Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 5, 1906, Page 1

' The VOLUME 3. NUMBER 294, 3 % o . BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA ISTORICAL © SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK CLAIMS THAT HE ‘'WAS HELD Agent For Asphalt Company Pleads Guilty to The Charge of Bribery. CITY CONTRACT COST HIM $2,600 Green Bay, Wis.,, April 5.—District Attorney Samuel Cady has achieved a totable triumph in the first case of sholesale mnew graft prosecutions threatened when pleas of guilty were entered by Charles M. Carpenter of Chicago, general agent for Wisconsin for the Barber Asphalt company, on three counts alleging bribery. Car- penter stated on the witness stand that in securing a contract awarded in’ November, 1901, for asphalt pave- ment, he gave bribes aggregating $2,- 600 to three Green Bay aldermen. He testified that he understood that of this amount Albert L. Gray and Henry ' Porth, both recently resigned from the council, recelved $1,600 and $400, re- spectively, and George J. Schwartz, recently convicted for subornation of perjury, $600. Carpenter declares he was victim of a holdup. he testified, were paid out of his own pocket and the Barber Asphalt com- pany had no knowledge of the trans- actions. Carpenter paid a fine of $1,000 and costs of $100. FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Philadelphia Man Killed and His Wife 3 Fatally Injured. Philadelphia, April 4—While riding in an automobile through Harvard, a suburb, during the day E. 0. Gowing, a member of the firm of Adams Bros. & Co., wholesale meat dealers of this city, was killed and his wife was so | seriously injured that her death is ex- pected. a rope that had been stretched across the road near a building operation. The rope tore the glass shield of the automobile from its fastenings, start- ling Mr. Gowing, who in manipulating ; the steering gear, caused ihe machine to-swerve. It crashed into a telegraph pole-and was upset, ccushing - its oe- cupants. Mr. Gowing died in a few minutes. His wife is unconscious at a hospital with concussion of the brain and internal injuries. MNr. Gowing ‘was formerly Philadelphia manager for ‘Switt & Co. Wealthy Man Shot by Burglar. San Jose, Cal, April +.—The r dence of George Douglass, a wealt retired miner from Colorado, was en- tered by a burglar during the night. Douglass exchanged shots with the man and was fatally wounded. Mr. Gowing failed to observe | ! choice lambs, $6.00@6.50. LONG REST IMPERATIVE. Depew Will Not Return to Washington for Some Months. New York, April 5.—The Tribune says: Senator Depew, who left Washing- ton a month ago on the advice of his physician, will not, in all probability, resume his seat in the senate during the present session. Since he returned from the capital the senator has been in retirement in Westchester county. Both the senator’s physician and member of his family say that the sole reason for withholding information as to his exact whereabouts is to afford him the privacy without which abso- lute rest would be impossible. The following statement of Senator Depew’s condition is taken from a communication addressed to a mem- ber of the senator's family by Dr The bribes, | : LRl Pearce Bailey of this city: “Senator Depew has been under my care since last autumn. He is suffer- ing from a nervous breakdown, the re- sult of prolonged str; 1 now expect him to make good recovery aund re- sume his senatorial duties. For such a result a complete rest of several months is imperative.” Dr. Bailey confirmed the foregoing i and added that the period of rest pre seribed would preclude the return of the senator to Washington before the end of the present session. Duluth wheat and Flax. Duluth, April 4—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 Northern, 78%c; No. 2 Northern, 76%c; May, 78%c; T c. Flax—To $1.14%; May, Sept., §1.16%. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. veals, $2.00@ 5. Sheep—Year- $5. 6.00; good to Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, “April 4.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@6.25; cows and heifers, $1.65@ 5.20; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 4.80; Texans, $3. Hogs— Mixed and butcher 6.55; good heavy, $6.50@6. rough heavy, that Easter Suit Price $10 to $25 0’Leary & Bowser ~ Have You Bought If Not! better makeyour selection this week. We expect another large shipment of Ad- ler Suits before Saturday. will be the latest in fabric and de- They sign. GENERAL BLANCO DEAD. Was Governor of Cuba During Spanish- Amarican War. Madrid, April,5.—General Blanco, formerly governor general of Cuba, died during the morning. Ramon Blanco y Arenas was sent to Cuba to succeed General Weyler, whose conduct in suppressing the re- bellion in that island had shocked the humanitarian feeling of all the civil- ked world. He started on a policy of GENERAL BLANCO. pacification, but the Cuban people did not trust him and his experience on the island was not happy. When the war with the United States broke out Blanco did not enter upon the defense of the island with much hope of suc- cess and as soon as the war was over he resigned and returned to Spain in November, 1898. NO AUTHORITY TO OPERATE CHICAGO VOTERS APPROVE PUR. CHASE OF STREET RAILWAYS BY MUNICIPALITY. Chicago, April 5.