Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 3, 1906, Page 2

The Bemi VOLUME 3. NUMBER 292 BEMIDJI, adopted in 1900. “ThIs ldw ¢Ranged the method of taxing railroad and kindred corporations from the old system of exacting the payment of a certain per cent of their gross earnings to an ad valorem system, providing for the fix- ing of the tax value of the railroads on the average value at which other prop- erty in the state is assessed. The taxes ‘levied against the various rail- roads of the state for 1902, the first U@ | year after the new law went into ef- fect, aggregated $744,808, as against $263,446, the amount .which would have been called for under the old system. Decision Involves $2,000,000. The raiiroad companies tendered the latter sum and resisted the payment of "the difference, amounting to $481,- 451. Each year since the companies have refused-to pay the differences, so ? FEDERAL SUPREME GOURT DEC[SIO that the suits involved an dccumula- [ tion of about $2,000,000 in_taxes, ss | e well as the establishment of a tax sys- Washington, April 3—The supreme by Justice Bréwsr. :f\'e“"iz;n‘:: ;‘:;fn el’;:m;“‘;‘;gzt ‘m_‘g ' - A » - hese eourt of the United States has de- There were t.\\ent,v seven of thes times as much aé thay ‘hive been in clded the Michigan railroad tax cases, | cases, all involving the validity of act el 4 - | the past. The rallway companies con- “@volving the taxes of all the railiyads | 173 of the Michigan legislature of 1901, | v doq” that in arriviag 4t a cemelu @ that state for several years past, passed under authority given by an | gion ag to the valuation of their prop- against the railroads. The opinion was amendment tg the.state constitution | erty the state board of assessors un- dervalued other property in the state AD VALOREM TAX IS VALID Law Passed By -Michigan Legislat | In 1901 Is Held to Be ‘i Constitutional. | | railroads. Hence they claimed that the action was in contravention of the fourteenth amendment to the national Constitution. The cfrcuit court dis- missed the bill of the railroad com- panies, thus sustaining the action of the state tax authorities and uphold- ing the law under which it was taken, and its decision was affirmed. CENSOR WITHHOLDS DETAILS. Alleged. Plot to Assassinate Spanish Royal Family. Madrid, April 3, via the frontier— The Spanish authorities have un- earthed an anarchist plot at Lebrija, twentynine miles from Seville, thie notorious center of the “Black Hands,” to assassinate the royal family during the stay of King Alfonso, Dowager Queen Maria Christina and the sister of the king, the Infanta Maria Teresa, at Seville during holy week. The. censorship prevents the send- ing of details regarding the conspiracy. INFANT HIT BY STRAY BULLET. Instantly Killed While in Its Mother’s Arms, Chisholm, Minn., April 3.—The nine- months-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bovet was shot dead as its mother held it in her arms in the kitehen of the Bovet home at the Glenn mining location. A stray bullet, fired by boys who were indulging in target practice half a mile away, en- tered a window and penertated the child’s skull, scattering its brains over the dress of the mother and killing it instantly. ¥ WORKMEN BOYCOTT ELECTIONS. Balloting at St. Petersburg Almost a Compiete Farce. St. Petersburg, April 3.—The elec- tions of workmen within the limits of St. Petersburg proper were held Sun- day, preceding the elections to the municipal convention here, which in turn will elect six members to the lower house of parliament. The bal- loting of the workmen, however, was alfmost a complete farce, as were the elections a fortnight ago in the bigger factories outside the city. Out of sixty- seven establishments the workmen of twenty-nine Dboycotted the elections and of the remainder only the minor- ity voted and of those elected about one-half were Constitutional Demo- crats and the other half Conserva- tives, or members of the “Black Hun- dred,” as they are mnow popularly termed. One man elected is now in prison and another declined to accept election for fear that it would subject him to persecutio; Babe . Douglas Shoes for men, $3 T to $5.00 ' Scharood Shoes for men, | $2.75 to $5.00 Cruising Shoes for men, $3 to $6.50 MINERS FAILED TO RESPOND. Anthracite Operators Were in Readi- ness to Continue Work. Philadelphia, April 3.