Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 14, 1906, Page 1

- The Be VOLUME 3. NUMBER 302 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1906. MINNESOTA ® SOCIETY. TEN CENTS PER WEEK WILL PREVENT MORE DELAYS President Urges Adoption of Simmons Amendment to Railroad Rate Bill. ANOTHER CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ‘Washington, April 14.—Railroad 2ute legislation again was a topic of impor- tant discussion at the White House during the day. The president talked over the subject with Senator Nelson of Minnesota, one of the staunch sup- porters of rate regulation, and later discussed it with Senators Simmons and Overman of North Carolina. The president suggested to Senator Nelson that in his judgment it would be wise to attach to the Hepburn bill elther the amendment offered by Sen- ator S8immons or that by Senator Mal- lory, both of which are designed to prevent unusual delay in the consid- eration of applications for temporary injunctions. The proposed amend- ments provide that proceedings for preliminary injunctions must be begun ; before the rate fixed by the commis- sion goes into effect. The complain- ant must begin proceedings within fif- teen days after any given rate Is fixed by the commission and the notification has been recelved. Ten days then are allowed for the taking of the testi- mony and the return of papers. In thirty-ive days all the facts in the | case must be ready for submission to the court on a motion for the tem- porary injunction. Such an amend- ment, it is believed by the advocates of rate regulation, would insure a speedy determination of any given case and would prevent the delays which they fear. It is regarded as lkely that such an amendment may be adopted. Senator Morgan has amendment to the railroad rate bill providirig for the review by the fed- eral courts of findings by the inter- state commerce commission. CORBIN TO SUCCEED BATES. Will Hald Rank of Lieutenant General for a Few Months. ‘Washington, April 14.—Lieutenant General Bates is about to be retired and Major General Henry C. Corbin, at present in command of the North- ern division, with headquarters at St. Louis, will succeed to the rank of lieutenant general. He will serve in that place only during the summer, however, and will in turn be succeed- ed by Major General MacArthur, who wiil. probably be the last of the lieu- tenant generals, at least until there is another war. offered an; ARGUMENT IN SMOOT CASE. Fo-mer Secretary Carlisle Opens for the Protestants. ‘Washington, April 13.—Arguments iin the case of Senator Reed Smoot were begun during the day before the senate committee on privileges and elections after an inguiry extending over three years into his right to re- tain his seat. Former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle opened for the protestants. The committee room was as crowded as any time since the ' investigation began, most of the spec- i(?‘.lm's being women. Mr. Smoot was | present, as well as several prominent Mormons who have assisted him in his defense. Mr. Carlisle reviewed first the testi- mony of President Joseph F. Smith and other Mormon officials to show that the first presidency and the twelve apostles are a self-perpetuat- ing body, responsible for everything that is done, either spiritual or tem- poral. Mr. Smoot’s membership in this body, asserted Mr. Carlisle, made him equally responsible for any wrong- doings under the laws of the nation. He said the Mormon church is more than a church; it is a commercial and political organization. He criticised at some length church control over candidacies of its members for public office and asserted that the situation is such that the politics of Utah can be dominated by the Mormon church at will. Senator Knox inquired of Mr. Car. lisle whether he contended that the laws of the chureh require members to submit - to the jurisdiction of the church laws when in conflict with the laws of the state and nation. Mr. | Carlisle replied that was his conten- tlon and that the officers of the church could do nothing without the ! consent of the apostles, of which Mr. Smoot is one. i FAILS TO REACH AGREEMENT, Joint Conference of Ohio Miners and Operators Adjourns. Athens, O, April 1 ~The joint con- ference of operators and miners in this agreement. ‘The independent oper- ators, consisting of about 20 per cent of the output of the district, have signed the scale. district has adjourned finally without | WOULD HANG BURGLARS. " " IMPRISONMENT AND - FINE. Capital Pumlhmem Favored at Police | greens and Gaynor Ien!enced at Sa- Chiefs’ Convention. Hot Springs, Ark., April 14.—A vig- orous discussion of the question of capital punishment for burglars and the whipping post for wifebeaters fol- lowed a paper on' those subjects read by Chief of Police Browning of Ogden, N. Y., at the session of the Interna- tional Association of Chiefs of Police. The whipping post for wifebeaters was commended by Chief George Black of Wilmington, Del. He stated that since the whipping post had been inaugurated in his city he had been :ble to decrease the police force. by alf. §IX PERSONS KILLED. Tornado Destroys Number of Build. ings at Briggs, Tex. Dallas, Tex., April 14.