—In the city elec- tion at Chicago the voters approved the purchase of the street railway lines by the municipality, but failed to give the necessary majority to al- low the city to operate the lines. Three propositions were submitted to the voters, the first of which was: “Shall the city of Chicago proceed to operate street railways?” This required 60 per cent of the total vote cast in order to become ef- fective. The total vote was 231,171. Tue proposition received but 120,911 votes, 17,792 short of the necessary three-fifths. The second proposition involved the approval of an ordinance providing for the issue of street railway certifi- cates in amount not to exceed $75,- 000,000 for the purchase, ownership and maintenance of the street rail- ways. This was carried by about 3,339 votes. The third question, which was sim- ply on the question of public policy and has no legal effect whatever, was: “Shall the city council proceed with- out delay to secure the municipal own- ership and operation of the street railways under the Mueller law in- stead of granting franchises to private companies?” This proposition was carried by about 3,837 votes. Of the thirty-five aldermen who were elected Mayor Dunne claims that nine- teen are avowed champions of munic- ipal ownership and that he will have less dificulty in passing measures re- lating to that doctrine through the city council than heretofore. The faction opposed to municipal ownership declares that it still holds control of the council. MAYOR ROSE DEFEATED. Milwaukee Republicans Elect Head of City Ticket. Milwaukee, April 5.—Sherburn M. Becker, the young Republican candi- date for mayor of Milwaukee, was elected over David S. Rose, Dem., who has for the past eight years been the city’s executive head. Unofficial figures give Becker’s plurality 1,555. Becker also carried with him the bal- ance of the Republican city ticket with the exception of Alexander E. Martin for city treasurer, who was defeated by W. H. Graebner, Dem. John T. Kelly was elected city attor- ney and Paul Bechtner comptroller. Returns from all parts of the state, though necessarily incomplete, show that William H. Timlin of Milwaukee has undoubtedly been elected associate justice of the supreme court. The Dunn pocket ballot law appar- ently has been defeated, not one pre- cinct from the state as yet showing a majority for the law. BOHEMIAN PRINCE DEAD. Daughter-in-Law Expires in Same Cas- tle Five Hours Later. Vienna, April 5.—Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe died during the morning of heart failure at his castle at Nachod, Bohemia. His daughter-in- law, Princess Louise, a daughter of the king of Denmark, died five hours later of meningitis at the same castle. Signs Eight-Hour Agreement. Springfield, O., April 5—The Crowell Publishing company of this city has announced that an eight-hour day has been conceded in their composing raoms and throughout its entire estab- lishment. The printers of the com- pany have been on strike since Jan. 1 for an eight-hour day. ‘}nounced return of John Alexander R FIGHT AHEAD = . T NEV! QFFICEQS OF ZION CITY TO RESIST EFFORTS OF DOWIE TO ST THEM. MISUSE OF CHURCH FUNDS CHARGED : B ASSERTION 1S MADE THAT IF DOWIE RETURNS HE WILL ! BE ARRESTED. Chicago, <April 5—It was decided during the day by Overseer Voliva of Zion City that in view of the an- Dowie from Mexico and his declared intention of making a fight against the action suspending him from ofiice that the present overseer shall be appoint- ed receiver of the Church of Zion and of all the public properties standing in the ndine of the church. The courts will probably be asked to name Voliva as receiver within the next few days. It was also asserted by the officers of Zion City that if Dowie returns and commences legal action against the present officers of the church or at- iempts to oust them they will cause his arrest and prosecution on the charge of misuse of funds. Voliva, acting under the power of attorney; he halds from Dowie, has filed in the office of the county re- corder of Lake county an assignment to Deacon Alexander Granger of all the annuities and bequests that have been made to Dowie and are still un- paid. b e DOWIE DEq‘DES TO FIGHT. Deposed Leadefi of Zion Will Return From Mexico. Chicago, Aprfl 5—John' Alexander Dowie -has pick‘ii up the gage of bat- tle so dramatically thrown down by Qverseer Volivagand his supporters cn Sunday and will come to Zion City 10 measure strength with the youag leader who has supplanted him. Breathing thg spirit of imperious leadership: which long ago stam.ed Dowie as a leader of men three mes- sages penned By him were received during the dayfg One of these {old another informed Judge Barnes of tie action and named F. H. Wilhite as tiie new overseer pending the arrival of Dowie early next week and the third "directed the appointee to-take charge” promptly. The telegrams were the first which had been received from Dowie