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

L VOLUME 3. NUMBER 280. WAS SUPPLIED ON DEMAND General Wood Says Manila Reporters “Faked” Story of Moro Massacre. HAD NO INFORMATION ‘Washington, March 20.—Secretary Taft has received two cablegrams from Major General Leonard Woced at Kanila relative to the Mount Dajo fight. The first reads as follows: “If more detailed information con- cerning the facts connected with the Mount Dajo fight is desired I suggest that Major Hugh L. Scott be called vpon. He is thoroughly familiar with the situation, having spent eight months in the attempt to get these people off the mountain without fight- ing.” The Major Scott referred to has been on leave of absence in this coun- try and has just arrived in Washing- ton in answer to the secretary’s sum mons. He was referred to in some of the Manila cablegrams as having really caused the present trouble at Mount Dajo by reason of the exercise of too great leniency toward the hrigand Moros. The second dispatch from General Wood reads as follows: ‘‘Sensational cables sent to the Unit- ed States relating to the Mount Dajo fight were made up in Manila. There has been no reference in any cable from Mindanao to the killing of wo- men and children. On receipt of Celo- nel Andrews' condensed report from e in Washington the American news papers cabled for details. ‘The report- ers here had no other information than was contained in my report to Colonel Andrews and supplied sensational features.” Postoffice Appropriation Bill. Washington, March 20.—The house committee on postoffices and postroads has reported the postoffice appropria- tior bill to the house. 1t provides for an expenditure of $191,373,848 for the fiscal year 1907, or $913,221 less than the modified estimates of the post- office department. This amcunt ex- ceeds the appropriation for 1906 by $10,351,755. i u ON SUBJECT OFFICIALS INTERFERE. Russian Elections Not a Free Expres- sion of Opinion. St. Petersburg, March 20.—As the elections proceed there is more and more evidence of the virtual exclusion from participation of the radical ele- ments of the population. The prelim- inary stages of the elections will rob the national assembly of much of its national character. Its authority to speak will be absolutely denied by the proletariat organization, which bore the brunt of the fight for liberty. Complaints of interference and duress in the country districts are in- creasing. Many flagrant instances are cited of local officials preventing a free expression of the peasants and often practically compelling the selec- tion of priests and villnge elders. USING REPRESSIVE MEASURES Russian Government Trying to Stop Strike Agitation. St. Petersburg, March 20.—The gov- s#nment is using the most repressive measures to stop the agitation for a strike of railway men and telegraph- ers. -A meeting of the former at Rostoff-on-Don was surrounded and invaded during the day by Cossacks, who fired into the assemblage, killing two persons and wounding eight. At Moscow troops are now guarding all the railway stations and several factories, including -the Abrikosoft works, where the workmen are restive. Another Line to Wmmpeg Duluth, March 20.—It is understood here that the Great Northern survey- ors, who had previously been reported as surveying a line from Hibbing to International Falls, are in reality heading from Dewey Lake to Warroad, on the Canadian Northern. This looks like another line from Duluth to Win- nipeg in connection with the Canadian Northern. wwm&m&&&uza;a? 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St. Louis, March 20,—The postponed 2 suit instituted adley agai’nst !he Sta.ndard Republi,c and, ‘Waters; /-Oil: companies | was resumed £ the ‘day be!ore Special ‘Com- Ant}mny Among ,the wlt-v nesses expected to, testify, alq B, Clayg:} Pierce; former president of ‘the ‘Wi hearing a ‘the ou ters: Pierce 0il company, A. M. Finlay, | vice president, and C. M. Adams, sec: retary of the same company. William"l‘ McKee, secretary of the Republic Oil company of Cleveland, 0., was'the first witness. He brought |! with him_books of the company in. a cordance with “the” order of the M sourj. supreme court He told of hav 2 ing Iived in Denver and of his emplfiy— ment under Wade' Hampton' of .26 Broadway, New York, auditor of the Republic. Oil: company.. He denied knowing Hampten ‘as general auditor, of the Standard company,- but * said Hamptun had oflices in the Standard building in New.York. Wltness stated, that Cleveland was the distributing office of the Republic Oil company and said that the home office of the com- pany was at 75 New street, New York. He told of having audited books of the Waters-Pierce company. A stock book of the Republic Oil company was. shown McKee, but he denied ever hav- ing seen it before. GENERAL THAYER DYING. Life of Once Prominent Nebraskan Slowly Ebbing Away. Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—John M. Thayer, ex-United States senator and ex-governor of Nebraska,-is barely alive and the attending physicians ex- press the belief that he will not live through the day. Throughout the night General Thayer was kept alive | by the use of heart stimulants. The serious condition of General Thayer is attributed solely to’ his extreme old age. INTERRUPTED. zrn Snow storm Raglng in the Mld- ! die West. Dayton, O., March 20.—Snow to the epth’ of: eight ‘inches on the level has, TR'A‘Fr‘lc ! Hen since midnight and traffic of all . ‘kinds, throughout the Miami valley is fiemorallzed Street car and interur- l;an service is badly crippledi and the | Meam railroads are. operating under he greatest difficulties ever experi- 'Bhced in this valley. - - Chicago, March 20.—The heaviest 'snow storm of the winter is in prog- [ress here. In twelve hours four inches 'of snow fell and, being driven by a high 'wind from the morthwest, it drifteq badly and made operation of street cars, particularly in the suburbs, & matter of considerable difficulty. Decatur, Ill,, March 20.—Eighteen fnches of sncw fell in the last fifteen hours, " This is the heaviest snowfall ever known here. All business is sus- vended. Street cars and interurban iines are blockaded and there were no passenger trains on some railroads. Philadelphia, March 20.—The most gevere snow storm of the winter is raging throughout Eastern Pennsyl- vania, It is feared that the mines will have to suspend unless the snow ceases. St. Louis, March 20.—A heavy snow storm prevails here and has seriously inconvenienced traffic of all kinds. At 9 o’clock the- fall of snow -measured nine inches and it was then snowing hard. SUCCEEDS BELLAMY STORER. Charles S. Francis Named as Ambas- sador to Austri Washington, March 20.—The name of Charles S. Francis of Troy, N. Y., former American minister to Greece, has been sent to the senate as am- bassador to Austria-Hungary to suc- ceed Bellamy Storer. Mr. Francis’ father was formerly ambassador to Anstria CLOUDS HAVE DISA An Agréement Expected at Next Meeting PEARED -of the Moroccan Conference At Algerceris. GERMANY TO MODIFY ITS DEMANDS London, March 20.—The clouds which have been hanging over Alge- ciras for the past week “have prac- tically disappeared and in the opinion of the foreign office the basis of an agreement on the Moroccan question will be reached at the next session of the conference. This agreement will be based on a modification of the Ger- man demands with respect to the po- lice, while France will concede part of what she has been asking for in re- gard to the Moroccan bank system. The details will not be published until the meeting of the delegates, in fact France will not state what she is will- ing to concede until Germany has placed her cards on the table. GERMANY’S ATTITUDE FIRM. Insists on International Control of Mo- roczan Police. Berlin, March 20.—The German atti- tude at Algeciras is a passive one. She is ready to consider in-a friendly spirit any proposition for the super- | vision of the Moroccan police emhrac-| ing the international principle, but be yond that Germany will not go. She would prefer to have the conference adjourn without an agreement than give up the international idea. MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS. Town of Northwood, Wash., Destroyed by Forest Fires, Lyndon, Wash., March '20.—North- wood, four miles north of Lyndon, in Whatcom county, has been destroyed by forest fires. - The Northwood lum- ber and shingle mill was totally de- 'stroyed and many families are home- less. The fire is within a mile of Lyndon and grave fears are felt for that town. tHundreds are fighting the fire and ‘the Bellingham department was sent out | by special train to aid the threatened ity of Liyndon and the surrounding farmers to subdue the conflagration. Louis de Lange, a playwright, whose home was formerly in Philadelphia, committed suicide in New York city by cutting his throat: Two Feet of Snow on Range. Holyoke; Colo,, March 20.—The snowfall so far this month in North- eastern Colorado is the heaviest ever known in March in this part of the state. The range is covered with two feet of snow and the roads are well nigh impassable. The supply of feed is almost exhausted. Railroad traffic is very irregular and has been tothlly abandoned during the worst of the atorm. 1 In Conference With Mine Workers. ANTI-PEACE FACTION MANY LIVES IMPERILED. Two School Buildings at Haverhill, Mass,, Destroyed. Haverhill, Mass., March 20.