—It is learned 1 that six persons were killed and sev- eral injured in the tornado which swept over Briggs, Tex. A number of buildings were destroyed. At Cleburn, Tex., the storm blew down the grandstand in the ball park during a game. Several persons were injured. The heaviest rain in years fell in Dallas during the night and raln is re- ported over North Texas. MUTILATED FOR LIFE. Chicago Boys Experiment With Dyna- mite Cartridges. Chicago, April 14—Three boys who purchased some dynamite cartridges and proceeded to set them off in a vacant lot were mutilated for life by the explosion of one of the cartridges. They were: Henry Polhanus, hand blown off; Frank Ryan, thumb and two fingers blown off; Herbert Gren- die, thumb of right hand and left hand blown off. The ages of the boys range from eleven to fourteen years. DEMAND HIGHER WAGES. Seven Hundred Mail Cart Drivers on Strike at Vienna. Vienna, April 14.—Seven hundred drivers of mail carts struck during the day. As the postal authorities had not received any intimation of the intention of the men to stop work they were caught unaware, but after a temporary dislocation of business they managed to secure substitutes to take out the carts, each of which was escorted by a policeman. The drivers want more pay. They had been getting about $20 per month and @demand am imerease of from $2 to $4. The letter carriers will possibly join in the strike. RUSSIAN PEASANTS STARVING. Famine in Several Provinces Assumes Acute Phase. Kharkoff, Russia, April 14—The famine -among the peasants in the Riazan, Kazan, Simbirsk and Tula provinces has assumed an acute phase. The grain has all gone and among the -peasants, who absolutely are without bread, hunger typhus has appeared. . The mortality is especially large among the children. Several famine committees are issuing appeals for funds to rescue the starving. In these appeals they state that 30 cents will preserve the life of a child for a week and 90 cents that of an adult. For Men Youman $5.00; Dunlap $5.00; Lanpher $3.00; Roelofs $2.50 to $3.50. Ghe Roelof Hat is made under our own Brand and is Fully Guaranteed By Us. Easter Plants Lillies 25¢c a bloom; $1.--$2; O’Leary @ Bowser, Bemidji, - Hyacinth 40c; Palms %1.35 to $1.50. We Expect a Shipment of Cut Flowers Saturday Morning. Minn. Ferns vannah, Ga. Savannah, Ga., April 14—Judge Speer, in the United States court, sentenced Greene and Gaynor each to & term of four.years in the peniten- tiary and to a fine of $575,749, the amount each is charged with having fraudulently obtained from the United States government. ‘When the prisoners were brought into court Judge Speer asked counsel for the defense If they had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced. Colonel P. W. Meldrim answered in the negative, whereupon the court imposed sentence. Each defendant had been found guilty upon all the counts of three indictments charging conspiracy, embezzlement and présenting false claims. The sen- tenices ‘upon the thréé indictments were respectively two, four and four vears, but the court ordered that these rum concurrently, so that the sentence was really for four years. Imprison- ment’is to be in the federal prison at Atlanta. The defénse will file a bill of excep- tions and they asked for an order of court extending to thirty days the time permitted counsel for preparing this bill. JAR OF MONEY LOCATED. Nearly $7,000 Buried on Property of Deceased Farmer. New Ulm, Minn, April 14.—Fred Kuehn, an old farmer, died several weeks ago in the township of Sigel and left an estale which was valued at $17,000. Otto Schell was appointed special administrator by the probate court and in making an inventory of the property only about $10,000 could be found, being mostly in land and live steck. Kuehn was known as an eccentric character and always kept his finan- cial affairs to himself. The premises were repeatedly searched since his death for hidden treasures and work was about to be abandoned when the special adminis- trator and August Schultz, a relative, stumbled upon a suspicious looking place near some plum trees. They began excavating and found a Jjar encased with shingles, barely cov- ered with earth. It contained $6,815, of which $1,635 was in gold and $40 in currency and the rest in notes and certificates of deposit. IS A MYSTERY. Aged Man Fatally Shoots Niece and " Kills Himself. Minneapolis, April 14—Calling his niece into_his room and telling her that he had a present for her Herman Koenig, aged sixty, sent a bullet crash- ing through the head of Mrs. S. E. Boothman, aged twenty-six, causing what may prove to be a mortal wound, and then turning the weapon upon himself blew out his brains. The whole affair is shrouded in mys- tery. No one knows of any trouble between the two and no cause for the terrible douple tragedy can.be learned. Koenig is a retired business man from Stillwater. For the past year, since the Boothmans moved into the house at Ninth street south, he has made them frequent visits and about two months ago he took up his per- manent residence with them. Mr. Boothman is a traveling man and was absent from the city at the time of the tragedy. TRAGEDY TWO WOUNDED. Ex-Army Sharpshooter Turns Loose in New York City. New York, April-14.