor, had been known on'the weést coast of Af- rica since ‘the beginning of the last' century and it had spread to the north shore of the Victoria Nyanza and threatened’ Gernian Africa. Probably 200,000 persons had ‘died from the dis- ease. 'He had found whole villages on the shores of ‘Victorla Nyanza to be empty ‘and the populations of some groups 'of islands"had died to the last soul. 'The'infection ‘was spread from human to 'humian by the sting of a’ fly, the “glossina palalis, ‘somewhat larger than an ordinary fly. The per- son affected continued in the usual health for several days and then the sufferer was attacked with fever, be- came incoherent, the glands were swollen, the patient became enfeebled and eventually was seized ‘with the sleep mania. ULLETS GO W OF MARK. #entucky Women Fight Duel and One Middlesboro, Ky., March 8—In a tol duel between Mrs..Alice Mobre 1 Mrs. Lucy Tucker, as the result a long time quarrel, Frank Maden Sl A e SRS g By Sl el S SR e e T S T B 'was killed by a bullet from the revol- ver of Mrs. Tucker. = The women met in front of a saloon and after exchanging a few words both drew weapons. Mrs. Tucker was the first to open fire. At the third shot Mrs. Moore turned and ran down the street unharmed, though her cloth- ing was twice pierced. It was this last shot which struck Maden, who was near the saloon door engaged in a game of pool. The bullet hit him squarely in the forehead, causing in- stant death. The cause of the trouble is said to have been a love affair. Police Officers Indicted. St. Louis, March 8.—The names of ! four police officers indicted by the grand jury on charges of bribery were made public during the day. The offi- cers are Sergeant J. J. Connors and Patrolmen Edward Cantillon, William J. Haberstroh and Theodore Vollmer. LOSS OF §300,000 RESULTS. Plant of Neenah (Wis.) Paper Mill Company Gutted. Neenah ‘Wis., March 8.—Fire in the Neenah Paper Mill company’s plant caused -a loss estimated at $300,000, covered by insurance. The fire start- ed from spontaneous combustion of a hot box attached to one of the ma-| chines. 'The flames communicated to bales of stock and then spread throughout the building. A drying machine located in a loft and valued at $50,000 was wrecked and many bales and rolls of stock, together with two paper machines, were badly dam- aged, by water. The mill was prac- tically gutted. The plant was owned by John A. Kimberly. None of the Passengers Hurt. Binghampton, N. Y., March 8— ‘Westbound Erie train No. 7, carrying a number of immigrants bound for the West, was derailed here and the en- gine, mail, baggage and express cars plunged over an embankment to the street.. None of the passengers was hurt. The wreck caught f§re, but the flames were quickly exti Corning, N. Y., March 8.—John ‘Wood, aged-twenty-four years, of Tray, Pa., and Miss Rose Maddox of this city were instantly killed by a train at the Centerville crossing of the Erie railroad. The two were driving across the tracks when their carriage was by an eastbound passenger ‘a‘.fi@gmost animous vote the Kentucky ~ senat “has adopted the Chinn bill for the creation of a state racing commission to control the run- ning racing tracks of the itage. ished. i Young People Kiiled by Train. ‘ vv‘ashington, March 8. — United States Senators Spooner and Bacon have reached an agreement concern- ing an amendment to the Isle of Pines treaty which is intended to protect American interests. It provides that the island shall be regarded as a sep- arate province .within the meaning of the Cuban constitution. This would give to the island local self-govern- ment and a representative in the: Cu- ban ' eongress ‘when the' population: of. the -island ‘warrants—-such representa- tion, : ‘As the Americans are in the major- ity on the island it is understood that the proposed amendment will be-satis- factory to them. 'It will be offered in the senate when the treaty is taken up in executive session. NONE OF ITS BUSINESS. ¢ e Armour’s Reply to Government’s Re- quest for Information. Chicego, March '8 —=Special Agent T. M. Robertson of the bureau of cor- porations occupied the stand in the packers’ case when the hearing was resumed. The witness first testified regarding a conversation between himself, J. Og- den Armour and Arthur Meeker, gen- eral superintendent for Armcur & Co. The witness asked for a financial statement of the profits and informa- tion concerning the private car lines. He was told, he said, that Armour & Co: was ansfamily..company. . and corporation merely for convenience: “l was told by Mr. Armour,” he said, ‘“that this class of information ‘was none of the governmient’s busi- ness; that the private car lines were matters of controversy with'the gov- ernment. He said at a later time that he had regretted that I reported to the government that he had said that the private car lines were none of its business and he wished to withdraw the statement, meaning no disrespect to the government. I reported that to the government also. Mr. Armour said that he must respectfully decline to furnish the information I wanted. , He also said that he did not believe the government would go to the ex- tent of exercising its compulsory pow- ers.” _ JOINS CATHOLIC CHURCH. Princess Ena Takes First Step Toward Spanish Throne. San Sebastian, Spain, March 8— The impressive ceremony of the con- version of the Princess Ena of Batten- berg to the Roman Catholic church prior to her marrying King Alfonso took place during the day in the chapel of the palace of Miramar. Rev. Robert Brindle, Roman Catholic bishop of Nottingham, Eng., officiated. Premier Moret and the Duke of Alba were witnesses for the princess. The members of the royal party were deeply moved, the Princess . Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg, mother of Princess:Ena, and. Princess Ena were in tears. An artillery salute an- nounced the termination of .the cere- . party : mony, after which' the royal lunched together. The town -is enjoying a holiday in honor of the event, processions headed by bands of music passing constantly: through the streets. Escapes From Kidnappers. New York, March 8.—Antonio Boz- zuffi, the fourteen-year-old boy who was kidnapped last Sunday and held for $20,000 ransom, returned alone to his home during the day. He had es- caped from his captors, he said, by stealing out of a room while one of his captors, who had been left alone to guard him, turned his back for a mo- ment. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, ‘March May, 76%c; July, 76%@76%c; Sept., 77/ On track—No. 1 hard, 75%c; No. 1 Northern, 753%c; No. 2 North- ern, 733;c. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 7.—Wheat—1'0 arrive —No. 1 Nort.hern, 753,¢; No. 2 North- ern, 73%c. On track—No. 1 Northern, 763c; No 2 Northern, 73%c; May, 76%c; July, 78%c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.103; May, $1.12%; July. $1.13%: Sept, $1.13; Oct., $1.11. The Right, 7—Wheat— 3 S e SevAnS NSRRI |