—Reports re- ceived from the anthracite coal fields | state that the order of the miners’ scale committee directing that mining be suspended until an agreement could be reached with the operators is being obeyed almost to the man. In all three - districts preparations were made by the operators for a resump- tion of work. Whistles were blown at the regular hour and everything was in readiness for the men to go to work, but there was no response by the min- ers and the day took on a holiday aspect. Firemen, engineers and pump- wen, who are not affected by the sus- pension order; reported as usual. That a great many miners believe that a strike is imminent and that there will be a bitter struggle be- tween the workmen and their employ- ers was evidenced by the'departure of scores of miners from the Schuylkill region. A majority of these men are foreigners, who will go to their homes in Europe and there await the out- come of the pending strife. Hopeful of an Agreement. In the Lackawanna district there is a feeling among the more conserva- tive miners that an agreement will be reached at the New York conference, but others are less hopeful and are prepared for a long siege. The only colliery in the iuzerne- Wyoming district which attempted to work, as far as has been reported, was ithe Hazelton shaft of the Lehigh Val- {ley company. Coal which had been loosened last week was run through | the breaker for about an hour, after which the men withdrew from the ; shaft and returned to their homes. | At many of the collieries in this dis- " trict the mules were taken from the | mines, ‘thus indicating that no effort 1 Would be immediately made to resume mining. 3 i Pingree Shoes for women’s wear, $3 to $5 Selz Shoes for women’s wear, $1.50 to $2.560 Ladies’ Outing Boots, $5.50 to $6.50 Little Giant Shoes for Child- ren, $1.25 to $2.50 American Shoes for Boy's & Youths, $2.50 and $2.25 Rubber boots:---Men’s Wo- men'’s Boy’s, Youths, Misses,” Children’s H 0’Leary & BoWs_fir IMITEAITIAALAL N 1% 2 7 & =g and thus discriminated against the. ORDINANCE Provides Chicago, April the circuit eourt of ed down a decisiol dinance passed b; udge Mack, in '0ok county, hand- eclaring an’ or- city of Chicago hg for a penalty against the streel companies for the overcrowding ®6f . cars null and vold. The ordinanc® provides that for each case of overcrowding in the cars a fine of from $26°to $100 could be levied against the' company owning the car. Five hundred suits had al. ready been brought{by the city against the. street car corperations and 2,000 more are pending. $Judge Macl addition to. declaring the ordinance void, issued an_ injunétion restraining the city from prosectiting the suits. SITUATION GROWS WORSE. Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers Out of Their Banks. Mobile, Ala., April 3.—The situation < the Alabama and Tombigbee river lowlands, due to the overflow in these two rivers, grows worse every day. Steamboats have been compelled to discontinue service, as landings for 150 miles above Mobile are under wa- fer. No fuel is {0 be had in the inun- dated district. Cattlerare starving and farmers are fast exhausting their sup- plies. Dixie, Ala, morg:than 100 miles above Mobile, is nowiunder water sev- eral feet deep. The water is still ris- fng. - DOWIE OUSTED FROM ZION DEPOSITION AS HEAD OF CHURCH FOLLOWED B) ; Chicago, April 3. against John Ale: took place Sunday by the transfer of erty of the Churcly ander Granger, the sal has heen direc telegram from Mexige A warrant deed were filed during tl county eircuit co 11, by W. G. Voliv: of Zion, who was afipinted by Dow some months_ago, . which. all_t2 lands standing in'the name of Dowl and his wite aie ‘made over {0 Gran ger for the benefit of Zion City and the followers of Dowie. - Voliva hoid: from Dowile a power of attorney anc by virtue.of it he has turned oyer tc Granger everything portable in Zion City, even to the bed of Dowie. Al the effects of “Shiloh House,” the Dowie residence, the horses and car- riages, the machinery in the mills and everything in the name of Dowie out side of the personal belongings of the residents of the town has been taken away from the control of the deposed “first apostle.” Later in the day Granger made a re- conveyanceé of all the property to Vo liva, thus giving to him all ths author- ity and power formerly held by Dowie. Most of the officials of the church were present at the meeting Sunday when Dowie was deposed and many of them denounced Dowie as having de ceived the people and wasted their money in extravagance. The meet ing, however, refused to hold that he had knowingly erred and John G Speicher, the former overseer and once second in command, who was re cently deposed peremptorily, declared Dowie to be insane. Mrs. Dowie, in her address, also upheld that declara. tion. he open revolt r Dowie which s been followed the public prop- f Zion to Alex fan whose dismis by Dowie “in #d a bill of sale day in the Lake at Waukega e present h a REASONABLY SATISFACTORY. Senator Elkins Discusses Proposed Amendment to Rate Bill. Washington, April 3. — President Roosevelt and Senator Elkins of West Virginia, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, had a confer- ence during the day-regarding the limited rate review amendment which was agreed upon last Saturday at a conference in the White House. Sen- ator Elkins assured the president that, with the amendment agreed upon, the Hepburn bill would be reasonably sat- isfactory to him. After his conference with the “president Senator Elkins said: “As a shipper I am more deeply in- terested in the rate legislation than I am as a railroad man. I hope to see any amendment that may be added to the measure afford the"shippers and localities precisely the same oppor- tunity to appeal for a_court review as it may give the railroads. We are go- ing to enact rate legislation and, in my Jjudgment, it will be good-legislation. It will be fair and just, in any event.” Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 2—Wheat—May, T6%c; July, 78% @T783%c; Sept, 77c. On track—No. 1 hard, 77%c; No. 1 Northern, 76%¢c; T5%e. One Colliery in Operation. Scranton, Pa., April 3.—Oxford col-- liery, an individual operation, is the only mine working in the Lackawanna region. This mine employs 550 men and boys and- has a daily output of 1,200 tons, It was operated all through the strike of 1902. Operators: Il Pay Scale. Pomeroy, April 3—There will be TEN CENTS PER WEEK TEXAS LAW KNOCKED -OUT. Bhipper Cannot Recover for Loss Due to Delayed Cars. ‘Washington, April 3—In an opin- fon by Justice Brown the supreme eourt of the United States decided the case of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad company against J. A. Mayes in favor of the company. ' Mayes ordered seventeen cars in which to ship 625 head of cattle.. The cars arrived twenty-four hours after the time set in the agreement. Mayes sued under’'a Texas law for damages done his cattle by the deldy and also under the state law to recover $25 per car on his contract with the company. The lower courts upheld the- com- plainant. The supreme court, how- ever, holds that the law takes no ac- count of accidents, is too arbitrary, encroacfies on federal control of inter- state commerce and is therefore un- constitutional. The chief justice and Justices Harlan and McKenna dis- sented. LIABILITIES OF $400,000. Private Bank at Pekin, lll,, Closes Its Doors. Peoria, IIl, April 3.—The private bank of Tels, Smith & Co. at Pekin, Tazewell county, failed to open for business during the day, having as- - signed to U. J. Albertsen as trustee. The liabilities due to depositors and other banks are said to be in excess of $400,000, against which there are as- sets of about $250,000, a portion of which is worthless. The failure {s due to the large sum of money advanced to the Smith wagon works and the Smith plow shops at Pekin. Long Term Prisoner Suicides. Stillwater, Minn., April 3.—Charles Sanders, a long term man in the pris- on, committed suicide by hanging in his cell. Sanders had torn a strip from his shirt with which he had made a rope that was placed around his neck and tiéd to a nail in the wall. Death resulted from slow strangula- tion. NOT WAITING FOR JEROME. Grand Jury Told to Take Up Insur- ance Matters. New York, April 3.—Recorder Goff, at the empanelling of the April grand jury in the court of general sessions, instructed the jury to take up insur- ance matters, although District Attor- ney Jerome has asked for a special grand jury in May for that purpose. No. 2 Northern, | no miners” strike in the Pomeroy. Bend district. " The ‘operators ‘will pay" the brice demanded and will' sign the scale this week. " ™ O 0 P S 4 8 8 Son = | Recorder Goff spoke to the jury con- cerning_the work of the March grand jury under Judge O'Sullivan and the conflicts between Judge O'Sullivan and the district attorney in giving his instructions. Recorder Goff, in charging the jury, id that the -insurance matters had been called to his attention by Judge O’Sullivan, who presided ' over _the March grand jury. He said it appeared to him that the March grand jury- had-! been properly instructed by both Judge O’Sullivan and District Attorney Jerome that there was reasonable ground for the belief that there is available evidence showing that crime had been committed in insurance mat- ters. He instrncted the grand jury that it had untrammeled powers to act in the matter as it saw fit. MINISTER ATTACKS SENATOR. Accuses Unnamed Solon of Virtually Committing Polygamy. Kansas City, April 3.—Rev. Alexan- der Lewis, pastor of the First Con- gregational church, preaching on “Di- vorce; Its Evils and Remedies,” said: “A great cry went up because the polvgamist, Roberts, was elected to congress. But protesting should not end with Roberts, for there are other polygamists in congress. “The senator from one of the Middle states, the chairman of one of the most important eommittees, is Just as much a polyganist as Roberts. It is publicly known that simply because he"took a faney to another woman his first wife was.forced to seek a divorce. “It seems to make a vast difference whether the people who figure in these disgraceful episodes are members of the New York ‘400’ or-the followers of Brigham Young. 