—Edward Scan- lon was shot and killed and Patrick Donovan and Mrs. Herman Miller were wounded by Miller in the apart- ments of Miller in East Thirteenth street. ' Millér asserts that the shoot’ ing was done to protect his wife, who; he alleges, was seized by the throat by the men when she answered their knock on the door. Miller also said the men, who had been his friends, attempted to rob him. He was arrest- ed on a charge of homicide. Miller up to six months ago was a sharpshooter in the United States army, serving in the Philippines. The wounds of Don- ovan and Mrs. Miller are not regarded as dangerous. ONE DEAD, RESULT OF COAL STRIKE. Many Western Rairoads Are Laying Off Employes. Chicago, April 14—Many employes of various railroads.-entering Chicago have been laid off on account of the decrease in business resulting from the coal strike. ‘The Chicago and Northwestern laid off 500 employes. 1t was announced that the Chicago and Alton had dropped nearly 200 em- ployes from the payroll. Four hundred mechanics of the Chi- cago and Eastern Illinois are now idle. Curtailments in the yard and train service are general on all roads owing to the cessation of the demand for fuel hauling. Alabama Mine Owner Suicides. -Birmingham, Ala;, April 14—Paul, J, Stith, president of the Stith Coal and Iron company, operating mines in ! Walker county, returned from a visit | to his company's mines, drove to his home and, entering his bedroom, fired a bullet through his heart, dying im- mediately. No Hope of a Settlement. joint conference of miners and oper- ators which opened during the day 90 per cent of the soft coal tonnage of ‘| the district was represented. There 18 no hope of a settlement at this meet- Wheeling, W. Va., April 14—At the | MITCHELL 1S OPTIMISTIO Hopes Operators’ Reply Will Permit Further Negotiations. New York, April. 14.—President Mit- chell of the Miners’ union is busy pre- paring to close his headquarters here and return to Indianapolis. All the members of the general scale commit- tee have left for their homes. in the o anthracite regions and will not be = called together umtil after the oper- ators reply to the propositions sub- ere Of lnsurance mitted to them by the miners. In the face of pessimistic expres- sions of some of the members of the scale committee President Mitchell is hopeful of a peaceful ending of the controversy with the operators. He believes that the opérators will make an answer which will permit the con- tinuance of the negotiations instead of abruptly ending them. President Mitchell goes to Indianap- olis to prepare for the meeting of the International executive board of the miners’ union. At this meeting the proposition made last week by the Ohio operators to arbitrate the dis- pute between the mine owners and the striking miners in that state will be considered. MILWAUKEE BRIBERY TRIAL. Witness Says Many Officials Shared in Rakeoff. Milwaukee, April 14—Wholesale methods, by ‘which the county is said to have been mulcted by indicted su- pervisors, was testified to in the mu- nicipal court during the day by former Supervisor Edward F. Strauss in the “trial of Assemblyman Fred Hartung, charged with accepting a bribe of $1,500 in connection with a plumbing contract in the county hospital. Strauss testified that the $1,500, which, he said, was taken by himsel{ and Hartung, was divided among twen ty-three members of the board. Scale Approved by Miners, Athens, O., April 14—The dead work scale agreed upon for the Hock- ing district by the joint committee of miners and operators was formally: ratified by the convention of miners. The result is that all the mines of sub- district No. 1 of district No. 6, with the exception of the Sunday Creek and the Luhrig companies, will resume work at once. Twelve Hundred Men Quit. Pittsburg, April 14—Twelve hun- dred miners employed at the Great Lakes Coal company at Kaylor, Pa., quit work by order of the district offi-. cials because the company refused to agree to certain concessions. Exciting Game Proves Fatal. St. Louis, April 14—Hemry G. Paschall, a wealthy bachelor and a baseball enthusiast, died of heart dis- ease as the result of excitement while watchiug the thirteen-inning basaball game between the National league clubs of St. louis and Pittsburg. VOTE ON THE RATE Indications Point to Action by Senate Early in May. ‘Washington, April 14—An early agreement to conclude general debate on the Hepburn rate bill and fix a time for taking the final vote now seems probable. Mr. Tillman renewed his request that such an arrangement be made and Senators. Aldrich and Foraker expressed the belief that this can be done whenever the set speeches are out of the way. The last of these is scheduled for next Tuesday, when Mr. La Follette expects to speak. Al- lowing three or four days of grace it is believed that the end of next week will see a definite plan outlined for ending the rate discussion. Mr. Morgan served notice that he