since he had been apprised of the action taken in the Sunday meeting at the tabernacle and their announcement of the first apostle’s intended retarn pre- cipitated an immediate mecting of the cabinet, which lasted far into the night. ONLY SEVEN PERSONS INJURED. Train Jumps the Track and Runs Into Woods. Norfolk,. Va., April 5—Seven per- sons were injured in a wreck on the Norfolk and Western railroad durinz the day. But for the vigilance of Mark Noble, engineer of the train, who was watching for just such a thing as | an open switch, which caused the wreck, probably. many of the fifty or sixty passengers aboard would have been killed. The train was running at ! a high rate of speed when Engineer Noble spied the open switch thirty yards away. Immediately he threw on his emergency brakes, greatly re- | ducing the speed by the time the en- | gine struck the switch. The train ' jumped the track, then jumped an ad- | joining: ditch and ran headlong into ' neighboring woods before it stopped. | The engineer was picked up twenty 1 feet ahead of the engine. The train careened but did not turn over. No one was killed. It is said the switch had been left open after a freight which passed’ early in the morning. STRIKE IS AVERTED. Street Car Troubles at Oakland, Cal., Adjusted. Oakland, Cal, April 5—At 3 a. m. the Car Men’s union unanimously adopted the agreement reached be- tween its leaders and the representa- tives of the street car company. Under the new order of things the traction company recognizes not only the union but grants all discharged employes the right to appeal before the directors of the corporation through the union. All discharged em- ployes who secure reinstatement ° through appeal are to receive full pay for the time lost between the date of ! their discharge and the date of their return to work. 2 In future the company will place | bulletin boards in all carhouses for use by the union and trippers will be paid for a full hour's work even if they make but a portion of a run. Dur- Ing the time motormen and condic- tors are giving instructions to students they will receive 25 cents a day in ad- dition to their regular wages. Captured in Minnesota Woods. Wooster, 0., April 5—A telegram teceived here during the day an- nounced the capture by Cleveland offi- cers in a lumber camp in Minnesota of Charles W. McGlenen of Creston, O., wanted here to answer to a charge of embezzlement of about $3,000 from the Union Central Life Insurance com- pany of Cincinnati. N R ES aEwil ™ A N Voliva thatshe was Shorn of all power, | VALUATION OF RAILROADS. Congress Asked to Order an Inventory b by States. B ‘Washington, April 5—By unanimous vote the National Association of Rail- way Commissioners adopted the reso- lution of Commissioner B. H. Meyer of ‘Wisconsin that congress should au- thorize and direct the interstate com- merce commission or some other de- partment of the government to' ascer- tain the inventory value of all rail- roads in the United States and to fix a valuation on the railway property of |. each state separately. Further con- sideration of the report of the commit- tee on railroad taxation was post- poned until the next convention. Supplementary to the report of the committee on uniform classification, which was adopt«, that committee, through Ira B. Mills of Minnesota, its chairman, urged- upon the members consideration of the question of the simplification of lariff sheets. The matter was referred to a committee for report at the next convention. It was declared by several delegates that uniform classification would do away with a great deal of complexity In the rate sheets and also with hun- dreds of thousands of overcharges. TAKEN FROM GIRL'S ARM. Bristle From Tooth Brush Lost for Over a Year. Eveleth, Minn,, April 5—The bristle of a tooth brush, which lodged in her throat a year ago last January, has been extricated from the arm of Miss Agnes Zellar, who lives. near here. The Dbristle got lodged in her throat while she was cleaning her teeth and physicians were unable to extricate it at the time. PREPARING FOR LONG SIEGE LARGE SHIPMENT OF GUNS RE- CEIVED AT A WINDBER (PA.) NONUNION MINE. Johnstown, Pa., April 5—From the few men who reported for work at the ‘Windber plant of the Berwind-White Coal company it is evident a much larger number of the miners have joined the union than was generally believed. The miners are awaiting the result of the joint conference now in session at Clearfield. Sheriff Begley was busy during the day serving injunctions on the strik- ers, restraining them from interfering with the men at work. It is said the company_is arran«ing to bring a large number- of miners from their other plants to take the places of strikers. The company received a large ship. ment of guns during the night and is preparing for a long siege. Sheriff Begley put seventy-five deputies on duty. Succeed in Stopping Washery. ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 5—At the Fernwood mine of the Erie Coal com- pany at Yatesville Italian miners tried to prevent the pumpmen from going to work, but a detail of state constab- ulary soon dispersed the crowds. Un- employed workmen prevented the op- eration of the washery of the West End Coal company at Mocanaqua. SCANDAL St. Petersburg Banker Commits Sui- cide by Hanging. St. Petersburg, April 5—The body of Heinrich Block, a banker, was dis- covered at his residence during the day, where he had hanged himself. Block first introduced into Russia on a large scale the American method of advertising. He was engaged prin- cipally in the sale of lottery bonds on the installment , his own fortune having heen bas: his luck in draw- ing a capital prize 0f-$150,000. It is intimated that Block was heav- ily committed on the bourse and that the investigation into his death will develop a big bankruptey. FINANCIAL FEARED. GOES TO PRISON FOR PERJURY. Man Who Revealed Alleged Plot to - Kill Parkhurst, New York, April 5.—Larry Rogers, who recently told the district attorney a false story about a plot o assas- sinate Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, the clergyman and reform leader, has been sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment in Sing Sing. After he had involved several mem- bers of the police under a cloud of suspicion by revealing their alleged plans to have Mr. Parkhurst clubbed at the first opportunity Rogers retract- ed his statements and pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury. RUSSIA OPENS NEGOTIATIONS. Desires a Foreign Loan of at Least $200,000,000: St. Petersburg, April 5—In view of ‘he agreement on Moroccan reforms reached at Algeciras March 31 Russia has opened preliminary negotiations in Paris for a large foreign loan of at least $200,000,000 and desires more if possible. The syndicate with which she is negotiating is composed of German, Dutch and British capitalists. Express Agents Will Strike. Moncton, N. B., April 5—Some 200 agents of the Canadian Express com- pany along the Intercolonial railway in three provinces have given notice that they had voted to declare a strike against the express Tompany on April WILL MODIFY THEIR DEMANDS Anthracite Miners Ready to do Every- thing Reasonable to Avoid Strike. NEW PROPOSAL TO THE OPERATORS SHIP SUBSIDY HEARINGS. First Meeting of House Committee a Lively One. ‘Washington, April 5—Ship subsidy hearings were begun during the day by the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries. Rough weather was struck at once by reason of the crossfire and controversies of the chairman and committee members, with the endeavors of witnesses to get themselves understood. John McNeill, past national presi- dent of the Boilermakers’ association, argued in favor of the bill. He spoke of the poverty of the English work- men and pleaded with the committee to stand ont against the deterioration of American conditions to the same level. George L. Duvall, chairman of the ghip subsidy committee of the New York Merchants' association; was next allowed to state his name and official standing. He had no more than got these facts in the record when Repre- sentative Humphrey of Washington Legan to catechise him at an exceed- ingly rapid rate. Mr. Humphrey stopped long enough to explain to the committee, after he had asked a dozen questions, that he wanted to show that Mr. Duvall was simply represent- ing foreign shipping interests. This Mr. Duvall hotly denied. DEED OF DEMENTED HUSBAND. Michigan Woman Burned to Death in Her Home. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 5.—Mrs. | order of Coroner Le Roy. The twelve Year-old son of the couple was aroused by his mother’s cries and rushed down stairs te find her body on the floor i surrounded by flames and his father running around the room apparently dentented. He says that his father held him and would not let him go to his mother’s assistance. Van Thof has spent time in an insane asylum and is said to have shown signs of mental derangement of late. When the neigh- bors reached the house Van Thof was running up and down in front of the house, half clad, shouting: “I told { you I'd burn her up. Hurrah for the Stars and Strives.” BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. The buildings on the state conviet farm in Rankin county, Miss, were partially destroyed by fire Wednesday, causing a loss of about $75,000. A special train on the Chicago, Cin: cinnati and Louisville road was wrecked at Richmond, Ind., as the re- sult of a cave! Six persons were in- Jured. Fire at Pontiac, Mich., completely destroyed the huggy and wagon fac- tory of -R. D. Scoit & Co. and seven residences, causing a total loss of t $120,000. The Minneapolis and St. Louis road and the Iowa Central have announced the annulment of six Sunday passen- ger trains because of coal shortage due to the coal strike. Charles A. Warwick, publisher of the Keokuk (Ia.) Constitution-Demo- { crat, is dead at the age of fifty-three. He was in the newspaper business there for thirty-one years. While saying requiem mass at the funeral of one of his parishioners Rev. John Dempsey, pastor of St. Bernard’s Catholic church at Crawfordsville, ! Ind,, fell dead in his pulpit. The latest " opening of mnavigation news from Sault Ste. Marie encour- ages the belief that it will be between ! pass through the connecting waters of | Lakes Superior and Huron. The creation of an artificial island in the middle of ‘the cntrance to Chesa- peake bay is proposed by the joint board of coast defense as an absolute essential to the defense of the national capital and the cities of Baltimore, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 4—Wheat—May, 8% @77c; July, 79%c; Sept., 171%@ T73%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 78%c; No. 1 Northern, 77%c; No. 2 North- ern, 76%4c. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 4—Wheat—May, 18% 4hc; July, 45%c. Oats—May, 313c; July, 29% @297%¢c. Pork—May, $16.20; 1 July, . $16.17% @16.20. Flax-—Cash, Northwestern, $1.12; ~Southwestern, i $1.06: May, $1.14. Butler—Creamer- 14. The agents are all employes of Hes, 16@26%e¢; dairies, 15@23c. Eggs —15ikc. Poultry—Turkeys, 12%c; the railroad, but are paid a commisston ‘| ehickens and springs, 13%c. April 10 and 15 before the boats can ; Norfolk, Newport News and Richmond. @78%c; July, 77%@78c. Corn—May, | Scranton, Pa., Apill 5—Word has been received from New York that when the anthracite operators and ‘ miners’ committees reconvene in that city the latter will present to the op- erators a new set of demands modified from those which the mine owners have so determinedly rejected. The conference will be attended by the full committee and the miners will do everything reasonable to secure a peaceful settlement. They will not, however, vyield completely on all points which they have made. Should the operators reject the new proposi- tion the miners, it is said, will seek to have the trouble adjusted by the board of arbitrators. MORE MINERS RESUME WORK. Greater Activity Apparent in the Pitts- burg District. Pittsburg, April 5. — Additional mires are in operation in the Pitts- burg district. The Pittsburg Coal company reporied forty-three mines running along the railroad and eleven idle. Along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers twelve mines are in operation and fifteen closed. The New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company has five mines running. In the Bridgeville district the miners at Sygan, Beadling, Traveskyn and Fed- jeral are all closed. The same condi- tions prevail in the Oakdale district. No work is being done at any of the independent mines. The operators say they have been closed indefinitely. ‘When the question of continuing work under the new agreement was Martin Van Thof was burned to_death . district early in the day. Her husband is|convention the delegates went on rec- held at the county jail pending thelord as tavo the 1903 scale as signed by the Pittsburg Coal com- pany and a number of other coal com- panies-in this district. It is now expected that in a day or two the Pittsburg Coal company will have all its mines in operation. CONTINUOUS FIRING KEPT UP. Night of Terror and Disorder at Mine Near Irwin, Pa, Irwin, Pa., April 5—The night was one of terror and disorder at Edna mine No. 2 of the Penn Gas Coal com- pany, where several hundred men are on a strike for recognition of the un- ion. The strikers all seem to be armed and from dark until daylight a continuous fusillade of firing was kept up. Fortunately no one was injured. The company, it is said, will have twenty-five more guards on duty at once. It is considered unsafe to introduce strikebreakers and serious trouble is feared if an attempt is made to do 0. REPLIE§ TO OPERATORS. ‘President Undecided as to What Ac- tion He Will Take. Columbus, Q. April 5—John H. i Winder, president of the Ohio Oper- | ators’ association, has given out a let- ter he has received from President {Roosevelt in which the president an- iswers the request of a commission to i be appointed by nim to settle the min- lers’ strike, The president writes: ( “To appoint a commission to meet with the miners and operators as you Tequest would necessitate action on _the part of congress. As yet I am not jprepared to say what action I person- ally will or can take in the matter.” TO SETTLE ILLINOIS STRIKE. State Board of Arbitration Offers Its Services. Springfield, I, April 5—The state {board of - arbitration thas offered its seryices to the coal operators and miners of Illinois. Piesident Perry of the United Mine { Workers of Ilinois stated that the miners were willing to accept an offer to meet the operators in conference in the presence of the state board of arbi- tration and that he would send a-re- bly.to that effect to the board. CONFERENCE ON MONDAY. No Coal Will Be Mined in Ohio This Week. Columbus, O., April 5—No coal will be mined in Ohio, this week, according to Secretary.Savage of the Ohio min- ers. “Next Monday,” he said, “the min- brs and operators will hold a confer- ence at Athens and upon the result of it will depend largely the situation in Ohio. The independents in the Hock- Ing field are anxious to: sign the 1903 scale.” Aie R pore g 1naiana Mines resume. . Indianapolis, April 5—Six _coal mines in the Evansville district re- sumed operations during the morning. Iy believed that all of the per: that fleld will sign the