Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 12, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 3. NUMBER 273 OUTCOME IS DOUBTFUL . Leaders Say the House Will Not Concur In Statehood Bill as Passed by t-;he Senate, INSURGENTS OF DIFFERENT OPINION Washington, March 12.—The state- hood question will not be taken up by the house until the return of the mem- sers of the rivers and harbors commit- tee, who are making a trip of-inspeec- tion through the South. These mem- bers will not return until March 19. Before they left an agreement was reached that nothing: should be done with statehood until their return. House leaders who represent the ad- ministration view of the statehood problem are positive that the house will not concur ‘in the amendment of the senate eliminating Arizona and New Mexico from the bill. The posi- tive -assertion is made by the “stal- warts” that the “insurgents” have not gained a single vote since the bill left — the house and consequently will be -» unable to carry a motion to concur in the senate amendments to the meas- ure. When the bill comes over from the senate the programme contemplates a motion to disagree and ask for a con- ference. This motion will be made by Mr. Hamilton. It is thought that Mr. Babcock will interpose a motion to concur in the senate amendments. The vote will come on this motion first and the result of the vote will reveal the strength of the respective sides. Those opposing statehood for Ari- zona and New Mexico in the house have maintained all along that if op- portunity was given for a direct vote on the specific question and not, as twas the case, on the necessity of de- feating a rule direct from the speak- er's room, that they had plenty of votes to defeat joint statehood. hibited for twenty-one years and long- er unless the constitution is changed. There is an appropriation of $5,000.- 00 from the national treasury for the benefit of the schools. Provision is made for the support of higher educa- tion and charitable institutions. IN“ ARIZONA. Tucson * Celebrates Defeat of Joint Statehood Bill. Tucson, Ariz., March 12—When the news of the defeat of joint statehood first arrived whistles were blown, fire- crackers exploded and crowds cheered on the streets. At night bands were out and half of the population of the city was on the streets. A brocqssion headed by Mayor Manning paraded the main streets for three hours. Rifie- men fired blank cartridges in steady volleys from wagons as the procession progressed to the accompaniment of red lights, cheers, illuminated homes, ringing of bells and blowing of sirens. REJOICING OPEN TO WORLD'S TRADE. Conditions in Manchuria Approaching Normal. ‘Washington, March 12.—The state department has received a cable re- port from one of its trusted agents in Manchuria saying that ccmmerce and trade there are approaching the nor- mal; that the Chinese government of the province is anxious to take over the civil administration as soon as pos- sible and that the Japanese troops will be entirely out of Manchuria in the course of a few days, when the country will be opened up to the world. ' OKLAHOMA Adl\iLY NEW STATE. STRIKE OF NATURAL GAS. Senate- Strikes Out Provisions Relat-| Causes Great Excitement at Superior, ing to Arizona. Wis. Washington, March 12.—The senate Superior, Wis., March 12.—Late in has voted to admit Indian and Okla-|the afternoon while workmen were lloma territories as one state. All pro- | drilling an artesian well on city prop- visions relating to Arizona and New | erty in the Kast kind, the eighty feet Mexico were stricken out. of pipe suddenly became the outlet of The motion to strike out was made [ a steady and increasing flow of nat- by Mr. Burrows and it was carried by |ural gas. Sand was thrown into the the close vote of 37 to 35, after having | air for a considerable distance from been lost in committee of the whole | the mouth of the pipe. At one time ~ by the still closer vote of 35 to 36 i one of the workmen was in danger of As amended by the senate the bill | suffocation, but he was pulled away. provides for the creation of the state | Great excitement prevails in the vi- of Oklahoma out of Oklahoma and In- | cinity of the gas strike. dian territories upon the adoption of i = a constitution. The state is allowed the usual quota of executive, judicial and legislative officers, two United ; SLSty : States senators and five members of | its origin in the Gulf of Mexmg swept the national house of representatives. | across New England during the day. A constitutional convention with 110 | It Was accompanied by a heavy fall of members, 55 of whom are to be chosen | SBOW that caused great inconvenience by each of the territories comprising | to telegraph, telephone, trolley and " fire alarm systems. At night, how- Storm in New England. Boston, March 12.—Developing as it proceeded northward a storm that had the state, is provided for and all male L - ci s or male Indians twenty-one |€Ver, the storm had disappeared as years of age are made eligible to mem- | Suddeniy as it came. g ! bership in it. There is an especial Ten Killed and Forty Wounded. provision protecting the Indians i“’ their rights and continuing the pre- L _rogative of the national government to '\ control their affairs. The sale of intoxicating liquors in what is now Indian Territorv is nro- Paris, March 12.