will object to all suggestions which do mot include taking the bill up by sections for amendment. Mr. Allison had previously proposed this method and it met with general assent. In this way all the amendments would be classified according to the ‘section they affect and could be voted upon ‘when debate on each closed. It is expected that a week” will be allowed for amendments and probably another week for general discussion, bringing a final vote early in May. TILLMAN FILES PROTEST. Morris Incident Reason for Opposing Barnes' Confirmation. ‘Washington, April 14—Senator Till- man has filed formal charges with the sub-committee considering the nomina- tion of Benjamin F. Barnes, assistant secretary to the president, to be post- master at Washington and protested against his confirmation. = These charges relate to the expulsion of Mrs. Minor Morris from the executive office and assert inhuman and brutal treat- ment of the woman and also allege that Barnes made a false statement. about the case. RACING - FOR THE BORDER. Parallel Minnesota Railroads Hurry- ing Construction Work. Virginia, Minn., April 14—The Du- luth, Rainy Lake and Winnipes and the Great Northern roads are racing through the northern part of the state in an elfort to reach the Canadian bor- der first. The Rainy Lake road has the start and is building rapidly north of Ashawa. but it is reported that Hill’s road will lay a mile of track a day to overtake them. The surveys of the road show them to be parallel ‘about thirty miles apart. TO REGGLATE MONEY RATES. BILL. INDIANS HAVE UPPER HAND. Refuse to Permit Sheep to Be Driven Across Reservation. ‘Washington, April 14.—Senator Ful- ton of Oregon discussed with the pres- ident during the day a peculiar sitna- tion which has arisen in his state. ‘The sheep raisers of the state have been in the habit of driving their flocks, numbering in the aggregate about 250,000 head, across the Uma- tilla Indian reservation from the win- ter rendezvous of the flocks to the summer ranges and back again in the fall. This spring the Indians refused to permit the stockmen to drive their sheep across their reservation—a dis- tance of about fifteen miles—unless the owners paid them $1 a head. As the sheep are worth about $1.50 each the stockmen' regarded the proposed tax as rather heavy. As the Indians have the law on their side and the Indian police to enforce it there is drive their sheep entirely around the reservation unless they can make some reasonable arrangement with the Indians through the government. it was with a view to making such an arrangement that Senator Fulton had his {alk with the president.. The sub- ject will be considered further by the president in coanection with officials of the interior department FAVDRED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE. Bill Prohibiting Interstate Commerce in Prison Made Goods. ‘Washingion, April 1 —The house committee on labor during the day took favorable action on the joint bill prohibiting interstate commerce in prison made goods. The bill is drawn along the lines of the Wilson “original package” law, courts. Prominent People Involved. Sioux City, Ia., April 14.—Additional disclosures regarding the systematic robbery of the Pelletier department store have involved some of the most highly respzcted families in Sioux Cit; Although but $1,000 worth of stolen plunder has been recovered it is ‘suspected more may have been taken. -A number of arrests have been made. School Children Plant Flowers. Louisville, April "14.—The pupils of missed Friday and sent home to plant flower seeds, 350,000 packages being given out for this purpose. The day was set aside for the beautifving of lawns and backyards by the board of education.” New York to Have Bank With Capital of $50,000,000. New York, April 14—It was report- ed during the day that a proposition to establish a bank with a capital of 1$50,000,000 for the purpose of regulat- ing money and exchange rates during times-of ‘financial stringency such asi that recently experienced in Wall street is under consideration by inter- ests connected with the Stock Ex- | change and by the National City bank: ot this: city. 3 < MARKET QUOT)&TI_ON_S. Poultry, Butter and Eggs. Chicago, April 13.—Butter—Cream- eries, 14@20%c; dairies, 14@18c. Eggs —14%ec. Poultry—Turkeys, 12%ec; chickens and springs, 11%ec. St. Paul Union Stock Yards, St. Paul, April 13.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $4.25@5.50; common to fair, $3.50@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@4.50; veals, $1.50@ 4.75. Hogs—$6.25@6.40. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $5.25@6.00; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6.50. Suicides te Avoid Arrest, Columbus Grove, O., April 14.—Clar.’ ence Frank, a self—confesaed firebug, frustrated the plans of the police to. put him under arrest at Leipsic Junc- tion, Putnam county, by. blowing off! the fop of his head with a shotgun when officers were about to arrest’ him. 5 Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, April 13.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@6:30; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.76@ 4.70. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $6.40 @6.62%; good heavy, $6.50@6.62%; rough heavy, $56:20@6.30; light, $6.35 @6.37%; pigs; $5.85@6.35. Sheep, $3.25 @6.25; lambs, $4.75@6.65; yearlings, 35 GSQG 40, s ‘Dispose of Disagreements. Des Moines, Ia,, April 14.—The day’s session of the mlnerl’ and operators’ conference was given up‘to a discus- sion of minor features of disagree- ' ments and several were disposed of. The scale will probably be completed in time for the mines m nlum; opera- lbnl about May 1. HIS WIFE MADE POLICY LOANS ness With the Company’s Patrons. WISCONSIN LEGISLATIVE HEARING. nothing for the stockmen to do but; ‘| which has been sustained by the; the Louisville public schools were dis- | President Did Busi- Milwaukee, April 14—The most sensational feature of the day in the examination of the Northwestern Mu- { tual Life Insurance company by the special leglslative investigating com- mittee was the production of docu- mentary evidence tending to show that Mrs. Henry L. Palmer, wife ot the president of the company, was a frequent investor in loans on policies of the Northwestern- Mutual Life In- surance company and that on one of these loans at least, negotlated in 1899 but which was still running in 1805, she obtained an interest rate of 8 per cent. During a portion of the time Mrs. Palmer was obtaining this inter- est rate policy loans were being made Ly the company itself at an interest rate of 6 per cent. President Palmer admitted that no notification was sent to policyholders who had loans from private parties that the company was making policy loans, but said he sup- posed the policyholders could have ob- tained general knowledge of that fact. An admission by President Palmer, showing how firmly intrenched the officers of the company were in the control of elections, was to the effect that all nominations for trustees made by the agents’ association were passed upon by the board of trustees before the election. Pass on Their Own Qualifications. Trustees who were up for re-election were present at the meetings where their own qualifications were passed upon. As a matter-of fact, however, Mr. Palmer declared, no nomination of the agents of a trustee had even i been rejected. | The records of the company for the election of 1904 were produced, show- ing that -a majority of the persons who_voted proxies were mnot policy- holders of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company and that thus the rather strange situation was cre- ated of non-policyholders®in the com- —— pany actually electing theofficers who ] | controlled the company’s business. A The records produced in regard to v the loan to a_policyholder by Mrs. & Henry L. Palnier showed that Mrs. Palmer had printed notices to be sent out as reminders of the date of the interest payments on these loans, thus giving the inference that the business she has done 1n the line of loaning on company policies has been sufficient to warrant her having printed blanks for the formal notices on the loans. President Palmer did not -like to talk about these loans and when asked 5 if they were not for a very consider- able amount he ‘said he did not know, but that the whole facts could be ob- tained if the commitee weuld call the proper witnesses. NS WILL BE TAKEN INTO COURT. Fight for Control -of Dowieite Prop- erty at Zion City. : | Chicago, April 14—Unless confer- {ences between attorneys representing ‘ the warring interests in the Zion City controversy reach some sort of an agreement at conferences which are to be held late in the day the matter will be. taken.into the courts. It was announced by the attorneys retained by Dowle that they will probably file a bill asking that the transfer of the Zion City and Zion church properties to Deacon Alexander Granger by Over- , seer Voliva be set aside. The bill will { Lrobably be filed in the courts of Lake { couuty at Waukegan and in the courts ! here at the same time. The attorneys or Voliva contend that the bill will be denied for the reason that all the property assigned by Voliva to Gran- ger-was not the property of Dowie, but was held by him as trustee. It is also expected that application will be made for the appointment of a re- celver pending the settlement of the dispute as to the control of the prol» erty. i l TO PROTECT .INDIAN AGENT. Troops - Will B.. Sent to- Umatilla Agency in Oregon. Washington, April 14—At the in- stance of the department of the in- terior the war department has taken steps to send whatever military force may be necessary to protect Major Q. C. Edwards of the Umatilla agency in Oregon from the Indians, who have threatened to do him bodily harm. Orders were sent to Brigadier General ‘Williams, in command at Vancouver Barracks, to send a reliable officer to Pendleton to ‘investigate conditions at (he agency and, if need be, to send one or two troops of cavalry to -the agency from Fort Walla ‘Walla. * Preparations are being made for the early beginning of work on the rail roads to be built on the fslands of Panay, Negros and Ceba in the Philip- pines, concessions for the comstruc t