—Fire in the Haverhill manual training school and high school annex imperiled more than 150 boys and girls and although mainly because of the coolness and generalship of the teachers no lives were lost several pupils had their hair burned and one girl injured her leg by jumping from a second story window. Instructor john Bourne, intent upon the escape of the children, after they were all out found his own egress cut off and he was compelled to leap from a. window on the second ‘floor of the training school. He was not “injured in jumping, but previously he had been burned about the head and hands. The training school formerly was a factory and it was a three-story frame building whose beams and flooring were ready food for the fire. GRAVE DISORDERS FEARED. Five Hundred Miners on Strike at Lethbridge, Alberta. Great Falls, Mont., March 20.—The strike of the coal miners at Leth- bridge, Alberta, Can., has caused so | much uneasiness among the citizéns that they have called upon the Domin- ion government for assistance. The Northwest ‘mounted police” have heen plaged in control of the town and mar- tial law practically prevails. 'Phis ac- tion appears to have irritated the min- ers still Turther and the citizens-fear grave disorders. ! ‘More than 500 men, members of the union, are on strike and there are still 100 at work under police protec- tion. These are greeted daily by vol- leys of snowballs and stones as they 80 to wark. ROOF OF CAR BARNS COLLAPSES. One Man Killed and Several Injured at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, March 20.—The roof of the street car barns collapsed dur- ing. the afternoon under the weight of the heavy snowfall. One man. was killed and several were seriously in- jured. Negro Lynched for Killing Cow. Plaquemine, lia.,, March 20.—Will- lam ‘Carr, a negro, was lynched at Bayou Plataquemine for stealing and killing a cow. Constable Walter Mar- lonneaux and V. M. Patureau were on their way to the jail at this place with the negro when they were stopped by a crowd of about thirty-five masked men, who overpowered them and took the prisoner and hanged him to a rail- road bridge. Lk FRAY IN CONTROL Indianapolis, March 20.—Bituminous. coal operators to the number of 400 met during the day at the Claypool hotel to endeavor to formulate a unit- _ ed policy for their line of action in the Jjoint conference with the miners. Be- fore the meeting began it was ap- parent that the operators were widely separated in their views, some favor- ing granting the miners an increase in wages, cthers standing positively against any increase whatever. F. L. Robbins, who has long been the leader of the bituminous operators in their dealings with the United Mine ‘Workers of America, announced that he would not be a candidate for con- tinued leadershin. A revolt ainst him has been planned by operators opposing his moves in‘favor cf peace. J. P. Winder, president of the Sun- day Creek Coal company in Ohio, the second largest bituminous coal produc- ing "concern in the country, has been brought out by the anti-Robbins fac- tion of bituminous coal operators for the chairmanship and leadership of the Central competitive field operators. Winder Succeeds Robbins. The operators’ meeting represented the Central competitive field, consist- ing of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West- ern Pennsylvania. Mr. Robbins called the meeting to order and announced that while he had been misunderstood and misrepresented he still believed it best that ‘he retire as chairman of the . operators and he asked to be re- lieved. On motion of Frank S. Pea- elected chairman and will be the lead- er of the operators in the joint comn- ference. After the operators adjourned it was stated that a crisis was imminent. It was stated that F. L. Robbins was op- posed to the unit rule, which requires that all voting on wage matters shall be recorded as unanimous, and' that Mr. Robbins threatened -to bolt. the .. body “of Chicago -J: P. Winder. was.- conference and operate his mines in- dependently. There was danger that the operators would not be able to agree sufficiently to warrant a joint conference with the miners. TROOPS ON THE SCENE. Trouble Feared in Connection With French Miners’ Strike. Liens, France, March 20.—Many de- tachments of troops, including artil- lery -and dragoons, have arrived here in order to be ready for any eventuali- ties which 1cay arise as a result of the miners’ strike. About 46,000’ men are now out and are parading the towns, carrying red flags. Several minor col- lisions have taken place. 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