2 v D. B. Hill’s Health Restored. New York, April 3.—Former Senator David B. Hill, who went to Camden, B. C., early in the winter because his health was very poor, will return from the South in a few days. Friends of Mr. Hill who have seen him recently say that his health has improved great- Iy in the last few months. Provides for Cable to Panama. ‘Washington, April 3.—Senator For- aker has reported from the senate committee on- military affairs a bill providing for a cable from Key West to Panama, via Guantanamo, as advo- cated by the secretary of war. IN THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICT. Tieup Complete With Exception of a Few Nonunion Mines. Kansas City, April 3.—There is a_ complete shutdown in the- bituminous coal flelds included in the Southwest- ern Miners’ association in Missouri, Kansas, Eastern Arkansas and the territories. A few mines operated by nonunion men resumed as usual. No scenes of disorder were reported, the men generally remaining quietly at their homes. In almost every district the general belief was expressed both by oper- _ators and miners that an amicable settlement of their differences would soon be reaehed and that the strike would be of short duration. Neverthe less, the miners said they would re- main out until.a satistactory scale is signed and there was a general move- ment to store all available coal _ |18 the son of. SCALE WILL BE IN NO EVIDENCE OF STRIKE. Bverything Quiet at Miners’ Union Headquarters. Indianapolis, “ April 3. — Although 600,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America are-on strike there is nothing at the national head- quarters of the union that would indi- cate that anything unsual has hap- pened. All of the officials are out of the city and a corps of clerks and Btenographers is in charge of the office. President John Mitchell is in New York to meet the anthracite operators in a final attempt to arrive at an agreement in the anthracite region. Vice President T. L. Lewis is in Ohio directing the strike in that state and Secretary-Treasurer W. B. Wilson is at Clearfield, Pa., attending the joint conference of the Central Pennsyl !vania district. Reports are being received from various stales, but they are being for- warded to President Mitchell or held awaiting his return. President Mitchell evidently expects quick action on the anthracite scale as he expects to return in a week to attend a meeting of the international executive board. The board will take up. the matter of levying an assess ment on the men whose operators sign contracts and who are thus put to work. The general opinion among the miners’ board members is that prac: tically all of the bituminous miners will be at work within forty-five days and that the anthracite men will be on a long strike. IN LAND FRAUDS, | Sensational Report Expected From Grand Jury in Oregon. Portland, Ore., April 2—When the United States grand: jury now in ses- sion here makes its final report sensa- tional indictments in connection with the Pigeon land frauds may be expect ed. It is stated that the testimony goes to saow that frauds of a gigantic nature have been perpetrated in South: ern Oregon and that a score of indict- ments charging sahornation of perjury and other crimes are likely to be re- turned. PERJURY Infernal Machine Exploded. Askabad, Turkestan, Aprii 3.—A time infernal machine was exploded during the day in the vestibule of the governor general's residence, shatter- ing part of the wail and blowing a gun, which was mounted on one side of the entrance, across the street, but injuring no gne. Killed on Street at Cleveland. Cleveland, March 30.—Captain L. H. Gooddale, a member of the firm of Gooddale & Co. of Buffalo, was foand lying unconscious on’ Hamilton street at the foot of a stsirway and died shortly after being removed to a hos- pital. Gooddale’s skull was fractured The pelice believe he was assaulted Exceeds Previous hecord. i Cedar Rapids, Ia., March 31.—Cedar river touched 15 feet 6 inches during | the day, a foot over the highest pre- vious record. Damage, however, is nominal. The water is slowly reced- ing.. L The houndazy e between Texat and” Mexico, which has been the sub ! Ject of treaty negotiations since 1848 will be considered by the senate com mittee on foreigu relations on Wednes day next. The house committee on territories has authorized a favorable report on a bill setting aside for five vears 75 per cent of the customs and internal rev- enues of the Hawaiian islands for pub-; lic improvements. , The ‘house committee on merchant | marine and fisheries has anthorized a favorable report on a senate bill re leving motor fishing boats from the rigor of’ the recent enactment requir ing a licensed engineer: iRev. Samiiel Murray, a well known -‘German ‘Baptist minister, died at Wa-' bash, Ind., Sunday, the 100th anniver-; sary of his birth. He had been in the ministry for seventy years. Official.returns from every county in Arkansas show that Governor Jeffer- son Dayis. defeated Senator Eerry by about ~10,000 majority’ for United States senator in last' week’s primary -election. . . President Roosevelt has appointed Rudolph Forster to be first assistant secretary to the president in place of | B. F. Barnes, appointed postmaster at | Washington. Mr. Forster was second assistant secretary. The president has decided to appoint Albert Halstead as American consul at | THOUSANDS OF AFFECTED The Pittsbui'g Coal Company Officials Sign Wage Scale Demanded by Miners. FORCE TWO YEARS Pittsburg, April 3.