—The Petit Journal’s correspondent at Tangier reports that the bandit Raisuli fought the Anjera tribe outside the town Friday morning j and that tex men were killed and forty | wounded. e Wash Goods!| Spring Dresses £ i \ f This week we will show, from day to day, on display table in front of the dry goods department, our spring line of WASH GOODS. The geods will be changed every morning—each day a new display. We believe the large asscrtment, HIGH QUALITY: and low price will be appreciated by those who will do us the favor of looking over our line. O0’Leary & Bowser, Bemidji | | BUT SECRETARY TAFT WILL Ac- CEPT POSITION ON'SUPREME BENCH IF OFFERED. Washington, March 12: 'Secret"n'rf‘ Taft has’' made the following' state: ment: “I am authorized by the.president to say that he has made no decisi as to the. selection of any one ‘tosi ceed Asdociate Justice Brown. He has been in cohsultation with Secre: tary Root, Attorney: General Moody'| doorway of the synagogue. - Policemen. and myself, the three lawyers of the cabinet, in the matter and no decision has been reached.” In addition to the statement made by uecretary Taft relative to the Bil- preme court vacancy it can he stated on authority that the seeretafy’s atti- tude is this: While his incMnation has been in the direction of the judic: | into iary yet at this time he would prefer that the president reached’somie othér | per. solution in the selection of a successor to Justice Brown which would leave him ‘where he now is, as he is desir- ous of pursuing the work upen ‘which | Woman Supposed to Be Dead Awakes he is engaged. He is intensely inter- ested in three matters which are now within his keeping, namely, the Phil- ippines and the army. The secretary would like for the present to devote his services to these subjects. How- ever, being a member of the presi- dent’s ofticial family,/if -the president should decide upon Mr. Taft for this position it is understood that he would accept it. FOR CONSULAR REFORM. Many Delegates Will Attend Con\)en- tion at Washington. New York, March 12.—The call for a national consular reform convention, to be held in Washington beginning Tuesday next, has met with favorable responses from more than 100 of the more prominent commercial bodies of the country, according to Secretary Frank S. Gardner:of this city.. Former Assistant Secretary of State Francis P. Loomis will he a delegate from the Cincinnati chamber of commerce and will, it is said, advocate several changes. BATTLE WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS. Friends of Banker Walsh Resent Ef. forts to Secure Picture. Chicago, March 12.—The prelim- inary hearing of John R. Walsh, for- mer president of the Chicago National bank, who was arrested several days ago on a charge of violation of the fed- eral banking laws, was set for the day before United States Commis- sioner Foote, but because of the ab- sence of Mr. Walsh's attorney was con- tinued-until March 19, A lively fight between the friends of Mr. Walsh and a number of newspaper photographers took place when Mr. Walsh was about to leave the federal building after his case had been con- tinued. The photographers had placed their machine at the Adams street en- trance to the building and when Mr. Walsh came out one of them snapped him. In an instant the friends of Mr. Walsh made a rush for him and the machine went into the air and the whotographer ta the sidewalk. He Jumped up and struck one of his as- sailants in the mouth, knocking him down and cutting his hand badly on the front teeth of his victim. A gen- eral mixup followed, all the photog- raphers taking sides with their fellow workman against the friends of the banker and for two or three minutes a crowd of men numbering at least a score fought up and down the steps of the postoffice and back and forth across the sidewalk. Hats were smashed, noses bloodied and eyes blackened. The arrival of the police stopped the fight. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH. Missouri Convicts Found Guilty of Killing Guard. Jefferson City, Mo., March 12.—The three condemned convicts, Harry Vaughan, (George Ryan and Ed Ray- mond, found guilty of having murdered Prigon Guard John Clay in the prison mutiny of Nov. 24 last, were sentenced in the circuit court here by Judge Mar- tin to be hanged on April 20. The Judge overruled the motion for a new trial and then passed.the death sen- tence on the defendants. An" appeal was then granted to, the supreme court. Severe Earthquake in India. Lahore, India, March 12—An enor- mous’ earthquake has occurred in Ba- shahr, on the Simla {ributary hill states’ of the Pumnjab. Considerable damage has been caused at Rampur. the capital of Bashahr, and at Kakoola. J:Eight are known to have been killed and twenty-six injured. Thirteen Mutineers to Die. Bobruisk, Russia, March 12.