—The miners’ scale of wages of 1903 was signed dur- ing the afiernocn by the Pittsburg Coal company officials. The agree- ment goes into effect at once and at- fects’ 27,000 men. The scale will remain-in force two years and provides for an increase of 5.55 per cent: An announcement was made at the same timeé that the scale has been .gigned by the following independent concerns: * Dilworth, Crescent, Maxine, Ells- worth, People’s, Wampun Run, Bulger, Fayette, Steen and Vesta, the latter being a subsidiary company of the Jones & Laughlin Steel company. STATE TO 'OPERATE MINE. 2. Missouri Institutions Will Be Supplied With Coal, Jefterson'-City, -Mo., April 3.—Gov- ernor Folk, through Warden Matt Hall of the state penitentiary here, has leased a mine near Waverly, from ! which coal will be mined during the present strike in sufficient quantities to supply the fifteen state institutions with fuel. The miners at Waverly ar_ paid more than the regular scale and do not want to strike. If they should be forced to go out Warden Hall said that there would be no difficulty in operating the. mine if the state s forced to resort to that extremity. DESIRE "TO SIGN SCALE, Many Illinois Operators Anxious to .~ Continue Work. Springfield, DL, April 3.—President Perry of the United Mine Workers of [ TNInols nrade the following statement: “I have been busy all morning an- swering telephone calls from operators all over the state who are willing to sign the scale -of 1903, as demanded by the miners.” o Among the signers, he said, are owners of twenty-five or thirty of the smaller mines in the Danville district ‘and the Williamson county operators, who heretofore were strongest in op- position to any increase. NOT A MINER AT WORK. Forty “Thousand Coal Diggers on "Strike in Ohio. Columbus; O.,-April 3—Chairman J. H. Winder of the Ohio operators has announced that he received word from all over the Ohio districts that not a miner of the 40,000 employed is at work except thie pumpmen and engi- neers, who were not ordered out. It is said that some of the operators want to sign the scale and that a num- ber of the men want to go to work. Holiday in Pittsburg District. Pittsburg, April 3.—It being the an- niversary of the granting of the eight- hour workday almost every mine in the Pittsburg district was closed. It Is expected, however, that within a day or two the miners employed by the Pittsburg Coal company and by several other local operators will re- turn to work and that all the miners in district No. 5 will be running before the close of the week. Complete Suspension of Work. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 3.—There Wwas a total suspension of mining in the Wyoming region. The engineers, fire- men and pump runners are at work as usuzl and in a few cases employes are at work making repairs that are imperative. At nearly all the collieries steam was up and whistles were blown as usual, but the miners were not on hana. Costly Fire in Indiana. Marion, Ind., April 3.—Fire almost destroyed the National Sweeper works here during the day. The loss will amount to about $100,000. About 200 men were employed in the factory. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Daniel Confort Burdict is dead at Beloit, Wis., aged 102 years. J. W. C. Steen, former Norwegian premier, is dead at Vossevangen, Nor- way, of heart disease. During the last three months of 1905 there were 165,540 alien arrivals at the port of New York. The eighteenth annual convéntion of the National Assocfation of Rallway thppi_ne public schools when the next session-opens on June 10. Two hundred women from all parts of the country attended the first ses- sion of the fifteenth annual convention of the National Council of Women at Toledo, O: - e ] Birmingham, Eng., to. succéed = his brother, Marshall Halstead, resigned.| Mr. Halstead is a. well known Wash- | ington newspaper correéspondent and Murat Halstead - It is relsogt_gd on the ‘Berlin boerse that the German government Is inter- % posing to. prevent-Germiah., bankers | from R participating in th Commissioners is in session at Wash- _ _ One hundred and twelve new Amer: - ican teachers will begin work in the - Mg i i ¥