—Thir- teen ‘soldiers of the local garrison have been sentenced to death for mu- tny. s BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA PREFERS PRESENT PLAGE|SCORES INJURED IN' PANIC I | dred persons worshipping in a Jewish synagoglie became ps 'NARROW DOORWAY BLOCKED IN FRANTIC EFFORTS TO/ES- . CAPE FROM FIRE:. g Man New York, March 12.—Three hun- ic stricken’ by smoke’ which rushed in'large volume into'the temple from-a fire.on the fioor/[* above and scores suffered slight in- juries. Al the injuries were inflicted during ‘a frantic struggle in'the narfow with drawii clubs had to charge upon those struggling for exit in this door- way. ~ As men, women and’ children’ weré taken oneé at a time out of the passage the sidewalk was converted into a temfiorary hospital, several wo- men being stretched ‘out in a faint. The police finally worked their way 0 the - synagogue, after which ‘the place was emptied in'an orderly man- GL _His Wounds Very Severe. Manila, March'12—The wounds re-. ceiyed Dby, First . Licutenant. Gordon Johnson, during the recent battle with the:;Moro outlaws at Mount Dajo, on e S the island ‘of Jolo, are severe, a slug WILL PROBABLY RECOVER. | haying; passed through . his right shoulder: * Chief of Police Joseph S. Stiles of flugene, Ore., shot and killed himself In a deserted building In the outskirts 3 on Her Bier. Mabel, Minn,, March 12.—By wak- ing from a deathlike trance in the nick of time Mrs. W. R. Sherwood, a bride of a week and. twentyfive years old, saved herself from being buried alive. She , so frightened two women* who were sitting up with her supposed| corpse that their condition is serious. Mrs. Sherwood apparently died of pneumonia at 3 o’clock in the after- noon. Her body was placed upon a bier and an undertaker sent for. Just before dawn two friends sit- ting with the corpse were startled by a wild shriek 'and, peering into the death chamber, found the corpse sit- ting up. She was delirious from fright, having realized her harrowing position without being able to move. Mrs. Sherwood will recover. of &h_a't' city. GD‘VE,RNMENT RESTS ITS CASE. Submission of Eviderice Against Pack- ers Concluded. ¢ Chicago,” March 12.—The govern- uring the day rested. its case in hearing on their pleas for unity. No ' announcement was made by the attorneys for the packers as to.whether they will introduce any evidence in rebuttal, but it is believed by the government that they will not. FOUND DEAD IN BED. Victim of Heart Disease. . New York, March 12.—~Edward J. Morgan, .the well known ‘actor, who appeared : as John Storm in “The Christian,” was found dead in bed during| the day ‘at his foom in the Belleclaire hotel. Heart disease was. cedto be: the canse of ‘dedth. . Would' Pay for Stolen Rides. Indianapolis, March 12.—Being con- verted, as he says, a tramp in Denver writes to C. C. Clark, general agent 'of the passenger department of the Big Four railroad, that he wishes to pay for.rides he stole.on the humpers of-| treight . cars. © He asks Mr-Clark to advise him concerning the best rates that can be given him. 8 Bankers Aid ‘Government. St. Petersburg, March 12.—The, ne- gotiations of Minister of Finance Shipoff with the bankers of Moscow and St. Petersburg have reached a state’ where it is practically certain that the bankers will agree to take $650,000,000 of 5 per cent bonds at Y3. Condition Not So Encouraging. Rochester, N. Y., March 12.—Susan B. Anthony‘s. condition is not qhite SO encouraging. She rested well until midnight, after” which time she was very restless. 2 J Edward J. Morgan, Well Known Actor, any Women and Childres W ~ During'Attack on Moro " Fortress. : VTR Y Were i mania, March 12—The Associated Press! telegrams from Zamboanga say that the attack on Moupt Dajo: com:-, »aenced on Monday. There were: four days of hard fighting, during which it, is 'estimated . that 900 persons were killed or wounded. : : Brigadier General Bliss made a re- connaissance toward Mount,Dajo dur- ing the week previous to'the attack of the American force upon the strong- hold there, but it had no effect upon the hostile attitude of the outlaws. An unofficial report says that the families of the Moros remained in the village' located in the center of the crater at the apex of the mountain and the women and children mingled with the warriors during the battle to such an extent that it was impossible to .discriminate and all were killed in the fierce onslaught. Constabulary detachments -are now engaged in the mountains of Northern Luzon rounding up the bands .of sav- ages and head hunters who are on the. warpath. PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE. Congratulates Wood : Upon His “Bril- liant Feat of Arms.” . Washington, March "12.—President Roosevelt has sent the following cable- gram of congratulation to Major Gen- eral ‘Wood, at Manila, regarding: the recent encouriter with the Moros tear Jolo:, *‘l congratulate you and the officers and men of your command upon the brilliant feat of arms in which you dnd they so well upheld the honor of the American flag.” g i S A Senor Jacopo BIanco, cnairman of the Mexican international: boundary commission, is dead at Ei Paso, Tex. SOLD BY ¢ ' Bros., HardWére Dealers \ N NN N N\ \\Q\ \,. \ N\ N \ NN ‘s\ S 316 Minnesota Ave. Phone No. 57